Why the study?
Does acute or chronic atorvastatin treatment affect the cardioprotective effects of ischemic postconditioning in isolated rat hearts?
Population
Isolated rat hearts
Comparison
Acute or chronic atorvastatin treatment combined… vs Ischemic postconditioning (Ipost) alone or control
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Caution advised for Ipost in chronic statin users; leaves open translation from rat models and requires clinical validation.
Does acute or chronic atorvastatin treatment affect the cardioprotective effects of ischemic postconditioning in isolated rat hearts?
Chronic atorvastatin treatment may interfere with the cardioprotective effects of ischemic postconditioning by inhibiting Akt and eNOS activity, suggesting caution when applying Ipost in patients on chronic statin therapy.
Fan et al. (2012) studied this question.
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