Journal: American journal of hypertension
Article Title: Ramipril improves hemodynamic recovery but not microvascular response to ischemia in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
doi: 10.1016/s0895-7061(01)02332-9
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIG. 2. Plantar vascular resistances in the ischemic limb of spon- taneously hypertensive rats treated with ramipril (filled circles) or vehicle (open circles). Plantar vascular resistances were calcu- lated according to the formula VR BF/MBP. Values are expressed as mean SEM and indicate the percent change from basal. Each group consists of at least 8 rats. *P .05 v vehicle. VR vascular resistance; BF blood flow; MBP mean blood pressure.
Article Snippet: Perfusion values were used to calculate ischemic-to-not ischemic hindlimb BF ratio.1,17 At the end of the experimental period, direct mean blood pressure (MBP) of anesthetized animals was recorded using a Statham transducer (AD Instruments Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom) connected to a MacLab polygraph (AD Instruments Hastings) via a femoral catheter, which was previously inserted into the abdominal aorta.
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