Inhibition of neutrophil activity improves cardiac function after cardiopulmonary bypass

• Main Authors: Grünwald Frank (Author), Kranert Tilmann (Author), Francischetti Ieda (Author), Bitu-Moreno José (Author), Lögters Tim (Author), Aybek Tayfun (Author), Margraf Stefan (Author), Abdel-Rahman Ulf (Author), Windolf Joachim (Author), Moritz Anton (Author), Scholz Martin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<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...