Figure 3. Effects of EGTA on hypothermic preservation.

In this figure and in Figure 5, death rates for treated cells were normalized to those of control cells in the same experiment, and the relative death rates averaged over all experiments. Filled bars in these figures are for treatments without FBP, while hatched bars are for treatments including 5 mM FBP. Results are means of 4 determinations; error bars indicate S.E.M. In this figure, myocytes were incubated with the indicated concentrations of EGTA. Statistically significant by paired t-tests: **, p<0.01 vs. control; ***, p<0.005 vs. control; +, p<0.05 vs. FBP alone.