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Remote ischaemic preconditioning reduces myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery wi...

Remote ischaemic preconditioning reduces myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery wi...

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Remote ischaemic preconditioning reduces myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cold-blood cardioplegia: a randomised controlled trial

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Remote ischaemic preconditioning reduces myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cold-blood cardioplegia: a randomised controlled trial

Publisher

London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society

Journal title

Heart (British Cardiac Society), 2009-10, Vol.95 (19), p.1567-1571

Language

English

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London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society

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Contents

Background:Remote ischaemic preconditioning (RIPC) induced by brief ischaemia and reperfusion of the arm reduces myocardial injury in coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery patients receiving predominantly cross-clamp fibrillation for myocardial protection. However, cold-blood cardioplegia is the more commonly used method world wide.Objective:To ass...

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Remote ischaemic preconditioning reduces myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cold-blood cardioplegia: a randomised controlled trial

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1781113264

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1781113264

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ISSN

1355-6037

E-ISSN

1468-201X

DOI

10.1136/hrt.2008.155770

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