Figure 2:
Left ventricle functional variables at baseline and 60, 120 and 180 min after CPB and aortic declamping following cardiac arrest with polarizing (STH-POL) and depolarizing (STH-2) cardioplegia. Mean or median values, bars are SE or 25 and 75 percentiles. Statistics as in Fig. 1. #Significantly different from STH-POL at 180 min of reperfusion, *Significantly different from 60 min of reperfusion within STH-2 group. EF: ejection fraction; SWi: indexed stroke work; PRSW: slope of preload recruitable stroke work; ESPVRslope: slope of the end-systolic pressure volume relationship; Tau: isovolumic relaxation constant; β: the logarithmic end-diastolic pressure volume relationship; RM-ANOVA: analysis of variance for repeated measurements.