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Whether chronic hypoxia attenuates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury remains controversial because conflicting data have been reported probably due to the existence of many factors influencing the functional recovery of hearts. These factors include the differences of species, the time at which hypoxia begins, the degree of hypoxia, and so on. Regarding chronic hypoxia from birth, so far the only available data are based on findings in rabbit hearts. The purpose of this study was to describe the effect of chronic hypoxia from birth on myocardial reperfusion injury in the rat heart.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Science, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan. GZE00572@nifty.ne.jp
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