Letter regarding article by Staat et al, "Postconditioning the human heart" [1]

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Laskey, Warren K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART POSTCONDITIONING; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; REPERFUSION INJURY; TIME;

HUMANS; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING, MYOCARDIAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645738865     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.594358     Document Type: Letter

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