The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Clinical research
Human myocardium preconditioning during successive balloon inflations: irrelevant influence of both collateral recruitment and clinical pre-intervention interference
EuroInterv.2006;2:345-350.
Wilson A. Pimentel1*, MD, PhD; Eulógio E. Martinez1, MD, PhD; John A. Ambrose2, MD, PhD, FACC; Wilson Mathias1, MD, PhD; Ana Arruda1, MD, PhD; Pedro E. Horta1, MD; Expedito E. Ribeiro1, MD, PhD; Antonio Esteves1, MD; Pedro A. Lemos1, MD, PhD; José A.F. Ramires1, MD, PhD FACC
1. Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil; 2. Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, Department of Medicine, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York, NY, USA
Aims: We hypothesised that ischaemic preconditioning (IP) results from complex cellular mechanisms without significant collateral recruitment or clinical pre-intervention interference.