Remote ischemic postconditioning as a strategy to reduce acute kidney injury during primary PCI: a post-hoc analysis of a randomized trial

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 15;177(2):500-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.080. Epub 2014 Aug 23.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ SC. Cardiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; SC. Cardiologia, ASL3 Ospedale Villa Scassi, Genova, Italy. Electronic address: gabrielecrimi@gmail.com.
² SC. Cardiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
³ Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy.
⁴ SC. Cardiologia, ASL3 Ospedale Villa Scassi, Genova, Italy.

PMID: 25183541
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.080

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute kidney injury; Myocardial conditioning; Myocardial reperfusion injury; Primary angioplasty; Remote conditioning.

Publication types

Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury / etiology
Acute Kidney Injury / prevention & control*
Aged
Female
Humans
Ischemic Postconditioning / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / adverse effects*