The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 918-925, April 2010

Experimental investigation of direct myocardial protective effect of atrial natriuretic peptide in cardiac surgery

  • Shinji Wakui, MD

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Research Institute for the Sciences and Humanity (ARISH), Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North-Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Shinji Wakui, MD, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
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  • Akira Sezai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Gero Tenderich, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North-Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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  • Mitsumasa Hata, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Syunji Osaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoshiki Taniguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Collaboration, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Reiner Koerfer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North-Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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  • Kazutomo Minami, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Advanced Research Institute for the Sciences and Humanity (ARISH), Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North-Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Received 23 November 2008; received in revised form 26 July 2009; accepted 9 August 2009. published online 12 November 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01082-4

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.08.030

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 918-925, April 2010

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