reperfusion injury

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meaningsofreperfusionandinjury

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reperfusion
noun[U]
uk
/riː.pəˈfjuː.ʒən/us
/ˌriː.pɚˈfjuː.ʒən/
the action of making blood flow return to normal after the supply has been cut off, especially after a heart attack ...
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injury
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/us
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/
physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or ...
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And finally areperfusioninjurycharacterized by free radical formation and oxidative stress.
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Addition of insulin to those solutions may be beneficial to protect immature myocardium from hypothermic, ischemic orreperfusioninjury.
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During the transplantation procedure, graft endothelium is further activated and might lose function mainly as a result ofreperfusioninjuryto the graft.
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Taken together, these findings illustrate that the brain has a heterogeneous response to ischemia andreperfusioninjury.
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It is likely that this line of investigation may prove beneficial, although there are no clinical or experimental studies to date describingreperfusioninjuryor its effects during rewarming.
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The future of myocardial preservation in neonatal heart surgery would indicate a move away from the use of techniques which do not provide optimal conditions for avoidance ofreperfusioninjury.
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Thus free radical-mediatedreperfusioninjury-was seen to contribute to the process of innate and subsequent adaptive immune responses.
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Allowing blood to flow back into the limb, for example by elevating it, is necessary but also contributes toreperfusioninjury.
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This occurs due to the progressive ischemic/reperfusioninjurythe heart faces.
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Oxidants interfere with the normal brain chemistry and cause further damage (this is known asreperfusioninjury).
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This has extended into a wide range of applications, including protection from ultraviolet radiation, athletic performance, cardiovascular health, ischemia andreperfusioninjury.
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Oxidative stress also plays a role in the ischemic cascade due to oxygenreperfusioninjuryfollowing hypoxia.
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It is areperfusioninjurythat appears after the release of the crushing pressure.
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While reperfusion may be essential to protecting as much brain tissue as possible, it may also lead toreperfusioninjury.
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Reperfusioninjuryplays a part in the brain's ischemic cascade, which is involved in stroke and brain trauma.
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It has been implicated in lifespan extension, inhibits cancer, (e.g. pancreatic cancer) and provides resistance toreperfusioninjuryand irradiation damage.
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