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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Patients treated with GIK had higher postoperative cardiac indices (2. 88 + / - 0. 50 versus 2. 20 + / - 0. 39 L/minute per square meter ; p < 0. 0001), lower inotrope scores (0. 40 + / - 0. 68 versus 1. 25 + / - 1. 44 ; p = 0. 05), less weight gain (5. 80 + / - 3. 76 versus 13. 85 + / - 6. 52 pounds ; p < 0. 0001), and had shorter times of ventilator support (8. 35 + / - 2. 60 versus 13. 45 + / - 7. 33 hours ; p = 0. 0128).