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 …

Unlike acute myocardial infarction with reperfusion, in which infarct size is the end point
reflecting irreversible injury, myocardial stunning and hibernation result from reversible …

BACKGROUND One or more brief episodes of coronary artery occlusion protect or"
precondition" the myocardium perfused by that artery from a subsequent episode of …

On July 2–3, 1996, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute sponsored a workshop in
Columbia, Md, entitled “The Medical and Cellular Implications of Myocardial Stunning …

Background—We previously demonstrated that ischemic postconditioning decreases
creatine kinase release, a surrogate marker for infarct size, in patients with acute myocardial …

Preconditioning the myocardium using short episodes of sublethal ischaemia will delay the
onset of necrosis during a subsequent lethal ischaemic insult. This powerful protective …

Background Recent evidence indicates that volatile anesthetics exert protective effects
during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. The authors tested the hypothesis that …

Background—Despite intense investigation, the effector of the infarct-limiting protection
observed during the late phase of ischemic preconditioning (PC) remains unknown. The …

Ischemic preconditioning (IP) reduces infarct size in young animals; however, its impact on
aging is underinvestigated. The effect of variations in IP stimuli was studied in young, middle …

Conscious pigs underwent a sequence of 10 2-min coronary occlusions, each separated by
2 min of reperfusion, for three consecutive days (days 1, 2, and 3). On day 1, pigs received …