Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion

Front Matter....Pages i-1
Opioid receptor contributes to ischemic preconditioning through protein kinase C activation in rabbits....Pages 3-12
Equal reduction in infarct size by ethylisopropyl-amiloride pretreatment and ischemic preconditioning in the in situ rabbit heart....Pages 13-18
Loss of myocardial protection from ischemic preconditioning following chronic exposure to R(-)-N 6 -(2-phenylisopropyl)adenosine is related to defect at the adenosine A 1 receptor....Pages 19-25
Rapid pacing-induced preconditioning is recaptured by farnesol treatment in hearts of cholesterol-fed rats: Role of polyprenyl derivatives and nitric oxide....Pages 27-34
Effect of ethanol on myocardial infarct size in a canine model of coronary artery occlusion-reperfusion....Pages 35-41
Gene expression after short periods of coronary occlusion....Pages 43-51
Mechanism of hypoxic preconditioning in guinea pig papillary muscles....Pages 53-60
Characterisation and validation of a murine model of global ischaemia-reperfusion injury....Pages 61-68
Ischemic preconditioning in isolated perfused mouse heart: Reduction in infarct size without improvement of post-ischemic ventricular function....Pages 69-77
Differential electrophysiologic effects of global and regional ischemia and reperfusion in perfused rat hearts. Effects of Mg 2+ concentration....Pages 79-86
Ischemic preconditioning and superoxide dismutase protect against endothelial dysfunction and endothelium glycocalyx disruption in the postischemic guinea-pig hearts....Pages 87-97
Role of H 2 O 2 in changing ß-adrenoceptor and adenylyl cyclase in ischemia-reperfused hearts....Pages 99-106
PBN spin trapping of free radicals in the reperfusion-injured heart. Limitations for pharmacological investigations....Pages 107-115
Comparison of the effects of ACE inhibition with those of Angiotensin II receptor antagonism on systolic and diastolic myocardial stunning in isolated rabbit heart....Pages 117-121
Is stunning prevented by ischemic preconditioning?....Pages 123-129
Physiological and biochemical adrenergic regulation of the stunned myocardium....Pages 131-137
Ischemic preconditioning attenuates apoptotic cell death associated with ischemia/reperfusion....Pages 139-145
The extracellular matrix in hibernating myocardium — a significant factor causing structural defects and cardiac dysfunction....Pages 147-158
Dedifferentiated cardiomyocytes from chronic hibernating myocardium are ischemia-tolerant....Pages 159-168
Role of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases in ischemic preconditioning....Pages 169-175
Myocardial protection during ischemia and reperfusion....Pages 177-184
Features of short-term myocardial hibernation....Pages 185-193
Hibernating myocardium: Its pathophysiology and clinical role....Pages 195-199
Non-ischemic myocardial preconditioning....Pages 201-203
Back Matter....Pages 205-210