43. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefächirurgie, 09.02- 12.02.2014, Freiburg, Germany

Abd El Al, A.

Long-term results and postoperative aortic valve regurgitation outcome after repair of acute type A aortic dissection: A single-center study of 836 cases

Abicht, J.-M.

RNase: A possible adjuvant in transplantation?

Aboud, A.

Clinical outcome in elderly patients undergoing mitral valve repair with or without tricuspid valve repair

Achenbach, S.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus conventional aortic valve replacement in patients over 75 years of age - a 5 years single center experience

Eccentricity of the aortic annulus is not associated with functional impairment of the transapical Jenavalve in an in vitro hydrodynamic test model

Coronary revascularization prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Patient characteristics and influence on outcome

Adam, G.

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Adamczyk, K.

Establishment of induced pluripotent stem cells from pig adipose tissue-derived fibroblasts

Detection of pluripotency gene expression and validation of true iPS cell reprogramming by fluorescent reporter probes in live cells

Adibekian, Z.

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Adsay, B.A.

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Ahad, S.

Risk evaluation in transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Ahmadzade, T.

Rhythm outcome predictors after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Ten-year single-center experience

Ahrens, P.R.

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

Aicher, D.

Postoperative hemodynamic benefit of Bosentan-pretreatment for high-risk patients undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy

Akhdar, A.

Modulation of immune-mediators from donor lungs using the Organ Care System^® - a potential mechanism for improved outcome

Akhyari, P.

Right lateral mini-thoracotomy as standard approach for procedures apart from mitral valve surgery: a 4-year experience with 361 patients

Dispersive aortic cannulas reduce aortic wall shear stress affecting atherosclerotic plaque embolisation

Tricuspid valve surgery in high risk patients: A single institutional experience with the technique of minimally invasive surgery via right mini-thoracotomy

Simple technique of repair for Barlow symdrome with minimally invasive approach; primary experience with 22 patients

Effects of ivabradine in patients with persistent sinus tachycardia early after heart transplantation

Akintürk, H.

15 years of Giessen hybrid approach to the hypoplastic left heart

Is the Ross-Konno procedure the ideal treatment of congenital complex left ventricular outflow tract obstruction?

Giant remnant of fetal circulation leading to cyanosis: Pseudo-cor triatriatum dexter

Urgent implantation of the Berlin Heart Excor biventricular assist device as a total artificial heart in a patient with single ventricle circulation

Surgical treatment of thoracic and partial ectopia cordis - A case presentation

Prolonged left ventricular mechanical support in a seven-year-old patient following extensive myocardial infarction enabling myocardial recovery

Akra, B.

Low-flow conditioning of decellularized and re-seeded homografts in a novel pulsatile bioreactor

Mechanical integrity of colonized homografts after stenting, crimping and perfusion

Influence of different fixatives on the mechanical properties of cell-seeded scaffolds

Transcatheter heart valve based on a synthetic matrix for tissue engineering applications

Al Ahmad, A.

Tricuspid valve surgery - should we prefer the beating heart technique?

Alassar, Y.

Prostaglandin E2 does not attenuate adrenergic-induced cardiac contractile response

Development of recipient-matched engineered heart tissue using 3D printing

Development of a retrograde flow inhibition device in continues flow VAD for emergency rescue

Hemodynamic performance of 3 difference bioprothesis: SJM Trifecta vs. Sorin Mitroflow and stentless Sorin Solo

Albert, A.

HeartWare left ventricular assist device: Outcome in high risk INTERMACS I patients

A novel approach for perioperative extracorporeal life support implantation

Aleksic, I.

Epinephrine application in ischemia-reperfusion injury-induced ventricular dysfunction promotes myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction

Alexi-Meskishvilli, V.

Subaortic stenosis after repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect: Anatomic and technical issues

Alexiou, K.

Ring assessment and sizing aspects for transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring procedures: An ex-vivo series

Transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring procedures: Ring assessment, sizing and initial clinical outcome of a case series

Early onset valve thrombosis due to insufficient anticoagulation therapy after transapical valve-in-valve TAVI for failed mitral bioprosthesis

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a repositionable second-generation device: Initial clinical results and further follow-up of patients treated with the JenaValve™

Aortic valve replacement with the Sorin Freedom SOLO bioprosthesis: Initial results and 2-years of follow-up

Initial and mid-term follow-up of patients with concomitant moderate or more severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Smooth muscle cell derived adiponectin and its role in storage induced vascular dysfunction

Ali, K.

Late prosthetic graft infection after frozen elephant trunk presenting by hemoptysis and positive FDG PET/CT

Alitalo, K.

Perioperative single-dose VEGF-C/D inhibitor enhances cardiac allograft survival and prevents chronic rejection by regulating lymphatic endothelial cell activation

Alles, S.G.H.

Role of preoperative laboratory values in predicting mortality after elective CABG: a single center report including 6,436 patients

Which critical hemodynamic patients should be considered for VAD implantation?

Influence of partial vs. full median sternotomy on intra- and postoperative parameters in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement

Al Maisary, S.

Computer-assisted mitral valve measurement using an optical tracking system - a new approach for planning of mitral valve reconstructions

Alms, A.

Microvascular alterations during surgical aortic valve replacement utilizing minimal extracorporeal circulation and conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Alnahas, H.

Cost reduction and improve outcome by using sutureless prosthesis

Al Zuhbi, A.

The no-resection-technique for mitral valve repair in Barlow disease

Amann, M.

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Amin, W.

Complete arterial coronary revascularization using skeletonized bilateral mammary arteries in T-graft technique performed in on-pump or off-pump approach: Clinical results up to 13 years in 3513 patients consecutive

Amiri, A.

Posterior annulus shortening increases leaflet coaptation in ischemic mitral incompetence: a new and valid technique

Amorim, P.

Trifecta vs. Mitroflow: Superior hemodynamics despite equal design

Amorim, P.A.

High fat diet and pressure overload: Improved contractile function but reduced survival

Risk factors of poor outcome after surgical treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis in a single-centre cohort

Amrani, M.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

Anic, P.

Human myocardial extracellular matrix directs the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells toward a cardiomyocyte phenotype

Anssar, M.

Early failure of decellularized xenogenous pulmonary valve conduit (Matrix-P-Plus) for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract in the ross procedure

Late prosthetic graft infection after frozen elephant trunk presenting by hemoptysis and positive FDG PET/CT

Aoki, A.

Severity score for mitral valve repair in active stage infective endocarditis

Arar, M.

Sternal bone marrow is a suitable autologous cell source for cardiac stem cell therapies

Ardehali, A.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Arif, R.

Long-term outcome of patients with lupus erythematodes and Antiphospholipid Syndrome after cardiac valve surgery

Arndt, F.

An exceedingly rare coronary anomaly - right coronary artery take-off from the left ventricular outflow tract

Arnold, M.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus conventional aortic valve replacement in patients over 75 years of age - a 5 years single center experience

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Coronary revascularization prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Patient characteristics and influence on outcome

Arsalan, M.

Pressure controlled vein graft flushing results in superior histological quality - a randomized trial

Imaging based decision making: Outcome of patients screened for TAVI undergoing AVR due to unfavorable anatomy

Challenges of diagnostic coronary angiography after TAVI procedures

Laser-based lead extraction of an accidentally left ventricular placed ICD lead

Arsalan-Werner, A.F.

Pressure controlled vein graft flushing results in superior histological quality - a randomized trial

Arunagirinathan, U.

An exceedingly rare coronary anomaly - right coronary artery take-off from the left ventricular outflow tract

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Hemodynamic performance of 3 difference bioprothesis: SJM Trifecta vs. Sorin Mitroflow and stentless Sorin Solo

Arzt, S.

Ring assessment and sizing aspects for transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring procedures: An ex-vivo series

Transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring procedures: Ring assessment, sizing and initial clinical outcome of a case series

Early onset valve thrombosis due to insufficient anticoagulation therapy after transapical valve-in-valve TAVI for failed mitral bioprosthesis

Initial and mid-term follow-up of patients with concomitant moderate or more severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Asfour, B.

Additional decending aorta perfusion in neonates undergoing arch reconstruction with selective cerebral perfusion

Asif, M.

Aortic valve replacement with the Sorin Freedom SOLO bioprosthesis: Initial results and 2-years of follow-up

Assmann, A.

Dispersive aortic cannulas reduce aortic wall shear stress affecting atherosclerotic plaque embolisation

Assmann, G.

Human endothelial-colony forming cells enhance cardiac repair by increasing neovascularization and the pool of Sca1+ cardiac resident stem cells after myocardial infarction in SCID/beige mice

Atmaca, N.

Emergency surgical revascularisation in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ineffective or impossible PTCA requiring intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) preoperatively

Attmann, T.

Modification of the Norwood procedure: Early experience with patch enlargement of the left pulmonary artery

Short-term outcome after operative myocardial revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Short-term outcome after surgical embolectomy in pulmonary embolism: A single-center experience

Use of the eSVS mesh during CABG: Computed tomographic evaluation after 6 months

Aumayr, K.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Autschbach, R.

Modified chest wall reconstruction after sternum necrosis in cardiac surgery patients

The effects of xenon and sevoflurane anesthesia on perioperative release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF-1α) and recruitment of immune cells in cardiac surgical patients in a randomized controlled trial

Perioperative whole blood levels of selenium in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study

Predictive value of Euroscore II as compared to intermacs levels in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device therapy

Successful fast track anaesthesia in left ventricular assist device implantation - it is feasible!

The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in late phase preconditioning with xenon, isoflurane and levosimendan in rat cardiac myocytes

Levosimendan treatment influences protein kinase C epsilon and its mitochondria-associated downstream targets

Avanesov, M.

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Avsar, M.

LVAD Implantation in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Modulation of immune-mediators from donor lungs using the Organ Care System^® - a potential mechanism for improved outcome

Circulatory support exceeding five years with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. Identification of positive predicators for a successful long-time VAD therapy

Donor oxygenation has no impact on postoperative outcome after lung transplantation

Extending donor criteria in lung transplantation - Donors 70 years and older

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

Minimally invasive left ventreicular assist device implantation with outflowgraft tunneling through the sinus transversus

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

First clinical results of the novel Heartmate II pocket controller

Pretreatment with donor alloantigen and anti-CD4-antibody 28 days befor lung transplantation leads to immunization rather than tolerance in miniature pigs

Awwad, N.

Complete arterial coronary revascularization using skeletonized bilateral mammary arteries in T-graft technique performed in on-pump or off-pump approach: Clinical results up to 13 years in 3513 patients consecutive

The Medtronic Mosaic prothesis in aortic and mitral position: Clinical perfomance in 1540 patients up to 13 years

Aydin, A.

CRT-implantation in elderly patients: Is there a higher perioperative risk?

Is an upgrade to a cardiac resynchronisation therapy-ICD safe? A single center experience

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Aydin, M.A.

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- as well as dual coil ICD leads

Baalash, A.

Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Promoter polymorphism in primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Babin-Ebell, J.

Rationale and trial design of the Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study (LAAOS III)

Bach, F.-W.

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Bachamanda-Somesh, D.

Direct in vitro lineage reprogramming of murine fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes induces cell death

Bachmann, S.

Miniaturization of the Organ Care System^® into rat lungs for the establishment of ex-vivo therapy

Bader, A.

The impact of hypoxia on heart failure-induced depression of multipotent stromal cells from bone marrow or cord blood

Factors released by cord blood-mesenchymal stromal cells protect endothelial cells through activation of STAT3 signaling

Bader, R.

Hybrid TAVR procedures for complex pathologies

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Bader, S.

Pressure controlled vein graft flushing results in superior histological quality - a randomized trial

Badiu, C.C.

Early hemodynamic performance of the complete supraannular Trifecta aortic valve bioprosthesis - a single-center experience in a series of 608 patients

Badowsky-Zyla, D.

Custodiol-N versus custodiol: A prospective randomized double blind multicenter phase III trial

Baghai, M.

Platelet repellent properties of hydrogel coatings on polyurethane coated glass surfaces

Platelet function in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Bähr, T.

Transcatheter off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: Enhanced survival and decreased paravalvular leakages

In vivo force measurement on apically fixated mitral valved stents

Off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: A 3D-transesophageal echocardiographic based comparison of apical and sub-annular fixation techniques

Bahrami, T.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

Bakhtiary, F.

Acute decompensated aortic and mitral valve disease: Short and long-term operative outcomes

Baldus, S.

MitraClip therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation - 12 months results from the ACCESS-Europe Phase I trial

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system: large single-center experience in 400 consecutive patients not amenable to surgery

Ballazhi, F.

Surgical outcome of right-sided infective endocarditis (IE): Which patients for which procedure?

Ballazs, C.

Effects of ivabradine in patients with persistent sinus tachycardia early after heart transplantation

Bandorski, D.

Effect of recirculation on carbon dioxide removal and patient paCO₂ during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults - preliminary results of an observational clinical trial

Banner, N.R.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Banusch, J.

Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring of the collateral network to detect spinal cord malperfusion during and after thoracoabdominal aortic repair: A clinical update

Bara, C.

Recover of left ventricular function following immediate coronary artery bypass grafting in myocardial infarction

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Minimally invasive left ventreicular assist device implantation with outflowgraft tunneling through the sinus transversus

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

First clinical results of the novel Heartmate II pocket controller

Aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with rapid-deployment aortic valve system: 3 years later

Baraki, H.

Tricuspid valve surgery - should we prefer the beating heart technique?

Effect of natural killer cells on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bioartificial cardiac tissue

Different degrees of protective effect by types of fibroblasts on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in bioartificial cardiac tissue in vivo

Sternal bone marrow is a suitable autologous cell source for cardiac stem cell therapies

Baralija, A.

Comparison of Sirolimus and Everolimus in their effects on kidney function and survival in heart transplant recipients

Baretti, R.

Branched and fenestrated stent grafts - a reasonable option for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Barnucz, E.

Preservation of endothelial function of vascular grafts after short-time storage and warm reperfusion with a recently developed preservation solution (Tiprotec)

Barrabas, M.

MIDCAB: a safe option in high risk patients

Bärsch, V.

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Basti, B.

Re-rupture of calcified sinus of valsalva aneurysm 34 years after primary surgical repair

Bauer, J.

15 years of Giessen hybrid approach to the hypoplastic left heart

Bauer, M.

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Baumann, A.

Spinal cord ischemia following total aortic arch replacement and endovascular stenting of the descending thoracic aorta (TEVAR). Pathophysiological investigations in a porcine model

Baumbach, H.

Risk evaluation in transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Bax, L.

Transcatheter off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: Enhanced survival and decreased paravalvular leakages

Off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: A 3D-transesophageal echocardiographic based comparison of apical and sub-annular fixation techniques

Bechtel, M.

Initial experience with the Edwards Intuity rapid deployment valve

Becker, C.

Logistic EuroSCORE I can predict mid-term mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation - The next revolution in mitral valve therapy?

Bedetti, B.

Replacement of the complete posterior tracheal wall with autologous pericardium and latissimus dorsi flap after esophageal acid burn

Thoracoscopic recovery of intrapulmonary foreign bodies with intraoperative fluoroscopic assistance

Beerbaum, P.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

Beghi, C.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Behlau, C.

Medical conversion with Vernakalant for postoperative cardio-surgical patients

Behr, R.

Extracorporal membrane oxygenation: Perioperative support reduces the operative risk for post infarction ventricular septal defect

Beiras-Fernandez, A.

Thromboelastometie overestimate the need for hemostatic agents

Dose/time-dependent modulation of the endothelial function through immunosuppressive agents

Treatment with low-dose flavonoids shows protective effects on endothelial cells

Coronary artery revascularization with a minimized extracorporeal circulation system (MECC): The inflammatory response in comparison to conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Modulation of endothelial inflammation after Methylene Blue: role of circulating cells

What about the rewarming during reperfusion? Influence of hypothermic conditions on endothelial activity

Leukocyte-Endothelium Interactions in both naïve and adult endothelial cells: influence of ATG

Protective function of Junctional-adhesion-molecules in the rewarming process after mild hypothermia

Binding of ATGs to endothelial cells under in vivo conditions

Rewarming after cold ischemia and endothelial modulation: Role of JAMs

Beller, C.J.

Computer-assisted mitral valve measurement using an optical tracking system - a new approach for planning of mitral valve reconstructions

Analysis of gender-specific differences in outcome of ascending aortic aneurysm surgery

Bellera, R.

Implications of fast recovery after left ventricular assist devices implantation

Benedik, J.

Aortic remodeling in acute aortic dissection after frozen elephant trunk

Benim, A.C.

Dispersive aortic cannulas reduce aortic wall shear stress affecting atherosclerotic plaque embolisation

Benk, C.

ProBNP serum levels and mRNA expression decrease after VAD implantation

Berchthold-Herz, M.

Platelet function in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Berchtold-Herz, M.

ProBNP serum levels and mRNA expression decrease after VAD implantation

Berger, J.

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Bergmann, I.

The eNOS 894G/T gene polymorphism and its influence on early and long-term mortality after on-pump cardiac surgery

Bergner, M.

Functional assessment of different mitral valve repair philosophies in Carpentier type II posterior leaflet prolapse: Should we respect or resect?

Bergs, P.

Branched and fenestrated stent grafts - a reasonable option for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Bermudez, C.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Berndt, A.

Early reoccurrence of fetal ED-A⁺ Fibronectin and B⁺ Tenascin-C splicing variants after human cardiac transplantation: potential impact for targeted therapy of chronic rejection

Berndt, R.

Outcome of total arterial versus conventional myocardial revascularization in the elderly: a single center experience

Outcome and quality of life following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: A single center experience

Bernhagen, J.

The effects of xenon and sevoflurane anesthesia on perioperative release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF-1α) and recruitment of immune cells in cardiac surgical patients in a randomized controlled trial

The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in late phase preconditioning with xenon, isoflurane and levosimendan in rat cardiac myocytes

Levosimendan treatment influences protein kinase C epsilon and its mitochondria-associated downstream targets

Bernhard, A.

Changes in morphometry and gene expression in saphenous vein graft endothelium exposed to an ex vivo arterial pressure environment

Bernhardt, A.

HeartWare^® Assist Device - Infections, bleedings, and thrombosis dominate morbidity and mortality

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Bernhardt, A.M.

HVAD continuous flow ventricular assist device for ischemic ventricular septal rupture - there remains no need for a total artificial heart

Isolated RVAD implantation - first results from the EUROMACS registry

Long-term results after different cerebral perfusion strategies in aortic arch surgery

Bertram, H.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

Beyersdorf, F.

Short-term intervention to reduce anxiety before artery coronary bypass surgery - A randomised controlled study

David I valve-sparing aortic root replacement - impact of graft size and aortic downsizing on mitral valve function

Incidence and progression of mild aortic regurgitation after the David I procedure

ProBNP serum levels and mRNA expression decrease after VAD implantation

Platelet repellent properties of hydrogel coatings on polyurethane coated glass surfaces

Platelet function in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Bezuidenhout, D.

The beneficial effects of deferred delivery on the efficiency of hydrogel therapy post myocardial infarction

Biancari, F.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Bieback, K.

The impact of hypoxia on heart failure-induced depression of multipotent stromal cells from bone marrow or cord blood

Human myocardial extracellular matrix directs the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells toward a cardiomyocyte phenotype

Biener, A.

Testing long term performance of murine aortic allografts after cold storage in TiProtec^®

Biermann, D.

An exceedingly rare coronary anomaly - right coronary artery take-off from the left ventricular outflow tract

Size matters: Longevity of valved RVOT conduits is mainly related to the conduit diameter

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

Hemodynamic performance of 3 difference bioprothesis: SJM Trifecta vs. Sorin Mitroflow and stentless Sorin Solo

Long-term results after different cerebral perfusion strategies in aortic arch surgery

Bigot, G.

Short-term intervention to reduce anxiety before artery coronary bypass surgery - A randomised controlled study

Bimmel, D.

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Bindila, L.

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Binner, C.

Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis - Analyzation of perioperative parameters and long-term outcomes

Biondo, F.

Lobe-specific mediastinal nodal dissection is sufficient during lobectomy by VATS or thoracotomy for early stage lung cancer

Bireta, C.

The eNOS 894G/T gene polymorphism and its influence on early and long-term mortality after on-pump cardiac surgery

Challenging treatment of an infected CircuLite Synergy micro-pump after pump thrombosis due to subtherapeutic anticoagulation therapy. Pushing the limits?

Protective effect of apigenin in a rat model of lung ischemia-reperfusion

Biskup, C.

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Bittner, H.

Body Mass Index can influence Connexin 43 distribution in patients with atrial fibrillation or sinus rhythm

Blanke, P.

David I valve-sparing aortic root replacement - impact of graft size and aortic downsizing on mitral valve function

Incidence and progression of mild aortic regurgitation after the David I procedure

Blankenberg, S.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system: large single-center experience in 400 consecutive patients not amenable to surgery

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Outcome after transapical TAVI in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction comparing ballon-expandable and self-expanding prostheses

Bleilevens, C.

The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in late phase preconditioning with xenon, isoflurane and levosimendan in rat cardiac myocytes

Bleiziffer, S.

Acute kidney injury after Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: incidence, predictors and impact on mortality

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Bloch, W.

Site-specific positioning of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) loaded progenitors improves survival of the grafted cells and long-term myocardial function upon myocardial infarction

Blumenstein, J.

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a sutureless access and closure device: 6-months results of the multi-center CE mark study

Challenges of diagnostic coronary angiography after TAVI procedures

Blumenstein, J.M.

Pressure controlled vein graft flushing results in superior histological quality - a randomized trial

Bobylev, D.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

Recover of left ventricular function following immediate coronary artery bypass grafting in myocardial infarction

Bödeker, R.-H.

Effect of recirculation on carbon dioxide removal and patient paCO₂ during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults - preliminary results of an observational clinical trial

Boeken, U.

Right lateral mini-thoracotomy as standard approach for procedures apart from mitral valve surgery: a 4-year experience with 361 patients

HeartWare left ventricular assist device: Outcome in high risk INTERMACS I patients

Tricuspid valve surgery in high risk patients: A single institutional experience with the technique of minimally invasive surgery via right mini-thoracotomy

Simple technique of repair for Barlow symdrome with minimally invasive approach; primary experience with 22 patients

Effects of ivabradine in patients with persistent sinus tachycardia early after heart transplantation

Boethig, D.

First clinical results of aortic valve replacement with decellularized aortic allografts in children and adults

The RVOT conduit registry: Freedom from explantation of various conduit types

Bogert, N.

Dose/time-dependent modulation of the endothelial function through immunosuppressive agents

Treatment with low-dose flavonoids shows protective effects on endothelial cells

Modulation of endothelial inflammation after Methylene Blue: role of circulating cells

What about the rewarming during reperfusion? Influence of hypothermic conditions on endothelial activity

Protective function of Junctional-adhesion-molecules in the rewarming process after mild hypothermia

Rewarming after cold ischemia and endothelial modulation: Role of JAMs

Böhler, A.

Prognostic significance of influence of CD-31 and PDEF expression in patients with non-small-lung cancer

Bonaros, N.

Arrested heart TECAB versus MIDCAB for revascularization of anterior wall. A comparative analysis of perioperative and midterm results

Bonatti, J.

Arrested heart TECAB versus MIDCAB for revascularization of anterior wall. A comparative analysis of perioperative and midterm results

Böning, A.

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing on-pump or off-pump coronary surgery - lessons learned from GOPCABE

Role of micro RNAs in obesity-mediated premature cardiac ageing in patients

Caloric restriction reduces sympathetic activity similar to beta-blockers but conveys additional mitochondrio-protective effects

Effect of recirculation on carbon dioxide removal and patient paCO₂ during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults - preliminary results of an observational clinical trial

Late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with BMI and adipokine-profiles

Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion reaction after warm vs. cold Calafiore blood cardioplegia

Incidence and clinical relevance of Protamine-Heparin-antibodies in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Caloric restriction and CB1 blockade activate AMP-activated protein kinase and mediate cardio-protection in a model of premature cardiac senescence

Rationale and trial design of the Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study (LAAOS III)

12-months late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with energy source and patient characteristics

Borger, M.

A gender specific point of view on combined functional mitral valve surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe impaired left ventricles

Early and midterm outcome of secondary open surgical and minimally invasive interventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Borger, M.A.

Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis - Analyzation of perioperative parameters and long-term outcomes

Impact of postoperative renal failure on early and late survivial of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting - a single center experience based on 7,366 patients

Acute decompensated aortic and mitral valve disease: Short and long-term operative outcomes

Vertebral body erosion in a 27-year old female 12 years after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Risk factors of poor outcome after surgical treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis in a single-centre cohort

The treatment of patients with Type A aortic dissection - predictors for in hospital mortality in 534 patients as two center experience

Aortic root replacement in the very old patient - is reluctance justified?

Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring of the collateral network to detect spinal cord malperfusion during and after thoracoabdominal aortic repair: A clinical update

Börgermann, J.

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing on-pump or off-pump coronary surgery - lessons learned from GOPCABE

Eccentricity of the aortic annulus is not associated with functional impairment of the transapical Jenavalve in an in vitro hydrodynamic test model

Clinical outcome in elderly patients undergoing mitral valve repair with or without tricuspid valve repair

Management of pump thrombosis: Device exchange versus thrombolysis

Aortic insufficiency development in 391 patients supported with four different cf-LVADs: A single center experience

Influence of preoperative MDCT analysis by a dedicated software on aortic insufficiency and outcome in patients after TAVI

Bormann, S.

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients with history of prior myocardial infarction undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting

Born, F.

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as bridging therapy in patients with cardiomyopathy and acute decompensation

Bothe, W.

Trifecta vs. Mitroflow: Superior hemodynamics despite equal design

Böthig, D.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

Bougioukas, I.

Prognostic significance of influence of CD-31 and PDEF expression in patients with non-small-lung cancer

Protective effect of apigenin in a rat model of lung ischemia-reperfusion

Bramlage, P.

3 year results of transapical versus transfemoral TAVI in 1000 patients with severe aortic stenosis in a single center registry

Brandes, G.

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Braubach, P.

Miniaturization of the Organ Care System^® into rat lungs for the establishment of ex-vivo therapy

Braun, T.

Dedifferentiation of adult cardiomyocytes serves as a mechanism of cardiac regeneration

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Braune, S.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy in critically ill patients - is it worth the effort?

Breckwoldt, K.

Human iPS-cell-derived engineered heart tissue for cardiac repair

Breitenbach, I.

Early failure of decellularized xenogenous pulmonary valve conduit (Matrix-P-Plus) for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract in the ross procedure

Late prosthetic graft infection after frozen elephant trunk presenting by hemoptysis and positive FDG PET/CT

Brendel, L.

Neurologic outcome following axillary artery versus classic aortic cannulation in high risk patients: Preliminary results from a prospective randomized study

Brenner, P.

RNase: A possible adjuvant in transplantation?

Breuer, M.

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Trifecta vs. Mitroflow: Superior hemodynamics despite equal design

Breymann, T.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

First clinical results of aortic valve replacement with decellularized aortic allografts in children and adults

Brickwedel, J.

Minimally invasive surgery for congenital atrial septum defects in adults

Long-term results after different cerebral perfusion strategies in aortic arch surgery

Britton, S.L.

Exercise affects mitochondrial function and insulin response in skeletal muscle and fat differentially depending on genetic predisposition

Brodarac, A.

The impact of hypoxia on heart failure-induced depression of multipotent stromal cells from bone marrow or cord blood

Human myocardial extracellular matrix directs the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells toward a cardiomyocyte phenotype

Cardiomyocyte derived from induced pluripotent stem cells are more sensitive to ischemia then naïve cardiomyocytes

Broichhausen, I.

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

Buchholz, C.

Performance of stented biological valves for pulmonary valve replacement

Buerbaum, B.

The transaortic approach for TAVI - first results

Burger, H.

Clinical outcome of 955 patients treated with different lead concepts for left ventricular/CRT pacing in 5 years follow-up

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Laser-based lead extraction of an accidentally left ventricular placed ICD lead

Burkhardt, B.

Short-term experience using Cormatrix as aortic leaflet replacement or extension in pediatric patients

Busch, A.

Body Mass Index can influence Connexin 43 distribution in patients with atrial fibrillation or sinus rhythm

Busch, C.

Risk factors of poor outcome after surgical treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis in a single-centre cohort

Buschmann, K.

Does human myocardium show a gender dependent modification of oxidative stress parameters?

Is primarily percutaneous stent implantation justified by worse outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting in obese patients?

Buth, K.J.

The treatment of patients with Type A aortic dissection - predictors for in hospital mortality in 534 patients as two center experience

Butter, C.

MitraClip therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation - 12 months results from the ACCESS-Europe Phase I trial

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Büttner, F.

Long-term results and postoperative aortic valve regurgitation outcome after repair of acute type A aortic dissection: A single-center study of 836 cases

Buz, S.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation combined with coronary artery stenting: A simultaneous approach

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Outcome in patients with low arithmetic risk profile

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Effects of poor left ventricular function on survival and myocardial contractility

Transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with EuroScore > 40%

Postoperative course and survival after transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Transapical aortic valve implantation after previous heart surgery

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Predictors of paravalvular leakage and impact on survival in 679 patients

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Clinical outcome during learning curve and beyond

Long-term results and postoperative aortic valve regurgitation outcome after repair of acute type A aortic dissection: A single-center study of 836 cases

Branched and fenestrated stent grafts - a reasonable option for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Camboni, D.

