Cardiac anaesthesia in 2005
Authors:
M. Horáček
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika anesteziologie a resuscitace Fakultní nemocnice v Motole a IPVZ Praha
Published in:
Anest. intenziv. Med., 17, 2006, č. 2, s. 72-77
Category:
Anaesthesiology
Overview
This review gives a summary of the current understanding of mechanisms mediating ischaemia and reperfusion injury, stunning, cardioprotection, ischaemic and pharmacological preconditioning, postconditioning and their clinical consequences.
Key words:
ischaemia – reperfusion – stunning – preconditioning – postconditioning
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Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Inten Intensive Care MedicineArticle was published in
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