REDUCTION OF ISCHEMIC-REPERFUSION INJURY IN THE HEART AND OTHER ORGANS

摘要

A postconditioning method and system for preventing injury to an organ or tissue in a subject during or after reperfusion following an ischemic event to the organ or tissue. The system can exemplarily include a catheter configured for insertion therein a vessel of the subject; a means for modulating the flow of fluid within the vessel of the subject; and a control system in communication with the means for modulating the flow of fluid configured to control pulsation of the flow of fluid within the vessel for a desired period of time and at a desired pulsatile frequency.