“…*Significantly (p \ 0.05) different from CON group after reperfusion, n = 4 per group mechanisms have been extensively studied such as K ATP channel, NF-jB, 12-lipoxygenase and so on [5][6][7], but very few studies have focused on the role of apoptosis in delayed APC. Studies demonstrated that APC with sevoflurane protects myocardium from I/R not only protects myocardial by reduced infarct size, but also improves cardiac functional recovery, decreases post-ischemic myocardial stunning and attenuates myocardial apoptosis [3,8,18,19]. In this study, we focused on the apoptosis induced by myocardial I/R.…”