Treatment Group | Mean Arterial Pressure | PVP* | Cardiac Output§ | Hepatic Artery Blood Flow# | Portal Vein Blood Flow+ | ||
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mm Hg | ml/min/100 g | ml/min/g | |||||
Sham (n = 6) | 120 ± 13 | 6.7 ± 1.4 | 26.1 ± 4.0 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 3 ± 0.5 | ||
BDL SIR (n = 8) | 112 ± 15 | 11.8 ± 1 | 29 ± 5.3 | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 2.7 ± 1 | ||
BDL CTR (n = 8) | 104 ± 10 | 15 ± 2.6 | 33 ± 4.7 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 1.5 ± 0.4 |
PVP, portal venous pressure.
↵* p < 0.01 between all three groups; §p < 0.05 comparing sham rats with BDL CTR rats; #p < 0.001 comparing BDL SIR rats with sham and BDL CTR rats; +p < 0.01 comparing BDL CTR rats with BDL SIR rats and p < 0.001 comparing BDL CTR rats with sham-operated animals.