•WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE ROLES OF IRON, COPPER AND FREE RADICALS IN ISCHEMIA AND OBTAINED INDICATIONS FOR THEIR I20N20/V8/1O0 LVEMENT IN CARDIAC PC
ROS - Reactive Oxygen Species - in reperfusion injury
We work with the isolated rat heart, and will focus on the
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Cardiac Function without and with PC has been studied. Below the following parameters are presented:
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The System: Isolated rat heart The procedure : Three episodes of 2’ global ischemia separated by 3’ reperfusion
PC
Stabilization Pc R Pc R Pc R
+ d P /d t (r eco ve ry % )
120 100
80 60 40 20
0 0
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Control CPC
20
40
60
80
Duration of Ischemia (min)
EDP (mmHg) Versus Ischemic Time ±Preconditioning (CPC)
DP = PSP - EDP +dP/dt EDP other parameters not shown