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. 2021 Sep 12;116(1):51. doi: 10.1007/s00395-021-00891-7

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Nitric oxide in pulmonary and systemic vasomotor control in DM + HC + CKD and Healthy swine. Transpulmonary gradient (TPG) as a function of cardiac index markedly increased as a result of endothelial nitric oxide synthase inhibition (NOSi) in both Healthy (A) and DM + HC + CKD (D) both at rest and during exercise. NOSi resulted in a similar increase in pulmonary vasoconstriction, as evidenced by the increase in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), in Healthy (B) and DM + HC + CKD swine (E). Nitric oxide synthase inhibition (NOSi) has a more pronounced effect on systemic vascular resistance (SVR) in DM + HC + CKD (F) than in Healthy swine (C). Healthy n = 7, DM + HC + CKD n = 7 at rest and n = 5 during exercise. Values are mean ± SEM. *P ≤ 0.05 for effect NOSi within group, P ≤ 0.05 for interaction NOSi × cardiac index (D) or NOSi × BVO2 (E) within group. P ≤ 0.05 for interaction NOSi × group (F)