Fig. 3
Effect of estrogen receptor blockade and cardioprotective potential of RIPC-plasma in the aged rat heart. a Effects of RIPC-plasma samples from young female volunteers on infarct size in young rat hearts in the absence or presence of estrogen receptor blocker fulvestrant (Ful). Scatter plot shows the infarct size in percent of the left ventricle. Data are presented as mean ± SD, n = 10 for all groups (one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test). b Effects of RIPC-plasma samples from young male volunteers on infarct size in aged rat hearts. Scatter plot shows the infarct size in percent of left ventricle. Data are presented as mean ± SD, n = 10 for all groups. *P < 0.05 vs. Con (t-test comparison)