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EDITORIAL
Ischaemic preconditioning and myocardial adaptation to serial intracoronary balloon inflation: cut from the same cloth?
Department of Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular Research, GKT School of Medicine, KCL, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas Hospital, London, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor Michael S Marber
Department of Cardiology, KCL, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; mike.marber{at}kcl.ac.uk
Elective percutaneous coronary intervention fulfils many of the criteria needed of a clinical model of ischaemic preconditioning. But is this really a reflection of the laboratory phenomenon of ischaemic preconditioning?
Keywords: angina; collaterals; preconditioning
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