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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1095
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Apoptosis eliminates injured cells without inflammation. It is in the interest of the organism that injured cardiomyocytes die by apoptosis and not oncosis or that they do not die at all. High intracellular levels of Ca2+ promote oncosis, and lower levels promote apoptosis [1]. Yarbrough and associates [2] used a calcium modulator, MCC-135, which limits calcium overload, to mitigate reperfusion injury. They observed
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