Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61 , January 2009

Delayed Protective Effects of Hyperoxia Against Cardiac Arrhythmias and Infarction in Anesthetized Rats

  • Mansour Esmaili Dehaj, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Research Center for Trauma, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran
    • Department of Physiology, Yazd University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationTo whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Baqyatallah University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 19395/6558, Tehran, Iran
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  • Babak Baharvand, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Heart, Shohadaye Ashayer Hospital, Khoramabad, Iran
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  • Bahram Rasoulian, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Research Center for Trauma, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran
    • Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran
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  • Mohsen Foadaddini, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran
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  • Alireza Asgari, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Physical Fitness Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran
    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran
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  • Ali Noroozzadeh, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran
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  • Khalil Poorkhalili, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Teheran, Iran
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  • Hannaneh Wahhab Aghai, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran
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  • Ali Khoshbaten, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Research Center for Chemical Injuries, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran
    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Teheran, Iran

Received 24 September 2007

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PII: S0022-4804(07)02442-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.12.802

Journal of Surgical Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 55-61 , January 2009