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Carby, M.

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Cebotari, S.

Recover of left ventricular function following immediate coronary artery bypass grafting in myocardial infarction

First clinical results of aortic valve replacement with decellularized aortic allografts in children and adults

Cardiopulmonary bypass in a mouse: novel small animal model

Tissue-engineering of small caliber valvular conduits under different physiological-like conditions

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Cesnjevar, R.

Neonatal myocardium is more sensitive to perioperative ischemic damage than myocardium of elder children

Size matters: Longevity of valved RVOT conduits is mainly related to the conduit diameter

The RVOT conduit registry: Freedom from explantation of various conduit types

Cesnjevar, R.A.

Early results of implanted heparin-coated shunts - single center experience

Performance of stented biological valves for pulmonary valve replacement

Aortic arch repair in a piglet model: improved contractility with the beating-heart technique

Chambers, D.J.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Charitos, E.

Phenotype of bicuspid aortic valve and management of the ascending aorta in 1362 patients

Aortic leaflet interventions for aortic valve repair: How much is too much?

How accurate does the clinical classification of atrial fibrillation severity reflect its temporal persistence: Insights from 1195 patients continuously monitored with implantable devices?

Atrial fibrillation burden estimates derived from intermittent rhythm monitoring should not be used for patient follow-up or as endpoints in clinical trials

Chesnokova, V.

Endothelial damage as a predictive and diagnostic marker in aortic valve surgery: Automated assessment of circulating endothelial cell frequency in transcatheter aortic-valve replacement and conventional surgery

Choi, Y.

Aortic valve replacement after previous heart surgery in high-risk patients: Transapical aortic valve implantation versus conventional aortic valve replacement A risk adjusted and propensity score based analysis

Impact of gender on frequency of contrast-induced nephropathy following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Choi, Y.-H.

Quantification of circulating endothelial cells and perioperative outcome in less invasive coronary surgery: Are Off-pump procedures superior than minimized extracorporeal circulation?

The impact of hypoxia on heart failure-induced depression of multipotent stromal cells from bone marrow or cord blood

Endothelial damage as a predictive and diagnostic marker in aortic valve surgery: Automated assessment of circulating endothelial cell frequency in transcatheter aortic-valve replacement and conventional surgery

History of cardiac surgery in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation is not associated with worse postoperative outcome compared to patients without previous cardiac procedures

Use of cold blood cardioplegia equalizes higher risk profile in CABG patients with acute coronary syndrome compared to warm blood cardioplegia

Electrophysiologically competent skeletal myoblast based engineered tissue constructs show cardiac-like force generation

The impact of using warm vs. cold blood cardioplegia in patients underwent emergent CABG procedure

Clinical outcomes after emergency CABG for coronary complications following PCI

Predictors of mortality in patients requiring IABP support after urgent CABG

Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation - initial experience

Enhanced frequency of M2 polarized macrophages in peri-infarct region and attenuation of scar formation after transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells

Cardiomyocyte derived from induced pluripotent stem cells are more sensitive to ischemia then naïve cardiomyocytes

Christ, T.

Hemodynamic behavior of stentless aortic valves in long term follow-up

Prostaglandin E2 does not attenuate adrenergic-induced cardiac contractile response

Christov, V.

Role of micro RNAs in obesity-mediated premature cardiac ageing in patients

Ciubotaru, A.

First clinical results of aortic valve replacement with decellularized aortic allografts in children and adults

The RVOT conduit registry: Freedom from explantation of various conduit types

Ciubutaro, A.

Miniaturization of the Organ Care System^® into rat lungs for the establishment of ex-vivo therapy

Claus, B.

Hemodynamic behavior of stentless aortic valves in long term follow-up

Clinical experience with the Medtronic “3F” stentless aortic bioprosthesis - ten years follow-up

Conradi, L.

MitraClip therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation - 12 months results from the ACCESS-Europe Phase I trial

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a sutureless access and closure device: 6-months results of the multi-center CE mark study

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Open implantation of an Edwards Sapien 29 mm in an insufficient Medtronic Freestyle stentless biological prosthesis

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant mitral stenosis

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Trends in surgical aortic valve replacement using biological xenografts in more than 3000 consecutive cases in the TAVI era

First in man combined procedure of transapical TAVI and interventional mitral valve repair by chordal replacement using the Neochord system

Percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system: large single-center experience in 400 consecutive patients not amenable to surgery

Evolution of minimally invasive mitral valve repair: Feasibility of a non-rib-spreading, fully endoscopic, mini incision technique

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- as well as dual coil ICD leads

Outcome after transapical TAVI in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction comparing ballon-expandable and self-expanding prostheses

Cordero-Reyes, A.M.

Implications of fast recovery after left ventricular assist devices implantation

Coutandin, M.

Long-term results after different cerebral perfusion strategies in aortic arch surgery

Cramer, E.

Complete arterial coronary revascularization using skeletonized bilateral mammary arteries in T-graft technique performed in on-pump or off-pump approach: Clinical results up to 13 years in 3513 patients consecutive

The Medtronic Mosaic prothesis in aortic and mitral position: Clinical perfomance in 1540 patients up to 13 years

The Medtronic Mosaic Prosthesis: Clinical performance up to 18 years

Cremer, J.

Modification of the Norwood procedure: Early experience with patch enlargement of the left pulmonary artery

Transcatheter off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: Enhanced survival and decreased paravalvular leakages

In vivo force measurement on apically fixated mitral valved stents

The transaortic approach for TAVI - first results

MIDCAB: a safe option in high risk patients

Short-term outcome after operative myocardial revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Outcome of total arterial versus conventional myocardial revascularization in the elderly: a single center experience

The transaortic approach for TAVI - How we do it (video presentation)

Outcome and quality of life following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: A single center experience

Off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: A 3D-transesophageal echocardiographic based comparison of apical and sub-annular fixation techniques

Short-term outcome after surgical embolectomy in pulmonary embolism: A single-center experience

Use of the eSVS mesh during CABG: Computed tomographic evaluation after 6 months

Effects on antiarrhythmic and anticoagulation therapy after concomitant epicardial left atrial ablation procedure - one year results

Czesla, M.

Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy?

D'Ancona, G.

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Clinical outcome during learning curve and beyond

Däbritz, S.

Severe Coronary artery disease in 6 years old child

The no-resection-technique for mitral valve repair in Barlow disease

Emergency surgical revascularisation in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ineffective or impossible PTCA requiring intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) preoperatively

Dahlmann, J.

Effect of natural killer cells on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bioartificial cardiac tissue

Different degrees of protective effect by types of fibroblasts on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in bioartificial cardiac tissue in vivo

Daiber, A.

Does human myocardium show a gender dependent modification of oxidative stress parameters?

Dalal, P.

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Dalyanoglu, H.

Medical conversion with Vernakalant for postoperative cardio-surgical patients

Dandel, M.

Left ventricular vs biventricular assist device: Impact of load dependency of right ventricular performance on decision making before ventricular assist device implantation

Mitral valve and left ventricular reverse remodeling after surgical repair of submitral left ventricular aneurysms assessed with multi-slice computed tomography

Extended donor criteria in heart transplantation: 4-year results of the experience with the Organ Care system

Danner, B.

Challenging treatment of an infected CircuLite Synergy micro-pump after pump thrombosis due to subtherapeutic anticoagulation therapy. Pushing the limits?

Danner, B.C.

Prognostic significance of influence of CD-31 and PDEF expression in patients with non-small-lung cancer

Correlation of DNA, LPS-binding-protein and CD14 of periodontal microbes and cardiac tissue-preliminary results

Protective effect of apigenin in a rat model of lung ischemia-reperfusion

Dapunt, O.

Sutureless aortic valve replacement via anterolateral minithoracotomy

Dashkevich, A.

Perioperative single-dose VEGF-C/D inhibitor enhances cardiac allograft survival and prevents chronic rejection by regulating lymphatic endothelial cell activation

Dauner, M.

Influence of different fixatives on the mechanical properties of cell-seeded scaffolds

Transcatheter heart valve based on a synthetic matrix for tissue engineering applications

Dave, H.

Short-term experience using Cormatrix as aortic leaflet replacement or extension in pediatric patients

David, R.

Epicardial Erythropoietin patch most efficiently improves myocardial regeneration and performance after infarction

Davierwala, P.

Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis - Analyzation of perioperative parameters and long-term outcomes

Acute decompensated aortic and mitral valve disease: Short and long-term operative outcomes

Davies, N.H.

The beneficial effects of deferred delivery on the efficiency of hydrogel therapy post myocardial infarction

Dayeh, A.-H.

Severe Coronary artery disease in 6 years old child

The no-resection-technique for mitral valve repair in Barlow disease

De By, T.M.

Euromacs, a growing EACTS data registry

De By, T.M.M.H.

Isolated RVAD implantation - first results from the EUROMACS registry

De Feo, M.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Deindl, E.

RNase: A possible adjuvant in transplantation?

Deininger, S.

Less inflammation by off-pump surgery? A randomized comparison to minimized extracorporeal circulation and conventional coronary bypass grafting

Which is the best coagulation management in coronary surgery? Results of a randomised study on heparin concentration versus activated clotting time and three different surgical techniques

Dell'Aquila, A.M.

Role of preoperative laboratory values in predicting mortality after elective CABG: a single center report including 6,436 patients

Which critical hemodynamic patients should be considered for VAD implantation?

Cost reduction and improve outcome by using sutureless prosthesis

Delmo Walter, E.M.

Subaortic stenosis after repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect: Anatomic and technical issues

The Berlin experience with the first three C-Pulse^® implants in Europe

Cardiomyopathy in Marfan Syndrome

Primary cardiac tumours in infants and children: surgical strategy and long-term outcome

Posterior annulus shortening increases leaflet coaptation in ischemic mitral incompetence: a new and valid technique

Deppe, A.

Clinical outcomes after emergency CABG for coronary complications following PCI

Predictors of mortality in patients requiring IABP support after urgent CABG

Impact of gender on frequency of contrast-induced nephropathy following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Deppe, A.-C.

History of cardiac surgery in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation is not associated with worse postoperative outcome compared to patients without previous cardiac procedures

Use of cold blood cardioplegia equalizes higher risk profile in CABG patients with acute coronary syndrome compared to warm blood cardioplegia

Electrophysiologically competent skeletal myoblast based engineered tissue constructs show cardiac-like force generation

De Robertis, F.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

De Simone, R.

Computer-assisted mitral valve measurement using an optical tracking system - a new approach for planning of mitral valve reconstructions

Detter, C.

Annuloplasty in functional mitral regurgitation and concomitant coronary heart disease: Functional and clinical outcome

Minimally invasive surgery for congenital atrial septum defects in adults

Evolution of minimally invasive mitral valve repair: Feasibility of a non-rib-spreading, fully endoscopic, mini incision technique

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Single-vessel revascularization using robotically enhanced minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (ENDO-MIDCAB) compared to open offpump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB)

Hemodynamic performance of 3 difference bioprothesis: SJM Trifecta vs. Sorin Mitroflow and stentless Sorin Solo

Long-term results after different cerebral perfusion strategies in aortic arch surgery

Deuse, T.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

HVAD continuous flow ventricular assist device for ischemic ventricular septal rupture - there remains no need for a total artificial heart

Isolated RVAD implantation - first results from the EUROMACS registry

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy in critically ill patients - is it worth the effort?

Minimally invasive surgery for congenital atrial septum defects in adults

HeartWare^® Assist Device - Infections, bleedings, and thrombosis dominate morbidity and mortality

Development of a retrograde flow inhibition device in continues flow VAD for emergency rescue

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute heart failure following septic shock

Evolution of minimally invasive mitral valve repair: Feasibility of a non-rib-spreading, fully endoscopic, mini incision technique

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Phenprocoumon in HeartWare venrticular assist device patients - a new regimen for early postoperative anticoagulation

Single-vessel revascularization using robotically enhanced minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (ENDO-MIDCAB) compared to open offpump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB)

Stem cell transplantation: Are there age-dependent differences in stem cell behaviour?

Deussen, A.

Smooth muscle cell derived adiponectin and its role in storage induced vascular dysfunction

Deußen, A.

Testing long term performance of murine aortic allografts after cold storage in TiProtec^®

Deutsch, M.-A.

Identification and characterization of a postnatal Nkx2-5 enhancer positive cardiac progenitor cell population after myocardial infarction

Acute kidney injury after Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: incidence, predictors and impact on mortality

Early hemodynamic performance of the complete supraannular Trifecta aortic valve bioprosthesis - a single-center experience in a series of 608 patients

Human endothelial-colony forming cells enhance cardiac repair by increasing neovascularization and the pool of Sca1+ cardiac resident stem cells after myocardial infarction in SCID/beige mice

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Establishment of induced pluripotent stem cells from pig adipose tissue-derived fibroblasts

Detection of pluripotency gene expression and validation of true iPS cell reprogramming by fluorescent reporter probes in live cells

Exogenous Mesp1 expression induces a cardiac progenitor fate

Deutsch, O.

“Blame it on the comorbidities” A 5-year follow-up of 53 chronic dialysis-dependent patients who underwent cardiac surgery

Deutschmann, O.

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

Dewald, O.

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Cannabinoid receptor CB2 delays development of cardiac failure caused by pressure overload in a murine model of transverse aortic constriction

Dhar, D.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

Dhein, S.

Cardioprotection with Captopril added to Bretschneider-Solution: An in vitro rabbit heart study

Arrhythmogenic effects by local left ventricular stretch

Body Mass Index can influence Connexin 43 distribution in patients with atrial fibrillation or sinus rhythm

How do cardiomyocytes sense stretch? Effects of cyclic mechanical stretch on cardiomyocyte cellular organization

Dhital, K.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Diab, M.

Preoperative stroke in infective endocarditis neither independently affects mortality nor should it affect timing of surgery

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Simplified minimally-invasive technique for safe isolated tricuspid re-do surgery

Trifecta vs. Mitroflow: Superior hemodynamics despite equal design

Didié, M.

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

Didilis, V.

Protective effect of apigenin in a rat model of lung ischemia-reperfusion

Didilis, V.N.

Prognostic significance of influence of CD-31 and PDEF expression in patients with non-small-lung cancer

Diegeler, A.

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing on-pump or off-pump coronary surgery - lessons learned from GOPCABE

Rationale and trial design of the Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study (LAAOS III)

Diemert, P.

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a sutureless access and closure device: 6-months results of the multi-center CE mark study

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant mitral stenosis

First in man combined procedure of transapical TAVI and interventional mitral valve repair by chordal replacement using the Neochord system

Outcome after transapical TAVI in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction comparing ballon-expandable and self-expanding prostheses

Dietl, W.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Dittrich, S.

Early results of implanted heparin-coated shunts - single center experience

Performance of stented biological valves for pulmonary valve replacement

Dobner, S.

HeartWare^® Assist Device - Infections, bleedings, and thrombosis dominate morbidity and mortality

The beneficial effects of deferred delivery on the efficiency of hydrogel therapy post myocardial infarction

Interleukin 33 as a mechanically responsive cytokine secreted by living cells

Doenst, T.

The regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis in pathological hypertrophy - a role for Akt?

Preoperative stroke in infective endocarditis neither independently affects mortality nor should it affect timing of surgery

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

High fat diet and pressure overload: Improved contractile function but reduced survival

High fat diet and pressure overload: Relation of mitochondrial function and contractile function

Custodiol-N versus custodiol: A prospective randomized double blind multicenter phase III trial

Metformin treatment during cardiac pressure overload does not improve survival

Sirtuins distinguish between physiological and pathological hypertrophy

Simplified minimally-invasive technique for safe isolated tricuspid re-do surgery

Trifecta vs. Mitroflow: Superior hemodynamics despite equal design

Exercise affects mitochondrial function and insulin response in skeletal muscle and fat differentially depending on genetic predisposition

Dogan, G.

Effect of recombinant-BNP-infusions on renal function following total artificial heart-implantation

Dohle, D.-S.

Aortic remodeling in acute aortic dissection after frozen elephant trunk

Dohmen, P.

Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis - Analyzation of perioperative parameters and long-term outcomes

Doll, K.-N.

Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy?

Doll, N.

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Dominik, E.

Late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with BMI and adipokine-profiles

12-months late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with energy source and patient characteristics

Domrös-Zoungrana, D.

The regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis in pathological hypertrophy - a role for Akt?

Donndorf, P.

Microvascular alterations during surgical aortic valve replacement utilizing minimal extracorporeal circulation and conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Doppler, S.

Identification and characterization of a postnatal Nkx2-5 enhancer positive cardiac progenitor cell population after myocardial infarction

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Establishment of induced pluripotent stem cells from pig adipose tissue-derived fibroblasts

Detection of pluripotency gene expression and validation of true iPS cell reprogramming by fluorescent reporter probes in live cells

Exogenous Mesp1 expression induces a cardiac progenitor fate

Dorfmueller, P.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Dormann, R.

Metformin treatment during cardiac pressure overload does not improve survival

Dreßen, M.

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Establishment of induced pluripotent stem cells from pig adipose tissue-derived fibroblasts

Detection of pluripotency gene expression and validation of true iPS cell reprogramming by fluorescent reporter probes in live cells

Drews, T.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation combined with coronary artery stenting: A simultaneous approach

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Outcome in patients with low arithmetic risk profile

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Effects of poor left ventricular function on survival and myocardial contractility

Transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with EuroScore > 40%

Postoperative course and survival after transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Transapical aortic valve implantation after previous heart surgery

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Predictors of paravalvular leakage and impact on survival in 679 patients

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Clinical outcome during learning curve and beyond

Drey, F.

Enhanced frequency of M2 polarized macrophages in peri-infarct region and attenuation of scar formation after transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells

Dreysse, S.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation combined with coronary artery stenting: A simultaneous approach

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Outcome in patients with low arithmetic risk profile

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Effects of poor left ventricular function on survival and myocardial contractility

Transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with EuroScore > 40%

Postoperative course and survival after transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Transapical aortic valve implantation after previous heart surgery

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Predictors of paravalvular leakage and impact on survival in 679 patients

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Clinical outcome during learning curve and beyond

Duebener, L.

Additional decending aorta perfusion in neonates undergoing arch reconstruction with selective cerebral perfusion

Dürr, G.D.

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Cannabinoid receptor CB2 delays development of cardiac failure caused by pressure overload in a murine model of transverse aortic constriction

Dzemali, O.

Preoperative ejection fraction and postoperative outcome in off pump coronary bypass surgery

Extracorporal membrane oxygenation: Perioperative support reduces the operative risk for post infarction ventricular septal defect

Apical compression stitch in patients with failing left ventricles: A new option for surgical remodelling technique

The short-term outcome of bilateral internal thoracic artery use in patients undergoing off pump coronary bypass surgery

Postoperative outcome of patients undergoing off pump coronary bypass surgery in critical preoperative state

Tricuspid valve repair in patients with mild-to-moderate tricuspid regurgitation undergoing mitral valve repair/replacement improves in-hospital outcome

New clip remover device to prepare saphenous vein graft for coronary bypass grafting

Rare Finegoldia magna-Endocarditis leads to an early Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending Aorta compressing the left main stem

Is early surgical treatment for infective endocarditis superior to conservative approach?

Dzilic, E.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Tenascin-C enhances fibrosis and hypertrophy during pressure overload in the mouse heart

Cardiac graft protection in the brain dead donor

Easo, J.

Sutureless aortic valve replacement via anterolateral minithoracotomy

Eberle, K.P.

Neonatal myocardium is more sensitive to perioperative ischemic damage than myocardium of elder children

Ebner, A.

Smooth muscle cell derived adiponectin and its role in storage induced vascular dysfunction

Eckardt, L.

Driving with a drive-line: an evidence based approach of driving restriction after implantation of left ventricular assist device in end stage heart failure

Eckmann, S.

Outcome of total arterial versus conventional myocardial revascularization in the elderly: a single center experience

Eckstein, F.

Verification of non-inferiority of the Transapical Jenavalve TAVI compared to the Transapical Edwards Sapien TAVI

Functional assessment of different mitral valve repair philosophies in Carpentier type II posterior leaflet prolapse: Should we respect or resect?

Eger, S.

Latissimus dorsi flap procedure and postoperative seroma development - Comparing two types of tissue glue (TissuGlu®, ARTISS) versus no tissue glue

Ehmke, H.

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

Eichinger, W.

“Blame it on the comorbidities” A 5-year follow-up of 53 chronic dialysis-dependent patients who underwent cardiac surgery

Eichstaedt, H.C.

Sutureless aortic valve replacement via anterolateral minithoracotomy

Eifert, S.

A gender specific point of view on combined functional mitral valve surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe impaired left ventricles

Women with ascending aorta diseases reach menopausal age earlier

Underestimated: Erectile dysfunction in patients with ascending aortic disease

Eilenberger, S.

Mechanical integrity of colonized homografts after stenting, crimping and perfusion

El-Armouche, A.

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

El Bahi, J.

Severe Coronary artery disease in 6 years old child

El-Essawi, A.

Early failure of decellularized xenogenous pulmonary valve conduit (Matrix-P-Plus) for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract in the ross procedure

Late prosthetic graft infection after frozen elephant trunk presenting by hemoptysis and positive FDG PET/CT

El Gabry, M.

The no-resection-technique for mitral valve repair in Barlow disease

El-Gabry, M.

Emergency surgical revascularisation in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ineffective or impossible PTCA requiring intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) preoperatively

Elhmidi, Y.

Acute kidney injury after Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: incidence, predictors and impact on mortality

Early hemodynamic performance of the complete supraannular Trifecta aortic valve bioprosthesis - a single-center experience in a series of 608 patients

Ellger, B.

Driving with a drive-line: an evidence based approach of driving restriction after implantation of left ventricular assist device in end stage heart failure

Role of preoperative laboratory values in predicting mortality after elective CABG: a single center report including 6,436 patients

Elmontaser, H.

15 years of Giessen hybrid approach to the hypoplastic left heart

Is the Ross-Konno procedure the ideal treatment of congenital complex left ventricular outflow tract obstruction?

Giant remnant of fetal circulation leading to cyanosis: Pseudo-cor triatriatum dexter

Urgent implantation of the Berlin Heart Excor biventricular assist device as a total artificial heart in a patient with single ventricle circulation

Surgical treatment of thoracic and partial ectopia cordis - A case presentation

Prolonged left ventricular mechanical support in a seven-year-old patient following extensive myocardial infarction enabling myocardial recovery

Emmert, A.

Prognostic significance of influence of CD-31 and PDEF expression in patients with non-small-lung cancer

Emmert, M.Y.

Mitral valve surgery; Right lateral minithoracotomy or sternotomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Emontzpohl, C.

The effects of xenon and sevoflurane anesthesia on perioperative release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF-1α) and recruitment of immune cells in cardiac surgical patients in a randomized controlled trial

Ender, J.

Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring of the collateral network to detect spinal cord malperfusion during and after thoracoabdominal aortic repair: A clinical update

Engel, A.

In vivo force measurement on apically fixated mitral valved stents

Engelhardt, S.

Computer-assisted mitral valve measurement using an optical tracking system - a new approach for planning of mitral valve reconstructions

Engler, A.

Short-term outcome after surgical embolectomy in pulmonary embolism: A single-center experience

Englert, C.

Arrhythmogenic effects by local left ventricular stretch

Ensminger, S.

Eccentricity of the aortic annulus is not associated with functional impairment of the transapical Jenavalve in an in vitro hydrodynamic test model

Influence of preoperative MDCT analysis by a dedicated software on aortic insufficiency and outcome in patients after TAVI

Clinical outcome in heart transplant recipients receiving everolimus plus dosage reduction of tacrolimus

Comparison of Sirolimus and Everolimus in their effects on kidney function and survival in heart transplant recipients

Midterm clinical outcome in heart transplant recipients receiving thymoglobin for induction therapy

Ensminger, S.M.

Microvascular integrity plays a role in graft survival after skin transplantation

Clopidogrel preserves microvascular integrity in orthotopic tracheal transplants affected by obliterative bronchiolitis

Ernst, K.

Effects on antiarrhythmic and anticoagulation therapy after concomitant epicardial left atrial ablation procedure - one year results

Eschenhagen, T.

Prostaglandin E2 does not attenuate adrenergic-induced cardiac contractile response

Development of recipient-matched engineered heart tissue using 3D printing

Human iPS-cell-derived engineered heart tissue for cardiac repair

Esmaeli, A.

Giant remnant of fetal circulation leading to cyanosis: Pseudo-cor triatriatum dexter

Estep, J.D.

Implications of fast recovery after left ventricular assist devices implantation

Etz, C.

Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis - Analyzation of perioperative parameters and long-term outcomes

Cardioprotection with Captopril added to Bretschneider-Solution: An in vitro rabbit heart study

Early and midterm outcome of secondary open surgical and minimally invasive interventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Etz, C.D.

Impact of postoperative renal failure on early and late survivial of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting - a single center experience based on 7,366 patients

Vertebral body erosion in a 27-year old female 12 years after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Graft failure two decades after a bentall procedure with HemiArch replacement

Bicuspidalization of the native tricuspid Aortic Valve: A new experimental model to isolate the effect of altered 'Flow-Architecture' on Ascending/Root Disease

Aortic root replacement in the very old patient - is reluctance justified?

Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring of the collateral network to detect spinal cord malperfusion during and after thoracoabdominal aortic repair: A clinical update

Evagelopoulos, N.

Severe Coronary artery disease in 6 years old child

Emergency surgical revascularisation in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ineffective or impossible PTCA requiring intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) preoperatively

Fabry, T.

Is there still a role for staged surgery in correction of complete atrioventricular septal defect?

Fadel, E.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Faggian, G.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Falcoz, P.-E.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Falk, C.

Pretreatment with donor alloantigen and anti-CD4-antibody 28 days befor lung transplantation leads to immunization rather than tolerance in miniature pigs

Falk, C.S.

Modulation of immune-mediators from donor lungs using the Organ Care System^® - a potential mechanism for improved outcome

Falk, V.

Aortic valve reconstruction for aortic valve insufficiency - a single center long term experience

Midterm outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Mitral valve surgery; Right lateral minithoracotomy or sternotomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Fallouh, H.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Fano, C.

Influence of different fixatives on the mechanical properties of cell-seeded scaffolds

Transcatheter heart valve based on a synthetic matrix for tissue engineering applications

Farag, M.

Analysis of gender-specific differences in outcome of ascending aortic aneurysm surgery

Long-term outcome of patients with lupus erythematodes and Antiphospholipid Syndrome after cardiac valve surgery

Färber, G.

Preoperative stroke in infective endocarditis neither independently affects mortality nor should it affect timing of surgery

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Simplified minimally-invasive technique for safe isolated tricuspid re-do surgery

Trifecta vs. Mitroflow: Superior hemodynamics despite equal design

Fatullayev, J.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

Fehrenbach, D.

Influence of different fixatives on the mechanical properties of cell-seeded scaffolds

Felkel, K.-W.

Does the new 3D tricuspid ring improve outcome after tricuspid valve reconstruction (TVR)?

Surgical technique does not influence the long term mortality after tricuspid valve surgery

Atrial ablation in combined mitral and tricuspid valve surgery - associated with increased pacemaker implantation rate?

Single-vessel revascularization using robotically enhanced minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (ENDO-MIDCAB) compared to open offpump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB)

Ferrari, E.

Hemodynamic effects of new active mitral ring in treating residual regurgitation on beating heart

Feuchtinger, J.

Short-term intervention to reduce anxiety before artery coronary bypass surgery - A randomised controlled study

Feuchtner, G.

Arrested heart TECAB versus MIDCAB for revascularization of anterior wall. A comparative analysis of perioperative and midterm results

Feyrer, R.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus conventional aortic valve replacement in patients over 75 years of age - a 5 years single center experience

Coronary revascularization prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Patient characteristics and influence on outcome

Surgical outcome of right-sided infective endocarditis (IE): Which patients for which procedure?

Preoperative atrial natriuretic peptide level and atrial fibrosis as predictors of outcome after epicardial ablation for atrial fibrillation

Fiegl, K.

Matched comparison of two different biological prostheses for complete supraannular aortic valve replacement

Twenty-seven-year experience with the St. Jude Medical Biocor™ bioprosthesis in the aortic position

Figulla, H.R.

Early reoccurrence of fetal ED-A⁺ Fibronectin and B⁺ Tenascin-C splicing variants after human cardiac transplantation: potential impact for targeted therapy of chronic rejection

Fischer, G.

Modification of the Norwood procedure: Early experience with patch enlargement of the left pulmonary artery

Transcatheter off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: Enhanced survival and decreased paravalvular leakages

Fischer, M.

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as bridging therapy in patients with cardiomyopathy and acute decompensation

Fischlein, T.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Isolated CABG in patients requiring long-term dialysis

Cost reduction and improve outcome by using sutureless prosthesis

Fleischer, B.

Tricuspid valve surgery - should we prefer the beating heart technique?

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Fleischmann, B.K.

Site-specific positioning of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) loaded progenitors improves survival of the grafted cells and long-term myocardial function upon myocardial infarction

Florath, I.

Incidence and clinical relevance of Protamine-Heparin-antibodies in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Flörchinger, B.

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Foth, R.

Long term in vivo reactions to PTFE and polyester in the cardiovascular system - what will be the fate of septal defect occlusion devices?

