The in-situ pig heart with regional ischemia/reperfusion - Ready for translation

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 951-963

  Heusch, Gerd ^a   Skyschally, Andreas ^a   Schulz, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardioprotection; Coronary blood flow; Hibernating myocardium; Infarct size; Ischemic postconditioning; Ischemic preconditioning; Mitochondrion; Myocardial ischemia; Remote conditioning; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BRADYKININ; MICROSPHERE; OPIATE; PROSTAGLANDIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CARDIAC IMAGING; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEART SIZE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISCHEMIC POSTCONDITIONING; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MICRODIALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING, MYOCARDIAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

RODENTIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79955657779     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.02.016     Document Type: Review

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