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demonstrated in <strong>the</strong> aged sheep <strong>heart</strong>s 1208] but it has been questioned in <strong>the</strong> aged<br />

myocardiurn <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> rat 1248, MII and rabbit<br />

1411 <strong>heart</strong><br />

The aims <strong>of</strong> this study %%ere 0) to determine <strong>the</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> age on <strong>the</strong> tolerance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>human</strong> myocardium to ischaemia and (11) to investigate whe<strong>the</strong>r age affects <strong>the</strong><br />

protection afforded by Ischaernic <strong>preconditioning</strong><br />

6.2 METHODS<br />

6.2. / 1-. ', clx, rimt, iiiiill)rt-lkzr(itioti<br />

Experiments were performed on myocardium obtained from <strong>the</strong> right atnal appendage<br />

, open <strong>heart</strong> surgery as described <strong>of</strong> 90 patients underv oing<br />

in previous chapters.<br />

,<br />

Experiments were performed as described in section 23 (Chapter 2).<br />

6.2.2 Solun(om<br />

The incubation medium was prepared daily as described in section 2.3 (Chapter 2)<br />

6.2.3 1-. '., cl), t, rimt, iiiiill)rotot-oI<br />

After sectioning <strong>the</strong> atnium, <strong>the</strong> preparations were allowed to Stabilise for 30min and<br />

<strong>the</strong>n randomly allocated to one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> following group& (i) aerobically incubated for<br />

210min to serve as aerobic time matched controls, (n) simulated ischaernia for a<br />

period <strong>of</strong> 90min followed by 120min <strong>of</strong> reoxygenation, and (iii) ischaernic<br />

<strong>preconditioning</strong> induced by Smin ischaemia/5min reoxygenation immediately before<br />

<strong>the</strong> 90min ischaernia Patients were divided by age into three different groupsý<br />

between 30-49 (n - 12), 50-69 (n-48) and 70-90 (n-30) years old.<br />

6.2.4 Asse. v. vment (? f us-vue mlijrý, aml wahihýy:<br />

At <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> each experimental protocol, tissue injury was determined by measuring<br />

<strong>the</strong> leakage <strong>of</strong> creatinine kinase (CK) into <strong>the</strong> incubation medium and tissue viability<br />

by <strong>the</strong> reduction <strong>of</strong> 3-14,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yll-2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide<br />

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