Remote Ischemic Conditioning: Its Benefits and Limitations

This editorial describes benefits and limitations of remote ischemic conditioning. Remote ischemic conditioning was shown to reduce myocardial intact size in at least 4 sizeable clinical trials of acute myocardial infarction. It was not effective in recent studies of cardiac surgery. Reasons for these differences are discussed.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research