One of the major therapeutic goals of modern cardiology is to design strategies aimed at
minimizing myocardial necrosis and optimizing cardiac repair following myocardial …

In a variable proportion of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial
infarction, ranging from 5% to 50%, primary percutaneous coronary intervention achieves …

Context Laboratory investigations suggest that exposure to hyperoxia after resuscitation
from cardiac arrest may worsen anoxic brain injury; however, clinical data are lacking …

Neutrophils and other phagocytes manufacture O2−(superoxide) by the one-electron
reduction of oxygen at the expense of NADPH. Most of the O2− reacts with itself to form …

Ischemia‐reperfusion (IR) injury is directly related to the formation of reactive oxygen
species (ROS), endothelial cell injury, increased vascular permeability, and the activation of …

Increasingly complex behavior of free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are noted
within biological systems. Classically free radicals and ROS were considered injurious …

Lung ischemia-reperfusion injury remains one of the major complications after cardiac
bypass surgery and lung transplantation. Due to its dual blood supply system and the …

DNA damage is related to a variety of degenerative diseases such as cancer,
atherosclerosis and neurodegenerative diseases, depending on the tissue affected …

The periodontal diseases are infectious diseases caused by predominantly Gram-negative
bacteria. However, as our understanding of the pathogenesis of the periodontal diseases …

Myocardial ischemic injury results from severe impairment of coronary blood supply and
produces a spectrum of clinical syndromes. As a result of intensive investigation over …