Table 1.

MMP Plasma Profiles at Baseline, Steady-State Conditions and Following Separation from Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB)

	Baseline	Post –CPB
MMP-2 (ng/mL)	667.4 ± 54.9	756.6 ± 83.8
MMP-9 (ng/mL)	151.3 ± 16.1	647.5 ± 81.4 *
MMP-3 (ng/mL)	7.4 ± 0.8	9.1 ± 1.0 *
MMP-7 (ng/mL)	1.9 ± 0.4	3.3 ± 0.7 *
MMP-8 (ng/mL)	4.6 ± 1.6	4.7 ± 0.8

n=14;

^*p <0.05 vs. Baseline

Values presented as Mean ± SEM