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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Cell Biochem. 2008 Jul 5;318(1-2):175–181. doi: 10.1007/s11010-008-9867-5

Table 1.

Effects of 4 weeks hypobaric hypoxia (11% O2) on hemodynamic parameters

Normoxic Hypoxic
BW (g) 320 ± 18.5 273 ± 12.2
HW (mg) 860 ± 14.8 1,125 ± 23.2*
RV (mg) 270 ± 4.5 486 ± 14.2*
LV + S (mg) 588 ± 28 634 ± 34
RV/LV + S ratio 0.46 ± 0.01 0.96 ± 0.02**
RV/BW 0.84 ± 0.1 1.83 ± 0.12**
LV + S/BW 1.86 ± 0.1 2.23 ± 0.1

Rats were exposed to hypobaric hypoxia (11% O2) for 4 weeks and compared with age-matched normoxic groups. Data are presented as means ± SEM.

*

P < 0.01 and

**

P < 0.001 vs. normoxic controls (n = 6 animals per group)