title: [The effect of renal ischemic preconditioning on the myocardial ischemic/reperfusion injury in rabbits].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether renal ischemic preconditioning could protect myocardium from ischemic-reperfusion injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-two adult white rabbits were randomly divided into four groups: group sham operation (SO), myocardial ischemic-reperfusion (I/R), classical ischemic preconditioning (CIPC) and renal ischemic preconditioning (RIPC). Changes of left ventricular functions, myocardial infarct size, myocardial ultrastructure and cardiac arrhythmia were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  RIPC and CIPC could reduce the myocardial infarct size and the attack rate of arrhythmia (P < 0.01 vs I/R); improve the left ventricular functions (P < 0.01 vs I/R) and minimized the ultrastructure injury of I/R myocardium.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The RIPC might elicit a myocardial protection against ischemic-reperfusion injury, which is similar to the effect of CIPC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, China.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019194:Ischemic Preconditioning / Q000379:methods*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011817:Rabbits; D011897:Random Allocation