The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Category: 2902–0303202049th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery01Wiesbaden

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Issue S 01/2020

  • Weber, A.; Schmidt, V.; Leuders, P.; Pfaff, M.; Hesse, J.; Schrader, J.; Lichtenberg, A.; Akhyari, P.:

    Dysregulation of ATPases Promotes the Degeneration of Aortic Valves

  • Jenke, A.; Kistner, J.; Yazdanyar, M.; Lichtenberg, A.; Akhyari, P.:

    The Small Molecule Drug Pirfenidone Attenuates Fibrosis and Calcification in Cell and Tissue Culture Models of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

  • Feirer, N.; Dieterlen, M. T.; Klaeske, K.; Kiefer, P.; Ossmann, S.; Salameh, A.; Borger, M.; Hoyer, A.:

    Impact of Custodial-N Cardioplegia on Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiopulmonary Bypass

  • Gollmann-Tepeköylü, C.; Graber, M.; Pölzl, L.; Nägele, F.; Hirsch, J.; Bonaros, N.; Grimm, M.; Schneeberger, S.; Resch, T.; Holfeld, J.:

    RNA Release Triggers Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Cardiac Transplantation

  • Alhussini, K.; Sales, V.; Benitez Cristaldo, R.; Penov, K.; Madrahimov, N.; Radakovic, D.; Magyar, A.; Hassan, M.; Leyh, R.; Bening, C.:

    Comparison of Half Relaxation Time and Peak Force of Intact Muscle Fibers of Elective CABG Patients with Diastolic Dysfunction Grade I–III

  • Lahm, H.; Dreßen, M.; Beck, N.; Doppler, S.; Lange, R.; Krane, M.:

    MYBPHL Plasma Levels Are Increased after Induced Atrial Damage

  • Guo, Y.; Korkmaz-Icöz, S.; Jiang, W.; Brlecic, P.; Radovits, T.; Brune, M.; Yard, B.; Karck, M.; Loganathan, S.; Szabó, G.:

    N-Octanoyl Dopamine Is Superior to Dopamine in Protecting Graft Contractile Function when Administered to the Heart Transplant Recipients from Brain-Dead Donors

  • Pallos, L. K.; Dietrich, J. M.; Simon, A.; Carls, E.; Matthey, M.; Fleischmann, B. K.; Wenzel, D.; Roell, W.:

    Characterization of a Pulmonary Hypertension Model Caused by Left Heart Disease in Mouse

  • Korkmaz-Icöz, S.; Akca, D.; Shiliang, L.; Loganathan, S.; Brlecic, P.; Ruppert, M.; Brune, M.; Radovits, T.; Karck, M.; Szabó, G.:

    Left-Ventricular Hypertrophy in 18-Month-Old Donor Hearts Was Not Associated with Graft Dysfunction in the Early Phase of Reperfusion after Cardiac Transplantation: Gene Expression Profiling

  • Carls, E.; Kurts, C.; Fleischmann, B. K.; Roell, W.:

    Time Course of the Immune Response in Three Different Experimental Myocardial Infarction Models

  • Deuse, T.; Hu, X.; Gravina, A.; Wang, D.; Tediashvili, G.; Reichenspurner, H.; Davis, M. M.; Lanier, L. L.; Schrepfer, S.:

    Hypoimmunogenic Derivatives of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Evade Immune Rejection in Fully Immunocompetent Allogeneic Recipients

  • Zhou, P.; Guo, Y.; Loganathan, S.; Radovits, T.; Brlecic, P.; Ruppert, M.; Sayour, A. A.; Karck, M.; Korkmaz-Icöz, S.; Szabó, G.:

    Conditioned Medium from Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reduced Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction in Rats’ Vascular Grafts

  • Schröter, F.; Kuehnel, R. U.; Hartrumpf, M.; Ostovar, R.; Albes, J.:

    Valve in Valve in Rapid Deployment Valves

  • Schlömicher, M.; Haldenwang, P.; Naraghi, H.; Useini, D.; Moustafine, V.; Bechtel, M.; Strauch, J.:

    Conduction Disorders Associated with Rapid Deployment AVR

  • van Kampen, A.; Meyer, A.; Kiefer, P.; Sündermann, S. H.; Van Praet, K.; Hommel, M.; Falk, V.; Kempfert, J.:

    Right Anterolateral Thoracotomy versus Full Sternotomy for Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement: A Dual-Center Propensity Score Matched Analysis

  • Guzman, J.; Bauernschmitt, R.; Grunebaum, J. P.; Sodian, R.:

    Transfemoral Self-Expanding TAVI to Treat Severe AI after Valve-Sparing David Operation

  • König, F.; Kramer, A.; Grab, M.; Mehilli, J.; Hagl, C.; Thierfelder, N.:

    Simulation of TAVI in Patient-Specific Testing Inserts at Physiologic Flow Conditions

  • Silaschi, M.; Eckert, L.; Hofmann, B.; Oezkur, M.; Charitos, E.; Sedding, D.; Treede, H.:

    Durability of Transcatheter Aortic Valves Beyond 5 Years: A Retrospective Single-Center Analysis

  • Polat, E.; Müller, C.; Sinani, L.; Neumann-Schniedewind, P.; Peterss, S.; Juchem, G.; Pichlmaier, M.; Hagl, C.:

    Long-Term Durability and Valve Integrity of Aortic Valve Bioprostheses: Single-Center Experience with Patients under 50 Years of Age

