Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 2020 / Article / Tab 1 / Review Article
Electroacupuncture Pretreatment as a Novel Avenue to Protect Heart against Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury Table 1 Summary of effect evaluation parameters of EA pretreatment against MIRI in animal experiments.
Reference Species Models Infarct reduction Effect evaluation parameters Gao et al. [22 ] Rats 30 min LADCA ligation, 15 min reperfusion ∼44% ST segment of ECG; cardiac arrhythmias; risk zone/infarct size Huang et al. [24 ] Rats 30 min LADCA ligation, 240 min reperfusion ∼55% Arrhythmic; infarct size and myocardial enzymes; gene expressions genome-widely Gao et al. [28 ] Rats 40 min isolated heart reduced-flow perfusion, 10 min reperfusion No morphological study Arrhythmia; [Ca2+ ]i in resting single ventricular myocyte; Cx43 protein levels in ventricular myocytes; nonphosphorylated Cx43 in ventricular myocytes Shao et al. [29 ] Rats 30 min LADCA ligation, 30 min reperfusion No morphological study ST segment displacement value; SOD, MDA content in serum; cardiomyocyte tissue structure; ultramicrostructure of cardiomyocytes; expression of Nrf2 and HO-1 genes in myocardial tissue Wang et al. [30 ] Rabbits 40 min LADCA ligation, 60 min reperfusion No morphological study NO, NOS content in serum; adenosine content in serum