Delayed Preconditioning and Adaptive Cardioprotection

Interest in the ability of myocardium to adapt to ischaemic stress has continued to grow since the discovery of ischaemic preconditioning in 1986. In 1993, two reports heralded the recognition of a delayed preconditioning response in the heart, now commonly known as the `second window'' of protection. Since then, a number of studies have described the ability of delayed preconditioning and re...