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SUBMITTER: Moscarelli M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4304196 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Moscarelli Marco M Punjabi Prakash P PP Miroslav Gamov I GI Del Sarto Paolo P Fiorentino Francesca F Angelini Gianni D GD
Journal of cardiothoracic surgery 20150120
Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery by avoiding cardioplegic arrest seems to reduce the risk of ischemic myocardial injury. However, even short-term regional ischemic periods, hemodynamic instability and arrhythmias associated with the procedure can be responsible for myocardial damage. Conditioning, a potential cardio-protective tool during on-pump cardiac surgery, has hardly been investigated in the context of off-pump surgery. There are virtually no large trials on remote ischemic precond ...[more]