“…21 RCTs 17–37 with a total of 6302 patients met the inclusion criteria. 6 RCTs were conducted for isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 17, 22, 28–31 , 5 RCTs were done in isolated valve surgery 20, 21, 34, 35, 37 , and 10 RCTs included a combination of CABG and valve surgery 18, 19, 23–27, 32, 33, 36 . The ischemic protocol (cycles × I/R) was 3 × 5 min/5 min in 11 RCTs 17–19, 22, 26, 28, 29, 32, 35–37 , 4 × 5 min/5 min in 7 RCTs 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 33, 34 , 3 × 10 min/10 min in 2 RCTs 20, 21 , and 2 × 5 min/5 min in 1 RCT 23 .…”