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Editorial
. 2007 Jun;93(6):649-51.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2007.118828.

The evolving story of "conditioning" to protect against acute myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury

Derek J Hausenloy  1 , Derek M Yellon
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Editorial

The evolving story of "conditioning" to protect against acute myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury

Derek J Hausenloy et al. Heart. 2007 Jun.

Abstract

“… it will not be long before pharmacological therapy, based upon our understanding of the mechanisms of “conditioning”, can be used to protect patients from the consequences of severe acute myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury”

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