Effects of oral dose of the three furnidipine metabolites (M-2, M-3, M-8) on mortality and arrhythmias in the rat model for reperfusion-induced arrhythmias.

Data in parentheses are presented as the number of rats with MI, VT or VF/total number of rats in each group. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. The chi-square-test (χ2) was used to estimate the significance between the incidence of arrhythmias and mortality in all comparisons. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used for others. Values marked with *(P<0.05), **(P<0.01) or ***(P<0.001) are significantly different from control. Values marked with † (P<0.05), †† (P<0.01) or ††† (P<0.001) are significantly different from M-3 group.