Can Inflating A Blood Pressure Cuff Improve Outcomes Following Bypass Surgery?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2013/08/15/can-inflating-a-blood-pressure-cuff-improve-outcomes-following-bypass-surgery/

For several decades cardiologists have been intrigued by the concept of ischemic preconditioning. A small body of research has consistently found that brief episodes of ischemia (in which reduced blood flow results in damage to tissue) appeared to somehow prepare the body to better handle a major episode of ischemia. Now a new study from Germany published in the Lancet holds out the promise that deliberate ischemic preconditioning prior to bypass surgery might prevent ischemic injury caused by the surgery and may even improve long-term survival. But the investigators themselves say that the results need to be confirmed in a larger study.

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