This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Alsaddique, A. A. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Alsaddique, A. A. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Ischemic Preconditioning: The Endogenous Power

A Review of the Literature

Division of Cardiac Surgery College of Medicine and King Khaled University Hospital PO Box 55952 Riyadh 11544 Saudi Arabia

With the re-emergence of surgery on a beating heart, it is important to examine the unique phenomenon of ischemic preconditioning (IPC) and its role as a form of myocardial protec tion under these circumstances. Ischemic preconditioning is defined as a short period of ischemia, regional or global, imposed before a more prolonged period of ischemia, which increases the myocardium's tolerance to ischemia by endogenous adaptive mechanism. ¹ Until recently, it was generally held that repeated ischemic episodes would have a cumu lative adverse effect and could lead to a "stuttering infarction."

Angiology, Vol. 51, No. 5, 355-360 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005100501


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?