Remote Ischemic Conditioning and Platelet Dysfunction

In the RIC group, RIC is performed before and after coronary anastomoses by 5 minutes limb ischemia and reperfusion with pneumatic cuff up to 200 mmHg repeated by four times.

In the control group, all the procedures will be same with RIC group, except for the fact that the three-way stopcock between the pneumatic cuff and the cuff inflator was opened and therefore the cuff pressure did not increase.