Table 1. Hemodynamic Variables
Data are mean ± SD.
* P < 0.05 compared with baseline.
† P < 0.05 compared with preconditioning group.
Ket. or Vehic. = ketamine or vehicle administration; PC = ischemic preconditioning; LVEDP = left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; dP/dtmax= maximum rate of increase in left ventricular pressure; SVR = systemic vascular resistance; RPP = rate pressure product; τ= time constant of decrease in isovolumic left ventricular pressure.