Brief Ischemia Episodes Create Cardioprotective Effect | DI Cardiology
Brief Ischemia Episodes Create Cardioprotective Effect January 8, 2008 January 7, 2008 - Ischemia experienced in brief episodes could protect the heart by preparing it for a heart attack, according to early findings from an animal study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati, which was published in the January issue of the American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology.
Rat hearts transfused with blood preconditioned by mini “stress tests” from reduced blood flow had significantly better reperfusion after heart attack-like ischemia than those that received a transfusion from donors that were not subjected to stress beforehand (P<0.05), said Karyn L. Butler, M.D., of the University of Cincinnati.
Brief Ischemia Episodes Create Cardioprotective Effect | DI Cardiology
Brief Ischemia Episodes Create Cardioprotective Effect January 8, 2008 January 7, 2008 - Ischemia experienced in brief episodes could protect the heart by preparing it for a heart attack, according to early findings from an animal study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati, which was published in the January issue of 
the American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology.
Rat hearts transfused with blood preconditioned by mini “stress tests” from reduced blood flow had significantly better reperfusion after heart attack-like ischemia than those that received a transfusion from donors that were not subjected to stress beforehand (P<0.05), said Karyn L. Butler, M.D., of the University of Cincinnati.