Ischemic preconditioning-an unfulfilled promise

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 101-108

  Williams, Timothy M ^a   Waksman, Ron ^b   De Silva, Kalpa ^a   Jacques, Adam ^a   Mahmoudi, Michael ^a,c  

^a ASHFORD AND ST PETER'S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Ischemic preconditioning; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC POSTCONDITIONING; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE ISCHEMIC CONDITIONING; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING, MYOCARDIAL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84933672790     PISSN: 15538389     EISSN: 18780938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2014.12.010     Document Type: Review

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