Acute Effects of Vardenafil on Pulmonary Artery Responsiveness in Pulmonary Hypertension

Table 2

Monocrotaline-induced morphometric changes in pulmonary arteries. Results are expressed as mean ± s.e. mean. *Significantly different from control rat at 𝑃<0.05. Number of animals is indicated in parentheses. WT: media wall thickness; ED: external diameter.

	Control (𝑛=15)	MCT (𝑛=16)
WT (𝜇)	9.7 ± 0.5	19.2 ± 1.2*
ED (𝜇)	84 ± 6	95 ± 5
% WT	21.1 ± 1.2	43.1 ± 1.1*