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. 2022 Jun 21;117(1):31. doi: 10.1007/s00395-022-00938-3

Table 4.

Clinical outcomes by treatment with RIPC and nitrates (either intraoperative IV GTN or long-lasting oral nitrates) for ERICCA post-hoc analysis

Control RIPC alone Nitrates alone RIPC + Nitrates
N = 446 N = 445 N = 308 N = 303
All-cause mortality—N (%) 33 (7.4) 29 (6.5) 16 (5.2) 35 (11.6)
Cardiovascular mortality—N (%) 20 (4.5) 20 (4.5) 7 (2.3) 22 (7.3)
Peri-operative MI—N (%) 127 (28.5) 98 (22.0) 55 (17.9) 65 (21.5)
72-h AUC hs-cTnT—mean (SEM)
Complete case data (N = 701) 51,569 (2313) 44,070 (1739) 42,158 (1979) 38,540 (1724)
Multiple imputation data (N = 1460)a 50,106 (2205) 46,715 (2043) 42,619 (1989) 41,916 (1928)

N, number; %, percent; SEM, standard error of mean

a42 patients excluded from multiple imputation, reasons for exclusions were: 24 died before 72 h; 18 patients at sites that did not collect hs-cTnT up to 72 h