Dipyridamole potentiates the myocardial infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning.
Author(s) -
Tetsuji Miura,
Takashi Ogawa,
T Iwamoto,
Kazuaki Shimamoto,
Osamu Iimura
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.86.3.979
Subject(s) - dipyridamole , medicine , ischemic preconditioning , ischemia , adenosine , antagonist , anesthesia , adenosine receptor antagonist , pharmacology , cardiology , coronary occlusion , adenosine receptor , receptor , agonist
Recent studies implicated a key role for adenosine (ADO) receptor activation in the enhancement of ischemic tolerance by ischemic preconditioning. In this study, we aimed to test the hypothesis that dipyridamole, an ADO transport inhibitor, enhances the preconditioning effect.
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