Table 2.

Effects of increasing renal pelvic pressure on contralateral urinary sodium excretion in CHF and Sham CHF rats during renal pelvic perfusion with vehicle and BQ123, 5 µM.

	Renal Pelvic Perfusion	Control	8RPP 2.5 mmHg	Control	8RPP 7.5 mmHg
CHF, n=13	Vehicle	1.63±0.33	1.61±0.30	1.77±0.35	1.88±0.37
	BQ123	1.84±0.29	1.93±0.29	1.99±0.31	2.23±0.39**
Sham CHF, n=13	Vehicle	1.09±0.29	1.28±0.33*	1.09±0.28	1.37±0.31*
	BQ123	1.18±0.19	1.34±0.22*	1.37±0.20	1.77±0.27*

Values are means±SE in µmol·min⁻¹·g⁻¹

Control, average of control and recovery periods; 8RPP , increased renal pelvic pressure;

^*P<0.05

^**P<0.01 vs. control.