The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of remote ischemic preconditioning on cognitive function in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
270
Remote ischemic preconditioning will be induced by four 5-min cycles of upper limb ischemia and 5-min reperfusion with a blood-pressure cuff inflated to 200 mmHg and be performed before and after the coronary anastomosis
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
cognitive function
Time frame: preoperative, 1 week and 6 months after surgery
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