Research Article

Effects of Cardiac Hypertrophy, Diabetes, Aging, and Pregnancy on the Cardioprotective Effects of Postconditioning in Male and Female Rats

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Effects of PPC on left ventricular and coronary vascular dynamics hearts isolated from nondiabetic and diabetic rats. PPC-mediated protection in hearts isolated from diabetic male and female rats ( per group). Postischemic recovery from the dysfunction of the heart: (a) DPmax; (b) LVEDP; (c) CF; and (d) CVR. The data were computed at 30 min of reperfusion and are expressed as the means ± SEM. Ctr, control; PPC, pacing postconditioning. compared to the respective control. compared to the ischemic period.
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