Myocardial Preservation, Preconditioning, and Adaptation

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Dipak Kumar Das, Richard M. Engelman, K. M. Cherian (M.D.)
New York Academy of Sciences, 1996 - Medical - 533 pages
In this volume, basic scientists, cardiologists and cardiac surgeons discuss all that is known about preconditioning/adaptation and how this state-of-the-art technique compares with conventional techniques of myocardial preservation, unveiling its mechanism of protection and potential clinical application.

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The Slowing of Ischemic Energy Demand in Preconditioned Myocardium
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Cardioprotection by Ischemic and Nonischemic Myocardial Stress
27
Contribution to the Factors Involved in the Protective Effect of Ischemic
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