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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2011 Dec 17;45(5):799–804. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.11.020

Table 2.

Right and left extralobar PA inner diameter (RPA and LPA, respectively) measured by microCT at a perfusion pressure of 17 mmHg and main PA (MPA) inner diameter computed from these by Murray’s Law. Distensibility (α) and compliance (C) for RPA, LPA and MPA over the pressure range 6.3 to 17.2 mmHg.

Col1a1+/+ Col1a1R/R
Normoxia (n=3) Hypoxia (n=5) Recovery (n=5) Normoxia (n=4) Hypoxia (n=5) Recovery (n=4)
ID RPA [mm] 1.29±0.31 1.26±0.17 1.31±0.21 1.04±0.07 1.10±0.07 1.17±0.04
LPA [mm] 0.92±0.16 0.90±0.11 0.94±0.15 0.85±0.05 0.80±0.09 0.86±0.04
MPA [mm] 1.43±0.32 1.39±0.18 1.46±0.23 1.20±0.08 1.23±0.09 1.31±0.05
α RPA [1/mmHg] 0.030±0.008 0.020±0.001 0.030±0.010 0.020±0.004 0.020±0.005 0.025±0.004
LPA [1/mmHg] 0.030±0.005 0.020±0.007 0.030±0.009 0.020±0.003 0.020±0.010 0.020±0.004
MPA [1/mmHg] 0.032±0.007 0.016±0.08 0.030±0.05 0.020±0.003 0.030±0.005 0.020±0.004
C RPA [mm2/mmHg] 0.016±0.005 0.015±0.006 0.024±0.017 0.009±0.002 0.008±0.002 0.013±0.001
LPA [mm2/mmHg] 0.008±0.002 0.007±0.002 0.012±0.008 0.006±0.002 0.004±0.002 0.007±0.001
MPA [mm2/mmHg] 0.022±0.01 0.011±0.007 0.016±0.003 0.012±0.0015 0.017±0.001 0.014±0.002