Cardioprotective Effect of Ghrelin in Cardiopulmonary Bypass Involves a Reduction in Inflammatory Response

• Yukun Cao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yukun Cao, Jun Tang, Ting Yang

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

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• Jun Tang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yukun Cao, Jun Tang, Ting Yang

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

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• Ting Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yukun Cao, Jun Tang, Ting Yang

  Affiliation Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology and TMD, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

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• Heng Ma,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

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• Dinghua Yi ,

  * E-mail: yidh@fmmu.edu.cn (DHY); guchunhutga@hotmail.com (CHG); yushiq@fmmu.edu.cn (SQY)

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

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• Chunhu Gu ,

  * E-mail: yidh@fmmu.edu.cn (DHY); guchunhutga@hotmail.com (CHG); yushiq@fmmu.edu.cn (SQY)

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

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• Shiqiang Yu

  * E-mail: yidh@fmmu.edu.cn (DHY); guchunhutga@hotmail.com (CHG); yushiq@fmmu.edu.cn (SQY)

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

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