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From: Possible involvement of a single common mechanism in the cardioprotective effects of pre-/per-/postconditioning

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Overview of the protocol for postconditioning with lactate-enriched blood. The duration of each brief reperfusion is prolonged stepwise from 10 to 60 s. At the end of each brief reperfusion, lactate is supplied by injecting lactated Ringer’s solution into the culprit coronary artery. The balloon is rapidly inflated at the lesion site to trap the lactate inside the ischemic myocardium. Each ischemic period lasts for 60 s. After seven cycles of balloon inflation and deflation, full reperfusion is performed, followed by stenting. LCA, left coronary artery; RCA, right coronary artery. (Reprinted from Koyama et al. 2014)

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