1,110
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2014
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2014
Remote ischemic preconditioning
four times 5-minute inflations of a blood pressure cuff to 200 mmHg around the upper non dominant arm (or if systolic pressure is more than 150 mmHg, inflation will reach 50 mmHg up per than baseline), followed by 5-minute intervals of reperfusion.
Sham remote ischemic preconditioning
In the control group sham preconditioning will be performed with inflation of 10 mmHg more than baseline.
Ospedale Maria Vittoria, Turin
San Luigi, Turin
Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud Hôpital Jacques Cartier, Paris
Unità Operativa di Cardiologia Presidio Ospedaliero Misericordia Via Senese 161 58100 Grosseto, Grosseto
Azienda Ospedaliere Senese Siena, Siena
Città Della Salute e Della Scienza, Turin
Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid
A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza
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