Remote ischaemic conditioning: in search of a suitable match

M. Cour (1) , S. Lecour

1 CarMeN - Cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition

Preclinical data and small clinical trials suggest that remote ischaemic conditioning (RIC) therapy protects patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. In the CONDI-2/ERIC-PPCI trial, RIC proved to be safe but did not have any short-term benefits in reducing cardiac-related death and hospitalization for heart failure.

Mots clés: mortality; Cardiovascular System & Cardiology; elevation myocardial-infarction

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

M. Cour, S. Lecour. Remote ischaemic conditioning: in search of a suitable match. Nat. Rev. Cardiol., 2019, 16 (12), pp.704--705. ⟨10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32039-2⟩. ⟨hal-02465739⟩