The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 28, Issue 7 , Pages 718-724 , July 2009

Methylprednisolone and Tacrolimus Prevent Hypothermia-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction

  • Antje Diestel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Nils Billecke, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Joerg Roessler, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Congenital Heart Disease/Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Boris Schmitt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Silke Troeller, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Congenital Heart Disease/Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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  • Ruth Schwartlander, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Felix Berger, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • Department of Congenital Heart Disease/Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Igor Maximilian Sauer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Katharina Rose Luise Schmitt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Congenital Heart Disease/Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Katharina Rose Luise Schmitt, MD, Department of Congenital Heart Disease/Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany. Telephone: 49-30-45-93-2800. Fax: 49-30-45-93-2900

Received 5 December 2008 ,Revised 10 March 2009 ,Accepted 7 April 2009.

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 The study was supported by Stiflung Deutsche Kinderherzzentren e.V. Bonn, Germany, Investitionsbank Berlin, Germany and the Fiebig Foundation.

PII: S1053-2498(09)00225-3

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.04.003

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 28, Issue 7 , Pages 718-724 , July 2009

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