VASCULAR REPERFUSION INJURY

Course overview

THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES THAT VASCULAR REPERFUSION INJURY IS A COMMON COMPLICATION ENCOUNTERED IN CLINICAL SETTINGS; POST-MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, CEREBRAL ISCHEMIC STROKE, LIMB INJURIES AS WELL AS IN GENERAL AND VASCULAR SURGERIES.THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE UNDERLYING PHENOMENON AS THE ACTIVATION OF THE INFLAMMATORY PROCESS AND INCREASED OXIDATIVE STRESS. EARLY DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF THIS MECHANISM CAN HELP THE PATIENT FROM DETERIORATING. AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY INVOLVEMENT IN DIAGNOSING AND TREATING THE CONDITION IS ALWAYS MORE BENEFICIAL.