ABC | Volume 110, Nº6, June 2018

Original Article Zhen et al AAC leads to obvious CH using 0.45 mm needle Arq Bras Cardiol. 2018; 110(6):568-576 Supplementary Materials This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License Table S1 – Mice body weights before surgery Weight 0.35 mm 0.40 mm 0.45 mm 0.50 mm Sham 18 g 18.0 ± 0.4 18.0 ± 0.3 18.1 ± 0.3 18.0 ± 0.4 17.9 ± 0.4 22 g 22.1 ± 0.4 22.0 ± 0.6 21.9 ± 0.6 22.2 ± 0.7 22.1 ± 0.6 26 g 26.0 ± 0.7 26.1 ± 0.5 26.0 ± 0.5 25.9 ± 0.3 26.3 ± 0.5 No significant differences were found among the 5 groups according to pair-wise comparisons of each weight level (p > 0.05); therefore, body weight could be considered one index for the same weight level. Data are presented as the mean ± SD (g) (n = 10). Body weights did not differ significantly from each other (p > 0.05). Table S2 – Mice body weights before abdominal aortic constriction Weight Survival Death 18 g 18.1 ± 0.3 (n = 24) 18.0 ± 0.3 (n = 16) 22 g 22.1 ± 0.7 (n = 17) 22.0 ± 0.5 (n = 23) 26 g 25.9 ± 0.4 (n = 14) 26.1 ± 0.6 (n = 26) Retrospective data showed that the difference between weight at death and survival were not significant for each weight level (p > 0.05), indicating that individual weight differences for the same weight level had no influence on postoperative death. Data are presented as mean ± SD (g). 576