In pigs with ischemia-reperfusion injury, exenatide reduced myocardial infarct size versus phosphate-buffered saline.
In plain wordsIn pigs with ischemia-reperfusion injury, exenatide reduced heart infarct size compared with phosphate-buffered saline.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- DecreaseMyocardial infarct size
- Study
pign: not reported in source
Coronary artery ligation and reperfusion injury- Comparator
- Phosphate-buffered saline
- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- Myocardial infarct size
- 32.7%
- exenatide
- Myocardial infarct size
- 53.6%
- PBS
Source sentences
Exenatide reduced myocardial infarct size (32.7 +/- 6.4% vs. 53.6 +/- 3.9%; p = 0.031)
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Pigs were randomized to exenatide or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) treatment after 75 min of coronary artery ligation and subsequent reperfusion.