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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Postoperatively, maximum dopamine dose (3. 35 + / -2. 27 microg/kg/min versus 5. 49 + / -2. 30 microg/kg/min, p < 0. 05) and peak plasma creatine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB) (21. 7 + / -7. 2 IU/L versus 28. 8 + / -8. 4 IU/L, p < 0. 05) were lower in Group M. Early postoperative echocardiography revealed a lower incidence of paradoxical ventricular septal motion (M versus C ; 3 versus 10, p < 0. 05) and greater left ventricular ejection fraction (M versus C ; 70. 7 + / -4. 0 % versus 67. 0 + / -5. 3 %, p < 0. 05) in Group M.