Frank, D.

The transaortic approach for TAVI - first results

The transaortic approach for TAVI - How we do it (video presentation)

Franke, U.F.W.

Risk evaluation in transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Franz, B.

LVAD Implantation in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

Franz, M.

Early reoccurrence of fetal ED-A⁺ Fibronectin and B⁺ Tenascin-C splicing variants after human cardiac transplantation: potential impact for targeted therapy of chronic rejection

Franz, T.

The beneficial effects of deferred delivery on the efficiency of hydrogel therapy post myocardial infarction

Franz, W.-M.

Human endothelial-colony forming cells enhance cardiac repair by increasing neovascularization and the pool of Sca1+ cardiac resident stem cells after myocardial infarction in SCID/beige mice

Franzen, O.

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Fraund-Cremer, S.

MIDCAB: a safe option in high risk patients

Freiberger, S.

High fat diet and pressure overload: Improved contractile function but reduced survival

High fat diet and pressure overload: Relation of mitochondrial function and contractile function

Frerker, C.

Hybrid TAVR procedures for complex pathologies

Frese, J.

Tube-in-stent: Minimally invasive approach for tissue-engineered aortic heart valves

Freundt, M.

Neurological tests and quality of life measurements in patients after minimal-invasive mitral valve surgery

Frey, N.

The transaortic approach for TAVI - first results

The transaortic approach for TAVI - How we do it (video presentation)

Friedel, N.

Preoperative atrial natriuretic peptide level and atrial fibrosis as predictors of outcome after epicardial ablation for atrial fibrillation

Friedrich, C.

Short-term outcome after operative myocardial revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Friedrich, G.

Arrested heart TECAB versus MIDCAB for revascularization of anterior wall. A comparative analysis of perioperative and midterm results

Friedrich, I.

Trans-axillary (TAX) access is a valuable and safe alternative for transcutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Fritzsche, K.

Short-term intervention to reduce anxiety before artery coronary bypass surgery - A randomised controlled study

Fuchs, U.

One-year clinical outcome in end-stage heart failure patients listed high urgent in comparison to patients receiving ventricular assist device implantation

Clinical outcome in heart transplant recipients receiving everolimus plus dosage reduction of tacrolimus

Comparison of Sirolimus and Everolimus in their effects on kidney function and survival in heart transplant recipients

Midterm clinical outcome in heart transplant recipients receiving thymoglobin for induction therapy

Fujita, B.

Influence of preoperative MDCT analysis by a dedicated software on aortic insufficiency and outcome in patients after TAVI

Funkat, A.K.

The treatment of patients with Type A aortic dissection - predictors for in hospital mortality in 534 patients as two center experience

Füzesi, L.

Prognostic significance of influence of CD-31 and PDEF expression in patients with non-small-lung cancer

Gabriel, M.

Surface modified PTFE promotes endothelial cell adhesion and simultaneously inhibits the attachment of platelets and bacteria

Combined non-thrombogenic and endothelial cell adhesive surfaces by a single step procedure

Gaebel, R.

Epicardial Erythropoietin patch most efficiently improves myocardial regeneration and performance after infarction

Gafencu, D.

Postoperative hemodynamic benefit of Bosentan-pretreatment for high-risk patients undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy

Gafencu, L.

Postoperative hemodynamic benefit of Bosentan-pretreatment for high-risk patients undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy

Gahl, B.

Verification of non-inferiority of the Transapical Jenavalve TAVI compared to the Transapical Edwards Sapien TAVI

Gajawada, P.

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Gansera, B.

“Blame it on the comorbidities” A 5-year follow-up of 53 chronic dialysis-dependent patients who underwent cardiac surgery

Garbade, J.

Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis - Analyzation of perioperative parameters and long-term outcomes

Dectection of early thrombus formation in LVAD by accoustic fast fourier transformation (FFT) analysis. A novel approach for monitoring

A gender specific point of view on combined functional mitral valve surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe impaired left ventricles

Right ventricular failure in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. What kind of temporary mechanical support should we use, Levitronix or ECMO?

Risk factors of poor outcome after surgical treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis in a single-centre cohort

Lysis in patient with a pump thrombosis after implantation of a left ventricular assist device

Early and midterm outcome of secondary open surgical and minimally invasive interventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

García Sáez, D.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

Gazdag, L.

Cost reduction and improve outcome by using sutureless prosthesis

Geertz, B.

Human iPS-cell-derived engineered heart tissue for cardiac repair

Gehle, P.

Cardiomyopathy in Marfan Syndrome

Gehron, J.

Effect of recirculation on carbon dioxide removal and patient paCO₂ during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults - preliminary results of an observational clinical trial

Geidel, S.

Sutureless aortic valves - a word of cautione single-centre experience with the Medtronic 3f Enable™ Prosthesis

One-year results after concomitant surgical AF ablation in the era of event-recorder monitoring

Geisen, U.

ProBNP serum levels and mRNA expression decrease after VAD implantation

Platelet function in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Genoni, M.

Preoperative ejection fraction and postoperative outcome in off pump coronary bypass surgery

Extracorporal membrane oxygenation: Perioperative support reduces the operative risk for post infarction ventricular septal defect

The short-term outcome of bilateral internal thoracic artery use in patients undergoing off pump coronary bypass surgery

Postoperative outcome of patients undergoing off pump coronary bypass surgery in critical preoperative state

Tricuspid valve repair in patients with mild-to-moderate tricuspid regurgitation undergoing mitral valve repair/replacement improves in-hospital outcome

New clip remover device to prepare saphenous vein graft for coronary bypass grafting

Rare Finegoldia magna-Endocarditis leads to an early Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending Aorta compressing the left main stem

Is early surgical treatment for infective endocarditis superior to conservative approach?

Gerber, N.

Printing of 3-dimensional models for surgical planning of complex aortic arch surgery

Gerhard, J.

The treatment of patients with Type A aortic dissection - predictors for in hospital mortality in 534 patients as two center experience

Gesche, V.N.

Tube-in-stent: Minimally invasive approach for tissue-engineered aortic heart valves

Gestrich, C.

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Ghanem, A.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Ghazal, M.

Re-rupture of calcified sinus of valsalva aneurysm 34 years after primary surgical repair

Ghezelbash, F.

Role of preoperative laboratory values in predicting mortality after elective CABG: a single center report including 6,436 patients

Influence of partial vs. full median sternotomy on intra- and postoperative parameters in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement

Gillen, K.

Thromboelastometie overestimate the need for hemostatic agents

Girrbach, F.

Aortic root replacement in the very old patient - is reluctance justified?

Girrbach, F.F.

Vertebral body erosion in a 27-year old female 12 years after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Graft failure two decades after a bentall procedure with HemiArch replacement

Bicuspidalization of the native tricuspid Aortic Valve: A new experimental model to isolate the effect of altered 'Flow-Architecture' on Ascending/Root Disease

Gleich, B.

Site-specific positioning of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) loaded progenitors improves survival of the grafted cells and long-term myocardial function upon myocardial infarction

Glöckler, M.

Early results of implanted heparin-coated shunts - single center experience

Glotzer, T.

How accurate does the clinical classification of atrial fibrillation severity reflect its temporal persistence: Insights from 1195 patients continuously monitored with implantable devices?

Göbel, G.

Clinical outcome of 955 patients treated with different lead concepts for left ventricular/CRT pacing in 5 years follow-up

Göbel, N.

Risk evaluation in transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Goecke, T.

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Goepfert, M.S.

Bispectral index-guided titration of sevoflurane during on-pump cardiac surgery reduces sevoflurane plasma concentration and vasopressor requirements

Goetz, A.E.

Bispectral index-guided titration of sevoflurane during on-pump cardiac surgery reduces sevoflurane plasma concentration and vasopressor requirements

Goetzenich, A.

Modified chest wall reconstruction after sternum necrosis in cardiac surgery patients

The effects of xenon and sevoflurane anesthesia on perioperative release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF-1α) and recruitment of immune cells in cardiac surgical patients in a randomized controlled trial

Perioperative whole blood levels of selenium in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study

Predictive value of Euroscore II as compared to intermacs levels in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device therapy

Successful fast track anaesthesia in left ventricular assist device implantation - it is feasible!

The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in late phase preconditioning with xenon, isoflurane and levosimendan in rat cardiac myocytes

Levosimendan treatment influences protein kinase C epsilon and its mitochondria-associated downstream targets

Goldmann, B.

Percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system: large single-center experience in 400 consecutive patients not amenable to surgery

Gonska, B.-D.

3 year results of transapical versus transfemoral TAVI in 1000 patients with severe aortic stenosis in a single center registry

Gorenflo, M.

Surgical correction of recurrent rupture of congenital sinus valsalva aneurysm

Neonatal tracheal reconstruction in tracheomalacia secondary to double aortic arch

Gorki, H.

Less inflammation by off-pump surgery? A randomized comparison to minimized extracorporeal circulation and conventional coronary bypass grafting

Which is the best coagulation management in coronary surgery? Results of a randomised study on heparin concentration versus activated clotting time and three different surgical techniques

Do we need another inflammation marker in cardiac surgery?

Gossen, M.

Direct in vitro lineage reprogramming of murine fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes induces cell death

Goto, S.

Platelet repellent properties of hydrogel coatings on polyurethane coated glass surfaces

Gottlieb, J.

Extending donor criteria in lung transplantation - Donors 70 years and older

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

Gottschalk, A.

Driving with a drive-line: an evidence based approach of driving restriction after implantation of left ventricular assist device in end stage heart failure

Graf, B.

Atrial fibrillation burden estimates derived from intermittent rhythm monitoring should not be used for patient follow-up or as endpoints in clinical trials

Gramlich, Y.

Does human myocardium show a gender dependent modification of oxidative stress parameters?

Gramsch-Zabel, H.

Right lateral mini-thoracotomy as standard approach for procedures apart from mitral valve surgery: a 4-year experience with 361 patients

Tricuspid valve surgery in high risk patients: A single institutional experience with the technique of minimally invasive surgery via right mini-thoracotomy

Simple technique of repair for Barlow symdrome with minimally invasive approach; primary experience with 22 patients

Grapow, M.

Functional assessment of different mitral valve repair philosophies in Carpentier type II posterior leaflet prolapse: Should we respect or resect?

Graves, K.

Preoperative ejection fraction and postoperative outcome in off pump coronary bypass surgery

The short-term outcome of bilateral internal thoracic artery use in patients undergoing off pump coronary bypass surgery

Greis, H.

Hybrid ablation of long standing persistent atrial fibrillation utilizing minimally invasive surgical and endocardial catheter approach: One year results

Grieshaber, P.

Incidence and clinical relevance of Protamine-Heparin-antibodies in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Grimm, M.

Arrested heart TECAB versus MIDCAB for revascularization of anterior wall. A comparative analysis of perioperative and midterm results

Gronchi, F.

Hemodynamic effects of new active mitral ring in treating residual regurgitation on beating heart

Re-thinking spinal blood supply of descending aortic aneurysms: intraoperative monitoring of spinal cord perfusion is essential to avoid paraplegia

Grossmann, M.

Challenging treatment of an infected CircuLite Synergy micro-pump after pump thrombosis due to subtherapeutic anticoagulation therapy. Pushing the limits?

Grothoff, M.

Bicuspidalization of the native tricuspid Aortic Valve: A new experimental model to isolate the effect of altered 'Flow-Architecture' on Ascending/Root Disease

Grothusen, C.

Modification of the Norwood procedure: Early experience with patch enlargement of the left pulmonary artery

Short-term outcome after operative myocardial revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Outcome and quality of life following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: A single center experience

Short-term outcome after surgical embolectomy in pulmonary embolism: A single-center experience

Use of the eSVS mesh during CABG: Computed tomographic evaluation after 6 months

Grube, E.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Grubitzsch, H.

Delayed surgical therapy in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis - risk factor or not?

Hemodynamic behavior of stentless aortic valves in long term follow-up

Gruh, I.

Effect of natural killer cells on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bioartificial cardiac tissue

Different degrees of protective effect by types of fibroblasts on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in bioartificial cardiac tissue in vivo

Grün, K.

Early reoccurrence of fetal ED-A⁺ Fibronectin and B⁺ Tenascin-C splicing variants after human cardiac transplantation: potential impact for targeted therapy of chronic rejection

Gudehus, S.

Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring of the collateral network to detect spinal cord malperfusion during and after thoracoabdominal aortic repair: A clinical update

Guenther, S.

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as bridging therapy in patients with cardiomyopathy and acute decompensation

Women with ascending aorta diseases reach menopausal age earlier

Underestimated: Erectile dysfunction in patients with ascending aortic disease

Guersoy, D.

Effect of recombinant-BNP-infusions on renal function following total artificial heart-implantation

Guethoff, S.

Women with ascending aorta diseases reach menopausal age earlier

Underestimated: Erectile dysfunction in patients with ascending aortic disease

RNase: A possible adjuvant in transplantation?

Guihaire, J.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Gül, F.

Dispersive aortic cannulas reduce aortic wall shear stress affecting atherosclerotic plaque embolisation

Gulbins, H.

Does the new 3D tricuspid ring improve outcome after tricuspid valve reconstruction (TVR)?

Surgical technique does not influence the long term mortality after tricuspid valve surgery

Atrial ablation in combined mitral and tricuspid valve surgery - associated with increased pacemaker implantation rate?

Gummel, K.

Is the Ross-Konno procedure the ideal treatment of congenital complex left ventricular outflow tract obstruction?

Gummert, J.

Eccentricity of the aortic annulus is not associated with functional impairment of the transapical Jenavalve in an in vitro hydrodynamic test model

Management of pump thrombosis: Device exchange versus thrombolysis

Aortic insufficiency development in 391 patients supported with four different cf-LVADs: A single center experience

Influence of preoperative MDCT analysis by a dedicated software on aortic insufficiency and outcome in patients after TAVI

Early reoccurrence of fetal ED-A⁺ Fibronectin and B⁺ Tenascin-C splicing variants after human cardiac transplantation: potential impact for targeted therapy of chronic rejection

Gummert, J.F.

Clinical outcome in elderly patients undergoing mitral valve repair with or without tricuspid valve repair

One-year clinical outcome in end-stage heart failure patients listed high urgent in comparison to patients receiving ventricular assist device implantation

Clinical outcome in heart transplant recipients receiving everolimus plus dosage reduction of tacrolimus

Comparison of Sirolimus and Everolimus in their effects on kidney function and survival in heart transplant recipients

Midterm clinical outcome in heart transplant recipients receiving thymoglobin for induction therapy

Günther, T.

Is there still a role for staged surgery in correction of complete atrioventricular septal defect?

Mitral valve repair with the Medtronic Profile 3D^® annuloplasty ring - a single center experience

Günzinger, R.

Mitral valve repair with the Medtronic Profile 3D^® annuloplasty ring - a single center experience

Early hemodynamic performance of the complete supraannular Trifecta aortic valve bioprosthesis - a single-center experience in a series of 608 patients

Matched comparison of two different biological prostheses for complete supraannular aortic valve replacement

Twenty-seven-year experience with the St. Jude Medical Biocor™ bioprosthesis in the aortic position

Guo, F.

Dose/time-dependent modulation of the endothelial function through immunosuppressive agents

Treatment with low-dose flavonoids shows protective effects on endothelial cells

Coronary artery revascularization with a minimized extracorporeal circulation system (MECC): The inflammatory response in comparison to conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Modulation of endothelial inflammation after Methylene Blue: role of circulating cells

Gutberlet, M.

Bicuspidalization of the native tricuspid Aortic Valve: A new experimental model to isolate the effect of altered 'Flow-Architecture' on Ascending/Root Disease

Haas, S.

Bispectral index-guided titration of sevoflurane during on-pump cardiac surgery reduces sevoflurane plasma concentration and vasopressor requirements

Haas, U.

Mechanical integrity of colonized homografts after stenting, crimping and perfusion

Haase, T.

Decellularized amniotic membrane for support of left ventricular dynamics

Haeussler, A.

Preoperative ejection fraction and postoperative outcome in off pump coronary bypass surgery

Postoperative outcome of patients undergoing off pump coronary bypass surgery in critical preoperative state

Hagl, C.

Logistic EuroSCORE I can predict mid-term mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation - The next revolution in mitral valve therapy?

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as bridging therapy in patients with cardiomyopathy and acute decompensation

Low-flow conditioning of decellularized and re-seeded homografts in a novel pulsatile bioreactor

Mechanical integrity of colonized homografts after stenting, crimping and perfusion

Influence of different fixatives on the mechanical properties of cell-seeded scaffolds

Printing of 3-dimensional models for surgical planning of complex aortic arch surgery

Transcatheter heart valve based on a synthetic matrix for tissue engineering applications

Women with ascending aorta diseases reach menopausal age earlier

Underestimated: Erectile dysfunction in patients with ascending aortic disease

RNase: A possible adjuvant in transplantation?

Hagmüller, S.

Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion reaction after warm vs. cold Calafiore blood cardioplegia

Hahn, J.

Lysis in patient with a pump thrombosis after implantation of a left ventricular assist device

Hahnel, F.

Surgical technique does not influence the long term mortality after tricuspid valve surgery

Hakim, K.

Clinical outcome in elderly patients undergoing mitral valve repair with or without tricuspid valve repair

Hakmi, S.

Prostaglandin E2 does not attenuate adrenergic-induced cardiac contractile response

Development of recipient-matched engineered heart tissue using 3D printing

HeartWare^® Assist Device - Infections, bleedings, and thrombosis dominate morbidity and mortality

Development of a retrograde flow inhibition device in continues flow VAD for emergency rescue

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute heart failure following septic shock

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- as well as dual coil ICD leads

Halank, M.

Postoperative hemodynamic benefit of Bosentan-pretreatment for high-risk patients undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy

Halbe, M.

Retrograde autologous priming (RAP) as a safe and easy method to reduce haemodilution and transfusion requirements during cardiac surgery - Comparison between RAP, standard and Miniaturised Extracorporeal Circulation -

Haldenwang, P.

Spinal cord ischemia following total aortic arch replacement and endovascular stenting of the descending thoracic aorta (TEVAR). Pathophysiological investigations in a porcine model

Haldenwang, P.L.

Initial experience with the Edwards Intuity rapid deployment valve

Haller, C.

Implications of fast recovery after left ventricular assist devices implantation

Biocompatibility profile of the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device and the centrimag adult centrifugal pump

Haller, N.

Low-flow conditioning of decellularized and re-seeded homografts in a novel pulsatile bioreactor

Haller, P.

Cardiac graft protection in the brain dead donor

Hallström, S.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Hamadanchi, A.

Preoperative stroke in infective endocarditis neither independently affects mortality nor should it affect timing of surgery

Hamm, C.

Challenges of diagnostic coronary angiography after TAVI procedures

Hybrid ablation of long standing persistent atrial fibrillation utilizing minimally invasive surgical and endocardial catheter approach: One year results

Hammerschmidt, R.

Branched and fenestrated stent grafts - a reasonable option for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Hammerstingl, C.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Hamouda, K.

Epinephrine application in ischemia-reperfusion injury-induced ventricular dysfunction promotes myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction

Haneya, A.

MIDCAB: a safe option in high risk patients

Short-term outcome after operative myocardial revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Outcome of total arterial versus conventional myocardial revascularization in the elderly: a single center experience

Outcome and quality of life following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: A single center experience

Use of the eSVS mesh during CABG: Computed tomographic evaluation after 6 months

Effects on antiarrhythmic and anticoagulation therapy after concomitant epicardial left atrial ablation procedure - one year results

Hanke, J.S.

LVAD Implantation in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Circulatory support exceeding five years with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. Identification of positive predicators for a successful long-time VAD therapy

Minimally invasive left ventreicular assist device implantation with outflowgraft tunneling through the sinus transversus

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

First clinical results of the novel Heartmate II pocket controller

Hanke, T.

Phenotype of bicuspid aortic valve and management of the ascending aorta in 1362 patients

Aortic leaflet interventions for aortic valve repair: How much is too much?

Atrial fibrillation burden estimates derived from intermittent rhythm monitoring should not be used for patient follow-up or as endpoints in clinical trials

Hansen, A.

Human iPS-cell-derived engineered heart tissue for cardiac repair

Hansen, J.H.

Transcatheter off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: Enhanced survival and decreased paravalvular leakages

Hansen, L.

Complete arterial coronary revascularization using skeletonized bilateral mammary arteries in T-graft technique performed in on-pump or off-pump approach: Clinical results up to 13 years in 3513 patients consecutive

The Medtronic Mosaic prothesis in aortic and mitral position: Clinical perfomance in 1540 patients up to 13 years

Hards, R.

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Harig, F.

Surgical outcome of right-sided infective endocarditis (IE): Which patients for which procedure?

Harringer, W.

Early failure of decellularized xenogenous pulmonary valve conduit (Matrix-P-Plus) for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract in the ross procedure

Late prosthetic graft infection after frozen elephant trunk presenting by hemoptysis and positive FDG PET/CT

Hartmann, I.

Leukocyte-Endothelium Interactions in both naïve and adult endothelial cells: influence of ATG

Hassel, T.

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Hatam, N.

Perioperative whole blood levels of selenium in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study

Successful fast track anaesthesia in left ventricular assist device implantation - it is feasible!

The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in late phase preconditioning with xenon, isoflurane and levosimendan in rat cardiac myocytes

Levosimendan treatment influences protein kinase C epsilon and its mitochondria-associated downstream targets

Haun, C.

Additional decending aorta perfusion in neonates undergoing arch reconstruction with selective cerebral perfusion

Haunschild, J.

Bicuspidalization of the native tricuspid Aortic Valve: A new experimental model to isolate the effect of altered 'Flow-Architecture' on Ascending/Root Disease

Hauptmann, K.E.

Trans-axillary (TAX) access is a valuable and safe alternative for transcutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Häuser, L.

Spinal cord ischemia following total aortic arch replacement and endovascular stenting of the descending thoracic aorta (TEVAR). Pathophysiological investigations in a porcine model

Hausleiter, J.

MitraClip therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation - 12 months results from the ACCESS-Europe Phase I trial

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation - The next revolution in mitral valve therapy?

Häussler, A.

Extracorporal membrane oxygenation: Perioperative support reduces the operative risk for post infarction ventricular septal defect

Tricuspid valve repair in patients with mild-to-moderate tricuspid regurgitation undergoing mitral valve repair/replacement improves in-hospital outcome

New clip remover device to prepare saphenous vein graft for coronary bypass grafting

Is early surgical treatment for infective endocarditis superior to conservative approach?

Haverich, A.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

Recover of left ventricular function following immediate coronary artery bypass grafting in myocardial infarction

First clinical results of aortic valve replacement with decellularized aortic allografts in children and adults

Tricuspid valve surgery - should we prefer the beating heart technique?

LVAD Implantation in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Modulation of immune-mediators from donor lungs using the Organ Care System^® - a potential mechanism for improved outcome

Miniaturization of the Organ Care System^® into rat lungs for the establishment of ex-vivo therapy

Towards the development of a bioartificial lung - establishment of a haemocompatible endothelialisation on TiO coated gas exchange membranes

Cardiopulmonary bypass in a mouse: novel small animal model

Circulatory support exceeding five years with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. Identification of positive predicators for a successful long-time VAD therapy

Tissue engineering of regenerative cardiovascular patch material based on decellularized pericardium

Donor oxygenation has no impact on postoperative outcome after lung transplantation

Extending donor criteria in lung transplantation - Donors 70 years and older

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Tissue-engineering of small caliber valvular conduits under different physiological-like conditions

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Minimally invasive left ventreicular assist device implantation with outflowgraft tunneling through the sinus transversus

Different degrees of protective effect by types of fibroblasts on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in bioartificial cardiac tissue in vivo

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

First clinical results of the novel Heartmate II pocket controller

Pretreatment with donor alloantigen and anti-CD4-antibody 28 days befor lung transplantation leads to immunization rather than tolerance in miniature pigs

Sternal bone marrow is a suitable autologous cell source for cardiac stem cell therapies

Aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with rapid-deployment aortic valve system: 3 years later

Hecker, F.

Role of micro RNAs in obesity-mediated premature cardiac ageing in patients

Hedderich, J.

Preoperative stroke in infective endocarditis neither independently affects mortality nor should it affect timing of surgery

Hedger, M.

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Heep, M.

Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion reaction after warm vs. cold Calafiore blood cardioplegia

Hegedüs, P.

Preservation of endothelial function of vascular grafts after short-time storage and warm reperfusion with a recently developed preservation solution (Tiprotec)

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Hei, H.

Interleukin 33 as a mechanically responsive cytokine secreted by living cells

Heider, A.

The impact of using warm vs. cold blood cardioplegia in patients underwent emergent CABG procedure

Heikkinen, J.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Heilmann, C.

Short-term intervention to reduce anxiety before artery coronary bypass surgery - A randomised controlled study

ProBNP serum levels and mRNA expression decrease after VAD implantation

Platelet repellent properties of hydrogel coatings on polyurethane coated glass surfaces

Platelet function in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Heim, C.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus conventional aortic valve replacement in patients over 75 years of age - a 5 years single center experience

Microvascular integrity plays a role in graft survival after skin transplantation

Clopidogrel preserves microvascular integrity in orthotopic tracheal transplants affected by obliterative bronchiolitis

Complication rates in long-term survivors after implantation of magnetically levitated left ventricular assist devices

Heimeshoff, M.

3 year results of transapical versus transfemoral TAVI in 1000 patients with severe aortic stenosis in a single center registry

Hein, L.

ProBNP serum levels and mRNA expression decrease after VAD implantation

Hein, M.

The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in late phase preconditioning with xenon, isoflurane and levosimendan in rat cardiac myocytes

Heinemann, J.

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Heinemann, J.C.

Cannabinoid receptor CB2 delays development of cardiac failure caused by pressure overload in a murine model of transverse aortic constriction

Held, M.

Postoperative hemodynamic benefit of Bosentan-pretreatment for high-risk patients undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy

Heller, L.

The Medtronic Mosaic prothesis in aortic and mitral position: Clinical perfomance in 1540 patients up to 13 years

Heller, R.

The regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis in pathological hypertrophy - a role for Akt?

Heller, S.

Complete arterial coronary revascularization using skeletonized bilateral mammary arteries in T-graft technique performed in on-pump or off-pump approach: Clinical results up to 13 years in 3513 patients consecutive

Hemmer, W.

The RVOT conduit registry: Freedom from explantation of various conduit types

Hemmer, W.B.

Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy?

Hennig, E.

Acoustic spectral analysis: a new method for thrombus detection in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Henning, E.

Cable design improvements and sintering of the inflow cannula in continuous flow LVADs reduce the occurrence of life-threatening pump stops

Henze, M.

Platelet repellent properties of hydrogel coatings on polyurethane coated glass surfaces

Hescheler, J.

Cardiomyocyte derived from induced pluripotent stem cells are more sensitive to ischemia then naïve cardiomyocytes

Hettich, I.

Twenty-seven-year experience with the St. Jude Medical Biocor™ bioprosthesis in the aortic position

Hetzer, R.

Acoustic spectral analysis for determining pump thrombosis in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation combined with coronary artery stenting: A simultaneous approach

Acoustic spectral analysis: a new method for thrombus detection in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Outcome in patients with low arithmetic risk profile

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Effects of poor left ventricular function on survival and myocardial contractility

Transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with EuroScore > 40%

Postoperative course and survival after transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Transapical aortic valve implantation after previous heart surgery

Subaortic stenosis after repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect: Anatomic and technical issues

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Predictors of paravalvular leakage and impact on survival in 679 patients

Cable design improvements and sintering of the inflow cannula in continuous flow LVADs reduce the occurrence of life-threatening pump stops

The Berlin experience with the first three C-Pulse^® implants in Europe

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Clinical outcome during learning curve and beyond

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Cardiomyopathy in Marfan Syndrome

Primary cardiac tumours in infants and children: surgical strategy and long-term outcome

Left ventricular vs biventricular assist device: Impact of load dependency of right ventricular performance on decision making before ventricular assist device implantation

Euromacs, a growing EACTS data registry

Long-term results and postoperative aortic valve regurgitation outcome after repair of acute type A aortic dissection: A single-center study of 836 cases

Mitral valve and left ventricular reverse remodeling after surgical repair of submitral left ventricular aneurysms assessed with multi-slice computed tomography

Posterior annulus shortening increases leaflet coaptation in ischemic mitral incompetence: a new and valid technique

Transcranial detection of signals (HITS/ MES) in cases with a ventricular assist device (preliminary study in Japan)

Extended donor criteria in heart transplantation: 4-year results of the experience with the Organ Care system

Branched and fenestrated stent grafts - a reasonable option for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Hewicker-Trautwein, M.

Pretreatment with donor alloantigen and anti-CD4-antibody 28 days befor lung transplantation leads to immunization rather than tolerance in miniature pigs

Hiemann, N.

Extended donor criteria in heart transplantation: 4-year results of the experience with the Organ Care system

Hilfiker, A.

Tissue engineering of regenerative cardiovascular patch material based on decellularized pericardium

Tissue-engineering of small caliber valvular conduits under different physiological-like conditions

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Hilker, M.

Atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing on-pump or off-pump coronary surgery - lessons learned from GOPCABE

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Hill, S.

Risk evaluation in transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Hillebrand, J.

Off-pump implantation of left ventricular assist device under extracorporeal life support in patients suffering from heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II

Himsl, I.

