Table 1.

Pathophysiological characteristics of control and monocrotaline-treated animals

	Control	Monocrotaline	P
n	12	11
Mass
Body, g	317 ± 6	260 ± 3	<0.001
Heart, g	1.27 ± 0.03	1.54 ± 0.07	0.001
Right ventricle, mg	190 ± 40	380 ± 20	<0.001
Left ventricle, mg	498 ± 30	469 ± 26	0.487
Lung, g	1.77 ± 0.38	2.84 ± 0.11	<0.001
Liver, g	13.7 ± 0.08	10.3 ± 0.4	<0.001
Plantaris mass, mg	264 ± 7	231 ± 4	0.001
Mass/body mass, mg/g
Heart	4.02 ± 0.08	5.95 ± 0.25	<0.001
Right ventricle	0.68 ± 0.04	1.49 ± 0.10	<0.001
Left ventricle	1.57 ± 0.08	1.82 ± 0.10	0.066
Lung	5.6 ± 0.2	11.1 ± 0.5	<0.001
Liver	43.1 ± 01.0	39.9 ± 1.4	0.058
Plantaris	0.834 ± 0.21	0.889 ± 0.20	0.072