Remote ischemic preconditioning and its role in the prevention of new onset atrial fibrillation post-cardiac surgery. A meta-analysis of randomized control trials.
Ashish K UmeshHarpreet SinghMariam ShariffPublished in: Journal of arrhythmia (2019)
In conclusion, the present meta-analysis failed to provide any evidence for the beneficial effect of remote ischemic preconditioning in the prevention of NOAF.
Keyphrases
- ischemia reperfusion injury
- cerebral ischemia
- cardiac surgery
- systematic review
- atrial fibrillation
- acute kidney injury
- double blind
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- open label
- oxidative stress
- blood brain barrier
- heart failure
- brain injury
- phase iii
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- randomized controlled trial
- venous thromboembolism
- acute coronary syndrome