Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
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Lethal reperfusion injury is a paradoxical type of myocardial injury caused by the restoration of coronary blood flow after an ischemic episode. This review focuses on the mechanisms of the injury, on attempts to protect the heart against it, and on promising new approaches to cardioprotection during percutaneous coronary intervention.
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A prolonged period of ischemia followed by reperfusion irreversibly damages the heart and other tissues.
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- Authors
- Yellon, D. M., & Hausenloy, D. J.
- Affiliations
- University College Hospital (GB)
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2007-09-13
- Volume
- 357
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1121-1135
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2043355876
- Cited by
- 3,797
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 14.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Keywords
- myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, cardioprotection, percutaneous coronary intervention, ischemic preconditioning
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Myocardial Infarction, Myocardial Reperfusion, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury, Thrombolytic Therapy, Cell Death, Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial, Phosphate Transport Proteins, Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins
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