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. 2025 Sep 12;26(18):8916. doi: 10.3390/ijms26188916
5-HT 5-Hydroxytryptamine
ACh Acetylcholine
AMB Ambrisentan
ANOVA Analysis of variance
BW Body weight
CO Cardiac output
CRC Concentration-response curve
CTR Control
dP/dtmax The rate of rise in right ventricular pressure
dP/dtmin The rate of decrease in right ventricular pressure
EDA End-diastolic area
EDV End-diastolic volume
EF Ejection fraction
Emax Maximum effect
ESA End-systolic area
ESV End-systolic volume
ET Ejection time
ET-1 Endothelin 1
FAC Fractional area change
FS Fractional shortening
HE Hematoxylin and eosin
HR Heart rate
IDD Internal diameter in diastole
IDS Internal diameter in systole
ISO Isoprenaline
LA Left atrium
LV Left ventricle
LV + S Left ventricle with septum
LVWTd Left ventricular wall thickness in diastole
LVWTs Left ventricular wall thickness in systole
MCT Monocrotaline
mPAP Mean aulmonary artery pressure
PA Pulmonary artery
PAAT Pulmonary artery acceleration time
PAH Pulmonary arterial hypertension
pEC50 Negative logarithm of the concentration causing the half-maximum effect
PH Pulmonary hypertension
PDE-5 Phosphodiesterase 5
RA Right atrium
RV Right ventricle
RVOT Right ventricular outflow tract
RVSP Right ventricular systolic pressure
RVWTd Right ventricular wall thickness in diastole
RVWTs Right ventricular wall thickness in systole
SEM Standard error of the mean
SNP Sodium nitroprusside
SpO2 Blood oxygen saturation
SV Stroke volume
TAD Tadalafil
TAPSE Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion
TL Tibia length
veh Vehicle
VTI Velocity time integral