Inhibition of neutrophil activity improves cardiac function after cardiopulmonary bypass

Inhibition of neutrophil activity improves cardiac function after cardiopulmonary bypass

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The arterial in line application of the leukocyte inhibition module (LIM) in the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) limits overshooting leukocyte activity during cardiac surgery. We studied in a porcine model whether LIM may have beneficia...

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Main Authors: Grünwald Frank, Kranert Tilmann, Francischetti Ieda, Bitu-Moreno José, Lögters Tim, Aybek Tayfun, Margraf Stefan, Abdel-Rahman Ulf, Windolf Joachim, Moritz Anton, Scholz Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-10-01
Series:Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:http://www.journal-inflammation.com/content/4/1/21

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