Table 5.

Serum NO levels before and after PCI.

NO, umol/ml	PPCI+RIPostC	PPCI	P
Preoperative	1.50±0.29	1.32±0.66	0.11
Postoprotive
0.5 hour	3.30±0.56	2.05±0.76	<0.01**
8 hour	3.88±0.53	2.56±0.91	<0.01**
24 hour	2.63±0.40	2.29±0.52	<0.01**
48 hour	2.10±0.12	1.90±0.98	0.18
72 hour	1.60±0.97	1.12±0.20	<0.01**

Values are mean ±SD.

^**P<0.01.