Figure 3 .

Vasomotor responses of (A) brachial arteries and (B) iliac arteries to MeCh (upper panel), SN (middle panel), and PE (lower panel), four weeks after abdominal stenting in rat abdominal aorta with bare metal stents or sham operation. Ang-(1-7) or saline was infused in stented rats. Sham-operated rats received saline. PE=phenylephrine, SN=sodium nitrate, MeCh=metacholine. * p<0.05, vs. stent + Ang-(1-7) infusion and vs. sham, general linear model for repeated measures. Number of observations: stent + saline: n=8 (brachial) or 10 (iliac); stent + Ang-(1-7): n=6; sham: n=8.