reperfusion
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These factors may have cut off blood flow and the oxygen supply to the heart for longer, which is known to cause ischemia reperfusion injury when the supply is restored.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
The dose of anti-inflammatory therapy was given at the time of reperfusion, which corresponds to a clinically useful time for a therapeutic intervention in humans.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024
At 5 years the crude survival rate was 88% for patients in the fibrinolysis group, 83% for patients in the primary PCI group, and 59% for patients in the group that did not receive reperfusion.
From Forbes • Apr. 22, 2014
Clinically, reperfusion of thrombus-occluded arteries using tissue plasminogen activator can be achieved in 1 to 6 h but, even when arterial flow is restored, a long-lasting reduction of cerebral blood flow can ensue.
From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014
Sometimes an amputation will be done to reduce the risk of this reperfusion injury,” explains Glatter.
From Time • May 11, 2013
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