RIPC increases coronary blood flow and improves coronary microcirculation
microvascular occlusion, ischemia
ISCHEMIA, MICROVASCULAR OCCLUSION
There has been conflicting evidence regarding the effect of RIPC on coronary microcirculation. In the LIPSIA-Conditioning trial, four cycles of 30 s reperfusion or post-conditioning failed to improve the myocardial rescue and microvascular occlusion, post-conditioning combined with distal ischemic preconditioning for three cycles of 5-minute upper arm ischemia or 5-minute reperfusion improved myocardial rescue but did not significantly reduce microvascular occlusion [