A new rat model of portal hypertension induced by intraportal injection of microspheres

Table 1 Intraportally injected aliquots of microspheres

Group	Sphere diameter (μm)	No of aliquots	No ofmspheres/aliquot	Total No of spheres
1	15	6	5.6 × 106	3.4 × 107
2	80	5	9.0 × 104	4.5 × 105
3	15,40,80	15 μm× 2	5.6 × 106	1.1 × 107
		40 μm× 2	2.4 × 105	4.8 × 105
		80 μm× 2	9.0 × 104	1.8 × 105
4	80,40,15	80 μm× 2	9.0 × 104	1.8 × 105
		40 μm× 2	2.4 × 105	4.8 × 105
		15 μm× 2	5.6 × 106	1.1 × 107
5	80	2	9.0 × 104	1.8 × 105

Note: Pressures showed no changes after the 4th and 5th injections in Group 2. Therefore the 6th injection was not given.