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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Our results show that a complete cryopreservation protocol does not significantly modify (p > 0. 05) the relaxant activity to acetylcholine in norepinephrine-precontracted IMA rings (controls ; 90. 2 % + / - 4. 2 % vs group VI, 77. 1 % + / - 6. 2 %) or the vasoconstrictor response induced by endothelin-1 (controls, 62. 6 % + / - 2. 8 % versus group VI, 73. 7 % + / - 4. 8 %) and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (controls, 22. 4 % + / - 1. 5 % versus group VI, 18. 9 % + / - 1. 9 %).