title: Ischemic Conditioning: Implications for Emergency Medicine.
abstract: Ischemic conditioning refers to the ability of brief episodes of controlled hypoperfusion around the time of an acute ischemic event to protect the target organ from reperfusion injury. A considerable body of literature suggests that interventions as simple and safe as repetitively inflating a blood pressure cuff could reduce the size and long-term morbidity of myocardial and cerebral infarction. This review introduces and summarizes the body of evidence contributing to these impressions.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine Department, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA. Electronic address: kenneth.frumkin.civ@mail.mil.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Frumkin
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine Department, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA.
authors.forename: Adam S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D019194:Ischemic Preconditioning / Q000379:methods; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000517:prevention & control; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000072657:ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy