Dr. Zhi-Qing Zhao Emory University, USA

Zhi-Qing Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Emory University. He was the first author to demonstrate cardioprotection by ischemic postconditioning. He has also been interested in the investigation of myocyte cell death, regional contractile and vascular endothelial dysfunction, down-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor,... read moremyocardial blood flow defect and role of apoptosis in extension of infarction during early and delayed phases of reperfusion.