Letter by Heling et al Regarding Article, “Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Human Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: From Promise to Disappointment?” | Zendy

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Letter by Heling et al Regarding Article, “Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Human Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: From Promise to Disappointment?”

Author(s) -

Dominik Heling,

Georg Nickenig,

Dirk Skowasch

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.110.007591

Subject(s) - medicine , disappointment , ischemic preconditioning , myocardial infarction , coronary artery bypass surgery , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , bypass surgery , cardiac surgery , troponin , artery , ischemia , psychology , social psychology

To the Editor:We read with great interest the study by Rahman et al1 that tested in a prospective, randomized, and placebo-controlled trial whether remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) may improve myocardial or other end-organ protection after on-pump coronary surgery. Given the absence of RIPC effects, the authors concluded that RIPC has not fulfilled the promise of a practically useful form of improved myocardial protection.Ischemic …

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