Table 2.

Top, time to induce the target temperature in the distal coronary artery and at 3 sites of the infarct area

	Occlusion mean [range]		Reperfusion mean [range]
Time to achieve 34°C (s)
Coronary artery	4.6	[3.6-5.1]	-	-
Infarct area
Proximal	56	[37.5-89.5]	-	-
Mid	77.1	[42.3-130.6]	-	-
Distal	110.1	[62.9-176.4]	-	-
Temperature in °C
Coronary artery	26.5	[25.4-28.5]	31.7	[27.6-33.8]
Infarct area
Proximal	32.6	[29.9-36.4]	33.8	[30.0-37.7]
Mid	33.0	[29.3-35.6]	33.7	[30.5-37.7]
Distal	32.7	[30.3-36.4]	32.8	[30.9-33.7]
Great cardiac vein	34.4	[33.5-36.0]	34.7	[33.6-35.5]

Bottom, blood and myocardial temperatures during the occlusion and reperfusion phases. Temperature in the reference myocardium remains unchanged and normal during all experiments.