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PDFFeatured editorial
The evolving story of “conditioning” to protect against acute myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury
Abstract
“… it will not be long before pharmacological therapy, based upon our understanding of the mechanisms of “conditioning”, can be used to protect patients from the consequences of severe acute myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury”
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- AMI, acute myocardial infarction
- CABG, coronary artery bypass graft
- IPC, ischaemic preconditioning
- IPost, ischaemic postconditioning
- PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention
- RIPC, remote ischaemic preconditioning
- RIPost, remote ischaemic postconditioning
- SWOP, second window of protection