Remote ischemic conditioning through intermittent arm ischemia with four cycles of alternating 5-minute inflation followed by 5-minute deflation of a blood pressure cuff performed in the ambulance during transport to primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Standard treatment with primary percutaneous coronary intervention alone.

Intermittent arm ischemia through four cycles of alternating 5-minute inflation followed by 5-minute deflation of a blood pressure cuff placed around the upper arm.

Data for the economic evaluation are collected from Danish nationwide registries and validated with medical record review. Charges from the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) and the Danish Ambulatory Grouping System /DAGS) are used to calculate total cardiovascular medical care costs in the two treatment groups.