Remote ischemic preconditioning attenuates cardiopulmonary bypass-induced lung injury.

The use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in cardiac surgeries is known to induce pathological changes in vital organs such as lungs. Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a protective strategy that has shown to be able to reduce tissue damage related to ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). The curr...

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Main Authors: Xiaona Zhou, Runzhu Jiang, Yucai Dong, Lifeng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5726632?pdf=render