Results: 3

Compound Danshen Dripping Pills pretreatment protects the heart from ischemia/reperfusion injury by enhancing autophagic flux

Abstract Compound Danshen Dripping Pills (CDDPs) have been used in clinical treatment to protect the heart from ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury for many years. However, the underlying mechanism implicated in the protective effects remains to be explored. Here, we determined the effects of CDDPs in Sprag...

Role of ACE and ACE-2 in abrogated cardioprotective effect of ischemic preconditioning in ovariectomized rat heart

Abstract Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in postmenopausal women. The activity of heart ACE increases whereas the activity of ACE-2 decreases after menopause. The present study was designed to investigate the role of ACE and ACE-2 in the abrogated cardioprotective effect of IPC in OV...

La falciformación de los hematies como causa de infarto esplénico en la altura

Presentamos los casos de 8 pacientes varones catalogados como portadores de hemoglobina S,2 del Ex-Hospital Base de Juliaca y 6 pacientes del Hospital Regional "Manuel Núñez Butrón" de Puno, que presentaron infarto esplénico por falciformación de hematíes al ascender a regiones de gran altura, cont...