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Fig. 5

From: Lung damage created by high tidal volume ventilation in rats with monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension

Fig. 5

Vascular structural changes at 2 and 3 weeks after monocrotaline injection. a Percentage of muscularized arteries (%Muscularization) of peripheral pulmonary arteries with an external diameter of 15–50 μm. b %Muscularization of peripheral pulmonary arteries with an external diameter of 51–100 μm. c Percentage medial wall thickness (%MWT) of muscularized arteries with an external diameter of 51–100 μm. d %MWT of muscularized arteries with an external diameter of 101–200 μm. MCT2: rats at 2 weeks after monocrotaline injection; MCT3: rats at 3 weeks after monocrotaline injection. Bars indicate mean ± standard error. n = number of rats

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