The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 6 , Pages 1508-1514, June 2009

Selective phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition reduces neointimal hyperplasia in rat carotid arteries after surgical endarterectomy

  • Kristóf Hirschberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Kristóf Hirschberg, MD, Experimental Laboratory of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 326, OG 2, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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  • Tamás Radovits, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Sivakkanan Loganathan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  • László Entz, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Carsten J. Beller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Marie–Luise Gross, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Peter Sandner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bayer HealthCare, Wuppertal, Germany
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  • Matthias Karck, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Gábor Szabó, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Received 23 July 2008; received in revised form 16 September 2008; accepted 13 October 2008. published online 11 February 2009.

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 This work was partially supported by Bayer HealthCare, Wuppertal, Germany. Peter Sandner, PhD, is an employee of Bayer HealthCare, Wuppertal, Germany.

PII: S0022-5223(08)01723-6

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.10.016

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 137, Issue 6 , Pages 1508-1514, June 2009

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