1. Which is more important in the potential interference on cardioprotection by remote ischemic preconditioning: β-blockers or anesthetic choice? 
Yang Liu, MD, Li Ma, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 146, Issue 5, Pages (November 2013)
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2. Figure 1
Metaregression plot of β-blockers (%) on standardized mean difference (SMD) of myocardial biomarkers in coronary artery bypass grafting (coefficient of , P = .092).
Original data from Zhou and associates.4
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