Population
Isolated rat hearts perfused at 37 degrees C, 75 mmHg, subjected to 20 min of global zero-flow ischemia and…
Comparison
Na+/H+ exchanger inhibitors [5-amiloride… vs Control isolated rat hearts receiving no…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
45 min of reperfusion
Authors
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NHE inhibitor reperfusion protection may be overestimated in HEPES buffer; leaves open efficacy under physiological bicarbonate conditions in vivo.
The cardioprotective efficacy of Na+/H+ exchanger inhibitors during reperfusion is significantly modulated by perfusate buffer composition, suggesting efficacy may be overestimated under bicarbonate-free conditions.
Shimada et al. (1996) studied this question.