Myocardial preconditioning. Endogenous protection against infarction.
Even with heroic procedures, it is not yet possible to prevent cell death during a myocardial infarction; however, preconditioning has revealed an endogenous process capable of providing significant protection to the heart from such a fatal result. Mechanisms by which preconditioning operates have not yet been unraveled but its resolution has clear clinical significance.
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Department of Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine.
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D000818:Animals; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism