Ischemic heart disease is expected to become the leading cause of death worldwide by the year 2020 1 and is currently the main cause of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). After the acute thrombotic ...

Autophagy, a process for the degradation of protein aggregates and dysfunctional organelles, is required for cellular homeostasis and cell survival in response to stress and is implicated in ...

Background: Remote ischemic preconditioning is a simple therapy that may reduce cardiac and kidney injury. We undertook a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of this therapy on markers ...

Hypoxic preconditioning has been shown to have protective effects against acute cerebral infarction. To investigate the protective mechanisms of hypoxic preconditioning in relation to its effects on ...

CHICAGO, IL—RBT-1, a novel pharmacologic approach to preconditioning, appeared beneficial in patients undergoing CABG and/or valve surgery in an interim analysis of the phase II START trial. The ...