Pre-conditioning with adenosine leads to concentration-dependent infarct size reduction in the isolated rabbit heart

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 148-151

  Woolfson, R G ^a   Patel, V C ^a   Yellon, D M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Myocardial infarct size; Rabbit, heart

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIUM; PERFUSION; RABBITS;

EID: 0030004554     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0008-6363(95)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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