title: Ischaemic preconditioning and myocardial adaptation to serial intracoronary balloon inflation: cut from the same cloth?
abstract: Elective percutaneous coronary intervention fulfils many of the criteria needed of a clinical model of ischaemic preconditioning. But is this really a reflection of the laboratory phenomenon of ischaemic preconditioning?
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Faircloth
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Redwood
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Marber
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019157:Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial / Q000379:methods*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels