Table II.

Troponin I, creatinine and alanine-aminotransferase (ALAT) blood levels

	Baseline	Coronary reperfusion
		60 min	360 min	Day 1
Number of animals (n)
Control	9	9	8	4
TLV	10	10	9	9
Saline	10	9	8	7
Troponine I blood levels (ng/ml)
Control	< 0.2	151±62	147±58	111±50
TLV	< 0.2	8±11 *†	75±83	28±40 *†
Saline	< 0.2	61±27 *	152±62	91±46
Creatinine plasma levels (mg/l)
Control	5.9±1.3	9.3±2.2	8.5±2.9	9.4±5.2
TLV	6.8±1.6	7.8±2.8	7.3±1.7	8.5±2.8
Saline	7.4±2.7	6.4±3.5	5.2±2.9	6.1±3.2
Alanine-aminotransferase plasma levels (UI/l)
Control	26±13	74±36	79±48	79±28
TLV	33±20	59±39	87±64	83±78
Saline	28±9	61±33	83±58	61±29

TLV, total liquid ventilation; Saline, hypothermia induced by intravenous administration of cold saline combined to external cooling;

^*, p<0.05 vs corresponding Control;

^†, p<0.05 vs corresponding Saline.