“…The use of different contractile performance indexes and assessment techniques could contribute to these conflicting findings. For instance, various studies report contractile performance indexes, including peak systolic pressure (9,10,12,15,20,23,35,36), developed pressure (1,13,15,17,23,28,30,32,36), systolic pressure-rate product (10,20), and maximum rate of systolic pressure increase per unit time (ϩdP/dt max ) (1,8,10,12,13,17,23,36), but rarely examine more than one or two of these indexes simultaneously. Interestingly, studies (23,36) that examined two indexes found that peak systolic pressure had two-to threefold greater postischemic functional recovery than either developed pressure or ϩdP/dt max .…”