Remote ischemic preconditioning in patients with intermittent claudication

OBJECTIVE: Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a phenomenon in which a short period of sub-lethal ischemia in one organ protects against subsequent bouts of ischemia in another organ. We hypothesized that RIPC in patients with intermittent claudication would increase muscle tissue resistance t...

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Main Authors: Glauco Fernandes Saes, Antonio Eduardo Zerati, Nelson Wolosker, Luciana Ragazzo, Ruben Miguel Ayzin Rosoky, Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias, Gabriel Grizzo Cucato, Marcelo Chehuen, Breno Quintella Farah, Pedro Puech-Leão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2013-04-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000400495