Myocardial Preconditioning

1. Preconditioning Against Myocardial Infarction-Its Features and Adenosine-Mediated Mechanism.- 2. Does Preconditioning Reduce Lethal Mechanical Reperfusion Injury?.- 3. Ischemic Preconditioning Markedly Reduces the Severity of Ischemia and Reperfusion-Induced Arrhythmias; Role of Endogenous Myocardial Protective Substances.- 4. The Protective Effects of Preconditioning on Postischemic Contractile Dysfunction.- 5. Reduction of Infarct Size-"Preconditioning at a Distance".- 6. Novel Approaches to Myocardial Preconditioning in Pigs.- 7. Preconditioning in the Human Heart: Fact or Fantasy?.- 8. Role of ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels in Myocardial Preconditioning.- 9. The Role of G Proteins in Myocardial Preconditioning.- 10. Mimicking Preconditioning with Catecholamines.- 11. Activation of Protein Kinase C is Critical to the Protection of Preconditioning.- 13. The Mechanism of Preconditioning-What Have We Learned from the Different Animal Species?.- 13. Myocardial Stress Response, Cytoprotective Proteins and the Second Window of Protection Against Infarction.- 14. Delayed Ischemic Preconditioning Induced by Drugs and by Cardiac Pacing.- 15. Cardioprotective Effects of Chronic Hypoxia: Relation to Preconditioning.