Effect of long-term remote ischemic conditioning on inflammation and cardiac remodeling.

Conclusion: Our findings suggest that long-term RIC treatment has mild anti-inflammatory effects in patients with compensated CIHF and anti-remodeling effects in those with increased NT-proBNP levels. This should be further investigated in a randomized sham-controlled trial. PMID: 31117835 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal - Category: Cardiology Tags: Scand Cardiovasc J Source Type: research