Safety and Efficacy of Remote Ischemic Conditioning for Patients Taking Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (IMPROVE): A National, Multi-center, Randomized, Controlled, Open-label, Blinded-endpoint Trial
Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) is the process of repeated ischemia and reperfusion in the peripheral vessels, which is proved in reducing IRI in vital organs. This IMPROVE trial plans to enroll 648 patients who are diagnosed with coronary artery disease and are going to take off-pump CABG in five centers in China, to access whether RIC can and improve short-term prognosis.
• Diagnosed with coronary artery disease and require off-pump CABG surgery.
• Between 18 and 75 years old;
• Normal left ventricular systolic function (ejection fraction \>40%) and left ventricular end-diastolic internal diameter (\<60 mm) in the cardiac ultrasound tests;
• No or mild heart valve and great vessel abnormalities which do not require surgical intervention;
• Participants or their authorized relatives agree to participate in the clinical trial and sign the informed consent.