[The influence of postischemic reperfusion on the recovery of ischemic lesions of the left ventricle (author's transl)].

In an isolated dog heart preparation the influence of normothermic ischemic arrest and recovery of the ventricular function during the period of post-ischemic reperfusion were investigated. If ischemic arrest has caused a depression of ventricular function, the functional recovery of the myocardium cannot be improved significantly by a prolonged reperfusion of the empty beating heart.