60
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2011
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
May 31, 2016
Remote ischaemic conditioning
Intermittent inflation of an arm blood pressure cuff for 5 minute periods at 200 mmHg separated by a 5 minute rest interval, repeated successively on 4 occasions over a 40 minute period. The intervention will take place on the ward with the patient obscured from the clinical team by a drawn curtain. The clinical team and researchers will be masked to the intervention type.
Arm cuff placement, no inflation;
Sham procedure involving arm cuff placement, no inflation: A blood pressure cuff will be placed on the arm for 40 minutes. The cuff will not be inflated. The patient will be in bed behind a curtain on the cardiology ward. The curtain will obscure the patient from the attending cardiology team. The clinical team and researchers will be masked to the intervention type.
Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow
University of Glasgow
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Chest, Heart and Stroke Association Scotland
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Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government
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NHS National Waiting Times Centre Board
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