title: Remote ischemic preconditioning does not improve the clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Busheng
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jingxin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Haiqing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Mi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Anqing
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: zq11607@rjh.com.cn.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019157:Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial / Q000379:methods*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Clinical outcome; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Meta- analysis; Randomized controlled trial; Remote ischemic preconditioning