Is Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Triggered by Intermittent Claudication Secondary to Peripheral Arterial Disease Responsible for Preventing Early Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 333-334

  Ozeke, Ozcan ^a   Gungor, Mutlu ^a   Ozer, Can ^a  

^a BAYINDIR HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING, MYOCARDIAL; RISK FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952278653     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.049     Document Type: Letter

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