Table 1.

Systemic characteristics in normal, renovascular hypertension (RVH), and triple-therapy (TT) or Valsartan-treated RVH pigs (n=7 each).

Characteristics	Normal	RVH	RVH+TT	RVH+Valsartan
Body Weight (kg)	48.6±0.6	49.1±2.4	50.3±2.6	48.4±0.7
Degree of stenosis (%)	-	76 ± 8	78±5	77±6
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)
Baseline	108.9±4.5	111.1±1.4	109.6±1.1	107.9±2.9
3 wks	112.2±4.8	144.7±8.4*	134.5±7.6*	137.5±8.6*
6 wks	111.6±4.7	163.1±11.8*	146.9±8.8*	151.1±10.4*
10 wks	107.6±4.9	169.8±7.3*	132.2±10.7*†‡	133.1±5.8*†‡
Serum Creatinine (mg/dl)	1.2±0.0	1.6±0.1*	1.7±0.1*	1.6±0.0*
Plasma aldosterone (pg/ml)	586.9±30.0	897.2±62.3*	743.5±86.2*	697.3±61.5

Data are mean±SEM.

^*p<0.05 vs. Normal;

^†p<0.05 vs. 6 weeks;

^‡p<0.05 vs. RVH.