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Editorial
. 2004 Apr;90(4):358-60.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2003.025791.

Ischaemic preconditioning and myocardial adaptation to serial intracoronary balloon inflation: cut from the same cloth?

M E Faircloth, S R Redwood, M S Marber
Editorial

Ischaemic preconditioning and myocardial adaptation to serial intracoronary balloon inflation: cut from the same cloth?

M E Faircloth et al. Heart. 2004 Apr.

Abstract

Elective percutaneous coronary intervention fulfils many of the criteria needed of a clinical model of ischaemic preconditioning. But is this really a reflection of the laboratory phenomenon of ischaemic preconditioning?

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