Table 1.

Characteristics of hearts (Human Heart Tissue Repository, University of Sydney)

Sample Section Sex Age Cause of death Po (n) 
6.008 LV M 40 Stroke 0.06 ± 0.02 (20) 
6.028 LV F 62 Hypoxic brain injury 0.10 ± 0.05 (18) 
7.012 LV M 19 Motor cycle accident 0.05 ± 0.03 (2) 
6.048 LV F 54 Subarachnoid hemorrhage 0.12 ± 0.06 (16) 

Hearts were not required for organ transplantation. The open probability (mean ± SEM) was measured in the presence of 100 nM cytoplasmic Ca2+ and 0.1 mM luminal Ca2+ from n experiments. LV, left ventricle.

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