Table 1.

Pulmonary arterial (PA) pressures, aortic pressures, heart rate (HR), PA inner diameter, cardiac output (CO) and hematocrit (Hct).

		Col1a1+/+			Col1a1R/R
		Normoxia (n=7)	Hypoxia (n=5)	Recovery (n=7)	Normoxia (n=7)	Hypoxia (n=5)	Recovery (n=5)
PA pressure [mm Hg]	Systolic	19±3	31± 5*	26± 7	20±5	33±5*	22±7†
	Diastolic	7±4	18± 3***	15± 6*	8±3	20±5**	11±6†
	Mean	11±3	23± 3***	19± 7*	13±3	25±5***	15±6†
Aortic pressure [mm Hg]	Systolic	73±24	82±37	84±19	72±25	69±28	56±5
	Diastolic	24±11	41±13	49±17	20±14	40±14	12±5
	Mean	39± 5	50±12	59±19	35±6	45±19	25±3
HR [bpm]		540±45	562±47	617±28*	540±48	569±63	530± 53
MPA inner diam. [mm]		1.3±0.2	1.3±0.2	1.4±0.1	1.3±0.2	1.4±0.2	1.4±0.1
CO [ml/min]		11±3	9±2	11±2	10±3	12±5	9±3
Hct [−]		60± 6	81± 5***	51± 4†††	56±4	85±4***	57±7†††

^*p<0.05 vs. Normoxia,

^**p<0.005 vs. Normoxia,

^***p<0.0005 vs. Normoxia,

^†p<0.05 vs. Hypoxia,

^†††p<0.0005 vs. Hypoxia.