Table 2.

Maximal contractile response of vitrified carotid artery

	Slow Cooling/Slow Rewarming (N=8)			Slow Cooling/Fast Rewarming (N=7)
	Vitrified(g)	Fresh Control (g)	%	Vitrified(g)	Fresh Control (g)	%
Norepinephrine	1.99±0.36*+	2.65±0.33	73.7±8.6#	0.54±0.14*	1.83±0.19	30.9±6.9
Phenylepinephrine	1.89±0.47*	2.76±0.40	62.3±11.3	0.79±0.27*	2.05±0.26	45.0±15.4

Data are expressed in gram (g) of maximal tension generated and are presented as mean ± sem.

^*P<0.05, vitrified vs. corresponding fresh control group (Nonparametric Wilcoxon t-test);

⁺P<0.01 compared to fast re-warming vitrified group (Nonparametric Mann-Whitney t-test);

^#P<0.01 compared to fast re-warming conditions (Nonparametric Mann-Whitney t-test).