Protection Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Damage of the Heart

I: Modulators of Ischemia/Reperfusion Damage: H+, Na+, and Ca2+.- Regulatory Mechanism of NHE1 Isoform of Na+/H+ Exchanger in Cardiac and Other Tissues.- Role of the Vacuolar Proton Pump in Preconditioning.- Role of the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger in Intracellular Ca2+ Overload During Ischemia and Reperfusion.- The Role of Sodium-Hydrogen Exchange in the Ischemic and Reperfused Myocardium.- II: Modulators of Ischemia/Reperfusion Damage: Lipid Metabolites.- Effects of Lysophosphoglycerides on KATP Channels in Cardiac Ventricular Cells: Blockage or Run-down?.- Lysophosphatidylcholine: A Possible Modulator of Ischemic Injury in the Heart.- Potential Role of Phospholipase A2 in the Normoxic, Ischemic, and Reperfused Heart.- Effects of Lysophosphatidylcholine on Ion Transporters in the Heart.- III: Molecular Mechanisms of Myocardial and Vascular Remodeling in the Ischemic Heart.- Molecular Mechanism of Cardiovascular Remodeling.- Osteopontin as a Coordinator of Stress-Induced Host Responses: Molecular Analysis of Its Interaction with Various Ligands.- Coronary Reperfusion and Cytokines.- Brief Ischemia/Reperfusion Activates Transcellular Signaling Cascades and Leads to Proto-Oncogene Expression and Growth Factor Production.- IV: New Therapeutic Strategy to Attenuate Ischemia/Reperfusion Damage.- Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Ion Channel Blockade.- Energy Ameliorants: A New Category of Antianginal Drugs.- Strategy Toward Warm Heart Cardioplegia: Our Experimental and Clinical Experience.