Figure 5: Right ventricular functional analysis in hemopexin treated and untreated SCD mice experiencing progressive cardiopulmonary vascular disease.
(A) Representative tracings of pressure volume (PV) loops during an occlusion (B) shows the corresponding schematics of the pressure volume relationships for hemopexin treated and untreated SCD mice. (C-J) Right ventricular stiffness, contractility, stroke volume, cardiac output, heart rate, preload and ejection fraction. Data is represented as means ± standard error of measurement. Inset graphs show low and high dose Hpx treated mice combined into one group. RVSP- right ventricular pressures; Ea-Afterload; EDPVR-end diastolic pressure volume relationship; ESPVR- end systolic pressure volume relationship. *p<0.05, **p<0.005
