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From: Influence of gender in monocrotaline and chronic hypoxia induced pulmonary hypertension in obese rats and mice

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Effects of obesity on echocardiographic parameters in monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary hypertension (PH) in male Zucker rats. Echocardiography was performed after 5 weeks of either normal saline (NS) (NS Lean (n = 10); NS Obese (n = 9–10)) or monocrotaline (MCT Lean (n = 11); MCT Obese (n = 8–10)) treatment in lean and obese male Zucker rats. a Lean and obese male Zucker rats are shown. b Body mass index (BMI) of lean and obese male Zucker rats and (c-f) different echocardiographic parameters are given. RVID = right ventricular internal diameter, RVWT = right ventricular wall thickness, PAAT = pulmonary artery acceleration time, PAET = pulmonary artery ejection time, TAPSE = tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 8–11). p < 0.05 values are considered statistically significant. *compared to lean, $compared to normal saline

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