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Trial reportBMC cardiovascular disorders2023

Effects of remote ischemic preconditioning on coronary blood flow and microcirculation.

Zhen-Zhou Zhao, En Li, Xue-Jie Li, Quan Guo, Qing-Bo Shi, Mu-Wei Li

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Acute Exercise before Dialysis Is as Cardioprotective as during Dialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025
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  3. Promoting Resiliency to Stress in the Vascular Endothelium.Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology · 2025
    Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Neuroadaptive Biochemical Mechanisms of Remote Ischemic Conditioning.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhen-Zhou Zhao *Heart Center of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan Province, China.
En Li *Heart Center of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan Province, China.
Xue-Jie LiHeart Center of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan Province, China.
Quan GuoHeart Center of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan Province, China.
Qing-Bo ShiHeart Center of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan Province, China.
Mu-Wei LiHeart Center of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan Province, China. muweili0207@163.com.
Henan Provincial People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the effect of short-term remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) on coronary blood flow and microcirculation function using the quantitative flow ratio (QFR) and index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR). We randomly divided 129 patients undergoing coronary angiography (CAG) into RIPC and control groups. Following the first CAG, we randomly divided the patients further into the unilateral upper limb and lower limb groups for four cycles of ischemia/reperfusion circulation; subsequently, we performed the second CAG. During each CAG, contrast-flow QFR (cQFR), fixed-flow QFR (fQFR), and IMR (in patients with cardiac syndrome X) were calculated and compared. We measured 253 coronary arteries in 129 patients. Compared to the control group, the average cQFR of the RIPC group increased significantly after RIPC. Additionally, 23 patients with cardiac syndrome X (IMR > 30) were included in this study. Compared to the control group, IMR and the difference between cQFR and fQFR (cQFR-fQFR) both decreased significantly after receiving RIPC. The application of RIPC can increase coronary blood flow and improve coronary microcirculation function.

Indexed as

Ischemic PreconditioningMicrovascular AnginaCardiovascular Physiological PhenomenaHeartHumansMicrocirculationCoronary angiographyCoronary circulationMicrocirculatory resistanceQuantitative flow ratio

Identifiers

PMID37592218
PMCPMC10433538
OpenAlexW4385951606

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