Table 2.

Functional parameters of isolated rat hearts measured at the end of stabilization (STAB) and at the end of reperfusion (REP) followed after ischemia

Parameter		C	HFFD	HFFD-S	HFFD-R
Heart rate (HR) (beats/min)	STAB	285.45±26.12	279.77±15.42	302.18±27.7	289.44±12.04
	REP	254.40±21.49	272.74±12.20	286.08±9.13	250.45±22.67
Left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP) (kPa)	STAB	9.85±1.41	10.32±1.59	12.53±1.00	10.82±1.43
	REP	11.65±0.31	11.74±1.02	12.65± 1.33	10.67±2.54
End diastolic left ventricular pressure (EDLVP) (kPa)	STAB	0.62±0.30	0.33±0.11	0.52±0.21	1.28±0.27#
	REP	0.91±0.30	0.38±0.20	0.22±0.12	1.12±0.67
−dP/dt max (kPa/s)	STAB	168.33±29.33	189.71±33.45	227.56±18.66	216.30±39.43
	REP	124.15±57.21	217.92±20.94	186.85±27.26	160.69±37.54
+dP/dt max (kPa/s)	STAB	249.74±46.69	271.83±47.28	316.96±27.05	267.84±43.93
	REP	178.63±78.94	313.16±30.66	271.99±37.4	237.16±52.02
−dP/dt max / +dP/dt max	STAB	0.68±0.02	0.68±0.03	0.72±0.02	0.77±0.11
	REP	0.65±0.06	0.72±0.01	0.68±0.02	0.64±0.04
Heart Product (HP) (kPa x beats/min)	STAB	2603.07±399.26	2947.42±538.78	3821.26±459.65	3214.54±507.63
	REP	2968.86±307.59	3176.44±277.93	3614.64±222.88	2512.15±579.64
Coronary flow (CF) (ml/min)	STAB	9.51±1.22	10.22±1.25	12.84±1.78	11.22±0.65
	REP	9.34±0.57	11.16±0.72	14.43±1.89 *	12.00±1.28

All values are means ± SEM. Number of rats per group, n = 10. Experimental group abbreviations explained in Fig. 1, significant difference in EDLVP at the end of stabilization

^#p < 0.05 HFFD vs. HFFD-R, in CF at reperfusion

^*p < 0.05 HFFD-S vs. C, ANOVA, Bonferroni comparison test.