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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Physiol. 2012 Jan 1;2(1):295–319. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c100070

Table 3.

Effect of Changes in Resistance and Aortic Compliance on Aortic and Left Ventricular Pressure and Aortic Flow in Six Feline PCISV Hearts

Increase in resistance
(208% ± 13) without
change in compliance
(%)		 Decrease in
compliance (21% ± 4}
without change in
resistance (%)
Pao
    PS 124 ± 4 115 ± 4
    PD 138 ±7 52 ± 9
    Pmean 133 ±6 78 ± 3
PLV
    PS 124 ± 4 113 ± 3
    Pmean 130 ± 7 116 ± 7
Qao
    Qp 74 ±2 66 ± 9
    SV 66 ±3 79 ± 5
    Qmean 66 ±3 79 ± 5

NOTE: All results are given as percent changes ± standard error mean compared to the control situation.

Pao, aortic pressure; PS, systolic pressure; PD, diastolic pressure; Pmean, mean pressure; PLV, left ventricular pressure; Qao, aortic flow; SV, stroke volume; Qmean mean flow (33).