Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury:

Terms Related to Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

• Myocardial Reperfusion Injury

  Functional, metabolic, or structural changes in ischemic heart muscle thought to result from REPERFUSION to the ischemic areas. Changes can be fatal to muscle cells ...

• Reperfusion

  Restoration of blood supply to tissue which is ischemic due to decrease in normal blood supply. The decrease may result from any source including atherosclerotic ...

• Myocardial Reperfusion

  Generally, restoration of blood supply to heart tissue which is ischemic due to decrease in normal blood supply. The decrease may result from any source ...

• Reperfusions

  Restoration of blood supply to tissue which is ischemic due to decrease in normal blood supply. The decrease may result from any source including atherosclerotic ...

• Myocardial Ischemic Preconditioning

  Exposure of myocardial tissue to brief, repeated periods of vascular occlusion in order to render the myocardium resistant to the deleterious effects of ischemia or ...