Background.The main objective of this meta-analysis was to investigate whether remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) reduces\ncardiac and renal events in patients undergoing elective cardiovascular interventions. Methods and Results. We systematically\nsearched articles published from 2006 to 2016 in PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar.\nOdds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used as the effect index for dichotomous variables. The standardized\nmean differences (SMDs) with 95% CIs were calculated as the pooled continuous effect. Sixteen RCTs of 2435 patients undergoing\nelective PCIwere selected.Compared with control group, RIPC could significantly reduce the incidence of perioperativemyocardial\ninfarction (OR = 0.64; 95% CI: 0.48ââ?¬â??0.86;
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