Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion

Opioid Receptor Contributes to Ischemic Preconditioning through Protein Kinase C Activation in Rabbits.- Equal Reduction in Infarct Size by Ethylisopropyl-Amiloride Pretreatment and Ischemic Preconditioning in the in Situ Rabbit Heart.- Loss of Myocardial Protection from Ischemic Preconditioning following Chronic Exposure to R(-)-N6-(2-Phenylisopropyl)Adenosine is Related to Defect at the Adenosine A1 Receptor.- Rapid Pacing-Induced Preconditioning is Recaptured by Farnesol Treatment in Hearts of Cholesterol-Fed Rats: Role of Polyprenyl Derivatives and Nitric Oxide.- Effect of Ethanol on Myocardial Infarct Size in a Canine Model of Coronary Artery Occlusion-Reperfusion.- Gene Expression after Short Periods of Coronary Occlusion.- Mechanism of Hypoxic Preconditioning in Guinea Pig Papillary Muscles.- Characterisation and Validation of a new Murine Model of Global Ischaemia-Reperfusion Injury.- Ischcmic Preconditioning in Isolated Perfused Mouse Heart: Reduction in Infarct Size without Improvement of Post-Ischemic Ventricular Function.- Differential Electrophysiologic Effects of Global and Regional Ischemia and Reperfusion in Perfused Rat Hearts. Effects of Mg2+ Concentration.- Ischemic Preconditioning and Superoxide Dismutase Protect against Endothelial Dysfunction and Endothelium Glycocalyx Disruption in the Postischemic Guinea-Pig Hearts.- Role of H2O2 in Changing ß-Adrenoeeptor and Adenylyl Cyclase in Ischemia-Reperfused Hearts.- PBN Spin Trapping of Free Radicals in the Reperfusion-Injured Heart. Limitations for Pharmacological Investigations.- Comparison of the Effects of ACE Inhibition with those of Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonism on Systolic and Diastolic Myocardial Stunning in Isolated Rabbit Heart.- Is Stunning Prevented by Ischemic Preconditioning?.- Physiological and Biochemical Adrenergic Regulation of the Stunned Myocardium.- Ischemic Preconditioning Attenuates Apoptotic Cell Death Associated with Ischemia/reperfusion.- The Extracellular Matrix in Hibernating Myocardium - a Significant Factor Causing Structural Defects and Cardiac Dysfunction.- Dedifferentiated Cardiomyocytes from Chronic Hibernating Myocardium are Ischemia-Tolerant.- Role of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases in Ischemic Preconditioning.- Myocardial Protection during Ischemia And Reperfusion.- Features of Short-Term Myocardial Hibernation.- Hibernating Myocardium: Its Pathophysiology and Clinical Role.- Non-Ischemic Myocardial Preconditioning.- Index to Volume 186.