Women with ascending aorta diseases reach menopausal age earlier

Hinz, C.

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Hinz, J.

The eNOS 894G/T gene polymorphism and its influence on early and long-term mortality after on-pump cardiac surgery

Hirnle, G.

Impact of postoperative renal failure on early and late survivial of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting - a single center experience based on 7,366 patients

Hoeffler, C.

Cardiopulmonary bypass in a mouse: novel small animal model

Höffler, K.

Miniaturization of the Organ Care System^® into rat lungs for the establishment of ex-vivo therapy

Hoffmann, A.L.

Logistic EuroSCORE I can predict mid-term mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation - The next revolution in mitral valve therapy?

Hoffmann, B.A.

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Hoffmann, G.

The transaortic approach for TAVI - first results

MIDCAB: a safe option in high risk patients

Outcome of total arterial versus conventional myocardial revascularization in the elderly: a single center experience

Effects on antiarrhythmic and anticoagulation therapy after concomitant epicardial left atrial ablation procedure - one year results

Hoffmann, S.

Clinical experience with the Medtronic “3F” stentless aortic bioprosthesis - ten years follow-up

Hoffmeier, A.

Off-pump implantation of left ventricular assist device under extracorporeal life support in patients suffering from heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II

Influence of partial vs. full median sternotomy on intra- and postoperative parameters in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement

Hofmann, B.

RAGE influences the development of aortic valve stenosis in mice on a high fat diet

Effects of retrograde autologous priming in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Hofmann, M.

Short-term experience using Cormatrix as aortic leaflet replacement or extension in pediatric patients

Hofmann, S.

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Höger, S.

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Holinski, S.

Predictive power and implication of EuroSCORE and EuroSCORE II for repeated aortic valve replacement

Hollweck, T.

Low-flow conditioning of decellularized and re-seeded homografts in a novel pulsatile bioreactor

Mechanical integrity of colonized homografts after stenting, crimping and perfusion

Influence of different fixatives on the mechanical properties of cell-seeded scaffolds

Transcatheter heart valve based on a synthetic matrix for tissue engineering applications

Holubec, T.

Mitral valve surgery; Right lateral minithoracotomy or sternotomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Holzhey, D.

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a sutureless access and closure device: 6-months results of the multi-center CE mark study

Acute decompensated aortic and mitral valve disease: Short and long-term operative outcomes

Hönicka, M.

Less inflammation by off-pump surgery? A randomized comparison to minimized extracorporeal circulation and conventional coronary bypass grafting

Which is the best coagulation management in coronary surgery? Results of a randomised study on heparin concentration versus activated clotting time and three different surgical techniques

Do we need another inflammation marker in cardiac surgery?

Hörer, J.

Is there still a role for staged surgery in correction of complete atrioventricular septal defect?

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Horke, A.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

First clinical results of aortic valve replacement with decellularized aortic allografts in children and adults

LVAD Implantation in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

The RVOT conduit registry: Freedom from explantation of various conduit types

Hörmandinger, C.

Acoustic spectral analysis for determining pump thrombosis in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Acoustic spectral analysis: a new method for thrombus detection in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Horstkotte, D.

Influence of preoperative MDCT analysis by a dedicated software on aortic insufficiency and outcome in patients after TAVI

Hotz, H.

The Berlin experience with the first three C-Pulse^® implants in Europe

Hoyer, A.

Cardioprotection with Captopril added to Bretschneider-Solution: An in vitro rabbit heart study

Vertebral body erosion in a 27-year old female 12 years after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Graft failure two decades after a bentall procedure with HemiArch replacement

Bicuspidalization of the native tricuspid Aortic Valve: A new experimental model to isolate the effect of altered 'Flow-Architecture' on Ascending/Root Disease

Aortic root replacement in the very old patient - is reluctance justified?

Hraska, V.

Additional decending aorta perfusion in neonates undergoing arch reconstruction with selective cerebral perfusion

Hua, X.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Stem cell transplantation: Are there age-dependent differences in stem cell behaviour?

Huber, B.

Human endothelial-colony forming cells enhance cardiac repair by increasing neovascularization and the pool of Sca1+ cardiac resident stem cells after myocardial infarction in SCID/beige mice

Hübler, M.

Short-term experience using Cormatrix as aortic leaflet replacement or extension in pediatric patients

Extended donor criteria in heart transplantation: 4-year results of the experience with the Organ Care system

Huell, S.

Long term in vivo reactions to PTFE and polyester in the cardiovascular system - what will be the fate of septal defect occlusion devices?

Huenges, K.

Transcatheter off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: Enhanced survival and decreased paravalvular leakages

In vivo force measurement on apically fixated mitral valved stents

Off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: A 3D-transesophageal echocardiographic based comparison of apical and sub-annular fixation techniques

Hundrieser, J.

Effect of natural killer cells on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bioartificial cardiac tissue

Different degrees of protective effect by types of fibroblasts on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in bioartificial cardiac tissue in vivo

Ibrahim, B.

Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Promoter polymorphism in primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Ihnken, O.

Laser-based lead extraction of an accidentally left ventricular placed ICD lead

Iizuka, H.

Severity score for mitral valve repair in active stage infective endocarditis

Illioska, P.

Neurologic outcome following axillary artery versus classic aortic cannulation in high risk patients: Preliminary results from a prospective randomized study

Imbery, C.

Short-term intervention to reduce anxiety before artery coronary bypass surgery - A randomised controlled study

Issa, H.

Caloric restriction and CB1 blockade activate AMP-activated protein kinase and mediate cardio-protection in a model of premature cardiac senescence

Itagaki, R.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Ius, F.

Extending donor criteria in lung transplantation - Donors 70 years and older

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

Izumi, K.

Direct reimplantation as an alternative approach for treatment of anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery - A case series

Jacobs, S.

Aortic valve reconstruction for aortic valve insufficiency - a single center long term experience

Midterm outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Mitral valve surgery; Right lateral minithoracotomy or sternotomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jacubeit, J.

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

Jahn, C.

Correlation of DNA, LPS-binding-protein and CD14 of periodontal microbes and cardiac tissue-preliminary results

Jahn, J.

Long-term results after different cerebral perfusion strategies in aortic arch surgery

Jakob, H.

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Aortic remodeling in acute aortic dissection after frozen elephant trunk

Janke, J.

Miniaturization of the Organ Care System^® into rat lungs for the establishment of ex-vivo therapy

Jannasch, A.

Testing long term performance of murine aortic allografts after cold storage in TiProtec^®

Expression of the Hippo effectors YAP and TAZ in valvular interstitial cells from porcine aortic valves

Janssen, C.

Aortic arch repair in a piglet model: improved contractility with the beating-heart technique

Jansson, K.

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

Pretreatment with donor alloantigen and anti-CD4-antibody 28 days befor lung transplantation leads to immunization rather than tolerance in miniature pigs

Jategaonkar, S.

Eccentricity of the aortic annulus is not associated with functional impairment of the transapical Jenavalve in an in vitro hydrodynamic test model

Influence of preoperative MDCT analysis by a dedicated software on aortic insufficiency and outcome in patients after TAVI

Javier, M.F.

Subaortic stenosis after repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect: Anatomic and technical issues

Primary cardiac tumours in infants and children: surgical strategy and long-term outcome

Jebran, A.F.

Protective effect of apigenin in a rat model of lung ischemia-reperfusion

Jemmali, M.

Annuloplasty in functional mitral regurgitation and concomitant coronary heart disease: Functional and clinical outcome

Jessen, S.

Predictive power and implication of EuroSCORE and EuroSCORE II for repeated aortic valve replacement

Jockenhoevel, S.

Epicardial Erythropoietin patch most efficiently improves myocardial regeneration and performance after infarction

Tube-in-stent: Minimally invasive approach for tissue-engineered aortic heart valves

Jonigk, D.

Miniaturization of the Organ Care System^® into rat lungs for the establishment of ex-vivo therapy

Pretreatment with donor alloantigen and anti-CD4-antibody 28 days befor lung transplantation leads to immunization rather than tolerance in miniature pigs

Joos, F.

Dispersive aortic cannulas reduce aortic wall shear stress affecting atherosclerotic plaque embolisation

Juchem, G.

Printing of 3-dimensional models for surgical planning of complex aortic arch surgery

Jung, O.

Modification of the Norwood procedure: Early experience with patch enlargement of the left pulmonary artery

Jussli-Melchers, J.

Modification of the Norwood procedure: Early experience with patch enlargement of the left pulmonary artery

Outcome of total arterial versus conventional myocardial revascularization in the elderly: a single center experience

Outcome and quality of life following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: A single center experience

Kaczmarek, I.

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as bridging therapy in patients with cardiomyopathy and acute decompensation

Leukocyte-Endothelium Interactions in both naïve and adult endothelial cells: influence of ATG

Binding of ATGs to endothelial cells under in vivo conditions

Kadner, K.

The beneficial effects of deferred delivery on the efficiency of hydrogel therapy post myocardial infarction

Kahmann, M.

Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis - Analyzation of perioperative parameters and long-term outcomes

Kakkar, R.

Interleukin 33 as a mechanically responsive cytokine secreted by living cells

Kallenbach, K.

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Analysis of gender-specific differences in outcome of ascending aortic aneurysm surgery

Long-term outcome of patients with lupus erythematodes and Antiphospholipid Syndrome after cardiac valve surgery

Kaminski, A.

Microvascular alterations during surgical aortic valve replacement utilizing minimal extracorporeal circulation and conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Kamiya, H.

Right lateral mini-thoracotomy as standard approach for procedures apart from mitral valve surgery: a 4-year experience with 361 patients

A novel approach for perioperative extracorporeal life support implantation

Tricuspid valve surgery in high risk patients: A single institutional experience with the technique of minimally invasive surgery via right mini-thoracotomy

Simple technique of repair for Barlow symdrome with minimally invasive approach; primary experience with 22 patients

Effects of ivabradine in patients with persistent sinus tachycardia early after heart transplantation

Kammerer, I.

Neurological tests and quality of life measurements in patients after minimal-invasive mitral valve surgery

Clinical and echocardiographic impact of Trifecta™ aortic bioprosthesis: an initial single-centre experience

Kampmann, K.

Surgical technique does not influence the long term mortality after tricuspid valve surgery

Kang, K.-S.

The impact of hypoxia on heart failure-induced depression of multipotent stromal cells from bone marrow or cord blood

Factors released by cord blood-mesenchymal stromal cells protect endothelial cells through activation of STAT3 signaling

Kanzler, I.

Dose/time-dependent modulation of the endothelial function through immunosuppressive agents

Treatment with low-dose flavonoids shows protective effects on endothelial cells

Modulation of endothelial inflammation after Methylene Blue: role of circulating cells

What about the rewarming during reperfusion? Influence of hypothermic conditions on endothelial activity

Leukocyte-Endothelium Interactions in both naïve and adult endothelial cells: influence of ATG

Protective function of Junctional-adhesion-molecules in the rewarming process after mild hypothermia

Binding of ATGs to endothelial cells under in vivo conditions

Rewarming after cold ischemia and endothelial modulation: Role of JAMs

Kappenberg, T.

Early failure of decellularized xenogenous pulmonary valve conduit (Matrix-P-Plus) for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract in the ross procedure

Kappert, U.

Ring assessment and sizing aspects for transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring procedures: An ex-vivo series

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring procedures: Ring assessment, sizing and initial clinical outcome of a case series

Early onset valve thrombosis due to insufficient anticoagulation therapy after transapical valve-in-valve TAVI for failed mitral bioprosthesis

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a repositionable second-generation device: Initial clinical results and further follow-up of patients treated with the JenaValve™

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Initial and mid-term follow-up of patients with concomitant moderate or more severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Direct reimplantation as an alternative approach for treatment of anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery - A case series

Kapsalis, A.

Emergency surgical revascularisation in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ineffective or impossible PTCA requiring intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) preoperatively

Karck, M.

Preservation of endothelial function of vascular grafts after short-time storage and warm reperfusion with a recently developed preservation solution (Tiprotec)

Computer-assisted mitral valve measurement using an optical tracking system - a new approach for planning of mitral valve reconstructions

Surgical correction of recurrent rupture of congenital sinus valsalva aneurysm

Neonatal tracheal reconstruction in tracheomalacia secondary to double aortic arch

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Custodiol-N versus custodiol: A prospective randomized double blind multicenter phase III trial

Analysis of gender-specific differences in outcome of ascending aortic aneurysm surgery

Long-term outcome of patients with lupus erythematodes and Antiphospholipid Syndrome after cardiac valve surgery

Kari, F.A.

David I valve-sparing aortic root replacement - impact of graft size and aortic downsizing on mitral valve function

Incidence and progression of mild aortic regurgitation after the David I procedure

Karliova, I.

Is primarily percutaneous stent implantation justified by worse outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting in obese patients?

Karluss, A.

Aortic valve dynamics after valve-sparing procedure with a new sinus prosthesis

Karluß, A.

Aortic leaflet interventions for aortic valve repair: How much is too much?

Kaufeld, K.T.

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Kauffeldt, M.

Towards the development of a bioartificial lung - establishment of a haemocompatible endothelialisation on TiO coated gas exchange membranes

Kaufmann, F.

Acoustic spectral analysis for determining pump thrombosis in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Acoustic spectral analysis: a new method for thrombus detection in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Cable design improvements and sintering of the inflow cannula in continuous flow LVADs reduce the occurrence of life-threatening pump stops

Kawaura, H.

Severity score for mitral valve repair in active stage infective endocarditis

Keller, H.

Coronary artery revascularization with a minimized extracorporeal circulation system (MECC): The inflammatory response in comparison to conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Kellermann, S.

Aortic arch repair in a piglet model: improved contractility with the beating-heart technique

Kemper, D.

Extended donor criteria in heart transplantation: 4-year results of the experience with the Organ Care system

Kempfert, J.

Pressure controlled vein graft flushing results in superior histological quality - a randomized trial

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a sutureless access and closure device: 6-months results of the multi-center CE mark study

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Imaging based decision making: Outcome of patients screened for TAVI undergoing AVR due to unfavorable anatomy

Cardioprotection with Captopril added to Bretschneider-Solution: An in vitro rabbit heart study

Challenges of diagnostic coronary angiography after TAVI procedures

Kensah, G.

Effect of natural killer cells on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bioartificial cardiac tissue

Different degrees of protective effect by types of fibroblasts on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in bioartificial cardiac tissue in vivo

Keränen, M.A.

Perioperative single-dose VEGF-C/D inhibitor enhances cardiac allograft survival and prevents chronic rejection by regulating lymphatic endothelial cell activation

Keyser, A.

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Keyserd, B.

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Khaladj, N.

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as bridging therapy in patients with cardiomyopathy and acute decompensation

Printing of 3-dimensional models for surgical planning of complex aortic arch surgery

Women with ascending aorta diseases reach menopausal age earlier

Underestimated: Erectile dysfunction in patients with ascending aortic disease

Khan, M.A.

Clopidogrel preserves microvascular integrity in orthotopic tracheal transplants affected by obliterative bronchiolitis

Kiessling, A.H.

Thromboelastometie overestimate the need for hemostatic agents

Coronary artery revascularization with a minimized extracorporeal circulation system (MECC): The inflammatory response in comparison to conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Neurologic outcome following axillary artery versus classic aortic cannulation in high risk patients: Preliminary results from a prospective randomized study

Kiessling, A.-H.

Treatment with low-dose flavonoids shows protective effects on endothelial cells

Neurological tests and quality of life measurements in patients after minimal-invasive mitral valve surgery

Kim, W.-K.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Imaging based decision making: Outcome of patients screened for TAVI undergoing AVR due to unfavorable anatomy

Challenges of diagnostic coronary angiography after TAVI procedures

Kirov, H.

Simplified minimally-invasive technique for safe isolated tricuspid re-do surgery

Kiss, R.

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Kleine, P.

Apical compression stitch in patients with failing left ventricles: A new option for surgical remodelling technique

Kleiner, G.

Epicardial Erythropoietin patch most efficiently improves myocardial regeneration and performance after infarction

Kleinert, E.

RNase: A possible adjuvant in transplantation?

Kley, J.

Cannabinoid receptor CB2 delays development of cardiac failure caused by pressure overload in a murine model of transverse aortic constriction

Klopsch, C.

Epicardial Erythropoietin patch most efficiently improves myocardial regeneration and performance after infarction

Klose, K.

The impact of hypoxia on heart failure-induced depression of multipotent stromal cells from bone marrow or cord blood

Direct in vitro lineage reprogramming of murine fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes induces cell death

Kloth, B.

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Open implantation of an Edwards Sapien 29 mm in an insufficient Medtronic Freestyle stentless biological prosthesis

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant mitral stenosis

Klotz, S.

Driving with a drive-line: an evidence based approach of driving restriction after implantation of left ventricular assist device in end stage heart failure

Phenotype of bicuspid aortic valve and management of the ascending aorta in 1362 patients

Aortic leaflet interventions for aortic valve repair: How much is too much?

Atrial fibrillation burden estimates derived from intermittent rhythm monitoring should not be used for patient follow-up or as endpoints in clinical trials

Kluge, S.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy in critically ill patients - is it worth the effort?

Kluttig, R.

A gender specific point of view on combined functional mitral valve surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe impaired left ventricles

Right ventricular failure in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. What kind of temporary mechanical support should we use, Levitronix or ECMO?

Lysis in patient with a pump thrombosis after implantation of a left ventricular assist device

Knappich, C.

Changes in morphometry and gene expression in saphenous vein graft endothelium exposed to an ex vivo arterial pressure environment

Knaut, M.

Aortic valve replacement with the Sorin Freedom SOLO bioprosthesis: Initial results and 2-years of follow-up

Call for concomitant ablation: Native course of preexisting persistent atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Knigina, L.

Recover of left ventricular function following immediate coronary artery bypass grafting in myocardial infarction

Knoefel, A.K.

Cardiopulmonary bypass in a mouse: novel small animal model

Knoefel, A.-K.

Sternal bone marrow is a suitable autologous cell source for cardiac stem cell therapies

Knöfel, A.-K.

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

Pretreatment with donor alloantigen and anti-CD4-antibody 28 days befor lung transplantation leads to immunization rather than tolerance in miniature pigs

Knosalla, C.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Left ventricular vs biventricular assist device: Impact of load dependency of right ventricular performance on decision making before ventricular assist device implantation

Mitral valve and left ventricular reverse remodeling after surgical repair of submitral left ventricular aneurysms assessed with multi-slice computed tomography

Extended donor criteria in heart transplantation: 4-year results of the experience with the Organ Care system

Kobuch, R.

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Koch, A.

Neonatal myocardium is more sensitive to perioperative ischemic damage than myocardium of elder children

Koch, A.M.

Early results of implanted heparin-coated shunts - single center experience

Performance of stented biological valves for pulmonary valve replacement

Koch, L.G.

Exercise affects mitochondrial function and insulin response in skeletal muscle and fat differentially depending on genetic predisposition

Koch, N.

Microvascular integrity plays a role in graft survival after skin transplantation

Koenig, F.

Low-flow conditioning of decellularized and re-seeded homografts in a novel pulsatile bioreactor

Koerfer, R.

Effect of recombinant-BNP-infusions on renal function following total artificial heart-implantation

Kofler, M.

Arrested heart TECAB versus MIDCAB for revascularization of anterior wall. A comparative analysis of perioperative and midterm results

Koigeldiyev, N.

Aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with rapid-deployment aortic valve system: 3 years later

Kondruweit, M.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus conventional aortic valve replacement in patients over 75 years of age - a 5 years single center experience

Coronary revascularization prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Patient characteristics and influence on outcome

Surgical outcome of right-sided infective endocarditis (IE): Which patients for which procedure?

Complication rates in long-term survivors after implantation of magnetically levitated left ventricular assist devices

Konertz, W.

Delayed surgical therapy in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis - risk factor or not?

Hemodynamic behavior of stentless aortic valves in long term follow-up

Clinical experience with the Medtronic “3F” stentless aortic bioprosthesis - ten years follow-up

Predictive power and implication of EuroSCORE and EuroSCORE II for repeated aortic valve replacement

Korbmacher, B.

Medical conversion with Vernakalant for postoperative cardio-surgical patients

Korkmaz, S.

Preservation of endothelial function of vascular grafts after short-time storage and warm reperfusion with a recently developed preservation solution (Tiprotec)

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Kornberger, A.

Thromboelastometie overestimate the need for hemostatic agents

Kornek, M.

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Korossis, S.

Towards the development of a bioartificial lung - establishment of a haemocompatible endothelialisation on TiO coated gas exchange membranes

Koschyk, D.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Outcome after transapical TAVI in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction comparing ballon-expandable and self-expanding prostheses

Kösek, V.

Thoracoscopic recovery of intrapulmonary foreign bodies with intraoperative fluoroscopic assistance

Kostelka, M.

Body Mass Index can influence Connexin 43 distribution in patients with atrial fibrillation or sinus rhythm

How do cardiomyocytes sense stretch? Effects of cyclic mechanical stretch on cardiomyocyte cellular organization

Kostin, S.

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Kowalski, A.

Effects on antiarrhythmic and anticoagulation therapy after concomitant epicardial left atrial ablation procedure - one year results

Krabatsch, T.

Acoustic spectral analysis for determining pump thrombosis in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Cable design improvements and sintering of the inflow cannula in continuous flow LVADs reduce the occurrence of life-threatening pump stops

The Berlin experience with the first three C-Pulse^® implants in Europe

Left ventricular vs biventricular assist device: Impact of load dependency of right ventricular performance on decision making before ventricular assist device implantation

Transcranial detection of signals (HITS/ MES) in cases with a ventricular assist device (preliminary study in Japan)

Kraemer, S.

The effects of xenon and sevoflurane anesthesia on perioperative release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF-1α) and recruitment of immune cells in cardiac surgical patients in a randomized controlled trial

Levosimendan treatment influences protein kinase C epsilon and its mitochondria-associated downstream targets

Krähe, K.

Changes in morphometry and gene expression in saphenous vein graft endothelium exposed to an ex vivo arterial pressure environment

Kramer, H.-H.

Modification of the Norwood procedure: Early experience with patch enlargement of the left pulmonary artery

Krane, M.

Identification and characterization of a postnatal Nkx2-5 enhancer positive cardiac progenitor cell population after myocardial infarction

Changes in morphometry and gene expression in saphenous vein graft endothelium exposed to an ex vivo arterial pressure environment

Acute kidney injury after Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: incidence, predictors and impact on mortality

Early hemodynamic performance of the complete supraannular Trifecta aortic valve bioprosthesis - a single-center experience in a series of 608 patients

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Establishment of induced pluripotent stem cells from pig adipose tissue-derived fibroblasts

Detection of pluripotency gene expression and validation of true iPS cell reprogramming by fluorescent reporter probes in live cells

Exogenous Mesp1 expression induces a cardiac progenitor fate

Krapf, S.

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Kraus, F.B.

Effects of retrograde autologous priming in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Krebs, R.

Perioperative single-dose VEGF-C/D inhibitor enhances cardiac allograft survival and prevents chronic rejection by regulating lymphatic endothelial cell activation

Kreibich, M.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Tenascin-C enhances fibrosis and hypertrophy during pressure overload in the mouse heart

Cardiac graft protection in the brain dead donor

Kremer, J.

Cardiac graft protection in the brain dead donor

Kremer, P.

The Medtronic Mosaic Prosthesis: Clinical performance up to 18 years

Kretzschmar, A.

Acoustic spectral analysis for determining pump thrombosis in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Cable design improvements and sintering of the inflow cannula in continuous flow LVADs reduce the occurrence of life-threatening pump stops

Krššák, M.

Tenascin-C enhances fibrosis and hypertrophy during pressure overload in the mouse heart

Krüger, H.

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Krüger, N.

Neurologic outcome following axillary artery versus classic aortic cannulation in high risk patients: Preliminary results from a prospective randomized study

Kubik, M.

Does the new 3D tricuspid ring improve outcome after tricuspid valve reconstruction (TVR)?

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy in critically ill patients - is it worth the effort?

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute heart failure following septic shock

Phenprocoumon in HeartWare venrticular assist device patients - a new regimen for early postoperative anticoagulation

Atrial ablation in combined mitral and tricuspid valve surgery - associated with increased pacemaker implantation rate?

Kubin, T.

Dedifferentiation of adult cardiomyocytes serves as a mechanism of cardiac regeneration

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Kuehn, C.

Extending donor criteria in lung transplantation - Donors 70 years and older

Kühl, H.

Aortic remodeling in acute aortic dissection after frozen elephant trunk

Kuhn, E.

Aortic valve replacement after previous heart surgery in high-risk patients: Transapical aortic valve implantation versus conventional aortic valve replacement A risk adjusted and propensity score based analysis

Endothelial damage as a predictive and diagnostic marker in aortic valve surgery: Automated assessment of circulating endothelial cell frequency in transcatheter aortic-valve replacement and conventional surgery

Clinical outcomes after emergency CABG for coronary complications following PCI

Predictors of mortality in patients requiring IABP support after urgent CABG

Impact of gender on frequency of contrast-induced nephropathy following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Kuhn, E.W.

History of cardiac surgery in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation is not associated with worse postoperative outcome compared to patients without previous cardiac procedures

Use of cold blood cardioplegia equalizes higher risk profile in CABG patients with acute coronary syndrome compared to warm blood cardioplegia

Kühn, C.

Modulation of immune-mediators from donor lungs using the Organ Care System^® - a potential mechanism for improved outcome

Donor oxygenation has no impact on postoperative outcome after lung transplantation

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

Kuhr, K.

Aortic valve replacement after previous heart surgery in high-risk patients: Transapical aortic valve implantation versus conventional aortic valve replacement A risk adjusted and propensity score based analysis

Kukreja, J.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Kukucka, M.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation combined with coronary artery stenting: A simultaneous approach

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Outcome in patients with low arithmetic risk profile

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Effects of poor left ventricular function on survival and myocardial contractility

Transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with EuroScore > 40%

Postoperative course and survival after transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Transapical aortic valve implantation after previous heart surgery

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Predictors of paravalvular leakage and impact on survival in 679 patients

Kunert, A.

Less inflammation by off-pump surgery? A randomized comparison to minimized extracorporeal circulation and conventional coronary bypass grafting

Kunihara, T.

Postoperative hemodynamic benefit of Bosentan-pretreatment for high-risk patients undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy

Kuniss, M.

Hybrid ablation of long standing persistent atrial fibrillation utilizing minimally invasive surgical and endocardial catheter approach: One year results

Kupatt, C.

Logistic EuroSCORE I can predict mid-term mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation - The next revolution in mitral valve therapy?

Kur, F.

Leukocyte-Endothelium Interactions in both naïve and adult endothelial cells: influence of ATG

Kuratani, T.

Effectiveness and limitation of endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: perspective from long-term results

Kurtz, A.

The impact of hypoxia on heart failure-induced depression of multipotent stromal cells from bone marrow or cord blood

Factors released by cord blood-mesenchymal stromal cells protect endothelial cells through activation of STAT3 signaling

Direct in vitro lineage reprogramming of murine fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes induces cell death

Kutschka, I.

Tricuspid valve surgery - should we prefer the beating heart technique?

Effect of natural killer cells on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bioartificial cardiac tissue

Different degrees of protective effect by types of fibroblasts on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in bioartificial cardiac tissue in vivo

Sternal bone marrow is a suitable autologous cell source for cardiac stem cell therapies

Kütting, M.

Eccentricity of the aortic annulus is not associated with functional impairment of the transapical Jenavalve in an in vitro hydrodynamic test model

Kyo, S.

Transcranial detection of signals (HITS/ MES) in cases with a ventricular assist device (preliminary study in Japan)

Laenger, F.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Lahm, H.

Identification and characterization of a postnatal Nkx2-5 enhancer positive cardiac progenitor cell population after myocardial infarction

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Establishment of induced pluripotent stem cells from pig adipose tissue-derived fibroblasts

Detection of pluripotency gene expression and validation of true iPS cell reprogramming by fluorescent reporter probes in live cells

Lange, C.

Stem cell transplantation: Are there age-dependent differences in stem cell behaviour?

Lange, R.

Is there still a role for staged surgery in correction of complete atrioventricular septal defect?

Identification and characterization of a postnatal Nkx2-5 enhancer positive cardiac progenitor cell population after myocardial infarction

Changes in morphometry and gene expression in saphenous vein graft endothelium exposed to an ex vivo arterial pressure environment

Acute kidney injury after Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: incidence, predictors and impact on mortality

Mitral valve repair with the Medtronic Profile 3D^® annuloplasty ring - a single center experience

Early hemodynamic performance of the complete supraannular Trifecta aortic valve bioprosthesis - a single-center experience in a series of 608 patients

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Matched comparison of two different biological prostheses for complete supraannular aortic valve replacement

Establishment of induced pluripotent stem cells from pig adipose tissue-derived fibroblasts

Twenty-seven-year experience with the St. Jude Medical Biocor™ bioprosthesis in the aortic position

Detection of pluripotency gene expression and validation of true iPS cell reprogramming by fluorescent reporter probes in live cells

Exogenous Mesp1 expression induces a cardiac progenitor fate

Langenmayer, M.

RNase: A possible adjuvant in transplantation?

Laß, M.

Sutureless aortic valves - a word of cautione single-centre experience with the Medtronic 3f Enable™ Prosthesis

Lauer, M.

