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Interventional Cardiology

Reperfusion Scholarly Peer-review Journal

In medical terminology it can be defined as a restoration of a blood flow to an area or part that had temporary ischemia .the restoration of a blood flow to a part of the body deprived of adequate circulation. e.g., the heart muscle in myocardial infarction or the brain in stroke. This may be accomplished by thrombolytic agents, (e.g., streptokinase or tissue plasminogen activator), or mechanical interventions (e.g., stent placement). The reinstitution of blood flow to tissues that have traumatized by a long period of crushing eg crush syndrome Rhabdomyolysis. Reperfusion therapy is a medical treatment to restore blood flow, either through or around, blocked arteries, typically after a heart attack (myocardial infarction (MI)). Reperfusion therapy includes drugs and surgery. The drugs are thrombolytics and fibrinolytics used in a process called thrombolysis.

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