Patients myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in

ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury remains an important complica-tion, contributing up to 50% of final infarct size (1). I/R injury is a multifactorial process, to which metabolic factors (2), inflammation (3), and microvascular obstruction (MVO) (4) contribute. To date, no treatments targeting this process have shown conclusive benefit. ................
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