OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) on contents of myocardial nitric oxide (NO), nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and intracellular Ca2+ levels in experimental myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MI/RI) rats, so as to provide some evidence for acupuncture treatment of cardiovascular disorders and for the correlation between the acupoints and the internal organs. METHODS: Fifty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham-operation (sham), model, Neiguan (PC 6), Lieque (LU 7), and Hegu (LI 4) groups (n = 10/group). MI/RI model was established by occlusion of the desc...