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    Is inflammation good for the ischemic heart – perspectives beyond the ordinary

    In recent years, early reperfusion of the myocardial infarct has become the mainstay of optimal therapeutic management sinct it limits ventricular injury and infarct expansion and improves patient survival [1...

    M.L. Entman, K.A. Youker, N. Frangogiannis in Zeitschrift für Kardiologie (2000)

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    Tumor necrosis factor-α in the failing human heart: Does it play a role in disease progression?

    An increasing body of clinical and experimental evidence suggesting that TNFα may play a pathogenetic role in failing hearts continues to accumulate. Perhaps the most direct evidence for the role of TNFα in hea...

    G. Torre-Amione, S. Stetson, M. Vooletich, V. Jacobs in Zeitschrift für Kardiologie (1999)

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    Adhesion Molecule Induction and Expression in Neutrophil-Induced Myocardial Injury

    Reperfusion of a previously ischemic myocardium has become a standard therapeutic approach to acute myocardial infarction. The efficacy of this approach in reducing mortality and morbidity has been well establ...

    K. A. Youker, N. Frangogiannis, M. Lindsey in The Role of Immune Mechanisms in Cardiovas… (1997)

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    The role of the neutrophil in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion

    The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the potential mechanisms by which neutrophil-mediated inflammatory injury may complicate myocardial ischemia. It should be emphasized that no one seriously proposes th...

    N. G. Frangogiannis, K. A. Youker in Myocardial Ischemia: Mechanisms, Reperfusi… (1996)