From: Remote ischaemic preconditioning versus sham procedure for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: an external feasibility randomized controlled trial
Randomised allocation
RIC (n = 34)
SHAM (n = 35)
Procedure time (hours)
 EVAR
2.96 (0.86)
2.28 (0.45)
 Open
4.07 (0.22)
4.87 (0.73)
Anaesthetic time (hours)
0.71 (0.05)
0.64 (0.04)
1.16 (0.10)
1.36 (0.23)