the addition of cardioplegia improved the preservation of contractility in both groups but its major effect was to normalize the recovery of compliance in hypertrophied hearts so that post-ischaemic lvdp values were no longer different from those recorded in normal hearts ( at 45 min of reperfusion : 102.1 +/- 32.8 % vs 98.5 +/- 14.2 % of pre-ischaemic values respectively ) .
C0018800
hypertrophied hearts
C0018787
hearts