Ischemic heart disease is a clinical syndrome resulting from myocardial ischemia and is characterized by an imbalance between the supply and demand of myocardial blood flow and myocardial oxygen metabolism. It is currently one of the major diseases that endanger human health. Early and effective reconstruction of ischemic myocardial blood perfusion is the fundamental measure taken to prevent th...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effects of hypertonic saline solution associated to remote ischemic perconditioning in liver ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. METHODS 25 male rats (Wistar) were distributed into five groups: Sham group (S); Ischemia/Reperfusion group (I/R) with 30 minutes of liver ischemia; Remote ischemic perconditioning group (Per) with three cycles of 10 minutes of I/R performed...

Consumption of L-arginine contributes to reduced bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO) that is critical for the development of ischemia-reperfusion injury. The aim of the study was to determine myocardial arginase expression and activity in ischemic-reperfusion myocardium and whether local inhibition of arginase within the ischemic myocardium results in increased NO production and protection aga...

Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in the pathogenesis of cerebral ischemic injury. Here, we investigated effects aging on NO production during ischemia-reperfusion (IR). Male Wister rats (WRs) were assigned to 12-month-old (older; n = 5) and 3-month-old (younger; 7) groups. Similarly, male spontaneous hypertensive (SHRs) allocated 6) 8) After anesthesia, their was monitored using vivo microdialysis...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a perfusion imaging technique that does not require gadolinium. The study aimed to assess the reliability of ASL for evaluating reperfusion in acute ischemic stroke in comparison with dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) imaging. METHODS The study included 24 patients with acute ischemic stroke on admission and 24-hour follow-up ASL and ...

BACKGROUND Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) has insulinomimetic, insulinotropic, and antiapoptotic properties that may make it a useful adjunct to reperfusion therapy for myocardial infarction (MI); however, GLP-1 has a short plasma half-life. Fusion of GLP-1 to human transferrin (GLP-1-Tf) significantly prolongs drug half-life. MATERIALS AND METHODS We tested the ability of single dose GLP-1-...

Although reperfusion is essential for salvage of the ischemic heart, reperfusion beyond a certain period of ischemia may cause injury to the myocardium. Dramatic changes in contractile function, arrhythmias, and ultrastructure occur in the ischemic-reperfused heart as a consequence of the generation of oxyradicals, loss of cation homeostasis, depletion of energy stores, and changes in subcellul...

PURPOSE Retinal ischemia may provoke blindness. There is no effective treatment against retinal ischemic damage. The authors investigated whether brief intermittent ischemia applied during the onset of reperfusion (i.e., postconditioning) protects the retina from ischemia-reperfusion damage. METHODS Ischemia was induced by increasing intraocular pressure (120 mm Hg for 40 or 60 minutes). Five...

Pretreatment of the ischemic myocardium with verapamil protects against mitochondrial respiratory depression observed during ischemic arrest as well as during reperfusion. Since ischemic mitochondrial function appears not to be altered further by reperfusion, the purpose of this study is to identify a biochemical event affecting mitochondria that is specifically associated with reperfusion inju...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Ischemic postconditioning has been found to decrease brain infarct area and spinal cord ischemic injury. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that ischemic postconditioning reduces global cerebral ischemia/reperfusion-induced structural and functional injury in rats. METHODS Ten-minute global ischemia was induced by 4-vessel occlusion in male Sprague-Dawley rats. The...