Heart 2006;92:1367-1368
EDITORIAL
Harnessing the preconditioning phenomenon: does remote organ ischaemia provide the answer?
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Correspondence to:
Professor David E Newby
Room SU314, The Chancellor’s Building, New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK; d.e.newby{at}ed.ac.uk
Despite progress in defining the cellular mechanisms of the ischaemic preconditioning phenomenon, its conversion into convenient clinical practice has been slow. The possibility that an innate mechanism of tissue resistance to ischaemia could be harnessed as a clinical tool is an attractive and enticing prospect
Keywords: angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; ACE inhibitors; aortic stenosis; atherosclerosis; statins
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