1. Increased susceptibility of hypertrophied hearts to ischemic injury
Ingeborg Friehs, MD, Pedro J del Nido, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 75, Issue 2, Pages S678-S684 (February 2003)
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2. Fig 1
(A) Left ventricular mass–to–cavity volume measurement as an indicator of progression of hypertrophy (black circles). After an initial peak at 4 weeks of age in animals with hypertrophied hearts, there is a gradual decline indicative of ventricular dilation (n = 6/group). *p ≤ 0.05 vs control (empty circles). (B) Measurement of contractility, depicted as shortening fraction, indicates that myocardial function deteriorates as hypertrophy (black circles) progresses into failure (n = 6/group). *p ≤ 0.05 vs control (empty circles).
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3. Fig 2
Glucose uptake was measured as accumulation of 2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate (2-DG) by 31P–nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy over a 30-minute period in isolated perfused hearts. There is significantly impaired glucose uptake in hypertrophied (black circles) hearts (n = 6/group). *p ≤ 0.05 vs control (empty circles).
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4. Fig 3
Myocardial 3H-O-methyl glucose uptake was determined in 6-week-old control and aortic-banded rabbits (n = 6/group). Glucose uptake is significantly decreased in hypertrophied (black rectangle) hearts in vivo. *p ≤ 0.05 vs control (empty rectangle).
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5. Fig 4
Representative Western immunoblot of GLUT-1 (top row) and GLUT-4 (bottom row) expression. There was no significant difference in protein levels in hypertrophied versus nonhypertrophied, age-matched control hearts.
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6. Fig 5
Glucose uptake after 30 minutes of normothermic ischemia, returned to preischemic levels 15 minutes into reperfusion and remained significantly lower in hypertrophied (black circles) hearts (n = 6/group). *p ≤ 0.05 vs control (empty circles). 2-DG = 2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate.
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7. Fig 6
(A) Representative sections of hearts from aorta-banded and control animals stained with CD-31 as primary antibody and a fluorescent secondary antibody. Number of microvessels detected is lower in hypertrophied myocardium. (B) FITC-labeled, lectin-stained cross sections showed lower numbers of microvessels in hypertrophied hearts than in controls. (Left panels = control; right panels = hypertrophy.)
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