Table 1 Heart rate and mean arterial pressure findings

From: Effects of dopexamine on the intestinal microvascular blood flow and leucocyte activation in a sepsis model in rats

	Group	Time (hours)
		0	0.5	1	2	3	4
Heart rate (beats/minute)	CON	335 ± 18	347 ± 20	351 ± 20	349 ± 21	343 ± 19	339 ± 9*^†
	LPS	342 ± 11	347 ± 12	365 ± 17	387 ± 11^‡	378 ± 11^‡	390 ± 9^‡
	DPX	321 ± 9	366 ± 9	399 ± 7^§	394 ± 8^§	384 ± 15^§	394 ± 12^§
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)	CON	120 ± 5	119 ± 8*†	109 ± 7*	107 ± 8	116 ± 3	118 ± 5*
	LPS	116 ± 3	74 ± 2^‡	87 ± 3^‡	94 ± 4^‡	88 ± 3^‡	89 ± 5^‡
	DPX	120 ± 6	70 ± 2^§	107 ± 7^§	102 ± 7^§	104 ± 8^§	99 ± 9^§

CON, control group; DPX, DPX group (endotoxin plus dopexamine); LPS, LPS group (endotoxin infusion only). *P < 0.05 CON versus LPS; ^†P < 0.05 CON versus DPX; ^‡P < 0.05 LPS versus LPS at baseline; ^§P < 0.05 DPX versus DPX at baseline.

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