Endothelial damage as a predictive and diagnostic marker in aortic valve surgery: Automated assessment of circulating endothelial cell frequency in transcatheter aortic-valve replacement and conventional surgery

Lausberg, H.F.

Trans-axillary (TAX) access is a valuable and safe alternative for transcutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Lebiedz, P.

Replacement of the complete posterior tracheal wall with autologous pericardium and latissimus dorsi flap after esophageal acid burn

Lee, R.T.

Interleukin 33 as a mechanically responsive cytokine secreted by living cells

Légaré, J.-F.

The treatment of patients with Type A aortic dissection - predictors for in hospital mortality in 534 patients as two center experience

Lehmann, C.

Complete arterial coronary revascularization using skeletonized bilateral mammary arteries in T-graft technique performed in on-pump or off-pump approach: Clinical results up to 13 years in 3513 patients consecutive

The Medtronic Mosaic prothesis in aortic and mitral position: Clinical perfomance in 1540 patients up to 13 years

Lehmann, S.

Dectection of early thrombus formation in LVAD by accoustic fast fourier transformation (FFT) analysis. A novel approach for monitoring

Lehmkuhl, L.

Vertebral body erosion in a 27-year old female 12 years after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Graft failure two decades after a bentall procedure with HemiArch replacement

Leistner, M.

Epinephrine application in ischemia-reperfusion injury-induced ventricular dysfunction promotes myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction

Lemme, F.

Short-term experience using Cormatrix as aortic leaflet replacement or extension in pediatric patients

Lemström, K.B.

Perioperative single-dose VEGF-C/D inhibitor enhances cardiac allograft survival and prevents chronic rejection by regulating lymphatic endothelial cell activation

Lenglinger, M.

Biocompatibility profile of the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device and the centrimag adult centrifugal pump

Leonhart, R.

Short-term intervention to reduce anxiety before artery coronary bypass surgery - A randomised controlled study

Leontyev, S.

Acute decompensated aortic and mitral valve disease: Short and long-term operative outcomes

The treatment of patients with Type A aortic dissection - predictors for in hospital mortality in 534 patients as two center experience

Lepperhof, V.

Enhanced frequency of M2 polarized macrophages in peri-infarct region and attenuation of scar formation after transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells

Leseche, G.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Leyh, R.G.

Epinephrine application in ischemia-reperfusion injury-induced ventricular dysfunction promotes myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction

Li, L.

Role of micro RNAs in obesity-mediated premature cardiac ageing in patients

Caloric restriction reduces sympathetic activity similar to beta-blockers but conveys additional mitochondrio-protective effects

Late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with BMI and adipokine-profiles

Caloric restriction and CB1 blockade activate AMP-activated protein kinase and mediate cardio-protection in a model of premature cardiac senescence

12-months late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with energy source and patient characteristics

Li, S.

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Liakopoulos, O.

Clinical outcomes after emergency CABG for coronary complications following PCI

Predictors of mortality in patients requiring IABP support after urgent CABG

Liakopoulos, O.J.

Use of cold blood cardioplegia equalizes higher risk profile in CABG patients with acute coronary syndrome compared to warm blood cardioplegia

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Lichtenberg, A.

Right lateral mini-thoracotomy as standard approach for procedures apart from mitral valve surgery: a 4-year experience with 361 patients

HeartWare left ventricular assist device: Outcome in high risk INTERMACS I patients

A novel approach for perioperative extracorporeal life support implantation

Dispersive aortic cannulas reduce aortic wall shear stress affecting atherosclerotic plaque embolisation

Tricuspid valve surgery in high risk patients: A single institutional experience with the technique of minimally invasive surgery via right mini-thoracotomy

Simple technique of repair for Barlow symdrome with minimally invasive approach; primary experience with 22 patients

Effects of ivabradine in patients with persistent sinus tachycardia early after heart transplantation

Medical conversion with Vernakalant for postoperative cardio-surgical patients

Liebetrau, C.

Challenges of diagnostic coronary angiography after TAVI procedures

Liebold, A.

Less inflammation by off-pump surgery? A randomized comparison to minimized extracorporeal circulation and conventional coronary bypass grafting

Which is the best coagulation management in coronary surgery? Results of a randomised study on heparin concentration versus activated clotting time and three different surgical techniques

Do we need another inflammation marker in cardiac surgery?

Liebrich, M.

Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy?

Lieder, H.

Aortic remodeling in acute aortic dissection after frozen elephant trunk

Liewald, C.

Do we need another inflammation marker in cardiac surgery?

Linke, A.

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a sutureless access and closure device: 6-months results of the multi-center CE mark study

Linneweber, J.

Clinical experience with the Medtronic “3F” stentless aortic bioprosthesis - ten years follow-up

Lipke, C.

The eNOS 894G/T gene polymorphism and its influence on early and long-term mortality after on-pump cardiac surgery

Liubov, P.

Aortic remodeling in acute aortic dissection after frozen elephant trunk

Löblein, H.

Extracorporal membrane oxygenation: Perioperative support reduces the operative risk for post infarction ventricular septal defect

Tricuspid valve repair in patients with mild-to-moderate tricuspid regurgitation undergoing mitral valve repair/replacement improves in-hospital outcome

Is early surgical treatment for infective endocarditis superior to conservative approach?

Lochmann, P.

Collagen analysis in aneurysmal ascending aorta obtained from patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease compared with tricuspid aortic valve aneurysm

Loders, S.

Coronary revascularization prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Patient characteristics and influence on outcome

Loebe, M.

Implications of fast recovery after left ventricular assist devices implantation

Loeblein, H.

Preoperative ejection fraction and postoperative outcome in off pump coronary bypass surgery

The short-term outcome of bilateral internal thoracic artery use in patients undergoing off pump coronary bypass surgery

Postoperative outcome of patients undergoing off pump coronary bypass surgery in critical preoperative state

New clip remover device to prepare saphenous vein graft for coronary bypass grafting

Rare Finegoldia magna-Endocarditis leads to an early Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending Aorta compressing the left main stem

Loganathan, S.

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Lörchner, H.

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Loukanov, T.

Surgical correction of recurrent rupture of congenital sinus valsalva aneurysm

Neonatal tracheal reconstruction in tracheomalacia secondary to double aortic arch

Lubos, E.

First in man combined procedure of transapical TAVI and interventional mitral valve repair by chordal replacement using the Neochord system

Percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system: large single-center experience in 400 consecutive patients not amenable to surgery

Ludwig, M.

Epicardial Erythropoietin patch most efficiently improves myocardial regeneration and performance after infarction

Ludwig-Kraus, B.

Effects of retrograde autologous priming in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Luehr, M.

Vertebral body erosion in a 27-year old female 12 years after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Bicuspidalization of the native tricuspid Aortic Valve: A new experimental model to isolate the effect of altered 'Flow-Architecture' on Ascending/Root Disease

Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring of the collateral network to detect spinal cord malperfusion during and after thoracoabdominal aortic repair: A clinical update

Lunau, C.

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Lund, G.

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Lunk, A.

Latissimus dorsi flap procedure and postoperative seroma development - Comparing two types of tissue glue (TissuGlu®, ARTISS) versus no tissue glue

Lunz, D.

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Lutter, G.

Transcatheter off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: Enhanced survival and decreased paravalvular leakages

In vivo force measurement on apically fixated mitral valved stents

The transaortic approach for TAVI - first results

The transaortic approach for TAVI - How we do it (video presentation)

Off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: A 3D-transesophageal echocardiographic based comparison of apical and sub-annular fixation techniques

Use of the eSVS mesh during CABG: Computed tomographic evaluation after 6 months

Lutz, B.

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Cannabinoid receptor CB2 delays development of cardiac failure caused by pressure overload in a murine model of transverse aortic constriction

Madershahian, N.

Aortic valve replacement after previous heart surgery in high-risk patients: Transapical aortic valve implantation versus conventional aortic valve replacement A risk adjusted and propensity score based analysis

Endothelial damage as a predictive and diagnostic marker in aortic valve surgery: Automated assessment of circulating endothelial cell frequency in transcatheter aortic-valve replacement and conventional surgery

History of cardiac surgery in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation is not associated with worse postoperative outcome compared to patients without previous cardiac procedures

Use of cold blood cardioplegia equalizes higher risk profile in CABG patients with acute coronary syndrome compared to warm blood cardioplegia

Predictors of mortality in patients requiring IABP support after urgent CABG

Impact of gender on frequency of contrast-induced nephropathy following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Madrahimov, N.

Cardiopulmonary bypass in a mouse: novel small animal model

Maeding, I.

Aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with rapid-deployment aortic valve system: 3 years later

Mägel, L.

Miniaturization of the Organ Care System^® into rat lungs for the establishment of ex-vivo therapy

Maietta, P.

Lobe-specific mediastinal nodal dissection is sufficient during lobectomy by VATS or thoracotomy for early stage lung cancer

Maisano, F.

MitraClip therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation - 12 months results from the ACCESS-Europe Phase I trial

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Mal, H.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Malehsa, D.

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Circulatory support exceeding five years with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. Identification of positive predicators for a successful long-time VAD therapy

Minimally invasive left ventreicular assist device implantation with outflowgraft tunneling through the sinus transversus

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

First clinical results of the novel Heartmate II pocket controller

Maletskidis, C.

Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy?

Malischewski, A.

Tube-in-stent: Minimally invasive approach for tissue-engineered aortic heart valves

Marcsek, P.

Annuloplasty in functional mitral regurgitation and concomitant coronary heart disease: Functional and clinical outcome

Marczin, N.

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Marczynski-Bühlow, M.

Transcatheter off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: Enhanced survival and decreased paravalvular leakages

In vivo force measurement on apically fixated mitral valved stents

Off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: A 3D-transesophageal echocardiographic based comparison of apical and sub-annular fixation techniques

Mariscalco, G.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Markewitz, A.

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Markus, J.

Prognostic significance of influence of CD-31 and PDEF expression in patients with non-small-lung cancer

Martens, A.

Recover of left ventricular function following immediate coronary artery bypass grafting in myocardial infarction

Sternal bone marrow is a suitable autologous cell source for cardiac stem cell therapies

Martens, S.

Driving with a drive-line: an evidence based approach of driving restriction after implantation of left ventricular assist device in end stage heart failure

Role of preoperative laboratory values in predicting mortality after elective CABG: a single center report including 6,436 patients

Off-pump implantation of left ventricular assist device under extracorporeal life support in patients suffering from heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Martin, U.

Effect of natural killer cells on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bioartificial cardiac tissue

Different degrees of protective effect by types of fibroblasts on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in bioartificial cardiac tissue in vivo

Marulli, G.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Maruta, K.

Severity score for mitral valve repair in active stage infective endocarditis

Maschek, H.

Early reoccurrence of fetal ED-A⁺ Fibronectin and B⁺ Tenascin-C splicing variants after human cardiac transplantation: potential impact for targeted therapy of chronic rejection

Massard, G.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Matin, M.

Re-rupture of calcified sinus of valsalva aneurysm 34 years after primary surgical repair

Matschke, K.

Ring assessment and sizing aspects for transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring procedures: An ex-vivo series

Transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring procedures: Ring assessment, sizing and initial clinical outcome of a case series

Early onset valve thrombosis due to insufficient anticoagulation therapy after transapical valve-in-valve TAVI for failed mitral bioprosthesis

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a repositionable second-generation device: Initial clinical results and further follow-up of patients treated with the JenaValve™

Aortic valve replacement with the Sorin Freedom SOLO bioprosthesis: Initial results and 2-years of follow-up

Initial and mid-term follow-up of patients with concomitant moderate or more severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Expression of the Hippo effectors YAP and TAZ in valvular interstitial cells from porcine aortic valves

Direct reimplantation as an alternative approach for treatment of anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery - A case series

Call for concomitant ablation: Native course of preexisting persistent atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients with history of prior myocardial infarction undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting

Matt, P.

Functional assessment of different mitral valve repair philosophies in Carpentier type II posterior leaflet prolapse: Should we respect or resect?

Matusiak-Brückner, M.

Early reoccurrence of fetal ED-A⁺ Fibronectin and B⁺ Tenascin-C splicing variants after human cardiac transplantation: potential impact for targeted therapy of chronic rejection

Matz, A.

Preoperative stroke in infective endocarditis neither independently affects mortality nor should it affect timing of surgery

Matz, K.

Short-term outcome after surgical embolectomy in pulmonary embolism: A single-center experience

Matz, L.

A gender specific point of view on combined functional mitral valve surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe impaired left ventricles

Right ventricular failure in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. What kind of temporary mechanical support should we use, Levitronix or ECMO?

Maunz, O.

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

Maurus, M.

Do we need another inflammation marker in cardiac surgery?

Mausberg, R.F.

Correlation of DNA, LPS-binding-protein and CD14 of periodontal microbes and cardiac tissue-preliminary results

Maxhera, B.

HeartWare left ventricular assist device: Outcome in high risk INTERMACS I patients

A novel approach for perioperative extracorporeal life support implantation

Mayer, T.

Influence of different fixatives on the mechanical properties of cell-seeded scaffolds

Mayr, T.

RNase: A possible adjuvant in transplantation?

Mazzitelli, D.

Acute kidney injury after Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: incidence, predictors and impact on mortality

Mitral valve repair with the Medtronic Profile 3D^® annuloplasty ring - a single center experience

Mc Curry, K.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Mc Dermott, G.

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Mechelinck, M.

Predictive value of Euroscore II as compared to intermacs levels in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device therapy

Meertz, A.

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Mehdiani, A.

Effects of ivabradine in patients with persistent sinus tachycardia early after heart transplantation

Mehlhorn, U.

Surface modified PTFE promotes endothelial cell adhesion and simultaneously inhibits the attachment of platelets and bacteria

Combined non-thrombogenic and endothelial cell adhesive surfaces by a single step procedure

Meinzer, H.-P.

Computer-assisted mitral valve measurement using an optical tracking system - a new approach for planning of mitral valve reconstructions

Mela, P.

Epicardial Erythropoietin patch most efficiently improves myocardial regeneration and performance after infarction

Tube-in-stent: Minimally invasive approach for tissue-engineered aortic heart valves

Mellert, F.

Retrograde autologous priming (RAP) as a safe and easy method to reduce haemodilution and transfusion requirements during cardiac surgery - Comparison between RAP, standard and Miniaturised Extracorporeal Circulation -

Menon, A.

Perioperative whole blood levels of selenium in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study

Menon, A.K.

Predictive value of Euroscore II as compared to intermacs levels in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device therapy

Successful fast track anaesthesia in left ventricular assist device implantation - it is feasible!

Merk, D.

A gender specific point of view on combined functional mitral valve surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe impaired left ventricles

Meschenmoser, L.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

First clinical results of aortic valve replacement with decellularized aortic allografts in children and adults

Messina, A.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Meyer, A.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Imaging based decision making: Outcome of patients screened for TAVI undergoing AVR due to unfavorable anatomy

Dectection of early thrombus formation in LVAD by accoustic fast fourier transformation (FFT) analysis. A novel approach for monitoring

Right ventricular failure in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. What kind of temporary mechanical support should we use, Levitronix or ECMO?

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Meyer, A.L.

Lysis in patient with a pump thrombosis after implantation of a left ventricular assist device

Meyer, T.

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Miera, O.

Subaortic stenosis after repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect: Anatomic and technical issues

Minkner, K.

Mitral valve repair with the Medtronic Profile 3D^® annuloplasty ring - a single center experience

Minol, J.-P.

Right lateral mini-thoracotomy as standard approach for procedures apart from mitral valve surgery: a 4-year experience with 361 patients

Tricuspid valve surgery in high risk patients: A single institutional experience with the technique of minimally invasive surgery via right mini-thoracotomy

Simple technique of repair for Barlow symdrome with minimally invasive approach; primary experience with 22 patients

Effects of ivabradine in patients with persistent sinus tachycardia early after heart transplantation

Misfeld, M.

Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis - Analyzation of perioperative parameters and long-term outcomes

Impact of postoperative renal failure on early and late survivial of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting - a single center experience based on 7,366 patients

Acute decompensated aortic and mitral valve disease: Short and long-term operative outcomes

Aortic leaflet interventions for aortic valve repair: How much is too much?

Graft failure two decades after a bentall procedure with HemiArch replacement

Bicuspidalization of the native tricuspid Aortic Valve: A new experimental model to isolate the effect of altered 'Flow-Architecture' on Ascending/Root Disease

Aortic root replacement in the very old patient - is reluctance justified?

Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring of the collateral network to detect spinal cord malperfusion during and after thoracoabdominal aortic repair: A clinical update

Early and midterm outcome of secondary open surgical and minimally invasive interventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Miskovic, A.

Apical compression stitch in patients with failing left ventricles: A new option for surgical remodelling technique

Midterm outcome after mitral valve repair and LV-remodelling in high risk patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Mladenow, A.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation combined with coronary artery stenting: A simultaneous approach

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Outcome in patients with low arithmetic risk profile

Transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with EuroScore > 40%

Transapical aortic valve implantation after previous heart surgery

Moccetti, T.

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Mogaldea, A.

Tissue engineering of regenerative cardiovascular patch material based on decellularized pericardium

Tissue-engineering of small caliber valvular conduits under different physiological-like conditions

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Mohamady, K.

Sutureless aortic valves - a word of cautione single-centre experience with the Medtronic 3f Enable™ Prosthesis

Mohamed, S.A.

Collagen analysis in aneurysmal ascending aorta obtained from patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease compared with tricuspid aortic valve aneurysm

Mohite, P.

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

Mohite, P.N.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

Mohr, F.W.

A gender specific point of view on combined functional mitral valve surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severe impaired left ventricles

Acute decompensated aortic and mitral valve disease: Short and long-term operative outcomes

Cardioprotection with Captopril added to Bretschneider-Solution: An in vitro rabbit heart study

Graft failure two decades after a bentall procedure with HemiArch replacement

The treatment of patients with Type A aortic dissection - predictors for in hospital mortality in 534 patients as two center experience

Lysis in patient with a pump thrombosis after implantation of a left ventricular assist device

Arrhythmogenic effects by local left ventricular stretch

Body Mass Index can influence Connexin 43 distribution in patients with atrial fibrillation or sinus rhythm

How do cardiomyocytes sense stretch? Effects of cyclic mechanical stretch on cardiomyocyte cellular organization

Early and midterm outcome of secondary open surgical and minimally invasive interventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Mohr, F.-W.

Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis - Analyzation of perioperative parameters and long-term outcomes

Impact of postoperative renal failure on early and late survivial of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting - a single center experience based on 7,366 patients

Dectection of early thrombus formation in LVAD by accoustic fast fourier transformation (FFT) analysis. A novel approach for monitoring

Right ventricular failure in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. What kind of temporary mechanical support should we use, Levitronix or ECMO?

Vertebral body erosion in a 27-year old female 12 years after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Risk factors of poor outcome after surgical treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis in a single-centre cohort

Bicuspidalization of the native tricuspid Aortic Valve: A new experimental model to isolate the effect of altered 'Flow-Architecture' on Ascending/Root Disease

Aortic root replacement in the very old patient - is reluctance justified?

Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring of the collateral network to detect spinal cord malperfusion during and after thoracoabdominal aortic repair: A clinical update

Mohr, M.

Persisting pleural effusion-intrauterine intervention and post partum surgical resection of a lung sequestration

Moka, A.

The no-resection-technique for mitral valve repair in Barlow disease

Molis, A.

Exercise affects mitochondrial function and insulin response in skeletal muscle and fat differentially depending on genetic predisposition

Mollmann, H.

Challenges of diagnostic coronary angiography after TAVI procedures

Möllmann, H.

Pressure controlled vein graft flushing results in superior histological quality - a randomized trial

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a sutureless access and closure device: 6-months results of the multi-center CE mark study

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Imaging based decision making: Outcome of patients screened for TAVI undergoing AVR due to unfavorable anatomy

Mönnig, G.

Driving with a drive-line: an evidence based approach of driving restriction after implantation of left ventricular assist device in end stage heart failure

Monsefi, N.

Apical compression stitch in patients with failing left ventricles: A new option for surgical remodelling technique

Midterm outcome after mitral valve repair and LV-remodelling in high risk patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Moradiellos, F.J.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Moreira, R.

Tube-in-stent: Minimally invasive approach for tissue-engineered aortic heart valves

Mörer, O.

The eNOS 894G/T gene polymorphism and its influence on early and long-term mortality after on-pump cardiac surgery

Moritz, A.

Thromboelastometie overestimate the need for hemostatic agents

Dose/time-dependent modulation of the endothelial function through immunosuppressive agents

Apical compression stitch in patients with failing left ventricles: A new option for surgical remodelling technique

Midterm outcome after mitral valve repair and LV-remodelling in high risk patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Treatment with low-dose flavonoids shows protective effects on endothelial cells

Coronary artery revascularization with a minimized extracorporeal circulation system (MECC): The inflammatory response in comparison to conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Modulation of endothelial inflammation after Methylene Blue: role of circulating cells

Neurologic outcome following axillary artery versus classic aortic cannulation in high risk patients: Preliminary results from a prospective randomized study

What about the rewarming during reperfusion? Influence of hypothermic conditions on endothelial activity

Protective function of Junctional-adhesion-molecules in the rewarming process after mild hypothermia

Rewarming after cold ischemia and endothelial modulation: Role of JAMs

Morjan, M.

Late prosthetic graft infection after frozen elephant trunk presenting by hemoptysis and positive FDG PET/CT

Morlock, M.M.

In vivo force measurement on apically fixated mitral valved stents

Off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: A 3D-transesophageal echocardiographic based comparison of apical and sub-annular fixation techniques

Morshuis, M.

Management of pump thrombosis: Device exchange versus thrombolysis

Aortic insufficiency development in 391 patients supported with four different cf-LVADs: A single center experience

Moser, P.

Tenascin-C enhances fibrosis and hypertrophy during pressure overload in the mouse heart

Cardiac graft protection in the brain dead donor

Motsch, B.

Microvascular integrity plays a role in graft survival after skin transplantation

Clopidogrel preserves microvascular integrity in orthotopic tracheal transplants affected by obliterative bronchiolitis

Moustafine, V.

Initial experience with the Edwards Intuity rapid deployment valve

Moza, A.

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Levosimendan treatment influences protein kinase C epsilon and its mitochondria-associated downstream targets

Moza, A.K.

Modified chest wall reconstruction after sternum necrosis in cardiac surgery patients

Perioperative whole blood levels of selenium in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study

Predictive value of Euroscore II as compared to intermacs levels in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device therapy

Successful fast track anaesthesia in left ventricular assist device implantation - it is feasible!

Mudersbach, E.

Prostaglandin E2 does not attenuate adrenergic-induced cardiac contractile response

Mueller, G.

Size matters: Longevity of valved RVOT conduits is mainly related to the conduit diameter

Mueller, K.

Epicardial Erythropoietin patch most efficiently improves myocardial regeneration and performance after infarction

Mueller, T.

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Mühlfeld, C.

Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation - initial experience

Müller, B.

Modulation of immune-mediators from donor lungs using the Organ Care System^® - a potential mechanism for improved outcome

Müller, K.M.

Persisting pleural effusion-intrauterine intervention and post partum surgical resection of a lung sequestration

Müller, M.

15 years of Giessen hybrid approach to the hypoplastic left heart

Is the Ross-Konno procedure the ideal treatment of congenital complex left ventricular outflow tract obstruction?

Giant remnant of fetal circulation leading to cyanosis: Pseudo-cor triatriatum dexter

Urgent implantation of the Berlin Heart Excor biventricular assist device as a total artificial heart in a patient with single ventricle circulation

Surgical treatment of thoracic and partial ectopia cordis - A case presentation

Müller, S.

Clopidogrel preserves microvascular integrity in orthotopic tracheal transplants affected by obliterative bronchiolitis

Müller, T.

Dectection of early thrombus formation in LVAD by accoustic fast fourier transformation (FFT) analysis. A novel approach for monitoring

Müller-Eising, K.

Less inflammation by off-pump surgery? A randomized comparison to minimized extracorporeal circulation and conventional coronary bypass grafting

Which is the best coagulation management in coronary surgery? Results of a randomised study on heparin concentration versus activated clotting time and three different surgical techniques

Müller-Höcker, J.

Human endothelial-colony forming cells enhance cardiac repair by increasing neovascularization and the pool of Sca1+ cardiac resident stem cells after myocardial infarction in SCID/beige mice

Münch, F.

Neonatal myocardium is more sensitive to perioperative ischemic damage than myocardium of elder children

Aortic arch repair in a piglet model: improved contractility with the beating-heart technique

Münzel, T.

Does human myocardium show a gender dependent modification of oxidative stress parameters?

Murin, P.

Additional decending aorta perfusion in neonates undergoing arch reconstruction with selective cerebral perfusion

Muth, A.

Hemodynamic performance of 3 difference bioprothesis: SJM Trifecta vs. Sorin Mitroflow and stentless Sorin Solo

Mykhaylyk, O.

Site-specific positioning of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) loaded progenitors improves survival of the grafted cells and long-term myocardial function upon myocardial infarction

Nagel, F.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Tenascin-C enhances fibrosis and hypertrophy during pressure overload in the mouse heart

Nagendran, J.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Nagl, F.

Cardiac graft protection in the brain dead donor

Nakajima, T.

Transcranial detection of signals (HITS/ MES) in cases with a ventricular assist device (preliminary study in Japan)

Nakamura, L.

Platelet function in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Nappi, G.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Nass, N.

RAGE influences the development of aortic valve stenosis in mice on a high fat diet

Navarrete Santos, A.

RAGE influences the development of aortic valve stenosis in mice on a high fat diet

Collagen analysis in aneurysmal ascending aorta obtained from patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease compared with tricuspid aortic valve aneurysm

Navratil, D.

Neurologic outcome following axillary artery versus classic aortic cannulation in high risk patients: Preliminary results from a prospective randomized study

Neef, K.

Quantification of circulating endothelial cells and perioperative outcome in less invasive coronary surgery: Are Off-pump procedures superior than minimized extracorporeal circulation?

Endothelial damage as a predictive and diagnostic marker in aortic valve surgery: Automated assessment of circulating endothelial cell frequency in transcatheter aortic-valve replacement and conventional surgery

Electrophysiologically competent skeletal myoblast based engineered tissue constructs show cardiac-like force generation

Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation - initial experience

Enhanced frequency of M2 polarized macrophages in peri-infarct region and attenuation of scar formation after transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells

Neef, S.

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

Neudörfl, C.

Modulation of immune-mediators from donor lungs using the Organ Care System^® - a potential mechanism for improved outcome

Neuhäuser, M.

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Neumann, A.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

Neumann, K.

Predictive power and implication of EuroSCORE and EuroSCORE II for repeated aortic valve replacement

Neumann, T.

Hybrid ablation of long standing persistent atrial fibrillation utilizing minimally invasive surgical and endocardial catheter approach: One year results

Neumärker, L.

Testing long term performance of murine aortic allografts after cold storage in TiProtec^®

Nguyen, T.D.

The regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis in pathological hypertrophy - a role for Akt?

Nickenig, G.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Nicolls, M.R.

Clopidogrel preserves microvascular integrity in orthotopic tracheal transplants affected by obliterative bronchiolitis

Nicotra, S.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Niemann, B.

Role of micro RNAs in obesity-mediated premature cardiac ageing in patients

Caloric restriction reduces sympathetic activity similar to beta-blockers but conveys additional mitochondrio-protective effects

Late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with BMI and adipokine-profiles

Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion reaction after warm vs. cold Calafiore blood cardioplegia

Caloric restriction and CB1 blockade activate AMP-activated protein kinase and mediate cardio-protection in a model of premature cardiac senescence

12-months late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with energy source and patient characteristics

Nitzschke, R.

Bispectral index-guided titration of sevoflurane during on-pump cardiac surgery reduces sevoflurane plasma concentration and vasopressor requirements

Nozdrzykowski, M.

Early and midterm outcome of secondary open surgical and minimally invasive interventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Nykänen, A.I.

Perioperative single-dose VEGF-C/D inhibitor enhances cardiac allograft survival and prevents chronic rejection by regulating lymphatic endothelial cell activation

Oberhoffer, M.

Sutureless aortic valves - a word of cautione single-centre experience with the Medtronic 3f Enable™ Prosthesis

One-year results after concomitant surgical AF ablation in the era of event-recorder monitoring

Oberwallner, B.

Human myocardial extracellular matrix directs the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells toward a cardiomyocyte phenotype

Cardiomyocyte derived from induced pluripotent stem cells are more sensitive to ischemia then naïve cardiomyocytes

Ochs, M.

Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation - initial experience

Odavic, D.

Preoperative ejection fraction and postoperative outcome in off pump coronary bypass surgery

Extracorporal membrane oxygenation: Perioperative support reduces the operative risk for post infarction ventricular septal defect

The short-term outcome of bilateral internal thoracic artery use in patients undergoing off pump coronary bypass surgery

Tricuspid valve repair in patients with mild-to-moderate tricuspid regurgitation undergoing mitral valve repair/replacement improves in-hospital outcome

New clip remover device to prepare saphenous vein graft for coronary bypass grafting

Is early surgical treatment for infective endocarditis superior to conservative approach?

Oelschner, C.

HeartWare^® Assist Device - Infections, bleedings, and thrombosis dominate morbidity and mortality

Phenprocoumon in HeartWare venrticular assist device patients - a new regimen for early postoperative anticoagulation

Oelze, M.

