Table 1.

Baseline cardiovascular and pulmonary hemodynamic values in anesthetized eNOS^+/+ and eNOS^−/− mice

Hemodynamic value	Mice
	eNOS+/+	eNOS−/−*
Mean systemic arterial pressure, mmHg	85  ± 10	133  ± 12†
Mean right atrial pressure, mmHg	4.1  ± 0.5	4.2  ± 0.6
Heart rate, beats per min	401  ± 14	409  ± 12
Cardiac output, ml/min	10.6  ± 0.5	10.1  ± 0.5
Mean pulmonary arterial pressure, mmHg	12.4  ± 1.0	19.2  ± 1.8†
Mean pulmonary arterial wedge pressure, mmHg	4.2  ± 0.7	4.6  ± 1.1
Total peripheral resistance, mmHg⋅ml−1⋅min	8.1  ± 0.7	12.7  ± 1.0†
Pulmonary vascular resistance, mmHg⋅ml−1⋅min	0.77  ± 0.07	1.44  ± 0.1†
	n = 11	n = 10

 1 mm Hg = 133 Pa. 

^*eNOS^−/− mice were treated with vehicle. 

^† P < 0.05 when compared with values in eNOS^+/+ mice.