Ischemic preconditioning, a powerful form of endogenous protection against myocardial
infarction, has been demonstrated in several animal species and, recently, in isolated …

Ischemic preconditioning is a phenomenon in which exposure of the heart to a brief period
of ischemia causes it to quickly adapt itself to become resistant to infarction from a …

1. Ischemic preconditioning and its endpoints morphological protection, while on the other
hand caution should be used when extrapolating findings from short-Brief episodes of …

The phenomenon of “ischemic preconditioning” has been recognized for almost two
decades. In experimental animals and humans, a brief period of ischemia has been shown …

Background In the experimental setting, it has been demonstrated that preconditioning
myocardium before prolonged occlusion with brief ischemic episodes affords substantial …

Ischemic preconditioning offers powerful protection from ischemie necrosis in a wide range
of animal species, but does it occur in humans? Support for preconditioning in humans …

In animals, brief episodes of ischemia before a total coronary occlusion protect the heart and
result in a smaller myocardial infarct size. In humans, episodes of angina before acute …

Yellon, Derek M., and James M. Downey. Preconditioning the Myocardium: From Cellular
Physiology to Clinical Cardiology. Physiol Rev 83: 1113-1151, 2003; 10.1152/physrev …

The possibility that an innate mechanism of myocardial protection might be inducible in the
human heart has generated considerable excitement and enthusiastic research. The …

Brief periods of ischemia, induced either by complete coronary artery occlusion or by rapid
ventricular pacing, greatly reduce the severity of those live-threatening ventricular …