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. 2007 May 3;176(3):300–305. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200702-206OC

TABLE 3.

FREQUENCY OF MICROSPHERE DETECTION IN ARTERIAL BLOOD AND TISSUE SAMPLES FROM DOGS INJECTED WITH MICROSPHERES AT REST AND DURING EXERCISE

Resting Dogs (n = 8) Exercising Dogs (n = 6)
Arterial blood samples
 Before injection 0/4 0/6
 Immediately after injection 0/4 2/6
 15 min postinjection 0/4 0/6
Tissue samples
 Liver 0/5 3/4
 Kidney 0/5 3/4
 Quadriceps muscle 0/5 1/4
 Gluteal muscle 0/5 1/4
 Left ventricle 0/5 2/5
Dogs with microspheres detected in samples 0/8 5/6