The predilection for subendocardial underperfusion and ischemia is great and must be
considered in the management of any patient, especially if there is coronary artery disease …

Timely reperfusion of ischemic myocardium in experimental animals halts the advancing
transmural “wavefront” of ischemic cell death and thereby limits myocardial infarct size by …

Ultrastructural studies of the extracellular collagen matrix were made on the “stunned”
myocardium using scanning, conventional and high voltage transmission electron …

BACKGROUND Myocardial reperfusion is associated with calcium overload and cell
contracture, mechanisms that may precipitate cell death. In this study, we tested the …

Sudden cardiac death forms a major cause of mortality. Myocardial ischemia-induced
ventricular fibrillation (VF) is frequently the underlying mechanism. Ventricular arrhythmias …

The effect of coronary artery reperfusion on infarct size was studied in a pig heart model.
Forty four open chest pigs underwent occlusion of the mid-left anterior descending artery …

Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were used together
with tannic acid and ruthenium-red staining to examine connective tissue damage caused …

Isolated preparations of rabbit interventricular septum were perfused through the coronary
arteries with oxygenated Tyrode's solution and placed in a tissue bath where they were …

Quantification of intramyocardial hemorrhage was performed in 69 pigs submitted to various
protocols of coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion. The study groups include 1) …

To assess the importance of contraction band necrosis (CBN) in reperfusion, CBN,
coagulation necrosis (CN), and infarct size, expressed as CBN+ CN, were quantitatively …