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Figure 1 Examples of changes in left ventricular dP/dt in a control (left panel) and a glucose-insulin-treated (right panel) isolated heart in the Langendorff preparation. There is a progressive fall in dP/dtmax and rise in dP/dtmin throughout the 90-min pacing protocol in the control heart.