A Multicenter Trial of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning for Heart Surgery

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Authors

Patrick Meybohm · University of Lübeck

Berthold Bein

Oana Brosteanu · University of Lübeck

Jochen Cremer

Matthias Gruenewald

Christian Stoppe · Universitätsklinikum Aachen

Mark Coburn · University Hospital Leipzig

G. Schaelte · University Hospital Leipzig

Abstract

Upper-limb RIPC performed while patients were under propofol-induced anesthesia did not show a relevant benefit among patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. (Funded by the German Research Foundation; RIPHeart ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01067703.).

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 373, Issue 15, pp. 1397-1407

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1413579

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