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Purpose Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) with transient upper limb ischemia reduces myocardial injury in patients undergoing On-pump coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery with cross-clamp fibrillation or blood cardioplegia for myocardial protection. The molecular mechanisms leading to these effects are yet not fully understood. The purpose of the present study is to validate previous studies and gather further evidence for RIPC during CABG with blood cardioplegia, furthermore to determine, whether or not RIPC is still operative during Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB), finally to elucidate intra-cellular mechanisms involved in myocardial protection by RIPC and their possible systemic mediators.


Clinical Trial Description

Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) protocol before CABG (study arm A) or OPCAB (study arm B) consists of 3 cycles of 5 minutes left upper arm ischemia by inflation of a blood pressure cuff to 200 mmHg and 5 minutes of reperfusion after induction of anesthesia before coronary artery bypass surgery. For myocardial molecular analyses, left ventricular biopsies are taken before induction of cardioplegic cardiac arrest (A) or first coronary incision (B), and 5 to 10 minutes after aortic unclamping during reperfusion of the myocardium (A) or 5 to 10 minutes after the completion of the last anastomosis (B). Blood samples are taken prior to RIPC and during the first three postoperative days. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT01608984
Study type Interventional
Source Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
Contact Payam Akhyari, MD
Phone +492118118331
Email payam.akhyari@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 1
Start date May 2012
Completion date December 2015

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