The effect of atorvastatin on prosurvival mechanisms in myocardial ischaemia reperfusion injury
The treatment of acute myocardial infarction has long involved rapid reperfusion of the area at risk. Reperfusion of ischaemic myocardium, however, is not without hazard and can paradoxically result in myocyte death, in a process known as lethal reperfusion- induced injury. Attenuation of this reper...
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University College London (University of London)
2005
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.423167 |