53
Participants
Start Date
November 30, 2007
Primary Completion Date
February 28, 2011
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2012
remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC)
Remote ischemic preconditioning: The limb RIPC was applied after the induction of anaesthesia and consisted of 3 cycles: 5 min of ischemia by a cuff-inflator on a thigh and inflated to 200 mmHg, followed by 5 min deflated. The control group had during the same time a deflated cuff on a thigh.
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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