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FIGURE 7. Relationships between preset minute-ventilation and alveolar ventilation (VAemission, A) or specific ventilation (
Aemission/VAemission, B) assessed with PET in control pigs (•) and pigs with lung injury (
). For each pig, VAemission and Aemission/VAemission were measured regionally using modeling in each ROI. Regional values of VAemission were summed to obtain global ventilation expressed as mean ± SD for each experimental group (A). Median values of regional Aemission/VAemission were calculated for each animal and data were finally expressed as mean ± SD for each experimental group (B). Bars are SDs. Solid and dotted lines are regression lines for control and oleic acid groups, respectively.
