title: [Critical review of preconditioning].
abstract: Adaptation of the brain and myocardium to ischemia by short shutdowns of the regional circulation (preconditioning) is an interesting and important subject. Nowadays it is discussed with animation in the scientific literature. However this problem is very complicated and contains a lot of contradictions. We tried to examine these contradictions and tofind the reasons for this phenomenon.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Ivanov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000628:therapy*; D019194:Ischemic Preconditioning / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome