title: Ischemic preconditioning for the clinician.
abstract: Ischemic preconditioning is a physiologic phenomenon that occurs in the cardiac muscle in which brief episodes of ischemia protect the heart when exposed to a sustained ischemia. Clinical counterparts include potential benefits of preinfarction angina and less ischemia after a second, compared to a first, coronary angioplasty balloon inflation. This article will discuss how preconditioning might be applied to the clinical setting during acute myocardial infarction, coronary interventions, and cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449, USA. rezkalla.shereif@marshfieldclinic.org
authors.forename: Shereif H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Rezkalla
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kloner
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019157:Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy