Figure 5 highlights the relative % change in the various cardiac parameters between normal and diabetic hearts upon EGF administration either before or after ischemia. Administering EGF to diabetic hearts before ischemia appeared to yield a greater improvement in recovery of LVEDP and coronary flow whereas administration after ischemia led to a greater improvement in Pmax, +dp/dt, and −dp/dt (Table 2; Figure 5). Here, EGF is linked to ischemia.