The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 364-371 , February 2005

NS-7, a novel Na+/Ca2+ channel blocker, prevents neurologic injury after spinal cord ischemia in rabbits

  • Enyi Shi, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan,
    • Dr Shi is currently affiliated with the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
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  • Teruhisa Kazui, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan,
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Teruhisa Kazui, MD, PhD, the First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
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  • Xiaojing Jiang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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  • Naoki Washiyama, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan,
    • ,
  • Kazuchika Suzuki, MD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan,
    • ,
  • Katsushi Yamashita, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan,
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  • Hitoshi Terada, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan,

Received 2 February 2004 ,Revised 28 April 2004 ,Accepted 6 May 2004.

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☆ Supported by the Grand-in-Aid for Scientific Research in Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (no. 15591469).

PII: S0022-5223(04)00764-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.05.006

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 364-371 , February 2005

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