Figure 1From: Dobutamine reverses the vasopressin-associated impairment in cardiac index and systemic oxygen supply in ovine endotoxemiaChanges in mean arterial pressure (MAP), systemic vascular resistance index (SVRI), heart rate (HR) and cardiac index (CI). AVP, arginine vasopressin; AVP-Dobu, group treated with AVP and dobutamine; T1, healthy baseline; T2, endotoxemic baseline; T3, AVP or placebo; T4, T5, T6, AVP + dobutamine 2, 5 and 10 μg kg-1·min-1 or placebo, respectively. *p < 0.05 versus control, ***p < 0.001 versus control, †p < 0.05 versus AVP, ††p < 0.01 versus AVP, †††p < 0.001 versus AVP, ‡‡‡p < 0.001 versus T1, §p < 0.05 versus T4, §§p < 0.01 versus T4, §§§p < 0.001 versus T4, ∥p < 0.05 versus T5, ∥∥∥p < 0.001 versus T5.Back to article page