title: Effects of remote ischemic preconditioning in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery (Remote IMPACT): a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Remote ischemic preconditioning is a simple therapy that may reduce cardiac and kidney injury. We undertook a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of this therapy on markers of heart and kidney injury after cardiac surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients at high risk of death within 30 days after cardiac surgery were randomly assigned to undergo remote ischemic preconditioning or a sham procedure after induction of anesthesia. The preconditioning therapy was three 5-minute cycles of thigh ischemia, with 5 minutes of reperfusion between cycles. The sham procedure was identical except that ischemia was not induced. The primary outcome was peak creatine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB) within 24 hours after surgery (expressed as multiples of the upper limit of normal, with log transformation). The secondary outcome was change in creatinine level within 4 days after surgery (expressed as log-transformed micromoles per litre). Patient-important outcomes were assessed up to 6 months after randomization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We randomly assigned 128 patients to remote ischemic preconditioning and 130 to the sham therapy. There were no significant differences in postoperative CK-MB (absolute mean difference 0.15, 95% confidence interval [CI] -0.07 to 0.36) or creatinine (absolute mean difference 0.06, 95% CI -0.10 to 0.23). Other outcomes did not differ significantly for remote ischemic preconditioning relative to the sham therapy: for myocardial infarction, relative risk (RR) 1.35 (95% CI 0.85 to 2.17); for acute kidney injury, RR 1.10 (95% CI 0.68 to 1.78); for stroke, RR 1.02 (95% CI 0.34 to 3.07); and for death, RR 1.47 (95% CI 0.65 to 3.31).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Remote ischemic precnditioning did not reduce myocardial or kidney injury during cardiac surgery. This type of therapy is unlikely to substantially improve patient-important outcomes in cardiac surgery.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  ClinicalTrials.gov, no. NCT01071265.
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China lastwalsh1975@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whitlock
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Amit X
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Légaré
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Andra E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fremes
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kieser
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Ganesan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karthikeyan
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nasr
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Imtiaz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Ronit
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lavi
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Daniel I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Sessler
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Summer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: VanHelder
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guyatt
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Purnima
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rao-Melacini
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Lehana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thabane
authors.affiliation: Population Health Research Institute (Walsh, Whitlock, Vincent, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; McMaster University (Walsh, Whitlock, Syed, VanHelder, Guyatt, Rao-Melacini, Thabane, Devereaux), Hamilton, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Garg, Lavi), Western University, London, Ont.; Dalhousie University (Légaré), Halifax, NS; Cleveland Clinic (Duncan, Nasr, Sessler), Cleveland, Ohio; Maine Medical Center (Zimmerman, Kramer), Portland, Me.; Wake Forest University (Miller, Gardner), Winston-Salem, NC; Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Fremes), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; University of Calgary (Kieser, Ali), Calgary, Alta.; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (Karthikeyan), New Delhi, India; The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Chan, Ho), Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Devereaux
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D052279:Creatine Kinase, MB Form / Q000097:blood*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019194:Ischemic Preconditioning / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D003404:Creatinine; D052279:Creatine Kinase, MB Form