Acute metformin treatment provides cardioprotection via improved mitochondrial function in cardiac ischemia / reperfusion injury
Cardiac ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury following reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction results in mitochondrial dynamic imbalance and cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Although diabetic patients taking metformin have been shown to have a lower risk of myocardial infarction, the efficacy of th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332220307976 |