Does human myocardium show a gender dependent modification of oxidative stress parameters?

Ojeda, F.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Olland, A.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Omoto, T.

Severity score for mitral valve repair in active stage infective endocarditis

Ono, M.

Transcranial detection of signals (HITS/ MES) in cases with a ventricular assist device (preliminary study in Japan)

Onorati, F.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Opalka, B.

Clinical outcome of 955 patients treated with different lead concepts for left ventricular/CRT pacing in 5 years follow-up

Orhan, C.

Late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with BMI and adipokine-profiles

12-months late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with energy source and patient characteristics

Oster, O.

Replacement of the complete posterior tracheal wall with autologous pericardium and latissimus dorsi flap after esophageal acid burn

Thoracoscopic recovery of intrapulmonary foreign bodies with intraoperative fluoroscopic assistance

Oswald, B.

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Ott, I.

Human endothelial-colony forming cells enhance cardiac repair by increasing neovascularization and the pool of Sca1+ cardiac resident stem cells after myocardial infarction in SCID/beige mice

Ottersbach, A.

Cannabinoid receptor CB2 delays development of cardiac failure caused by pressure overload in a murine model of transverse aortic constriction

Site-specific positioning of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) loaded progenitors improves survival of the grafted cells and long-term myocardial function upon myocardial infarction

Pahari, D.

Early failure of decellularized xenogenous pulmonary valve conduit (Matrix-P-Plus) for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract in the ross procedure

Pajitnev, D.

Hybrid ablation of long standing persistent atrial fibrillation utilizing minimally invasive surgical and endocardial catheter approach: One year results

Pardun, E.

Modification of the Norwood procedure: Early experience with patch enlargement of the left pulmonary artery

Park, H.

Microvascular alterations during surgical aortic valve replacement utilizing minimal extracorporeal circulation and conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Pasic, M.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation combined with coronary artery stenting: A simultaneous approach

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Outcome in patients with low arithmetic risk profile

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Effects of poor left ventricular function on survival and myocardial contractility

Transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with EuroScore > 40%

Postoperative course and survival after transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Transapical aortic valve implantation after previous heart surgery

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Predictors of paravalvular leakage and impact on survival in 679 patients

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Clinical outcome during learning curve and beyond

Mitral valve and left ventricular reverse remodeling after surgical repair of submitral left ventricular aneurysms assessed with multi-slice computed tomography

Extended donor criteria in heart transplantation: 4-year results of the experience with the Organ Care system

Passerone, G.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Patil, N.P.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Paul, T.

Long term in vivo reactions to PTFE and polyester in the cardiovascular system - what will be the fate of septal defect occlusion devices?

Pavicevic, J.

Midterm outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Pecha, S.

Prostaglandin E2 does not attenuate adrenergic-induced cardiac contractile response

Development of recipient-matched engineered heart tissue using 3D printing

Human iPS-cell-derived engineered heart tissue for cardiac repair

Development of a retrograde flow inhibition device in continues flow VAD for emergency rescue

Rhythm outcome predictors after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Ten-year single-center experience

Long-term outcome up to 10 years after concomitant ablation in cardiac surgical patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute heart failure following septic shock

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- as well as dual coil ICD leads

Pedrazzini, G.

MitraClip therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation - 12 months results from the ACCESS-Europe Phase I trial

Peivandi, A.A.

Re-rupture of calcified sinus of valsalva aneurysm 34 years after primary surgical repair

Penkalla, A.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation combined with coronary artery stenting: A simultaneous approach

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Effects of poor left ventricular function on survival and myocardial contractility

Postoperative course and survival after transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Predictors of paravalvular leakage and impact on survival in 679 patients

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Clinical outcome during learning curve and beyond

Mitral valve and left ventricular reverse remodeling after surgical repair of submitral left ventricular aneurysms assessed with multi-slice computed tomography

Penov, K.

Risk factors of poor outcome after surgical treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis in a single-centre cohort

Peterss, S.

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as bridging therapy in patients with cardiomyopathy and acute decompensation

Petrov, A.

Effects of retrograde autologous priming in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Petzina, R.

The transaortic approach for TAVI - first results

MIDCAB: a safe option in high risk patients

The transaortic approach for TAVI - How we do it (video presentation)

Pfannmüller, B.

Tricuspid valve surgery in patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis - Analyzation of perioperative parameters and long-term outcomes

Pfeifer, A.

Site-specific positioning of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) loaded progenitors improves survival of the grafted cells and long-term myocardial function upon myocardial infarction

Pfeiffer, S.

Isolated CABG in patients requiring long-term dialysis

Cost reduction and improve outcome by using sutureless prosthesis

Pflaum, M.

Towards the development of a bioartificial lung - establishment of a haemocompatible endothelialisation on TiO coated gas exchange membranes

Philipp, A.

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Piazza, N.

Acute kidney injury after Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: incidence, predictors and impact on mortality

Pichlmaier, A.M.

Women with ascending aorta diseases reach menopausal age earlier

Underestimated: Erectile dysfunction in patients with ascending aortic disease

Pichlmaier, M.

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as bridging therapy in patients with cardiomyopathy and acute decompensation

Pizon, M.

Preoperative atrial natriuretic peptide level and atrial fibrosis as predictors of outcome after epicardial ablation for atrial fibrillation

Plank, C.

Site-specific positioning of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) loaded progenitors improves survival of the grafted cells and long-term myocardial function upon myocardial infarction

Pleyer, C.

Which is the best coagulation management in coronary surgery? Results of a randomised study on heparin concentration versus activated clotting time and three different surgical techniques

Plötze, K.

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients with history of prior myocardial infarction undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting

Podesser, B.

Tenascin-C enhances fibrosis and hypertrophy during pressure overload in the mouse heart

Cardiac graft protection in the brain dead donor

Podesser, B.K.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Poetini, L.

Is primarily percutaneous stent implantation justified by worse outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting in obese patients?

Poitz, D.M.

Smooth muscle cell derived adiponectin and its role in storage induced vascular dysfunction

Pokorny, S.

Transcatheter off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: Enhanced survival and decreased paravalvular leakages

In vivo force measurement on apically fixated mitral valved stents

Off-pump mitral valved stent implantation: A 3D-transesophageal echocardiographic based comparison of apical and sub-annular fixation techniques

Pöling, J.

Dedifferentiation of adult cardiomyocytes serves as a mechanism of cardiac regeneration

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Pollari, F.

Cost reduction and improve outcome by using sutureless prosthesis

Polyakova, V.

Dedifferentiation of adult cardiomyocytes serves as a mechanism of cardiac regeneration

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Pomar, J.L.

Euromacs, a growing EACTS data registry

Popov, A.-F.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

The eNOS 894G/T gene polymorphism and its influence on early and long-term mortality after on-pump cardiac surgery

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Challenging treatment of an infected CircuLite Synergy micro-pump after pump thrombosis due to subtherapeutic anticoagulation therapy. Pushing the limits?

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

Posival, H.

3 year results of transapical versus transfemoral TAVI in 1000 patients with severe aortic stenosis in a single center registry

Potapov, E.

Acoustic spectral analysis for determining pump thrombosis in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Acoustic spectral analysis: a new method for thrombus detection in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Left ventricular vs biventricular assist device: Impact of load dependency of right ventricular performance on decision making before ventricular assist device implantation

Potapov, E.V.

Cable design improvements and sintering of the inflow cannula in continuous flow LVADs reduce the occurrence of life-threatening pump stops

Pretre, R.

Hemodynamic effects of new active mitral ring in treating residual regurgitation on beating heart

Re-thinking spinal blood supply of descending aortic aneurysms: intraoperative monitoring of spinal cord perfusion is essential to avoid paraplegia

Preuss, R.

Influence of preoperative MDCT analysis by a dedicated software on aortic insufficiency and outcome in patients after TAVI

Preuss, S.

The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in late phase preconditioning with xenon, isoflurane and levosimendan in rat cardiac myocytes

Prinzing, A.

Early hemodynamic performance of the complete supraannular Trifecta aortic valve bioprosthesis - a single-center experience in a series of 608 patients

Pritzwald-Stegmann, P.

Cardioprotection with Captopril added to Bretschneider-Solution: An in vitro rabbit heart study

Probst, C.

Retrograde autologous priming (RAP) as a safe and easy method to reduce haemodilution and transfusion requirements during cardiac surgery - Comparison between RAP, standard and Miniaturised Extracorporeal Circulation -

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Prochnow, N.

Spinal cord ischemia following total aortic arch replacement and endovascular stenting of the descending thoracic aorta (TEVAR). Pathophysiological investigations in a porcine model

Protze, S.

Direct in vitro lineage reprogramming of murine fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes induces cell death

Prucker, O.

Platelet repellent properties of hydrogel coatings on polyurethane coated glass surfaces

Przybilla, K.

Aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with rapid-deployment aortic valve system: 3 years later

Purbojo, A.

Neonatal myocardium is more sensitive to perioperative ischemic damage than myocardium of elder children

Early results of implanted heparin-coated shunts - single center experience

Performance of stented biological valves for pulmonary valve replacement

Pürerfellner, H.

How accurate does the clinical classification of atrial fibrillation severity reflect its temporal persistence: Insights from 1195 patients continuously monitored with implantable devices?

Quintel, M.

The eNOS 894G/T gene polymorphism and its influence on early and long-term mortality after on-pump cardiac surgery

Radovits, T.

Preservation of endothelial function of vascular grafts after short-time storage and warm reperfusion with a recently developed preservation solution (Tiprotec)

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Rahimi, A.

Outcome and quality of life following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: A single center experience

Rahmanian, P.

Quantification of circulating endothelial cells and perioperative outcome in less invasive coronary surgery: Are Off-pump procedures superior than minimized extracorporeal circulation?

Aortic valve replacement after previous heart surgery in high-risk patients: Transapical aortic valve implantation versus conventional aortic valve replacement A risk adjusted and propensity score based analysis

The impact of using warm vs. cold blood cardioplegia in patients underwent emergent CABG procedure

Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation - initial experience

Ramadani, B.

The no-resection-technique for mitral valve repair in Barlow disease

Rammer, M.

Arrested heart TECAB versus MIDCAB for revascularization of anterior wall. A comparative analysis of perioperative and midterm results

Ramsperger-Gleixner, M.

Microvascular integrity plays a role in graft survival after skin transplantation

Raspe, C.

Effects of retrograde autologous priming in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Rastan, A.

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Custodiol-N versus custodiol: A prospective randomized double blind multicenter phase III trial

Risk factors of poor outcome after surgical treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis in a single-centre cohort

Rea, F.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Redwan, B.

Persisting pleural effusion-intrauterine intervention and post partum surgical resection of a lung sequestration

Thoracoscopic recovery of intrapulmonary foreign bodies with intraoperative fluoroscopic assistance

Reed, A.

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Reents, W.

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing on-pump or off-pump coronary surgery - lessons learned from GOPCABE

Rationale and trial design of the Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study (LAAOS III)

Rees, W.

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Reichart, B.

RNase: A possible adjuvant in transplantation?

Reichenspurner, H.

MitraClip therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation - 12 months results from the ACCESS-Europe Phase I trial

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Delayed surgical therapy in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis - risk factor or not?

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a sutureless access and closure device: 6-months results of the multi-center CE mark study

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Does the new 3D tricuspid ring improve outcome after tricuspid valve reconstruction (TVR)?

An exceedingly rare coronary anomaly - right coronary artery take-off from the left ventricular outflow tract

Annuloplasty in functional mitral regurgitation and concomitant coronary heart disease: Functional and clinical outcome

Open implantation of an Edwards Sapien 29 mm in an insufficient Medtronic Freestyle stentless biological prosthesis

HVAD continuous flow ventricular assist device for ischemic ventricular septal rupture - there remains no need for a total artificial heart

CRT-implantation in elderly patients: Is there a higher perioperative risk?

Isolated RVAD implantation - first results from the EUROMACS registry

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy in critically ill patients - is it worth the effort?

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant mitral stenosis

Minimally invasive surgery for congenital atrial septum defects in adults

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Trends in surgical aortic valve replacement using biological xenografts in more than 3000 consecutive cases in the TAVI era

Prostaglandin E2 does not attenuate adrenergic-induced cardiac contractile response

Size matters: Longevity of valved RVOT conduits is mainly related to the conduit diameter

Development of recipient-matched engineered heart tissue using 3D printing

Bispectral index-guided titration of sevoflurane during on-pump cardiac surgery reduces sevoflurane plasma concentration and vasopressor requirements

Human iPS-cell-derived engineered heart tissue for cardiac repair

HeartWare^® Assist Device - Infections, bleedings, and thrombosis dominate morbidity and mortality

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

Development of a retrograde flow inhibition device in continues flow VAD for emergency rescue

The beneficial effects of deferred delivery on the efficiency of hydrogel therapy post myocardial infarction

Interleukin 33 as a mechanically responsive cytokine secreted by living cells

Rhythm outcome predictors after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Ten-year single-center experience

First in man combined procedure of transapical TAVI and interventional mitral valve repair by chordal replacement using the Neochord system

Percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system: large single-center experience in 400 consecutive patients not amenable to surgery

Long-term outcome up to 10 years after concomitant ablation in cardiac surgical patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute heart failure following septic shock

Surgical technique does not influence the long term mortality after tricuspid valve surgery

Is an upgrade to a cardiac resynchronisation therapy-ICD safe? A single center experience

Evolution of minimally invasive mitral valve repair: Feasibility of a non-rib-spreading, fully endoscopic, mini incision technique

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Phenprocoumon in HeartWare venrticular assist device patients - a new regimen for early postoperative anticoagulation

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Atrial ablation in combined mitral and tricuspid valve surgery - associated with increased pacemaker implantation rate?

Single-vessel revascularization using robotically enhanced minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (ENDO-MIDCAB) compared to open offpump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB)

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- as well as dual coil ICD leads

Hemodynamic performance of 3 difference bioprothesis: SJM Trifecta vs. Sorin Mitroflow and stentless Sorin Solo

Outcome after transapical TAVI in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction comparing ballon-expandable and self-expanding prostheses

Stem cell transplantation: Are there age-dependent differences in stem cell behaviour?

Long-term results after different cerebral perfusion strategies in aortic arch surgery

Reichenspurner, H.C.K.

Effectiveness and limitation of endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: perspective from long-term results

Reinartz, M.

The Berlin experience with the first three C-Pulse^® implants in Europe

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Reinsdorf, A.

Use of the eSVS mesh during CABG: Computed tomographic evaluation after 6 months

Reiter, B.

Annuloplasty in functional mitral regurgitation and concomitant coronary heart disease: Functional and clinical outcome

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- as well as dual coil ICD leads

Hemodynamic performance of 3 difference bioprothesis: SJM Trifecta vs. Sorin Mitroflow and stentless Sorin Solo

Renner, A.

Clinical outcome in elderly patients undergoing mitral valve repair with or without tricuspid valve repair

Aortic insufficiency development in 391 patients supported with four different cf-LVADs: A single center experience

Early reoccurrence of fetal ED-A⁺ Fibronectin and B⁺ Tenascin-C splicing variants after human cardiac transplantation: potential impact for targeted therapy of chronic rejection

Renner, J.

The transaortic approach for TAVI - first results

The transaortic approach for TAVI - How we do it (video presentation)

Reser, D.

Midterm outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Reusch, F.

Emergency surgical revascularisation in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ineffective or impossible PTCA requiring intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) preoperatively

Reutemann, M.

Latissimus dorsi flap procedure and postoperative seroma development - Comparing two types of tissue glue (TissuGlu®, ARTISS) versus no tissue glue

Reuter, D.A.

Bispectral index-guided titration of sevoflurane during on-pump cardiac surgery reduces sevoflurane plasma concentration and vasopressor requirements

Reuthebuch, O.

Verification of non-inferiority of the Transapical Jenavalve TAVI compared to the Transapical Edwards Sapien TAVI

Functional assessment of different mitral valve repair philosophies in Carpentier type II posterior leaflet prolapse: Should we respect or resect?

Rex, S.

Perioperative whole blood levels of selenium in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study

Richardt, D.

Aortic valve dynamics after valve-sparing procedure with a new sinus prosthesis

Richardt, G.

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Richter, M.

Binding of ATGs to endothelial cells under in vivo conditions

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Richter, M.H.

Dedifferentiation of adult cardiomyocytes serves as a mechanism of cardiac regeneration

Richter, P.

Early reoccurrence of fetal ED-A⁺ Fibronectin and B⁺ Tenascin-C splicing variants after human cardiac transplantation: potential impact for targeted therapy of chronic rejection

Riedel, M.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy in critically ill patients - is it worth the effort?

Rieß, F.-C.

Complete arterial coronary revascularization using skeletonized bilateral mammary arteries in T-graft technique performed in on-pump or off-pump approach: Clinical results up to 13 years in 3513 patients consecutive

The Medtronic Mosaic prothesis in aortic and mitral position: Clinical perfomance in 1540 patients up to 13 years

The Medtronic Mosaic Prosthesis: Clinical performance up to 18 years

Rippinger, N.

“Blame it on the comorbidities” A 5-year follow-up of 53 chronic dialysis-dependent patients who underwent cardiac surgery

Riso, A.

An exceedingly rare coronary anomaly - right coronary artery take-off from the left ventricular outflow tract

Size matters: Longevity of valved RVOT conduits is mainly related to the conduit diameter

Risso, P.

Role of preoperative laboratory values in predicting mortality after elective CABG: a single center report including 6,436 patients

Which critical hemodynamic patients should be considered for VAD implantation?

Robbins, R.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Stem cell transplantation: Are there age-dependent differences in stem cell behaviour?

Robinsone, P.N.

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Rodriguez Cetina Biefer, H.

Mitral valve surgery; Right lateral minithoracotomy or sternotomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Roehl, A.

The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in late phase preconditioning with xenon, isoflurane and levosimendan in rat cardiac myocytes

Rohrbach, S.

Role of micro RNAs in obesity-mediated premature cardiac ageing in patients

Caloric restriction reduces sympathetic activity similar to beta-blockers but conveys additional mitochondrio-protective effects

Late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with BMI and adipokine-profiles

Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion reaction after warm vs. cold Calafiore blood cardioplegia

Caloric restriction and CB1 blockade activate AMP-activated protein kinase and mediate cardio-protection in a model of premature cardiac senescence

12-months late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with energy source and patient characteristics

Röhrig, K.

Acute decompensated aortic and mitral valve disease: Short and long-term operative outcomes

Röhrig, R.

Effect of recirculation on carbon dioxide removal and patient paCO₂ during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults - preliminary results of an observational clinical trial

Rojas, S.V.

Recover of left ventricular function following immediate coronary artery bypass grafting in myocardial infarction

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Minimally invasive left ventreicular assist device implantation with outflowgraft tunneling through the sinus transversus

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

First clinical results of the novel Heartmate II pocket controller

Rojas Hernandez, S.

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

First clinical results of the novel Heartmate II pocket controller

Rojas Hernandez, S.V.

LVAD Implantation in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

Rojas-Hernandez, S.V.

Circulatory support exceeding five years with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. Identification of positive predicators for a successful long-time VAD therapy

Röll, W.

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Cannabinoid receptor CB2 delays development of cardiac failure caused by pressure overload in a murine model of transverse aortic constriction

Site-specific positioning of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) loaded progenitors improves survival of the grafted cells and long-term myocardial function upon myocardial infarction

Romanchenko, O.

Short-term experience using Cormatrix as aortic leaflet replacement or extension in pediatric patients

Rondak, I.

Mitral valve repair with the Medtronic Profile 3D^® annuloplasty ring - a single center experience

Matched comparison of two different biological prostheses for complete supraannular aortic valve replacement

Roser, D.

Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy?

Rost, C.

Correlation of DNA, LPS-binding-protein and CD14 of periodontal microbes and cardiac tissue-preliminary results

Rotärmel, A.

Sternal bone marrow is a suitable autologous cell source for cardiac stem cell therapies

Roth, P.

Late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with BMI and adipokine-profiles

12-months late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with energy source and patient characteristics

Rothe, S.

Body Mass Index can influence Connexin 43 distribution in patients with atrial fibrillation or sinus rhythm

Roy, R.

The impact of hypoxia on heart failure-induced depression of multipotent stromal cells from bone marrow or cord blood

Decellularized amniotic membrane for support of left ventricular dynamics

Rueffer, A.

Size matters: Longevity of valved RVOT conduits is mainly related to the conduit diameter

Rueter, F.

Verification of non-inferiority of the Transapical Jenavalve TAVI compared to the Transapical Edwards Sapien TAVI

Rüffer, A.

Neonatal myocardium is more sensitive to perioperative ischemic damage than myocardium of elder children

Early results of implanted heparin-coated shunts - single center experience

Performance of stented biological valves for pulmonary valve replacement

The RVOT conduit registry: Freedom from explantation of various conduit types

Aortic arch repair in a piglet model: improved contractility with the beating-heart technique

Rühe, J.

Platelet repellent properties of hydrogel coatings on polyurethane coated glass surfaces

Ruhparwar, A.

Long-term outcome of patients with lupus erythematodes and Antiphospholipid Syndrome after cardiac valve surgery

Rupp, P.

Less inflammation by off-pump surgery? A randomized comparison to minimized extracorporeal circulation and conventional coronary bypass grafting

Which is the best coagulation management in coronary surgery? Results of a randomised study on heparin concentration versus activated clotting time and three different surgical techniques

Rupprecht, L.

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Ruschewski, W.

Long term in vivo reactions to PTFE and polyester in the cardiovascular system - what will be the fate of septal defect occlusion devices?

Russe, M.

David I valve-sparing aortic root replacement - impact of graft size and aortic downsizing on mitral valve function

Incidence and progression of mild aortic regurgitation after the David I procedure

Rüter, F.

Functional assessment of different mitral valve repair philosophies in Carpentier type II posterior leaflet prolapse: Should we respect or resect?

Rybczynskia, M.

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Rylski, B.

David I valve-sparing aortic root replacement - impact of graft size and aortic downsizing on mitral valve function

Incidence and progression of mild aortic regurgitation after the David I procedure

Rzewuska, E.

Preoperative atrial natriuretic peptide level and atrial fibrosis as predictors of outcome after epicardial ablation for atrial fibrillation

Sabashnikov, A.

Quantification of circulating endothelial cells and perioperative outcome in less invasive coronary surgery: Are Off-pump procedures superior than minimized extracorporeal circulation?

Endothelial damage as a predictive and diagnostic marker in aortic valve surgery: Automated assessment of circulating endothelial cell frequency in transcatheter aortic-valve replacement and conventional surgery

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

The eNOS 894G/T gene polymorphism and its influence on early and long-term mortality after on-pump cardiac surgery

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

The impact of using warm vs. cold blood cardioplegia in patients underwent emergent CABG procedure

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation - initial experience

Challenging treatment of an infected CircuLite Synergy micro-pump after pump thrombosis due to subtherapeutic anticoagulation therapy. Pushing the limits?

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

Sabel, I.

Transcatheter heart valve based on a synthetic matrix for tissue engineering applications

Sachs, U.

Incidence and clinical relevance of Protamine-Heparin-antibodies in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Sachweh, J.

The no-resection-technique for mitral valve repair in Barlow disease

Sachweh, J.S.

An exceedingly rare coronary anomaly - right coronary artery take-off from the left ventricular outflow tract

Size matters: Longevity of valved RVOT conduits is mainly related to the conduit diameter

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

Emergency surgical revascularisation in patients with acute myocardial infarction with ineffective or impossible PTCA requiring intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) preoperatively

Sack, F.-U.

Neurological tests and quality of life measurements in patients after minimal-invasive mitral valve surgery

Clinical and echocardiographic impact of Trifecta™ aortic bioprosthesis: an initial single-centre experience

Saeed, D.

HeartWare left ventricular assist device: Outcome in high risk INTERMACS I patients

A novel approach for perioperative extracorporeal life support implantation

Effects of ivabradine in patients with persistent sinus tachycardia early after heart transplantation

Saeed, G.

Re-rupture of calcified sinus of valsalva aneurysm 34 years after primary surgical repair

Saito, S.

Tricuspid valve surgery - should we prefer the beating heart technique?

Effect of natural killer cells on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bioartificial cardiac tissue

Different degrees of protective effect by types of fibroblasts on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in bioartificial cardiac tissue in vivo

Sakamoto, T.

Effectiveness and limitation of endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: perspective from long-term results

Sakurai, S.

Severity score for mitral valve repair in active stage infective endocarditis

Salman, J.

Donor oxygenation has no impact on postoperative outcome after lung transplantation

Extending donor criteria in lung transplantation - Donors 70 years and older

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

Pretreatment with donor alloantigen and anti-CD4-antibody 28 days befor lung transplantation leads to immunization rather than tolerance in miniature pigs

Samson-Himmelstjerna, P.

Lysis in patient with a pump thrombosis after implantation of a left ventricular assist device

Sandhaus, T.

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Sandica, E.

The RVOT conduit registry: Freedom from explantation of various conduit types

Sandkötter, J.

Persisting pleural effusion-intrauterine intervention and post partum surgical resection of a lung sequestration

Sandrio, S.

Surgical correction of recurrent rupture of congenital sinus valsalva aneurysm

Neonatal tracheal reconstruction in tracheomalacia secondary to double aortic arch

Santarpino, G.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Cost reduction and improve outcome by using sutureless prosthesis

Santelmo, N.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Santer, D.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Tenascin-C enhances fibrosis and hypertrophy during pressure overload in the mouse heart

Cardiac graft protection in the brain dead donor

Santini, F.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Saric, T.

Human myocardial extracellular matrix directs the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells toward a cardiomyocyte phenotype

Enhanced frequency of M2 polarized macrophages in peri-infarct region and attenuation of scar formation after transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells

Cardiomyocyte derived from induced pluripotent stem cells are more sensitive to ischemia then naïve cardiomyocytes

Sarikouch, S.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

First clinical results of aortic valve replacement with decellularized aortic allografts in children and adults

Aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with rapid-deployment aortic valve system: 3 years later

Sato, K.

Transcranial detection of signals (HITS/ MES) in cases with a ventricular assist device (preliminary study in Japan)

Sauer, M.

Graft failure two decades after a bentall procedure with HemiArch replacement

Sawa, Y.

Effectiveness and limitation of endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: perspective from long-term results

Schaaf, S.

Human iPS-cell-derived engineered heart tissue for cardiac repair

Schachner, T.

Arrested heart TECAB versus MIDCAB for revascularization of anterior wall. A comparative analysis of perioperative and midterm results

Schachtner, T.

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation - The next revolution in mitral valve therapy?

Schack, S.

What about the rewarming during reperfusion? Influence of hypothermic conditions on endothelial activity

Schäfer, A.

Delayed surgical therapy in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis - risk factor or not?

Schäfer, T.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy in critically ill patients - is it worth the effort?

Rhythm outcome predictors after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Ten-year single-center experience

Long-term outcome up to 10 years after concomitant ablation in cardiac surgical patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute heart failure following septic shock

Schäfer, U.

MitraClip therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation - 12 months results from the ACCESS-Europe Phase I trial

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Hybrid TAVR procedures for complex pathologies

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Schäfers, H.J.

Postoperative hemodynamic benefit of Bosentan-pretreatment for high-risk patients undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy

Schälte, G.

Successful fast track anaesthesia in left ventricular assist device implantation - it is feasible!

Schäufele, T.

Risk evaluation in transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Scheewe, J.

Modification of the Norwood procedure: Early experience with patch enlargement of the left pulmonary artery

Scheid, M.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

Schein, J.

Towards the development of a bioartificial lung - establishment of a haemocompatible endothelialisation on TiO coated gas exchange membranes

Schemm, A.

An exceedingly rare coronary anomaly - right coronary artery take-off from the left ventricular outflow tract

Scherer, M.

Driving with a drive-line: an evidence based approach of driving restriction after implantation of left ventricular assist device in end stage heart failure

Role of preoperative laboratory values in predicting mortality after elective CABG: a single center report including 6,436 patients

Which critical hemodynamic patients should be considered for VAD implantation?

Off-pump implantation of left ventricular assist device under extracorporeal life support in patients suffering from heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II

Influence of partial vs. full median sternotomy on intra- and postoperative parameters in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement

Scherner, M.

Aortic valve replacement after previous heart surgery in high-risk patients: Transapical aortic valve implantation versus conventional aortic valve replacement A risk adjusted and propensity score based analysis

Endothelial damage as a predictive and diagnostic marker in aortic valve surgery: Automated assessment of circulating endothelial cell frequency in transcatheter aortic-valve replacement and conventional surgery

History of cardiac surgery in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation is not associated with worse postoperative outcome compared to patients without previous cardiac procedures

Use of cold blood cardioplegia equalizes higher risk profile in CABG patients with acute coronary syndrome compared to warm blood cardioplegia

The impact of using warm vs. cold blood cardioplegia in patients underwent emergent CABG procedure

Impact of gender on frequency of contrast-induced nephropathy following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Schiavon, M.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Schibilsky, D.

Implications of fast recovery after left ventricular assist devices implantation

Biocompatibility profile of the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device and the centrimag adult centrifugal pump

Schiemann, M.

Identification and characterization of a postnatal Nkx2-5 enhancer positive cardiac progenitor cell population after myocardial infarction

Schiller, W.

