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. 2007 Apr 30;11(2):R51. doi: 10.1186/cc5904

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Lactate-pyruvate metabolism. The time course of plasma lactate (a), pyruvate (b), and the lactate/pyruvate ratio (c) in patients with myocardial dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, treated with adrenaline (n = 7) or milrinone (n = 11), and in control patients (n = 20) not needing inotropic support. Data are given as mean ± standard error of the mean. aSignificant difference (p < 0.05) in comparison with baseline values (paired t test); bsignificant difference (p < 0.05) in comparison with the control group (analysis of variance [ANOVA] with post hoc Fisher's predicted least-square difference [PLSD]); csignificant difference (p < 0.05) between the adrenaline and the milrinone group (ANOVA with post hoc Fisher's PLSD).