A fresh look at reperfusion injury

HM Piper, D Garcña-Dorado… - Cardiovascular research, 1998 - academic.oup.com
In clinical therapy of evolving acute myocardial infarction, coronary reperfusion has proven
to be the only way to limit infarct size, provided it occurs soon enough after coronary artery …

Defining the role of trimetazidine in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders: some insights on its role in heart failure and peripheral artery disease

P Chrusciel, J Rysz, M Banach - Drugs, 2014 - Springer
Trimetazidine is a cytoprotective drug whose cardiovascular effectiveness, especially in
patients with stable ischemic heart disease, has been the source of much controversy in …

The role of trimetazidine in cardiovascular disease: beyond an anti-anginal agent

CP McCarthy, KV Mullins… - European Heart Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
With evidence for efficacy in such diverse clinical settings such as stable coronary artery
disease, reperfusion injury, and contrast-induced nephropathy, trimetazidine (TMZ) is novel …

Cardioprotective effects of trimetazidine: a review

M Marzilli - Current Medical research and opinion, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
The efficacy of trimetazidine, an anti-ischaemic agent, has been largely assessed and
presented in the international literature through its metabolic effects, selective and specific …

Trimetazidine administration minimizes myocardial damage and improves left ventricular function after percutaneous coronary intervention

A Labrou, G Giannoglou, D Zioutas, N Fragakis… - American journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Background and objective The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the administration
of trimetazidine, a piperazine derivative, to patients before and after percutaneous coronary …

Measurement of troponin T to detect cardioprotective effect of trimetazidine during coronary artery bypass grafting

B Tünerir, Ö Çolak, Ö Alataş, Y Beşoğul, T Kural… - The Annals of thoracic …, 1999 - Elsevier
Background. The aim of the present study was to evaluate potential myocardial protection by
trimetazidine by measurement of the cardiac marker protein troponin T (TnT) during …

Mechanisms underlying protective effects of trimetazidine on endothelial progenitor cells biological functions against H2O2-induced injury: involvement of …

Q Wu, B Qi, Y Liu, B Cheng, L Liu, Y Li… - European journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Trimetazidine (TMZ) is a widely used drug exerting cardioprotective effects against ischemic
heart disease through a number of mechanisms in conditions of oxidative stress. However …

Effects of trimetazidine on metabolic and functional recovery of postischemic rat hearts

S Allibardi, SL Chierchia, V Margonato, G Merati… - … drugs and therapy, 1998 - Springer
The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that the beneficial effect of trimetazidine
during reflow of ischemic hearts is mediated by energy sparing and ATP pool preservation …

Trimetazidine limits the effects of myocardial ischaemia during percutaneous coronary angioplasty

L Polonski, I Dec, R Wojnar… - Current medical research …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
This open-label, randomised, controlled study is aimed at assessing the effect of pre-
treatment with the metabolic agent trimetazidine on the degree of ischaemia during …

Comparison of protective effects of trimetazidine against experimental warm ischemia of different durations: early and long-term effects in a pig kidney model

C Jayle, F Favreau, K Zhang… - American Journal …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
Acute renal failure (ARF) is often the consequence of an ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI)
and associated with high mortality. Warm ischemia (WI) is a crucial factor of tissue damage …