Table 2. Concentrations of syndecan-1 and heparan sulfate in systemic arterial blood.

Time-point	Syndecan-1 (ng/ml)	Heparan sulfate (ng/ml)
T1—before induction of anesthesia	14.4 (12.1–26.5)	88.5 (85.1–96.8)
T2—immediately before aortic cross-clamping	146.1 (82.5–279.7)	82.3 (75.1–86.2)
T3—immediately before aortic declamping	253.8 (151.6–372.0)	148.1 (135.7–161.7)
T4—one minute after aortic declamping	299.1 (172.0–713.7)a	128.0 (119.0–138.2)a
T5—five minutes after aortic declamping	428.5 (242.2–864.7)a	123.4 (110.6–138.4)a
T6—ten minutes after aortic declamping	509.6 (260.5–820.5)a	133.5 (118.8–146.7)b

Data are expressed as number median (interquartile range).

^a p < 0.001 and

^b p = 0.004 for Wilcoxon signed rank test (T3 vs T4; T3 vs T5 and T3 vs T6).