Figure 4From: Oral treatment with Euterpe oleracea Mart. (açaí) extract improves cardiac dysfunction and exercise intolerance in rats subjected to myocardial infarction Cardiac hypertrophy. (A) Ratio of heart weight to body weight and (B) body weight of Sham, MI and MI rats treated with açaí extract (100 mg/kg) during 4 weeks. Values are mean ± S.E.M. *P < 0.05 vs. Sham. # P < 0.05 vs. MI. n = 6 per group.Back to article page