Remote Ischemic Postconditioning of the Lower Limb During Primary PCI Safely Reduces Enzymatic Infarct Size in Anterior Myocardial Infarction: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Remote Ischemic Postconditioning of the Lower Limb During Primary PCI Safely Reduces Enzymatic Infarct Size in Anterior Myocardial Infarction: a Randomized Controlled Trial Gabriele Crimi, MD†*, Silvia Pica, MD*, Claudia Raineri, MD*, Ezio Bramucci, MD*, Gaetano M. De Ferrari, MD*, Catherine Klersy, MD, MSc‡, Marco Ferlini, MD*, Barbara Marinoni, MD*, Alessandra Repetto, MD*, Maurizio Romeo, MD†, Vittorio Rosti, MD§, Margherita Massa, PhD§, Arturo Raisaro, MD*, Sergio Leonardi, MD, MHS*, Paolo Rubartelli, MD†, Luigi Oltrona Visconti, MD*, Maurizio Ferrario, MD*. *SC. Cardiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; †SC. Cardiologia, ASL3 Ospedale Villa Scassi, Genova, Italy; ‡Servizio Biometria e Statistica Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; §Laboratorio di Biotecnologie, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.