Remote ischaemic conditioning: Cardiac protection from afar

Anaesthesia

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 732-748

  Sivaraman, V ^a   Pickard, J M J ^a   Hausenloy, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; ISCHEMIC POSTCONDITIONING; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMOTE ISCHEMIC CONDITIONING; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VASCULAR SURGERY; ANIMAL; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; PROCEDURES; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; THORAX SURGERY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING, MYOCARDIAL; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 84929042992     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12973     Document Type: Review

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