Ischemic Postconditioning of the Isolated Human Myocardium: Role of the applied protocol

Conclusions The present findings show that IPostC of the human myocardium may be influenced by the protocol used and also by the degree of the preceding ischemic injury. IPostC was beneficial in approximately 1/3 of the cases; however in the remaining cases it increased ischemic damage and, therefore, these results raise a word of caution on its broad clinical use.

Source: IJC Heart and Vasculature - May 24, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research