Myocardial remote ischemic preconditioning: From pathophysiology to clinical application
Short periods of myocardial ischemia followed by reperfusion induce a cardioprotective mechanism when the myocardium is subsequently subjected to a prolonged period of ischemia, a phenomenon known as ischemic preconditioning.As well as its application in the myocardium, ischemic preconditioning can...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-11-01
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| Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204913001979 |