Figure 1

Time course of the percentages of ¹²⁵ I-TNC-Ab uptake area against area at risk (percentage area). The percentages of ¹²⁵I-TNC-Ab uptake areas without postconditioning at 1, 3, 7, and 14 days after reperfusion tended to decline over time but the differences were statistically insignificant (82.7% ± 8.6%, 70.6% ± 20.5%, 61.1% ± 15.1%, 63.8% ± 5.6%, respectively, P = ns). Postconditioning reduced the percentages of ¹²⁵I-TNC-Ab uptake areas at all reperfusion times (at 1, 3, 7, and 14 days after reperfusion were 69.1% ± 6.6%, 65.9% ± 6.1%, 55.7% ± 6.5%, and 54.4% ± 3.5%, respectively) but not statistically significantly so (P = ns, vs without postconditioning).