The key of ischemia postconditioning：delayed transient acidosis during initial period of reperfnsion

Ischemia posteonditioning is recently introduced as a new strategy to attenuate isehemiaJreperfusion injury, which is conducted several short cycles of reperfusion-reoeelusion before subsequent reperfusion. It is recently presumed that the key of isehemia postconditioning is to attenuate myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by producing a delayed transient acidosis during initial period of reperfusion. Key words: Ischemic postconditioning ;  Acidosis ;  Myocardial protection