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Andreas Skyschally1, Rainer Schulz, Gerd Heusch.
Abstract
One or several short cycles of ischemia/reperfusion before (preconditioning) or after (postconditioning) a sustained coronary occlusion with subsequent reperfusion reduce the ultimate infarct size. The protection is potent, but limited to a narrow time frame. In animal experiments, a complex signal transduction cascade was identified which results specifically in a reduction of reperfusion injury. There is evidence for both ischemic pre- and postconditioning in patients with coronary artery disease.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18344027 DOI: 10.1007/s00059-008-3101-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Herz ISSN: 0340-9937 Impact factor: 1.443