Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation; F: female, M: male; mPaP: mean pulmonary artery pressure; sPaP: systolic pulmonary artery pressure; PVR: pulmonary vascular resistence; CI: cardiac i
Parameters rin and rout are the proximal and distal radii of the artery, respectively. Resistance (RT 104g/s/cm4) and compliance (CT 10-6g/s/cm4) are defined only for terminal arteries, see Eq (7). R
* p<0.05 OVX and OVX-TRA vs. SHAM and SHAM-TRA; # p<0.05 OVX-TRA vs. OVX, $ p<0.05 OVX-TRA vs. SHAM. Anthropometric and Hemodynamic data from SHAM, SHAM-TRA, OVX and OVX-TRA rats.