Remote ischaemic preconditioning for heart surgery. The study design for a multi-center randomized double-blinded controlled clinical trial--the RIPHeart-Study.

Patrick Meybohm, Kai Zacharowski, Jochen Cremer, Jan P. Roesner, Frank Kletzin, G. Schaelte, Marc Felzen, Ulrich Strouhal, Christian Reyher, Matthias Heringlake,

PubMed · 2012 · 48 citations · 50 references

Abstract

The RIPHeart-Study is a multicentre trial to determine whether RIPC may improve clinical outcome in cardiac surgical patients.

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