Application of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgeries

Exclusion Criteria

• •History of cardiogenic shock
• •Complications in the admission
• •Pregnant patients
• •Severe peripheral arterial disease affecting the upper limbs
• •Liver failure (bilirubin ˃ 20 mmol / L, INR 2.0 ˃)
• •Significant pulmonary disease (˂ FEV1 40%)
• •Renal failure with glomerular filtration rate ˂ ml/min/1,73 m²
• •Concomitant treatment with glibenclamide or nicorandil (medications that interfere with cardioprotection induced by IPCR)