Retrograde autologous priming (RAP) as a safe and easy method to reduce haemodilution and transfusion requirements during cardiac surgery - Comparison between RAP, standard and Miniaturised Extracorporeal Circulation -

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Schilling, T.

Tissue engineering of regenerative cardiovascular patch material based on decellularized pericardium

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Schillinger, W.

MitraClip therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation - 12 months results from the ACCESS-Europe Phase I trial

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Schimmer, C.

Epinephrine application in ischemia-reperfusion injury-induced ventricular dysfunction promotes myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction

Schipke, J.D.

Medical conversion with Vernakalant for postoperative cardio-surgical patients

Schirmer, J.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Open implantation of an Edwards Sapien 29 mm in an insufficient Medtronic Freestyle stentless biological prosthesis

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant mitral stenosis

Percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system: large single-center experience in 400 consecutive patients not amenable to surgery

Outcome after transapical TAVI in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction comparing ballon-expandable and self-expanding prostheses

Schlensak, C.

Implications of fast recovery after left ventricular assist devices implantation

Biocompatibility profile of the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device and the centrimag adult centrifugal pump

Schlingloff, F.

Hybrid TAVR procedures for complex pathologies

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

One-year results after concomitant surgical AF ablation in the era of event-recorder monitoring

Schlömicher, M.

Initial experience with the Edwards Intuity rapid deployment valve

Spinal cord ischemia following total aortic arch replacement and endovascular stenting of the descending thoracic aorta (TEVAR). Pathophysiological investigations in a porcine model

Schlüter, K.-D.

Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion reaction after warm vs. cold Calafiore blood cardioplegia

Schlüter, M.

Percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system: large single-center experience in 400 consecutive patients not amenable to surgery

Schmack, B.

Custodiol-N versus custodiol: A prospective randomized double blind multicenter phase III trial

Schmeckebier, S.

Towards the development of a bioartificial lung - establishment of a haemocompatible endothelialisation on TiO coated gas exchange membranes

Schmiady, M.

Short-term experience using Cormatrix as aortic leaflet replacement or extension in pediatric patients

Schmid, C.

124 cases of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation assisted mechanical resuscitation in non-postcardiotomy patients

Schmidt, A.

Early and midterm outcome of secondary open surgical and minimally invasive interventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Schmidt, C.

Off-pump implantation of left ventricular assist device under extracorporeal life support in patients suffering from heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II

Schmidt, J.

Persisting pleural effusion-intrauterine intervention and post partum surgical resection of a lung sequestration

Replacement of the complete posterior tracheal wall with autologous pericardium and latissimus dorsi flap after esophageal acid burn

Thoracoscopic recovery of intrapulmonary foreign bodies with intraoperative fluoroscopic assistance

Correlation of DNA, LPS-binding-protein and CD14 of periodontal microbes and cardiac tissue-preliminary results

Schmidt, K.

David I valve-sparing aortic root replacement - impact of graft size and aortic downsizing on mitral valve function

Incidence and progression of mild aortic regurgitation after the David I procedure

Outcome and quality of life following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: A single center experience

Schmidtke, C.

Phenotype of bicuspid aortic valve and management of the ascending aorta in 1362 patients

Aortic valve dynamics after valve-sparing procedure with a new sinus prosthesis

Schmidtke, J.

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Schmitt, C.

3 year results of transapical versus transfemoral TAVI in 1000 patients with severe aortic stenosis in a single center registry

Schmitto, J.D.

Recover of left ventricular function following immediate coronary artery bypass grafting in myocardial infarction

LVAD Implantation in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Circulatory support exceeding five years with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. Identification of positive predicators for a successful long-time VAD therapy

Minimally invasive left ventreicular assist device implantation with outflowgraft tunneling through the sinus transversus

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

First clinical results of the novel Heartmate II pocket controller

Schmitz, C.

Logistic EuroSCORE I can predict mid-term mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation - The next revolution in mitral valve therapy?

Schmitz, I.

Spinal cord ischemia following total aortic arch replacement and endovascular stenting of the descending thoracic aorta (TEVAR). Pathophysiological investigations in a porcine model

Schmitz, R.

Persisting pleural effusion-intrauterine intervention and post partum surgical resection of a lung sequestration

Schmoeckel, M.

Hybrid TAVR procedures for complex pathologies

Sutureless aortic valves - a word of cautione single-centre experience with the Medtronic 3f Enable™ Prosthesis

One-year results after concomitant surgical AF ablation in the era of event-recorder monitoring

Schnabel, R.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Schneeberger, Y.

CRT-implantation in elderly patients: Is there a higher perioperative risk?

Minimally invasive surgery for congenital atrial septum defects in adults

Is an upgrade to a cardiac resynchronisation therapy-ICD safe? A single center experience

Phenprocoumon in HeartWare venrticular assist device patients - a new regimen for early postoperative anticoagulation

Schneider, M.

Additional decending aorta perfusion in neonates undergoing arch reconstruction with selective cerebral perfusion

Schneider, S.R.

Which critical hemodynamic patients should be considered for VAD implantation?

Schoeneich, F.

Outcome and quality of life following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: A single center experience

Effects on antiarrhythmic and anticoagulation therapy after concomitant epicardial left atrial ablation procedure - one year results

Scholz, W.

Influence of preoperative MDCT analysis by a dedicated software on aortic insufficiency and outcome in patients after TAVI

Schönbrodt, M.

Management of pump thrombosis: Device exchange versus thrombolysis

Aortic insufficiency development in 391 patients supported with four different cf-LVADs: A single center experience

Schönburg, M.

Imaging based decision making: Outcome of patients screened for TAVI undergoing AVR due to unfavorable anatomy

Hybrid ablation of long standing persistent atrial fibrillation utilizing minimally invasive surgical and endocardial catheter approach: One year results

Schöndube, F.A.

Prognostic significance of influence of CD-31 and PDEF expression in patients with non-small-lung cancer

The eNOS 894G/T gene polymorphism and its influence on early and long-term mortality after on-pump cardiac surgery

Correlation of DNA, LPS-binding-protein and CD14 of periodontal microbes and cardiac tissue-preliminary results

Challenging treatment of an infected CircuLite Synergy micro-pump after pump thrombosis due to subtherapeutic anticoagulation therapy. Pushing the limits?

Protective effect of apigenin in a rat model of lung ischemia-reperfusion

Schönebeck, J.

Annuloplasty in functional mitral regurgitation and concomitant coronary heart disease: Functional and clinical outcome

Schöttler, J.

Short-term outcome after operative myocardial revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Outcome of total arterial versus conventional myocardial revascularization in the elderly: a single center experience

Outcome and quality of life following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: A single center experience

Short-term outcome after surgical embolectomy in pulmonary embolism: A single-center experience

Use of the eSVS mesh during CABG: Computed tomographic evaluation after 6 months

Effects on antiarrhythmic and anticoagulation therapy after concomitant epicardial left atrial ablation procedure - one year results

Schrambke, D.

Establishment of induced pluripotent stem cells from pig adipose tissue-derived fibroblasts

Detection of pluripotency gene expression and validation of true iPS cell reprogramming by fluorescent reporter probes in live cells

Schramm, R.

Logistic EuroSCORE I can predict mid-term mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation - The next revolution in mitral valve therapy?

Schranz, D.

15 years of Giessen hybrid approach to the hypoplastic left heart

Is the Ross-Konno procedure the ideal treatment of congenital complex left ventricular outflow tract obstruction?

Giant remnant of fetal circulation leading to cyanosis: Pseudo-cor triatriatum dexter

Urgent implantation of the Berlin Heart Excor biventricular assist device as a total artificial heart in a patient with single ventricle circulation

Severe Coronary artery disease in 6 years old child

Surgical treatment of thoracic and partial ectopia cordis - A case presentation

Prolonged left ventricular mechanical support in a seven-year-old patient following extensive myocardial infarction enabling myocardial recovery

Schreiber, A.

How do cardiomyocytes sense stretch? Effects of cyclic mechanical stretch on cardiomyocyte cellular organization

Schreiber, C.

Is there still a role for staged surgery in correction of complete atrioventricular septal defect?

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Schrepfer, S.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Stem cell transplantation: Are there age-dependent differences in stem cell behaviour?

Schrepper, A.

High fat diet and pressure overload: Improved contractile function but reduced survival

High fat diet and pressure overload: Relation of mitochondrial function and contractile function

Metformin treatment during cardiac pressure overload does not improve survival

Sirtuins distinguish between physiological and pathological hypertrophy

Exercise affects mitochondrial function and insulin response in skeletal muscle and fat differentially depending on genetic predisposition

Schröfel, H.

3 year results of transapical versus transfemoral TAVI in 1000 patients with severe aortic stenosis in a single center registry

Schuhbäck, A.

Eccentricity of the aortic annulus is not associated with functional impairment of the transapical Jenavalve in an in vitro hydrodynamic test model

Schuler, G.C.

Risk factors of poor outcome after surgical treatment of chronic constrictive pericarditis in a single-centre cohort

Schulz, A.

The Berlin experience with the first three C-Pulse^® implants in Europe

Schulz, U.

One-year clinical outcome in end-stage heart failure patients listed high urgent in comparison to patients receiving ventricular assist device implantation

Binding of ATGs to endothelial cells under in vivo conditions

Clinical outcome in heart transplant recipients receiving everolimus plus dosage reduction of tacrolimus

Early reoccurrence of fetal ED-A⁺ Fibronectin and B⁺ Tenascin-C splicing variants after human cardiac transplantation: potential impact for targeted therapy of chronic rejection

Comparison of Sirolimus and Everolimus in their effects on kidney function and survival in heart transplant recipients

Midterm clinical outcome in heart transplant recipients receiving thymoglobin for induction therapy

Schumacher, U.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Schurr, U.

Verification of non-inferiority of the Transapical Jenavalve TAVI compared to the Transapical Edwards Sapien TAVI

Schuster, V.

Women with ascending aorta diseases reach menopausal age earlier

Underestimated: Erectile dysfunction in patients with ascending aortic disease

Schwarzer, M.

The regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis in pathological hypertrophy - a role for Akt?

High fat diet and pressure overload: Improved contractile function but reduced survival

High fat diet and pressure overload: Relation of mitochondrial function and contractile function

Metformin treatment during cardiac pressure overload does not improve survival

Sirtuins distinguish between physiological and pathological hypertrophy

Exercise affects mitochondrial function and insulin response in skeletal muscle and fat differentially depending on genetic predisposition

Schweiger, M.

Short-term experience using Cormatrix as aortic leaflet replacement or extension in pediatric patients

Schweizer, I.

Late procedural success after ablation of atrial fibrillation correlates with BMI and adipokine-profiles

Schwoerer, A.P.

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

Schymik, G.

3 year results of transapical versus transfemoral TAVI in 1000 patients with severe aortic stenosis in a single center registry

Schymik, J.

3 year results of transapical versus transfemoral TAVI in 1000 patients with severe aortic stenosis in a single center registry

Seeburger, J.

Impact of postoperative renal failure on early and late survivial of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting - a single center experience based on 7,366 patients

Graft failure two decades after a bentall procedure with HemiArch replacement

Seidler, T.

Challenging treatment of an infected CircuLite Synergy micro-pump after pump thrombosis due to subtherapeutic anticoagulation therapy. Pushing the limits?

Seifert, B.

Midterm outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Mitral valve surgery; Right lateral minithoracotomy or sternotomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Seiffert, M.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant mitral stenosis

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

First in man combined procedure of transapical TAVI and interventional mitral valve repair by chordal replacement using the Neochord system

Percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system: large single-center experience in 400 consecutive patients not amenable to surgery

Outcome after transapical TAVI in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction comparing ballon-expandable and self-expanding prostheses

Seitz, T.

Surgical outcome of right-sided infective endocarditis (IE): Which patients for which procedure?

Selle, A.

Expression of the Hippo effectors YAP and TAZ in valvular interstitial cells from porcine aortic valves

Semper, E.

Correlation of DNA, LPS-binding-protein and CD14 of periodontal microbes and cardiac tissue-preliminary results

Seppelt, P.

Analysis of gender-specific differences in outcome of ascending aortic aneurysm surgery

Long-term outcome of patients with lupus erythematodes and Antiphospholipid Syndrome after cardiac valve surgery

Serio, D.

Apical compression stitch in patients with failing left ventricles: A new option for surgical remodelling technique

Midterm outcome after mitral valve repair and LV-remodelling in high risk patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Serrano, M.R.

Effect of recombinant-BNP-infusions on renal function following total artificial heart-implantation

Sheikhzadeha, S.

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Shijo, T.

Effectiveness and limitation of endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: perspective from long-term results

Shimamura, K.

Effectiveness and limitation of endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: perspective from long-term results

First in man combined procedure of transapical TAVI and interventional mitral valve repair by chordal replacement using the Neochord system

Shirakawa, Y.

Effectiveness and limitation of endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: perspective from long-term results

Shrestha, M.

Sternal bone marrow is a suitable autologous cell source for cardiac stem cell therapies

Aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with rapid-deployment aortic valve system: 3 years later

Siebel, A.

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Siemers, S.

Epinephrine application in ischemia-reperfusion injury-induced ventricular dysfunction promotes myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction

Siepe, M.

Short-term intervention to reduce anxiety before artery coronary bypass surgery - A randomised controlled study

David I valve-sparing aortic root replacement - impact of graft size and aortic downsizing on mitral valve function

Incidence and progression of mild aortic regurgitation after the David I procedure

Sievers, H.H.

Collagen analysis in aneurysmal ascending aorta obtained from patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease compared with tricuspid aortic valve aneurysm

Sievers, H.-H.

Phenotype of bicuspid aortic valve and management of the ascending aorta in 1362 patients

Aortic leaflet interventions for aortic valve repair: How much is too much?

Aortic valve dynamics after valve-sparing procedure with a new sinus prosthesis

Atrial fibrillation burden estimates derived from intermittent rhythm monitoring should not be used for patient follow-up or as endpoints in clinical trials

Sievert, H.

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Sigler, M.

Long term in vivo reactions to PTFE and polyester in the cardiovascular system - what will be the fate of septal defect occlusion devices?

Silaschi, M.

Trends in surgical aortic valve replacement using biological xenografts in more than 3000 consecutive cases in the TAVI era

Silber, R.-E.

RAGE influences the development of aortic valve stenosis in mice on a high fat diet

Effects of retrograde autologous priming in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Caloric restriction and CB1 blockade activate AMP-activated protein kinase and mediate cardio-protection in a model of premature cardiac senescence

Collagen analysis in aneurysmal ascending aorta obtained from patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease compared with tricuspid aortic valve aneurysm

Sill, B.

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- as well as dual coil ICD leads

Simm, A.

RAGE influences the development of aortic valve stenosis in mice on a high fat diet

Role of micro RNAs in obesity-mediated premature cardiac ageing in patients

Caloric restriction reduces sympathetic activity similar to beta-blockers but conveys additional mitochondrio-protective effects

Collagen analysis in aneurysmal ascending aorta obtained from patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease compared with tricuspid aortic valve aneurysm

Simon, A.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Simon, A.R.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

Sindermann, J.

Off-pump implantation of left ventricular assist device under extracorporeal life support in patients suffering from heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II

Sindermann, J.R.

Which critical hemodynamic patients should be considered for VAD implantation?

Siniawski, H.

The Berlin experience with the first three C-Pulse^® implants in Europe

Posterior annulus shortening increases leaflet coaptation in ischemic mitral incompetence: a new and valid technique

Siniscalchi, G.

Hemodynamic effects of new active mitral ring in treating residual regurgitation on beating heart

Re-thinking spinal blood supply of descending aortic aneurysms: intraoperative monitoring of spinal cord perfusion is essential to avoid paraplegia

Sinning, C.

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Sinning, J.-M.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Sirch, J.

Isolated CABG in patients requiring long-term dialysis

Sirry, M.

The beneficial effects of deferred delivery on the efficiency of hydrogel therapy post myocardial infarction

Skorska, A.

Epicardial Erythropoietin patch most efficiently improves myocardial regeneration and performance after infarction

Skvorc, D.

Effect of natural killer cells on induced pluripotent stem cell-derived bioartificial cardiac tissue

Slottosch, I.

Aortic valve replacement after previous heart surgery in high-risk patients: Transapical aortic valve implantation versus conventional aortic valve replacement A risk adjusted and propensity score based analysis

Use of cold blood cardioplegia equalizes higher risk profile in CABG patients with acute coronary syndrome compared to warm blood cardioplegia

Clinical outcomes after emergency CABG for coronary complications following PCI

Predictors of mortality in patients requiring IABP support after urgent CABG

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Impact of gender on frequency of contrast-induced nephropathy following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Sodian, R.

Logistic EuroSCORE I can predict mid-term mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Transcatheter mitral valve implantation - The next revolution in mitral valve therapy?

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as bridging therapy in patients with cardiomyopathy and acute decompensation

Printing of 3-dimensional models for surgical planning of complex aortic arch surgery

Soliman, A.

Implications of fast recovery after left ventricular assist devices implantation

Solovyeva, A.

Cardiopulmonary bypass in a mouse: novel small animal model

Solowjowa, N.

Mitral valve and left ventricular reverse remodeling after surgical repair of submitral left ventricular aneurysms assessed with multi-slice computed tomography

Posterior annulus shortening increases leaflet coaptation in ischemic mitral incompetence: a new and valid technique

Soltani, S.

Cable design improvements and sintering of the inflow cannula in continuous flow LVADs reduce the occurrence of life-threatening pump stops

Sommer, S.

Epinephrine application in ischemia-reperfusion injury-induced ventricular dysfunction promotes myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction

Sommer, S.-P.

Epinephrine application in ischemia-reperfusion injury-induced ventricular dysfunction promotes myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction

Sommer, W.

Donor oxygenation has no impact on postoperative outcome after lung transplantation

Extending donor criteria in lung transplantation - Donors 70 years and older

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

Pretreatment with donor alloantigen and anti-CD4-antibody 28 days befor lung transplantation leads to immunization rather than tolerance in miniature pigs

Sontag, B.

Trans-axillary (TAX) access is a valuable and safe alternative for transcutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Sperzel, J.

Clinical outcome of 955 patients treated with different lead concepts for left ventricular/CRT pacing in 5 years follow-up

Laser-based lead extraction of an accidentally left ventricular placed ICD lead

Spiliopoulos, K.

“Blame it on the comorbidities” A 5-year follow-up of 53 chronic dialysis-dependent patients who underwent cardiac surgery

Spiliopoulos, S.

Effect of recombinant-BNP-infusions on renal function following total artificial heart-implantation

Spindler, R.

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Springer, W.

Neonatal tracheal reconstruction in tracheomalacia secondary to double aortic arch

Srinivasan, S.

Electrophysiologically competent skeletal myoblast based engineered tissue constructs show cardiac-like force generation

Srndic, E.

Coronary artery revascularization with a minimized extracorporeal circulation system (MECC): The inflammatory response in comparison to conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Sromicki, J.

Mitral valve surgery; Right lateral minithoracotomy or sternotomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Stamm, C.

The impact of hypoxia on heart failure-induced depression of multipotent stromal cells from bone marrow or cord blood

Electrophysiologically competent skeletal myoblast based engineered tissue constructs show cardiac-like force generation

Human myocardial extracellular matrix directs the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells toward a cardiomyocyte phenotype

Decellularized amniotic membrane for support of left ventricular dynamics

Enhanced frequency of M2 polarized macrophages in peri-infarct region and attenuation of scar formation after transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells

Factors released by cord blood-mesenchymal stromal cells protect endothelial cells through activation of STAT3 signaling

Direct in vitro lineage reprogramming of murine fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes induces cell death

Cardiomyocyte derived from induced pluripotent stem cells are more sensitive to ischemia then naïve cardiomyocytes

Stamminger, T.

Clopidogrel preserves microvascular integrity in orthotopic tracheal transplants affected by obliterative bronchiolitis

Stanojevic, D.

Additional decending aorta perfusion in neonates undergoing arch reconstruction with selective cerebral perfusion

Starbatty, J.

Human iPS-cell-derived engineered heart tissue for cardiac repair

Starke, S.

Short-term intervention to reduce anxiety before artery coronary bypass surgery - A randomised controlled study

Stein, J.

Cable design improvements and sintering of the inflow cannula in continuous flow LVADs reduce the occurrence of life-threatening pump stops

Steinbach, S.

How do cardiomyocytes sense stretch? Effects of cyclic mechanical stretch on cardiomyocyte cellular organization

Steinhoff, G.

Microvascular alterations during surgical aortic valve replacement utilizing minimal extracorporeal circulation and conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Epicardial Erythropoietin patch most efficiently improves myocardial regeneration and performance after infarction

Steinseifer, U.

Eccentricity of the aortic annulus is not associated with functional impairment of the transapical Jenavalve in an in vitro hydrodynamic test model

Stepanenko, A.

Acoustic spectral analysis for determining pump thrombosis in the HeartWare HVAD pump

Stephens, E.H.

David I valve-sparing aortic root replacement - impact of graft size and aortic downsizing on mitral valve function

Incidence and progression of mild aortic regurgitation after the David I procedure

Stevanovic, A.

Perioperative whole blood levels of selenium in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study

Steven, D.

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Stiefel, P.

Recover of left ventricular function following immediate coronary artery bypass grafting in myocardial infarction

Stierle, U.

Phenotype of bicuspid aortic valve and management of the ascending aorta in 1362 patients

Aortic leaflet interventions for aortic valve repair: How much is too much?

Atrial fibrillation burden estimates derived from intermittent rhythm monitoring should not be used for patient follow-up or as endpoints in clinical trials

Stiller, B.

ProBNP serum levels and mRNA expression decrease after VAD implantation

Stiller, M.

Effects of retrograde autologous priming in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Stock, U.A.

Treatment with low-dose flavonoids shows protective effects on endothelial cells

Protective function of Junctional-adhesion-molecules in the rewarming process after mild hypothermia

Rewarming after cold ischemia and endothelial modulation: Role of JAMs

Stojanovic, T.

Protective effect of apigenin in a rat model of lung ischemia-reperfusion

Stoppe, C.

The effects of xenon and sevoflurane anesthesia on perioperative release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF-1α) and recruitment of immune cells in cardiac surgical patients in a randomized controlled trial

Perioperative whole blood levels of selenium in patients undergoing off-pump cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study

The role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and vascular endothelial growth factor in late phase preconditioning with xenon, isoflurane and levosimendan in rat cardiac myocytes

Levosimendan treatment influences protein kinase C epsilon and its mitochondria-associated downstream targets

Strauch, J.

Aortic valve replacement after previous heart surgery in high-risk patients: Transapical aortic valve implantation versus conventional aortic valve replacement A risk adjusted and propensity score based analysis

Initial experience with the Edwards Intuity rapid deployment valve

Impact of gender on frequency of contrast-induced nephropathy following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Spinal cord ischemia following total aortic arch replacement and endovascular stenting of the descending thoracic aorta (TEVAR). Pathophysiological investigations in a porcine model

Strauss, H.

Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy?

Strecker, T.

Surgical outcome of right-sided infective endocarditis (IE): Which patients for which procedure?

Stripling, J.

Complete arterial coronary revascularization using skeletonized bilateral mammary arteries in T-graft technique performed in on-pump or off-pump approach: Clinical results up to 13 years in 3513 patients consecutive

The Medtronic Mosaic prothesis in aortic and mitral position: Clinical perfomance in 1540 patients up to 13 years

Strüber, M.

Dectection of early thrombus formation in LVAD by accoustic fast fourier transformation (FFT) analysis. A novel approach for monitoring

Right ventricular failure in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. What kind of temporary mechanical support should we use, Levitronix or ECMO?

Lysis in patient with a pump thrombosis after implantation of a left ventricular assist device

Stubbendorff, M.

Do S100A4+ cells contribute to the development of obliterative airway disease?

Stem cell transplantation: Are there age-dependent differences in stem cell behaviour?

Stumm, M.

An exceedingly rare coronary anomaly - right coronary artery take-off from the left ventricular outflow tract

Stumpf, J.

Direct reimplantation as an alternative approach for treatment of anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery - A case series

Subbotina, I.

An exceedingly rare coronary anomaly - right coronary artery take-off from the left ventricular outflow tract

HeartWare^® Assist Device - Infections, bleedings, and thrombosis dominate morbidity and mortality

Rhythm outcome predictors after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Ten-year single-center experience

Long-term outcome up to 10 years after concomitant ablation in cardiac surgical patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)

Suc, J.

Neonatal myocardium is more sensitive to perioperative ischemic damage than myocardium of elder children

Sunavsky, J.

One-year clinical outcome in end-stage heart failure patients listed high urgent in comparison to patients receiving ventricular assist device implantation

Sündermann, S.

Aortic valve reconstruction for aortic valve insufficiency - a single center long term experience

Midterm outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Sündermann, S.H.

Mitral valve surgery; Right lateral minithoracotomy or sternotomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Syrjälä, S.O.

Perioperative single-dose VEGF-C/D inhibitor enhances cardiac allograft survival and prevents chronic rejection by regulating lymphatic endothelial cell activation

Szabó, G.

Preservation of endothelial function of vascular grafts after short-time storage and warm reperfusion with a recently developed preservation solution (Tiprotec)

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Custodiol-N versus custodiol: A prospective randomized double blind multicenter phase III trial

Szalay, Z.

Hybrid ablation of long standing persistent atrial fibrillation utilizing minimally invasive surgical and endocardial catheter approach: One year results

Takahashi, H.

Postoperative hemodynamic benefit of Bosentan-pretreatment for high-risk patients undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy

Tamura, N.

Platelet repellent properties of hydrogel coatings on polyurethane coated glass surfaces

Tandler, R.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus conventional aortic valve replacement in patients over 75 years of age - a 5 years single center experience

Surgical outcome of right-sided infective endocarditis (IE): Which patients for which procedure?

Complication rates in long-term survivors after implantation of magnetically levitated left ventricular assist devices

Tao, L.

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Taurosinov, G.

Severe Coronary artery disease in 6 years old child

Tautorat, I.

Outcome and quality of life following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: A single center experience

Tenderich, G.

Effect of recombinant-BNP-infusions on renal function following total artificial heart-implantation

Tewarie, L.

Modified chest wall reconstruction after sternum necrosis in cardiac surgery patients

Predictive value of Euroscore II as compared to intermacs levels in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device therapy

Thalmann, R.

Logistic EuroSCORE I can predict mid-term mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)

Theisinger, B.

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Theisinger, S.

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Theodoridis, K.

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Thielmann, M.

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Aortic remodeling in acute aortic dissection after frozen elephant trunk

Thiem, A.

Outcome of total arterial versus conventional myocardial revascularization in the elderly: a single center experience

Short-term outcome after surgical embolectomy in pulmonary embolism: A single-center experience

Effects on antiarrhythmic and anticoagulation therapy after concomitant epicardial left atrial ablation procedure - one year results

Thierfelder, N.

Low-flow conditioning of decellularized and re-seeded homografts in a novel pulsatile bioreactor

Thomas, P.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Thul, J.

15 years of Giessen hybrid approach to the hypoplastic left heart

Urgent implantation of the Berlin Heart Excor biventricular assist device as a total artificial heart in a patient with single ventricle circulation

Surgical treatment of thoracic and partial ectopia cordis - A case presentation

Prolonged left ventricular mechanical support in a seven-year-old patient following extensive myocardial infarction enabling myocardial recovery

Tirilomis, T.

Long term in vivo reactions to PTFE and polyester in the cardiovascular system - what will be the fate of septal defect occlusion devices?

Toka, O.

Performance of stented biological valves for pulmonary valve replacement

Tolboom, H.

Midterm outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Torikai, K.

Effectiveness and limitation of endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: perspective from long-term results

Tozzi, P.

Hemodynamic effects of new active mitral ring in treating residual regurgitation on beating heart

Re-thinking spinal blood supply of descending aortic aneurysms: intraoperative monitoring of spinal cord perfusion is essential to avoid paraplegia

Trapp, C.

Retrograde autologous priming (RAP) as a safe and easy method to reduce haemodilution and transfusion requirements during cardiac surgery - Comparison between RAP, standard and Miniaturised Extracorporeal Circulation -

Treede, H.

MitraClip therapy for degenerative mitral regurgitation - 12 months results from the ACCESS-Europe Phase I trial

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a sutureless access and closure device: 6-months results of the multi-center CE mark study

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Aortic valve calcium and transcatheter aortic valve implantation with first- and second-generation transcatheter heart valves

Open implantation of an Edwards Sapien 29 mm in an insufficient Medtronic Freestyle stentless biological prosthesis

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant mitral stenosis

Minimally invasive surgery for congenital atrial septum defects in adults

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Trends in surgical aortic valve replacement using biological xenografts in more than 3000 consecutive cases in the TAVI era

First in man combined procedure of transapical TAVI and interventional mitral valve repair by chordal replacement using the Neochord system

Percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system: large single-center experience in 400 consecutive patients not amenable to surgery

Evolution of minimally invasive mitral valve repair: Feasibility of a non-rib-spreading, fully endoscopic, mini incision technique

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Single-vessel revascularization using robotically enhanced minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (ENDO-MIDCAB) compared to open offpump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB)

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- as well as dual coil ICD leads

Outcome after transapical TAVI in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction comparing ballon-expandable and self-expanding prostheses

Trepte, C.

