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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2007; 49:601-605, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2006.09.041 (Published online 19 January 2007).
© 2007 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Renaud Tissier, DVM, PhD*, Kazutoshi Hamanaka, MD*, Atsushi Kuno, MD, PhD*, James C. Parker, PhD*, Michael V. Cohen, MD, FACC*,{dagger} and James M. Downey, PhD*,*

* Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama, College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama
{dagger} Department of Medicine, University of South Alabama, College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama


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Figure 1 Experimental Protocols

B = baseline; CAO = coronary artery occlusion; CAR = coronary artery reperfusion; PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure; Reperf = reperfusion.

 

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Figure 2 Diagram of the Temperature-Controlled Liquid Ventilator

 

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Figure 3 Cardiac and Rectal Temperatures

*p < 0.05 versus Gas; {dagger}p < 0.05 versus Liquid (comparison made at baseline, 25 min of ischemia, and 60 min of reperfusion). LA = left atrial; other abbreviations as in Figure 1.

 

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Figure 4 Infarct Sizes Expressed as Percentage of the Risk Zone Volume

Open circles = individual infarct sizes; closed circles = mean infarct size with SEM. *p < 0.05 versus both Gas and Liquid Warm groups. PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure; Reperf = reperfusion.

 




 
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