Reperfusion injury after acute myocardial infarction
- 25 February 1995
- Vol. 310 (6978) , 477-478
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6978.477
Abstract
Several studies have shown that there are three main components of reperfusion injury: reperfusion arrhythmias, myocardial stunning, and lethal myocyte injury.Keywords
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