Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as a novel method of remote preconditioning: In vitro validation in an animal model and first human observations

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Merlocco, Anthony C ^a   Redington, Kathrine L ^a   Disenhouse, Tara ^a   Strantzas, Samuel C ^a   Gladstone, Rachel ^a   Wei, Can ^a   Tropak, Michael B ^a   Manlhiot, Cedric ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Redington, Andrew N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Ischemic preconditioning; Reperfusion; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; REMOTE ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; MYOCARDIUM; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; UPPER EXTREMITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 84894871419     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: 14351803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-014-0406-0     Document Type: Article

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