Table 2.

Effects of treatment with lidocaine and oleuropein on the magnitude of reperfusion arrhythmia

Arrhythmia parameters	Con	Lido-t	Ole10-t
Onset of arrhythmia (s)	2.6   0.7	10.6   1.8*	4.6   1.2
Duration of arrhythmia (s)	172.0   41.0	72.0   25.0**	15.0   98.0
PVB numbers	52.0   12.0	17.0   4.1**	59.0   27.0
VT numbers	14.0   1.5	4.0   1.1**	18.0   2.5
VF numbers	3.3   1.0	3.0   1.2	4.5   1.3
VT duration	29.0   4.1	16.0   6.0	16.0   4.0
VF duration	86.0   30.0	6.5   0.5**	12.0   3.1**
VT (%)	84	50**	40***
VF (%)	92	50**	100
Mortality rate (%)	25	20	50

PVB, premature ventricular beats; VT, ventricular tachycardia, VF, ventricular fibrillation; Con, control group; Ole10-t, treatment group with 10mg/kg oleuropein, O50-t, treatment group with 50mg/kg oleuropein, Lido-t, treatment group with 10mg/kg lidocaine.

^* P< 0.05;

^** P<0.01 and

^*** P<0.001 vs. control group.