Table 1.

Arterial blood-gas analysis of pigs with occlusion and reperfusion of a coronary vessel treated with MRS 2179 (n = 8) or used as controls (n = 10)

	Baseline		1 min reperfusion		5 min reperfusion
	Control	MRS2179	Control	MRS2179	Control	MRS2179
PH	7.48 ± 0.04	7.49 ± 0.04	7.46 ± 0.06	7.48 ± 0.04	7.46 ± 0.07	7.47 ± 0.03
pCO2	5.4 ± 0.7	5.3 ± 0.5	5.6 ± 0.9	5.3 ± 0.5	5.3 ± 0.6	5.3 ± 0.7
pO2	46.5 ± 17.1	44.5 ± 15.4	41.3 ± 13.4	44.3 ± 18.2	35.9 ± 3.6	36.2 ± 4.1
Na+	133 ± 2	135 ± 1	133 ± 1	134 ± 2	133 ± 2	135 ± 2
K+	3.5 ± 0.3	3.6 ± 0.3	3.5 ± 0.2	3.7 ± 0.3	3.5 ± 0.2	3.6 ± 0.1
Hb	89 ± 7	91 ± 3	91 ± 6	92 ± 5	89 ± 4	92 ± 4
O2	97.1 ± 0.2	97.2 ± 0.2	97.6 ± 1.3	97.4 ± 0.4	97.3 ± 0.1	97.2 ± 0.2
HCO3	29.0 ± 1.7	30.0 ± 0.4	28.7 ± 1.4	29.6 ± 0.4	28.5 ± 1.2	29.3 ± 0.8
Base excess	5.7 ± 0.7	6.1 ± 0.3	4.9 ± 0.9	5.5 ± 0.4	5.2 ± 0.6	5.4 ± 0.5

Samples were collected at baseline and at 1 and 5 min following reperfusion. There were no statistical differences between pigs treated with MRS 2179 or pigs used as controls. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM, p = NS