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Effects of Anesthetics on Ischemia-reperfusion Injury of the Heart

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Intensive Care Medicine

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Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) situations may occur in different clinical settings, for example, during percutaneous balloon angioplasty or after coronary artery bypass surgery. Depending on the duration of ischemia, the lack of oxygen supply may result in reversible, or irreversible, damage to the cardiomyocytes. Early restoration of coronary artery blood flow is the main goal in the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndromes and in patients with extracorporal circulation and interruption of coronary perfusion for cardiac surgery. However, reperfusion of temporarily ischemic myocardium can initiate cellular and biochemical changes which reduce the amount of potentially salvageable myocardium. This phenomenon is called ‘reperfusion injury’ and is — in contrast to the ischemic injury — not the direct result of oxygen deprivation.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent MD, PhD, FCCM, FCCP (Head) (Head)

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Preckel, B., Schlack, W. (2002). Effects of Anesthetics on Ischemia-reperfusion Injury of the Heart. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5551-0_16

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