Ischemic Preconditioning

A technique in which tissue is rendered resistant to the deleterious effects of prolonged ISCHEMIA and REPERFUSION by prior exposure to brief, repeated periods of vascular occlusion. (Am J Physiol 1995 May;268(5 Pt 2):H2063-7, Abstract)

Subtype terms (1)

More specific conditions that are subtypes of Ischemic Preconditioning in the MeSH hierarchy.

Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial

Drugs by status

Phase 1 trials (2)

lactic acid
sodium chloride

Other trials (4)

acetylcholine chloride
caffeine
tc99m annexin a5
ubiquinone