Heart : official journal of the British Cardiac Society
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Heart
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The high mortality rates associated with out of hospital cardiac arrest, particularly those occurring in the home, stress the need for early treatment in the form of publicly accessible external defibrillators.
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Editorial Comment
Ischaemic preconditioning and myocardial adaptation to serial intracoronary balloon inflation: cut from the same cloth?
Elective percutaneous coronary intervention fulfils many of the criteria needed of a clinical model of ischaemic preconditioning. But is this really a reflection of the laboratory phenomenon of ischaemic preconditioning?
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There is growing interest in developing strategies which will enable defibrillation to be administered while waiting for the emergency medical service to arrive.