Protection by Remote Ischemic Preconditioning During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has rapidly been adopted into clinical practice, but concerns have been raised regarding periprocedural complications like e.g. myocardial injury, stroke or acute kidney injury. Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) with upper limb ischemia/reperfusion provides perioperative myocardial protection in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery. The present study assesses protection of heart, brain and kidney by RIPC in patients undergoing TAVI. The study also addresses safety and clinical outcome.