Publications by authors named "Thomas Recht"
Article Synopsis
- Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a method used before heart surgery to protect the heart from damage by applying temporary stress to another part of the body.
- A study with 32 patients showed that RIPC increased the levels of melatonin, a protective hormone, but did not change the levels of important antioxidant enzymes or DNA damage markers.
- The findings suggest that while RIPC helps boost melatonin, it does not have a big effect on other protective factors in the body during heart surgery.