Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury is an important cause of impaired heart function in
the early postoperative period subsequent to cardiac surgery. Reactive oxygen species …

Background It is not known whether modern volatile anesthetics are associated with less
mortality and postoperative pulmonary or other complications in patients undergoing …

Background Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) of the myocardium by limb
ischemia/reperfusion may mitigate cardiac damage, but its interaction with the anesthetic …

The importance of mitochondria for neuronal function is evident by the large number of
neurodegenerative diseases that have been associated with a disruption of mitochondrial …

Objective Remote ischemic preconditioning protects the myocardium from
ischemia/reperfusion injury. We recently identified protection by remote ischemic …

Background The present study investigated the effects of propofol, desflurane, and
sevoflurane on recovery of myocardial function in high-risk coronary surgery patients. High …

Cardiac preconditioning represents the most potent and consistently reproducible method of
rescuing heart tissue from undergoing irreversible ischaemic damage. Major milestones …

Previous studies have investigated the role of volatile anaesthetic agents in myocardial
protection during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, and some have identified …

Background Sevoflurane, like other halogenated anesthetics, has been shown to have a
protective effect on the myocardium at risk after an ischemic injury. The current study tested …

Background. Cardiac preconditioning is thought to be involved in the observed decreased
coronary artery reocclusion rate in patients with angina preceding myocardial infarction. We …