Remote Ischemic Preconditioning and Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Derek J. Hausenloy,
Luciano Candilio,
Richard D. Evans,
Cono Ariti,
David P. Jenkins,
Shyam Kolvekar,
Rosemary Knight,
Gudrun Kunst,
Christopher Laing,
Jennifer M. Nicholas,
John Pepper,
Steven S. Robertson,
Maria Xenou,
Tim Clayton,
Derek M. Yellon
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1413534
Subject(s) - medicine , ischemic preconditioning , perioperative , anesthesia , myocardial infarction , randomized controlled trial , revascularization , clinical endpoint , hazard ratio , cardiology , confidence interval , ischemia , surgery
Whether remote ischemic preconditioning (transient ischemia and reperfusion of the arm) can improve clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary-artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is not known. We investigated this question in a randomized trial.
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