HEART SURGERY FORUM, cilt.14, 2011 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Background: Spinal cord injury is still a devastating complication after surgical repair of thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies. In this study, we investigated the protective effect of cilostazol, a type III phosphodiesterase inhibitor, against ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced spinal cord injury in rats.