Fig. 4. Time course of dLVP/dt^max(A ) and dLVP/dt^min(B ) before, during, and after global ischemia in CON, SBI, SBAI, and SAI groups. Note that sevoflurane (SEV) treatment in SBI and SBAI groups slightly decreased dLVP/dt^maxand dLVP/dt^minsuch that dLVP/dt^maxand dLVP/dt^minwere moderately decreased during reperfusion but that these changes were smaller in each sevoflurane group compared with the CON group. See figure 1for details on groups and statistics.