Effect of Fluid Shear Stress on Portal Vein Remodeling in a Rat Model of Portal Hypertension

Table 1

Blood pressure, blood flow and resistance in the portal vein (  ±  SD).

Group	Number of rats ()	PVP (mmHg)	PVF (ml/min^−1·kg^−1)	PVR (mmHg·ml·min^−1·kg^−1)
Control	8	4.88 ± 0.29	48.73 ± 2.38	0.090 ± 0.005
Week 4	8	5.27 ± 0.28^★	52.27 ± 2.69^★	0.096 ± 0.004^★
Week 6	8	6.10 ± 0.26^△	56.66 ± 1.86^△	0.108 ± 0.004^△
Week 8	8	6.92 ± 0.32^△	59.51 ± 2.70^△	0.120 ± 0.005^△
Week10	8	7.13 ± 0.33^△	57.13 ± 2.03^△■	0.129 ± 0.004^△

PVF, portal vein flow; PVR, portal vein resistance; PVP, portal venous pressure.
^★ vs. control group; ^△ vs. control group; ^■ vs. week 6.