Direct Ischemic Postconditioning After Carotid Endarterectomy in the Prevention of Postoperative Cerebral Ischemic Complications-Observational Case-Control Study

• Main Authors: Nenad Ilijevski PhD (Author), Igor Atanasijević MD (Author), Branko Lozuk PhD (Author), Predrag Gajin PhD (Author), Predrag Matić PhD (Author), Srđan Babić PhD (Author), Dragan Sagić PhD (Author), Dragana Unić-Stojanović PhD (Author), Slobodan Tanasković PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Ischemic postconditioning (IPCT) represents one of the several therapeutic strategies to attenuate ischemic reperfusion injury (IR) after carotid endarterectomy (CEA). We here present the first in-human study of IPCT in carotid surgery. Methods: The study represents an observational ca...