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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: There was no significant between-group difference in the rate of the composite primary end point (99 patients [14. 3 %] in the RIPC group and 101 [14. 6 %] in the sham-RIPC group, P = 0. 89) or of any of the individual components : death (9 patients [1. 3 %] and 4 [0. 6 %], respectively ; P = 0. 21), myocardial infarction (47 [6. 8 %] and 63 [9. 1 %], P = 0. 12), stroke (14 [2. 0 %] and 15 [2. 2 %], P = 0. 79), and acute renal failure (42 [6. 1 %] and 35 [5. 1 %], P = 0. 45).