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J Appl Physiol 52: 967-975, 1982;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 52, Issue 4 967-975, Copyright © 1982 by American Physiological Society

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Hemodynamic responses to methoxamine in exercise-conditioned and aorta-constricted rats

E. M. Hasser, R. T. Dowell and J. L. Haithcoat

Hemodynamic responses to methoxamine hydrochloride (Vasoxyl) were determined in rats conditioned by a moderate treadmill exercise program and in rats subjected to 5 wk of abdominal aortic constriction. Rats of comparable age served as controls. Initial hemodynamic values for control rats were as follows: left ventricular pressure, 124 +/- 4 Torr and cardiac index, 145 +/- 8 ml . min-1 . kg-1. Although minor variations were noted, initial hemodynamic values for exercise-conditioned rats were within the normal range, and no left ventricular hypertrophy was present. Aorta-constricted rats exhibited a 50% increase in left ventricular weight and significant differences in left ventricular pressure (173 +/- 9 Torr) and cardiac index (117 +/- 10 ml . min-1 . kg-1). Sequentially increasing doses of methoxamine were infused to elevate myocardial preload and afterload. When compared with control rats, exercise-conditioned animals were better able to maintain cardiac index at comparable increases in either mean arterial or left ventricular end-diastolic pressures. In contrast, aorta-constricted rats demonstrated profound reductions in hemodynamic functions in response to methoxamine infusion. Directionally divergent hemodynamic results occur in exercise-conditioned and aorta-constricted animals when subjected to identical cardiovascular stresses.


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