Susceptibility to myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury at early stage of type 1 diabetes in rats

Conclusions: Diabetic hearts, even at early stage of the disease are more sensitive to IRI, and this increased severity of post-ischemic myocardial injury depends more on the duration of ischemia than that of reperfusion.

http://www.cardiab.com/content/12/1/133

Source: Cardiovascular Diabetology - September 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Haobo LiZipeng LiuJunwen WangGordon WongChi-Wai CheungLiangqing ZhangCan ChenZhengyuan XiaMichael Irwin Source Type: research