Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Perioperative Cardiac Events in Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Meta-Analysis of 16 Randomized Trials.

CONCLUSION: Our meta-analysis of RCTs demonstrated that RIPC can provide cardiac and renal protection for patients undergoing elective PCI, while no beneficial effect on reducing the levels of cTnI and CRP after PCI was reported. PMID: 29062582 [PubMed]

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Source: Cardiology Research and Practice - October 26, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wang X, Kong N, Zhou C, Mungun D, Iyan Z, Guo Y, Yang Z Tags: Cardiol Res Pract Source Type: research