Bispectral index-guided titration of sevoflurane during on-pump cardiac surgery reduces sevoflurane plasma concentration and vasopressor requirements

Trescher, K.

The new St Thomas' Hospital polarized cardioplegia: improved efficacy of myocardial protection in pigs on CPB

Tenascin-C enhances fibrosis and hypertrophy during pressure overload in the mouse heart

Treskes, P.

Electrophysiologically competent skeletal myoblast based engineered tissue constructs show cardiac-like force generation

Troidl, C.

Pressure controlled vein graft flushing results in superior histological quality - a randomized trial

Troise, G.

Outcome of redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged more than 80 years: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Detrimental impact of prosthetic aortic endocarditis on early and long-term outcome: Results from a Multicenter European Initiative

Incidence and determinants of stroke after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with prior cardiac surgery: Results from the multicenter RECORD initiative

Trummer, G.

ProBNP serum levels and mRNA expression decrease after VAD implantation

Platelet function in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Tsagakis, K.

Aortic remodeling in acute aortic dissection after frozen elephant trunk

Tsanava, F.

Trifecta vs. Mitroflow: Superior hemodynamics despite equal design

Tsui, S.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Tudorache, I.

First clinical results of aortic valve replacement with decellularized aortic allografts in children and adults

Modulation of immune-mediators from donor lungs using the Organ Care System^® - a potential mechanism for improved outcome

Cardiopulmonary bypass in a mouse: novel small animal model

Donor oxygenation has no impact on postoperative outcome after lung transplantation

Extending donor criteria in lung transplantation - Donors 70 years and older

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Decellularized aortic allograft stabilized by an absorbable magnesium scaffold for substitution of the descending aorta

Tümler, K.A.

Minimally invasive implantation of left ventricular assist devices improves the outcome in INTERMACS -1 patients

Lower mortality and improved outcome following minimally invasive LVAD implantation in destination therapy patients

Tutkun, B.

Long-term results and postoperative aortic valve regurgitation outcome after repair of acute type A aortic dissection: A single-center study of 836 cases

Tzanavaros, I.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy?

Ueberfuhr, P.

Women with ascending aorta diseases reach menopausal age earlier

Underestimated: Erectile dysfunction in patients with ascending aortic disease

Uhlig, A.

Mechanical integrity of colonized homografts after stenting, crimping and perfusion

Ulbricht, U.

Short-term outcome after operative myocardial revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock

Unbehaun, A.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation combined with coronary artery stenting: A simultaneous approach

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Outcome in patients with low arithmetic risk profile

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Effects of poor left ventricular function on survival and myocardial contractility

Transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with EuroScore > 40%

Postoperative course and survival after transapical aortic valve implantation in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Transapical aortic valve implantation after previous heart surgery

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Predictors of paravalvular leakage and impact on survival in 679 patients

Transapical aortic valve implantation: Clinical outcome during learning curve and beyond

Unsöld, B.

Challenging treatment of an infected CircuLite Synergy micro-pump after pump thrombosis due to subtherapeutic anticoagulation therapy. Pushing the limits?

Unterkofler, J.

Predictive value of Euroscore II as compared to intermacs levels in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device therapy

Successful fast track anaesthesia in left ventricular assist device implantation - it is feasible!

Ussia, G.P.

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Utzenrath, M.

Eccentricity of the aortic annulus is not associated with functional impairment of the transapical Jenavalve in an in vitro hydrodynamic test model

Vahl, C.F.

Does human myocardium show a gender dependent modification of oxidative stress parameters?

Is primarily percutaneous stent implantation justified by worse outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting in obese patients?

Vahl, C.-F.

Surface modified PTFE promotes endothelial cell adhesion and simultaneously inhibits the attachment of platelets and bacteria

Combined non-thrombogenic and endothelial cell adhesive surfaces by a single step procedure

Valeske, K.

15 years of Giessen hybrid approach to the hypoplastic left heart

Is the Ross-Konno procedure the ideal treatment of congenital complex left ventricular outflow tract obstruction?

Giant remnant of fetal circulation leading to cyanosis: Pseudo-cor triatriatum dexter

Urgent implantation of the Berlin Heart Excor biventricular assist device as a total artificial heart in a patient with single ventricle circulation

Surgical treatment of thoracic and partial ectopia cordis - A case presentation

Prolonged left ventricular mechanical support in a seven-year-old patient following extensive myocardial infarction enabling myocardial recovery

van Linden, A.

Imaging based decision making: Outcome of patients screened for TAVI undergoing AVR due to unfavorable anatomy

Van Linden, A.

Challenges of diagnostic coronary angiography after TAVI procedures

Clinical outcome of 955 patients treated with different lead concepts for left ventricular/CRT pacing in 5 years follow-up

van Raemdonck, D.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Varela, A.

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Vasa-Nicotera, M.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Velz, T.

Tube-in-stent: Minimally invasive approach for tissue-engineered aortic heart valves

Veres, G.

Preservation of endothelial function of vascular grafts after short-time storage and warm reperfusion with a recently developed preservation solution (Tiprotec)

Custodiol-N versus custodiol: A prospective randomized double blind multicenter phase III trial

Vierecke, J.

Cable design improvements and sintering of the inflow cannula in continuous flow LVADs reduce the occurrence of life-threatening pump stops

Vieth, M.

Preoperative atrial natriuretic peptide level and atrial fibrosis as predictors of outcome after epicardial ablation for atrial fibrillation

Villanueva, A.

Effect of recirculation on carbon dioxide removal and patient paCO₂ during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults - preliminary results of an observational clinical trial

Vincze, D.

Matched comparison of two different biological prostheses for complete supraannular aortic valve replacement

Vogt, F.

Cost reduction and improve outcome by using sutureless prosthesis

Vöhringer, M.

Risk evaluation in transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Volk, H.-D.

Stem cell transplantation: Are there age-dependent differences in stem cell behaviour?

Vollmar, B.

Microvascular alterations during surgical aortic valve replacement utilizing minimal extracorporeal circulation and conventional cardiopulmonary bypass

Vomend, A.

Neurological tests and quality of life measurements in patients after minimal-invasive mitral valve surgery

von Aspern, K.

Vertebral body erosion in a 27-year old female 12 years after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Graft failure two decades after a bentall procedure with HemiArch replacement

Bicuspidalization of the native tricuspid Aortic Valve: A new experimental model to isolate the effect of altered 'Flow-Architecture' on Ascending/Root Disease

Aortic root replacement in the very old patient - is reluctance justified?

Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring of the collateral network to detect spinal cord malperfusion during and after thoracoabdominal aortic repair: A clinical update

von Kodolitsch, Y.

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

von Samson-Himmelstjerna, P.

Dectection of early thrombus formation in LVAD by accoustic fast fourier transformation (FFT) analysis. A novel approach for monitoring

Right ventricular failure in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. What kind of temporary mechanical support should we use, Levitronix or ECMO?

von Strachwitz, K.

Primary cardiac tumours in infants and children: surgical strategy and long-term outcome

Voss, B.

Mitral valve repair with the Medtronic Profile 3D^® annuloplasty ring - a single center experience

Early hemodynamic performance of the complete supraannular Trifecta aortic valve bioprosthesis - a single-center experience in a series of 608 patients

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Matched comparison of two different biological prostheses for complete supraannular aortic valve replacement

Wagner, A.

Incidence and clinical relevance of Protamine-Heparin-antibodies in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Wagner, F.

Annuloplasty in functional mitral regurgitation and concomitant coronary heart disease: Functional and clinical outcome

Custodiol-N versus custodiol: A prospective randomized double blind multicenter phase III trial

Wagner, F.M.

Does the new 3D tricuspid ring improve outcome after tricuspid valve reconstruction (TVR)?

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as rescue therapy in critically ill patients - is it worth the effort?

Prostaglandin E2 does not attenuate adrenergic-induced cardiac contractile response

Rhythm outcome predictors after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Ten-year single-center experience

Long-term outcome up to 10 years after concomitant ablation in cardiac surgical patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)

Atrial ablation in combined mitral and tricuspid valve surgery - associated with increased pacemaker implantation rate?

Wahl, G.

The Medtronic Mosaic Prosthesis: Clinical performance up to 18 years

Wahlers, T.

Quantification of circulating endothelial cells and perioperative outcome in less invasive coronary surgery: Are Off-pump procedures superior than minimized extracorporeal circulation?

Aortic valve replacement after previous heart surgery in high-risk patients: Transapical aortic valve implantation versus conventional aortic valve replacement A risk adjusted and propensity score based analysis

Endothelial damage as a predictive and diagnostic marker in aortic valve surgery: Automated assessment of circulating endothelial cell frequency in transcatheter aortic-valve replacement and conventional surgery

History of cardiac surgery in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation is not associated with worse postoperative outcome compared to patients without previous cardiac procedures

Use of cold blood cardioplegia equalizes higher risk profile in CABG patients with acute coronary syndrome compared to warm blood cardioplegia

Electrophysiologically competent skeletal myoblast based engineered tissue constructs show cardiac-like force generation

The impact of using warm vs. cold blood cardioplegia in patients underwent emergent CABG procedure

Clinical outcomes after emergency CABG for coronary complications following PCI

Predictors of mortality in patients requiring IABP support after urgent CABG

Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation - initial experience

Enhanced frequency of M2 polarized macrophages in peri-infarct region and attenuation of scar formation after transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Impact of gender on frequency of contrast-induced nephropathy following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Waidelich, R.

Underestimated: Erectile dysfunction in patients with ascending aortic disease

Wald, D.

Computer-assisted mitral valve measurement using an optical tracking system - a new approach for planning of mitral valve reconstructions

Waldmann, K.-H.

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Waldmann-Beushausen, R.

Prognostic significance of influence of CD-31 and PDEF expression in patients with non-small-lung cancer

Correlation of DNA, LPS-binding-protein and CD14 of periodontal microbes and cardiac tissue-preliminary results

Protective effect of apigenin in a rat model of lung ischemia-reperfusion

Waldow, T.

Testing long term performance of murine aortic allografts after cold storage in TiProtec^®

Expression of the Hippo effectors YAP and TAZ in valvular interstitial cells from porcine aortic valves

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients with history of prior myocardial infarction undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting

Walk, J.

Size matters: Longevity of valved RVOT conduits is mainly related to the conduit diameter

Walker, T.

Biocompatibility profile of the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device and the centrimag adult centrifugal pump

Walle, U.

Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy?

Walther, M.

Preoperative stroke in infective endocarditis neither independently affects mortality nor should it affect timing of surgery

Trifecta vs. Mitroflow: Superior hemodynamics despite equal design

Walther, T.

Pressure controlled vein graft flushing results in superior histological quality - a randomized trial

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a sutureless access and closure device: 6-months results of the multi-center CE mark study

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Imaging based decision making: Outcome of patients screened for TAVI undergoing AVR due to unfavorable anatomy

Dedifferentiation of adult cardiomyocytes serves as a mechanism of cardiac regeneration

Challenges of diagnostic coronary angiography after TAVI procedures

Hybrid ablation of long standing persistent atrial fibrillation utilizing minimally invasive surgical and endocardial catheter approach: One year results

Clinical outcome of 955 patients treated with different lead concepts for left ventricular/CRT pacing in 5 years follow-up

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Laser-based lead extraction of an accidentally left ventricular placed ICD lead

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Wanke, R.

RNase: A possible adjuvant in transplantation?

Wannaku, S.

Analysis of gender-specific differences in outcome of ascending aortic aneurysm surgery

Warnecke, G.

Modulation of immune-mediators from donor lungs using the Organ Care System^® - a potential mechanism for improved outcome

Cardiopulmonary bypass in a mouse: novel small animal model

Donor oxygenation has no impact on postoperative outcome after lung transplantation

Extending donor criteria in lung transplantation - Donors 70 years and older

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

The INSPIRE international lung trial with the organ care system technology (OCS™) - interim report

Pretreatment with donor alloantigen and anti-CD4-antibody 28 days befor lung transplantation leads to immunization rather than tolerance in miniature pigs

Warnecke, H.

Dedifferentiation of adult cardiomyocytes serves as a mechanism of cardiac regeneration

Cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation - A (mal)adaptive response to hypoxia

Watanabe, Y.

Effectiveness and limitation of endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: perspective from long-term results

Weber, S.

Printing of 3-dimensional models for surgical planning of complex aortic arch surgery

Weiler, H.

Surface modified PTFE promotes endothelial cell adhesion and simultaneously inhibits the attachment of platelets and bacteria

Combined non-thrombogenic and endothelial cell adhesive surfaces by a single step procedure

Weimar, T.

Hybrid endovascular prosthesis in complex thoracic aortic disease: A tool that really matters or just a toy?

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Weinberger, F.

Human iPS-cell-derived engineered heart tissue for cardiac repair

Weinreich, T.

Right lateral mini-thoracotomy as standard approach for procedures apart from mitral valve surgery: a 4-year experience with 361 patients

Tricuspid valve surgery in high risk patients: A single institutional experience with the technique of minimally invasive surgery via right mini-thoracotomy

Simple technique of repair for Barlow symdrome with minimally invasive approach; primary experience with 22 patients

Weiss, S.

ProBNP serum levels and mRNA expression decrease after VAD implantation

Wellnhofer, E.

Extended donor criteria in heart transplantation: 4-year results of the experience with the Organ Care system

Welp, H.

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Influence of partial vs. full median sternotomy on intra- and postoperative parameters in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement

Welp, H. A.

Driving with a drive-line: an evidence based approach of driving restriction after implantation of left ventricular assist device in end stage heart failure

Welte, T.

Prediction of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome-free survival after two years according to frequencies of regulatory T cells early after lung transplantation

Welz, A.

Retrograde autologous priming (RAP) as a safe and easy method to reduce haemodilution and transfusion requirements during cardiac surgery - Comparison between RAP, standard and Miniaturised Extracorporeal Circulation -

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Cannabinoid receptor CB2 delays development of cardiac failure caused by pressure overload in a murine model of transverse aortic constriction

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Site-specific positioning of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) loaded progenitors improves survival of the grafted cells and long-term myocardial function upon myocardial infarction

Wendel, H.-P.

Biocompatibility profile of the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device and the centrimag adult centrifugal pump

Wendland, A.-L.

In-vivo testing of decellularized xenogenic heart valves matrices on a juvenile sheep model

Wendt, D.

Surgical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a current report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia surgical myocardial infarction registry

Aortic remodeling in acute aortic dissection after frozen elephant trunk

Weng, Y.

Mitral valve and left ventricular reverse remodeling after surgical repair of submitral left ventricular aneurysms assessed with multi-slice computed tomography

Wernecke, K.-D.

Delayed surgical therapy in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis - risk factor or not?

Werner, A.

Identification and characterization of a postnatal Nkx2-5 enhancer positive cardiac progenitor cell population after myocardial infarction

MZF1 is differentially expressed in human cardiac tissue of different age and c-KIT⁺ progenitor cells in the human adult heart

Detection of pluripotency gene expression and validation of true iPS cell reprogramming by fluorescent reporter probes in live cells

Exogenous Mesp1 expression induces a cardiac progenitor fate

Werner, C.

Persisting pleural effusion-intrauterine intervention and post partum surgical resection of a lung sequestration

Metformin treatment during cardiac pressure overload does not improve survival

Exercise affects mitochondrial function and insulin response in skeletal muscle and fat differentially depending on genetic predisposition

Werner, N.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Westenfeld, R.

HeartWare left ventricular assist device: Outcome in high risk INTERMACS I patients

Effects of ivabradine in patients with persistent sinus tachycardia early after heart transplantation

Westhofen, F.S.

Evolution of minimally invasive mitral valve repair: Feasibility of a non-rib-spreading, fully endoscopic, mini incision technique

Westhoff-Bleck, M.

Mid-term results after repair of Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA): Takeuchi repair vs coronary transfer

Weyand, M.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus conventional aortic valve replacement in patients over 75 years of age - a 5 years single center experience

Microvascular integrity plays a role in graft survival after skin transplantation

Coronary revascularization prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Patient characteristics and influence on outcome

Clopidogrel preserves microvascular integrity in orthotopic tracheal transplants affected by obliterative bronchiolitis

Surgical outcome of right-sided infective endocarditis (IE): Which patients for which procedure?

Complication rates in long-term survivors after implantation of magnetically levitated left ventricular assist devices

Preoperative atrial natriuretic peptide level and atrial fibrosis as predictors of outcome after epicardial ablation for atrial fibrillation

Weymann, A.

Preservation of endothelial function of vascular grafts after short-time storage and warm reperfusion with a recently developed preservation solution (Tiprotec)

Custodiol-N versus custodiol: A prospective randomized double blind multicenter phase III trial

Whitlock, R.P.

Rationale and trial design of the Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study (LAAOS III)

Widder, J.D.

Percutaneous MitraClip therapy: Early and one year results from the ACCESS-EU prospective, multicenter, non randomized post-approval study in Europe

Wiebe, K.

Persisting pleural effusion-intrauterine intervention and post partum surgical resection of a lung sequestration

Replacement of the complete posterior tracheal wall with autologous pericardium and latissimus dorsi flap after esophageal acid burn

Thoracoscopic recovery of intrapulmonary foreign bodies with intraoperative fluoroscopic assistance

Wiedemann, M.

Clinical and echocardiographic impact of Trifecta™ aortic bioprosthesis: an initial single-centre experience

Wiegmann, B.

Modulation of immune-mediators from donor lungs using the Organ Care System^® - a potential mechanism for improved outcome

Miniaturization of the Organ Care System^® into rat lungs for the establishment of ex-vivo therapy

Towards the development of a bioartificial lung - establishment of a haemocompatible endothelialisation on TiO coated gas exchange membranes

Wiewrodt, R.

Replacement of the complete posterior tracheal wall with autologous pericardium and latissimus dorsi flap after esophageal acid burn

Wilbring, M.

Ring assessment and sizing aspects for transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring procedures: An ex-vivo series

Transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring procedures: Ring assessment, sizing and initial clinical outcome of a case series

Early onset valve thrombosis due to insufficient anticoagulation therapy after transapical valve-in-valve TAVI for failed mitral bioprosthesis

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a repositionable second-generation device: Initial clinical results and further follow-up of patients treated with the JenaValve™

Aortic valve replacement with the Sorin Freedom SOLO bioprosthesis: Initial results and 2-years of follow-up

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of aortic regurgitation - initial German experience

Initial and mid-term follow-up of patients with concomitant moderate or more severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Smooth muscle cell derived adiponectin and its role in storage induced vascular dysfunction

Direct reimplantation as an alternative approach for treatment of anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery - A case series

Call for concomitant ablation: Native course of preexisting persistent atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduce the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients with history of prior myocardial infarction undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting

Wilde, S.

Development of a risk score predicting 1-year mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Wilgusch, J.

Bispectral index-guided titration of sevoflurane during on-pump cardiac surgery reduces sevoflurane plasma concentration and vasopressor requirements

Wilke, I.

CRT-implantation in elderly patients: Is there a higher perioperative risk?

Is an upgrade to a cardiac resynchronisation therapy-ICD safe? A single center experience

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Wilkens, H.

Postoperative hemodynamic benefit of Bosentan-pretreatment for high-risk patients undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy

Willems, S.

CRT-implantation in elderly patients: Is there a higher perioperative risk?

Rhythm outcome predictors after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Ten-year single-center experience

Is an upgrade to a cardiac resynchronisation therapy-ICD safe? A single center experience

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Ventricular arrhythmia in patients with FBN1 gene mutations

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- as well as dual coil ICD leads

Winkel, S.

Complete arterial coronary revascularization using skeletonized bilateral mammary arteries in T-graft technique performed in on-pump or off-pump approach: Clinical results up to 13 years in 3513 patients consecutive

The Medtronic Mosaic prothesis in aortic and mitral position: Clinical perfomance in 1540 patients up to 13 years

Winkler, B.

Functional assessment of different mitral valve repair philosophies in Carpentier type II posterior leaflet prolapse: Should we respect or resect?

Wintermantel, E.

Low-flow conditioning of decellularized and re-seeded homografts in a novel pulsatile bioreactor

Influence of different fixatives on the mechanical properties of cell-seeded scaffolds

Transcatheter heart valve based on a synthetic matrix for tissue engineering applications

Wippermann, J.

Aortic valve replacement after previous heart surgery in high-risk patients: Transapical aortic valve implantation versus conventional aortic valve replacement A risk adjusted and propensity score based analysis

Impact of gender on frequency of contrast-induced nephropathy following transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Witt, W.

Expression of the Hippo effectors YAP and TAZ in valvular interstitial cells from porcine aortic valves

Wittwer, T.

Quantification of circulating endothelial cells and perioperative outcome in less invasive coronary surgery: Are Off-pump procedures superior than minimized extracorporeal circulation?

Endothelial damage as a predictive and diagnostic marker in aortic valve surgery: Automated assessment of circulating endothelial cell frequency in transcatheter aortic-valve replacement and conventional surgery

The impact of using warm vs. cold blood cardioplegia in patients underwent emergent CABG procedure

Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation - initial experience

Wolf, I.

Computer-assisted mitral valve measurement using an optical tracking system - a new approach for planning of mitral valve reconstructions

Wolters, H.

Replacement of the complete posterior tracheal wall with autologous pericardium and latissimus dorsi flap after esophageal acid burn

Wondraschek, R.

3 year results of transapical versus transfemoral TAVI in 1000 patients with severe aortic stenosis in a single center registry

Wottke, M.

Early hemodynamic performance of the complete supraannular Trifecta aortic valve bioprosthesis - a single-center experience in a series of 608 patients

Twenty-seven-year experience with the St. Jude Medical Biocor™ bioprosthesis in the aortic position

Wu, S.

Exogenous Mesp1 expression induces a cardiac progenitor fate

Wu, S.M.

Identification and characterization of a postnatal Nkx2-5 enhancer positive cardiac progenitor cell population after myocardial infarction

Würth, A.

3 year results of transapical versus transfemoral TAVI in 1000 patients with severe aortic stenosis in a single center registry

Yakobus, Y.

RAGE influences the development of aortic valve stenosis in mice on a high fat diet

Yamazaki, K.

Transcranial detection of signals (HITS/ MES) in cases with a ventricular assist device (preliminary study in Japan)

Yan, J.Y.

Collagen analysis in aneurysmal ascending aorta obtained from patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease compared with tricuspid aortic valve aneurysm

Yard, B.

N-octanoyl dopamine donor treatment in a brain death model in rats improves both donor and graft left ventricular function after heart transplantation

Yerebakan, C.

15 years of Giessen hybrid approach to the hypoplastic left heart

Is the Ross-Konno procedure the ideal treatment of congenital complex left ventricular outflow tract obstruction?

Giant remnant of fetal circulation leading to cyanosis: Pseudo-cor triatriatum dexter

Urgent implantation of the Berlin Heart Excor biventricular assist device as a total artificial heart in a patient with single ventricle circulation

Surgical treatment of thoracic and partial ectopia cordis - A case presentation

Prolonged left ventricular mechanical support in a seven-year-old patient following extensive myocardial infarction enabling myocardial recovery

Yeter, R.

Extended donor criteria in heart transplantation: 4-year results of the experience with the Organ Care system

Yildirim, Y.

Prostaglandin E2 does not attenuate adrenergic-induced cardiac contractile response

Development of recipient-matched engineered heart tissue using 3D printing

Development of a retrograde flow inhibition device in continues flow VAD for emergency rescue

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute heart failure following septic shock

First clinical experience with combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- as well as dual coil ICD leads

Yilmaz, E.

Medical conversion with Vernakalant for postoperative cardio-surgical patients

Yilmaz, M.

Is early surgical treatment for infective endocarditis superior to conservative approach?

Zacher, M.

No risk of female sex in a randomized population of patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery

Atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing on-pump or off-pump coronary surgery - lessons learned from GOPCABE

Zaltsberg, S.

Hybrid ablation of long standing persistent atrial fibrillation utilizing minimally invasive surgical and endocardial catheter approach: One year results

Zaradzki, M.

Long-term outcome of patients with lupus erythematodes and Antiphospholipid Syndrome after cardiac valve surgery

Zayat, R.

Modified chest wall reconstruction after sternum necrosis in cardiac surgery patients

Zenker, D.

Challenging treatment of an infected CircuLite Synergy micro-pump after pump thrombosis due to subtherapeutic anticoagulation therapy. Pushing the limits?

Zeriouh, M.

The impact of using warm vs. cold blood cardioplegia in patients underwent emergent CABG procedure

Mesenchymal stem cell pretreatment of non-heart-beating-donors in experimental lung transplantation - initial experience

Zgudziak, P.

Exogenous Mesp1 expression induces a cardiac progenitor fate

Ziebolz, D.

Correlation of DNA, LPS-binding-protein and CD14 of periodontal microbes and cardiac tissue-preliminary results

Ziebura, D.

Spinal cord ischemia following total aortic arch replacement and endovascular stenting of the descending thoracic aorta (TEVAR). Pathophysiological investigations in a porcine model

Ziegelhoeffer, T.

Clinical outcome of 955 patients treated with different lead concepts for left ventricular/CRT pacing in 5 years follow-up

Risk factors for intra-operative defibrillation testshock failure in a multivariante analysis of 4572 consecutive patients

Laser-based lead extraction of an accidentally left ventricular placed ICD lead

Zieger, B.

Platelet repellent properties of hydrogel coatings on polyurethane coated glass surfaces

Platelet function in patients with left ventricular assist devices

Ziegler, P.

How accurate does the clinical classification of atrial fibrillation severity reflect its temporal persistence: Insights from 1195 patients continuously monitored with implantable devices?

Atrial fibrillation burden estimates derived from intermittent rhythm monitoring should not be used for patient follow-up or as endpoints in clinical trials

Zientara, A.

Extracorporal membrane oxygenation: Perioperative support reduces the operative risk for post infarction ventricular septal defect

Tricuspid valve repair in patients with mild-to-moderate tricuspid regurgitation undergoing mitral valve repair/replacement improves in-hospital outcome

New clip remover device to prepare saphenous vein graft for coronary bypass grafting

Rare Finegoldia magna-Endocarditis leads to an early Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending Aorta compressing the left main stem

Zierer, A.

Thromboelastometie overestimate the need for hemostatic agents

Apical compression stitch in patients with failing left ventricles: A new option for surgical remodelling technique

Neurologic outcome following axillary artery versus classic aortic cannulation in high risk patients: Preliminary results from a prospective randomized study

Protective function of Junctional-adhesion-molecules in the rewarming process after mild hypothermia

Zießnitz, N.

Dectection of early thrombus formation in LVAD by accoustic fast fourier transformation (FFT) analysis. A novel approach for monitoring

Zilkens, K.

Sirtuins distinguish between physiological and pathological hypertrophy

Zilla, P.

The beneficial effects of deferred delivery on the efficiency of hydrogel therapy post myocardial infarction

Zimmer, A.

Activation of endocannabinoid system is associated with persistent inflammation in human aortic aneurysm

Cannabinoid receptor CB2 delays development of cardiac failure caused by pressure overload in a murine model of transverse aortic constriction

Zimmermann, K.

Site-specific positioning of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) loaded progenitors improves survival of the grafted cells and long-term myocardial function upon myocardial infarction

Zimmermann, N.

Computer-assisted mitral valve measurement using an optical tracking system - a new approach for planning of mitral valve reconstructions

Analysis of gender-specific differences in outcome of ascending aortic aneurysm surgery

Zimmermann, S.

Aortic valve replacement in elderly patients with rapid-deployment aortic valve system: 3 years later

Zimmermann, W.H.

Development of recipient-matched engineered heart tissue using 3D printing

Zimmermann, W.-H.

Enhanced Ca²⁺ influx through cardiac L-type Ca²⁺ channels maintains the systolic Ca²⁺ transient in early cardiac atrophy induced by mechanical unloading

Zipfel, B.

Branched and fenestrated stent grafts - a reasonable option for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Zittermann, A.

Clinical outcome in elderly patients undergoing mitral valve repair with or without tricuspid valve repair

One-year clinical outcome in end-stage heart failure patients listed high urgent in comparison to patients receiving ventricular assist device implantation

Clinical outcome in heart transplant recipients receiving everolimus plus dosage reduction of tacrolimus

Comparison of Sirolimus and Everolimus in their effects on kidney function and survival in heart transplant recipients

Midterm clinical outcome in heart transplant recipients receiving thymoglobin for induction therapy

Zohlnhöfer-Momm, D.

Decellularized amniotic membrane for support of left ventricular dynamics

Zuckermann, A.

Cardiac graft protection in the brain dead donor

Zurfluh, S.

Verification of non-inferiority of the Transapical Jenavalve TAVI compared to the Transapical Edwards Sapien TAVI

Zych, B.

Effect of long-term afterload reduction on right ventricular function in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation: Resurrection of the right?

CentriMag short-term ventricular assist device as a bridge to decision in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Minimally invasive lung transplantation at Harefield Hospital: A novel strategy in the UK

Outcomes in patients undergoing HeartMate II vs Heartware left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation

Risk factors predictive of therapy refractory right ventricular failure after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Does extent of donor smoking impact mid-term outcomes after lung transplantation?

Outcomes after cardiac transplantation using organ care system in extended criteria donors and high risk recipients

Özpeker, C.U.

Management of pump thrombosis: Device exchange versus thrombolysis

Aortic insufficiency development in 391 patients supported with four different cf-LVADs: A single center experience