1. Brief Increase in Carbohydrate Oxidation After Reperfusion Reverses Myocardial Stunning in Conscious Pigs by Raymond K. Kudej, Lawrence T. White, Amelia B. Kudej, Stephen F. Vatner, and E. Douglas Lewandowski Circulation Volume 106(22):2836-2841 November 26, 2002 Copyright © American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. Figure 1. Percent change in CBF (circles) and ischemic zone wall thickening (IZWT, squares) in response to 90 minutes of CS and during the first hour of reperfusion in 2 groups of pigs, one with intracoronary [2-13C]glucose (GLU, 20 mmol/L) infusion alone (open symbols) and the other with intracoronary GLU (20 mmol/L) and dichloroacetate (DCA, 20 mmol/L) infusion (solid symbols). Raymond K. Kudej et al. Circulation. 2002;106:2836-2841 Copyright © American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved.

3. Figure 2. Effects of 90 minutes of CS and reperfusion for 4 days on recovery of ischemic zone wall thickening (IZWT) without (□ and with (▪) intracoronary DCA infusion. Raymond K. Kudej et al. Circulation. 2002;106:2836-2841 Copyright © American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved.

4. Figure 3. NMR signal from 5-carbon of glutamate, labeled with 13C as a result of oxidation of [2- 13C]glucose. Raymond K. Kudej et al. Circulation. 2002;106:2836-2841 Copyright © American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved.