The evolving story of "conditioning" to protect against acute myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury

Heart. 2007 Jun;93(6):649-51. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2007.118828.

Abstract

“… it will not be long before pharmacological therapy, based upon our understanding of the mechanisms of “conditioning”, can be used to protect patients from the consequences of severe acute myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury”

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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial / history
  • Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial / methods*
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / prevention & control*