Research Article

Salvianolic Acid B Improves Postresuscitation Myocardial and Cerebral Outcomes in a Murine Model of Cardiac Arrest: Involvement of Nrf2 Signaling Pathway

Table 1

Baseline and CA/CPR-related characteristics of mice.

VariablesVehicle
Sal B
value

Baseline
 Body weight (g)0.257
 Body temperature (°C)0.880
 LVPmax (mmHg)0.943
 dp/dtmax (mmHg/s)0.177
 dp/dtmin (mmHg/s)0.463
 Heart rate (bpm)0.760
 Cardiac output (mL/min)0.101
Resuscitation
 Intubation time (s)0.837
 Chest compression rate (beats/min)0.508
 Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)0.649
 Total dose of epinephrine (μg)0.257
 Time to ROSC (s)0.013a
 ROSC success ( (%))11 (73%)13 (86%)0.648

Values are ; CA: cardiac arrest; CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Vehicle: mice subjected to CA/CPR treated with normal saline; Sal B: salvianolic acid B; : number of mice; LVPmax: maximum left ventricular pressure; dp/dtmax: maximum rate of developed left ventricular pressure; dp/dtmin: minimum rate of developed left ventricular pressure; bpm: beats per minute; ROSC: return of spontaneous circulation. a vs. Vehicle.