Table 1.

Body weight and wet lung and ventricle weights on the day of the experiment

	Control (n= 11)	Failing (n= 10)
BW (g)	333 ± 10	231 ± 8*
LW (g)	1.63 ± 0.05	2.35 ± 0.16*
RV (mg)	220 ± 15	412 ± 20*
RV/BW (mg g−1)	0.66 ± 0.04	1.81 ± 0.11*
LV (mg)	968 ± 69	839 ± 55
LV/BW (mg g−1)	2.90 ± 0.18	3.65 ± 0.20
RV/LV	0.23 ± 0.01	0.50 ± 0.03*

BW, body weight; LW, lung weight; RV, right ventricle weight; LV, weight of left ventricle + septum. Values are expressed as means ±s.e.m.

^*P < 0.05 versus control.