Myocardial Perfusion, Reperfusion, Coronary Venous Retroperfusion

The primary goal of this book is to survey issues pertaining to coronary venous retroperfusion, a potentially beneficial treatment of myocardial ischemia. Since attention will be focused on the myocardium, its normal or deranged antegrade perfusion will be discussed first, along with factors affecting blood supply to region­ ally ischemic tissue. After pointing to coronary reperfusion and its rapi...