Table 1. Average number of arrhythmias per animal for each group in each of the phases. “n” refers to the number of animals in each group.

		CONTROL (n = 10)		LIDOCAINE (n = 11)		RILUZOLE (n = 6)
		mean	SEM	mean	SEM	mean	SEM
PVCs	Phase 1a0–20 mins	38.90	15.57	53.00	28.68	49.33	21.11
	Phase 1b20–50 mins	134.10	39.08	102.45	50.96	148.67	31.84
	Phase 250–180 mins	484.60	199.86	390.09	234.09	32.50	13.32
	TOTAL	657.60	190.19	545.55	278.73	230.50	78.96
Non-sustained arrhythmias	Phase 1a0–20 mins	0.40	0.31	1.09	0.54	0.17	0.13
	Phase 1b20–50 mins	3.20	1.74	4.82	3.55	2.33	1.24
	Phase 250–180 mins	8.90	4.41	0.45	0.33	0.67	0.52
	TOTAL	12.50	4.15	6.36	3.77	3.17	2.26
Sustained arrhythmias	Phase 1a0–20 mins	0.40	0.27	0.27	0.20	0.17	0.13
	Phase 1b20–50 mins	1.80	0.44	0.55	0.26	0.17	0.13
	Phase 250–180 mins	3.90	2.21	0.36	0.29	0.50	0.39
	TOTAL	6.10	2.61	1.18	0.40	0.83	0.48