Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Improves Outcome at 6 Years After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The CRISP Stent Trial Long-term Follow-up [Coronary Interventions]

Conclusions— Remote ischemic preconditioning reduces the incidence of postprocedural cardiac troponin I after elective PCI and confers an MACCE-free survival benefit at both short- and long-term follow-up. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.ukcrn.org.uk. Unique identifier: UKCRN 4074

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - June 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Davies, W. R., Brown, A. J., Watson, W., McCormick, L. M., West, N. E. J., Dutka, D. P., Hoole, S. P. Tags: Catheter-based coronary interventions: stents Source Type: research