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Typical effects of a single blast exposure to the thorax of an anaesthetized male Wistar rat on the electrocardiogram (ECG), systemic arterial blood pressure (art BP), respiratory tidal volume (resp vol, inspiration upwards), femoral arterial blood flow (fem Q) and femoral vascular resistance (fem VR). A single blast wave was applied to the ventral thorax at the point indicated (blast). Scale bar, 10 s.