Remote ischaemic preconditioning and its effect on coronary physiology and platelet and leukocyte activation.

远程缺血预处理（RIPC）是一种新型的治疗方法，可以改善心脏病发作、冠状动脉支架植入术或搭桥手术后的患者结局。RIPC赋予这种心脏保护的机制尚不清楚。我们将研究RIPC对血小板活性和供应心脏的动脉中血液流动的影响。了解RIPC可能为冠状动脉疾病患者的治疗开辟新的途径，冠状动脉疾病是澳大利亚的主要死亡原因之一。

Remote ischaemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a novel treatment which can improve patient outcomes after a heart attack, undergoing coronary stenting or bypass surgery. The mechanisms by which RIPC confers this cardio-protection is not clear. We will study the effects of RIPC on platelet activity and the flow of blood in the arteries that supply the heart. Understanding RIPC may open new avenues for treatment of patients with coronary artery disease, one of the major causes of death in Australia.