Fig. 3. Myocardial infarct size (IS) expressed as percentage of left ventricular area at risk (AAR). Values are mean ± SEM. n = 9 in each group. Mice received no intervention (CON), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), desflurane (DES), ischemic preconditioning (IPC), Pim-1 kinase inhibitor II alone (PIM-Inh.II) or in combination with desflurane (DES + PIM-Inh.II), or ischemic preconditioning (IPC + PIM-Inh.II). * Significantly (  P < 0.05) different from CON. # Significantly (  P < 0.05) different from DES + PIM-Inh.II. § Significantly (  P < 0.05) different from IPC. † Significantly (  P < 0.05) different from PIM-Inh.II.