Table 5.

Baseline animals' characteristics (means ± SDs).

Animals' characteristics	Units	Evaluated pigs
Weight	kg	46.5 ± 5.9
Cardiac output	mL/kg	98.7 ± 26.4
Heart rate	beats/min	86.8 ± 3.5
Mean arterial pressure	mmHg	66.8 ± 11.1
Systolic arterial pressure	mmHg	79.8 ± 9.9
Diastolic arterial pressure	mmHg	54.3 ± 9.4
Pulse pressure	mmHg	25.5 ± 2.5
Central venous pressure	mmHg	7.5 ± 6.4
Mean pulmonary arterial pressure	mmHg	13.5 ± 5.8