Phenylephrine preconditioning of isolated ventricular myocytes involves modulation of KATP channels through activation of survival kinases
Pretreatment with the α1-adrenoceptor agonist phenylephrine has been shown to protect cardiac tissue from a subsequent period of ischaemia. This phenomenon, known as pharmacological preconditioning, decreases infarct size and increases the functional recovery of the intact heart. The role of protein...
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University of Leicester
2009
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