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. 2019 Jul 12;10:889. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00889

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Baseline pressure-volume relations. (A) Original recordings of steady-state pressure-volume (P-V) loops obtained from one representative rat from male control (MCo), male exercised (MEx), female control (FCo), and female exercised (FEx) groups. As shown by the recordings, the wider P-V loop indicates increased stroke volume along with unaltered end-diastolic volume and pressure relations, decreased end-systolic volume in exercised rats of both genders compared with untrained controls. (B) Exercise-induced hypertrophy was associated with increased stroke volume and stroke work in both genders. Values are means ± SEM. p < 0.05 vs. MCo, #p < 0.05 vs. FCo, pi: interaction p-value of two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).