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Article
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...
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Article
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...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
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...
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Chapter
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...