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. 2020 Sep 16;8(3):69. doi: 10.3390/toxics8030069

Table 1.

Left and right ventricular pressure of rats during intravenous continuous administration of epinephrine and/or norepinephrine.

Parameters Ventricular Pressure (mmHg)
Hour Sham (n = 7) E (n = 7) NE (n = 7) E+NE (n = 8)
LVSP 0 h 86.2 ± 11.1 90.3 ± 9.7 89.0 ± 11.1 87.0 ± 8.7
1 h 87.8 ± 13.0 122.4 ± 18.7 *,† 118.4 ± 8.2 *,† 118.4 ± 16.4 *,†
3 h 95.2 ± 10.0 †,‡ 114.0 ± 20.3 *,† 112.4 ± 11.5 *,† 104.4 ± 16.9 †,‡
6 h 100.5 ± 14.21†,‡,§ 111.1 ± 24.4 119.3 ± 17.7 95.1 ± 12.9 ‡,§,¥
LVEDP 0 h 11.9 ± 5.1 9.0 ± 2.8 11.8 ± 6.0 11.0 ± 3.9
1 h 12.3 ± 5.5 16.7 ± 12.5 19.9 ± 15.1 20.8 ± 8.3 *,†
3 h 11.2 ± 5.6 14.4 ± 9.5 16.7 ± 11.8 15.2 ± 7.2
6 h 12.3 ± 7.1 13.1 ± 7.2 17.2 ± 11.3 13.3 ± 5.2
RVSP 0 h 17.2 ± 3.0 17.3 ± 3.6 16.8 ± 2.5 18.4 ± 3.9
1 h 18.2 ± 4.2 27.3 ± 5.1 *,† 27.8 ± 2.1 *,† 29.8 ± 5.6 *,†
3 h 17.9 ± 4.1 28.3 ± 5.1 *,† 22.9 ± 2.9 *,†,‡,# 26.4 ± 6.0 *,†
6 h 18.8 ± 4.0 21.6 ± 5.3 ‡,§ 19.3 ± 4.9 23.0 ± 6.2 †,‡,§
RVEDP 0 h 7.3 ± 3.1 8.0 ± 1.6 9.0 ± 4.1 8.1 ± 3.0
1 h 8.2 ± 3.4 15.4 ± 5.2 *,† 18.9 ± 4.0 *,† 15.5 ± 4.5 *,†
3 h 8.2 ± 3.5 17.0 ± 5.8 *,† 15.1 ± 3.1 *,† 13.2 ± 5.6 *,†
6 h 9.2 ± 3.9 13.2 ± 4.5 †,§ 12.4 ± 4.1 10.2 ± 4.2 ‡,§

Data are expressed as means ± SD. E, epinephrine group; E+NE, epinephrine and norepinephrine group; LVEDP left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; LVSP, left ventricular systolic pressure; NE, norepinephrine group; RVEDP, right ventricular end-diastolic pressure; RVSP, right ventricular systolic pressure; sham, 0.9% normal saline group. * p < 0.05 vs. sham group. p < 0.05 vs. respective group at 0 h. p < 0.05 vs. respective group at 1 h. § p < 0.05 vs. respective group at 3 h. # p < 0.05 vs. E group. ¥ p < 0.05 vs. NE group.