  • von Aspern, K.; Bianchi, E.; Haunschild, J.; Misfeld, M.; Mohr, F. W.; Borger, M.; Etz, C.:

    Is Concomitant Septal Myectomy during Aortic Valve Replacement Associated with an Increase in Adverse Events? A Single-Center Comparative Study

  • Christ, T.; Borck, R.; Falk, V.; Grubitzsch, H.:

    Propensity-Matched Long-Term Analysis of Mechanical versus Stentless Bioprostheses for Aortic Valve Replacement in Younger Patients

  • Rösch, R. M.; Dohle, D. S.; Buschmann, K.; Brendel, L.; Vahl, C. F.:

    Surgery in Patients following Infective Endocarditis after Primary TAVI Procedure: A Single-Center Series

  • von Stumm, M.; Sequeira Gross, T. M.; Böhm, J.; Reichenspurner, H.; Girdauskas, E.:

    Anticoagulation-Related Complications after an Isolated Mitral Valve Repair

  • El-Sayed Ahmad, A.; Salamate, S.; Amer, M.; Sirat, S.; Akhavuz, Ö.; Bakhtiary, F.:

    First Experiences with MANTA Vascular Closure Device in Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery

  • Wilbring, M.; Matschke, K.; Kappert, U.:

    No Visible Scars LVAD Implantation

  • Zhigalov, K.; Alofesh, A.; Easo, J.; Eichstaedt, H.; Ennker, J.; Weymann, A.:

    Clinical Outcomes of Venoarterial Extracorporeal Life Support in 462 Patients: Single-Center Experience

  • Mehmet, S.; Rohrbach, S.; Oswald, I.; Denke, M.; Weiss, B.; Uhlich, H.; Mayer, K.; Böning, A.; Niemann, B.:

    Influence of Nutrition on the Short- and Long-Term Outcome after ECLS and ECMO Therapy

  • Fleissner, F.; Mogaldea, A.; Rümke, S.; Salman, J.; Haverich, A.; Kühn, C.:

    Next Level ECLS-Assisted Transport: Venoarterial Support

  • Zipfel, S.; Reiter, B.; Barten, M.; Becher, M.; Lubos, E.; Söffker, G.; Westermann, D.; Kluge, S.; Reichenspurner, H.; Bernhardt, A.:

    Impella 5.0 Treatment as a Bridge-to-Decision Option after Extracorporeal Life Support in Patients with Unclear Neurologic Outcome

  • Madrahimov, N.; Bening, C.; Alhussini, K.; Sales, V.; Radakovic, D.; Penov, K.; Benitez Cristaldo, R.; Magyar, A.; Hoffmann, J.; Leyh, R.:

    The Potential Role of Magnetorheological Elastomers as “Smart Materials” in the Future Design of the Artificial Heart and Circulatory Support

  • Buchholz, S.; Rosenthal, L. L.; Von Samson-Himmelstjerna, P.; Haas, N.; Hörer, J.; Hagl, C.; Michel, S.:

    Bridging Patients in Cardiogenic Shock with the Berlin Heart Excor Biventricular Assist Device to Heart Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience

  • Westhofen, S.; Bernhardt, A.; Sadeq, A.; Reichenspurner, H.; Barten, M.:

    Cardiac Reverse Remodeling in Mechanically Unloaded Hearts: Analysis of Gender-Specific Differences

  • Klaeske, K.; Dieterlen, M. T.; Eifert, S.; Sieg, F.; Wittke, J.; Garbade, J.; Jawad, K.; Borger, M.; Meyer, A.:

    Impaired Platelet Activation in Patients after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

  • Madrahimov, N.; Alhussini, K.; Sales, V.; Radakovic, D.; Penov, K.; Benitez Cristaldo, R.; Hoffmann, J.; Hassan, M.; Leyh, R.; Bening, C.:

    First-Ever Built Magnetically Driven Micropump Using 3D Technology for VAD and ECMO Studies in a Mouse Model

  • Schrage, B.; Dabboura, S.; Yan, I.; Hilal, R.; Becher, M.; Bernhardt, A.; Kluge, S.; Reichenspurner, H.; Blankenberg, S.; Westermann, D.:

    Validation of the SCAI Cardiogenic Shock Classification in 1,039 Patients Presenting with Cardiogenic Shock

  • Joskowiak, D.; Meyer, A.; Lühr, M.; Kamla, C.; Peterss, S.; Juchem, G.; Hagl, C.:

    Long-Term Survival and Quality of Life of Patients with Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay: Fate of the Survivors

  • Hassan, K.; Stoeck, M.; Brüning, T.; Bein, B.; Caspary, M.; Schmoeckel, M.; Geidel, S.:

    Budget Impact Analysis of Sorbent Hemadsorption during Emergency Cardiac Surgery in Ticagrelor-Loaded Patients

  • Darwisch, A.; Fajfrova, Z.:

    Negative Pressure Therapy after Median Sternotomy on Closed Incision: A Randomized Controlled Study

  • Merkle-Storms, J.; Cizmic, A.; Weber, C.; Plata, C.; Rustenbach, C.; Zeriouh, M.; Wahlers, T.:

    Impact of Acute Kidney Injury on Outcomes and Mortality after Bentall Surgery

  • Schafigh, M. J.; Hamiko, M.; Schiller, W.; Treede, H.; Probst, C.:

    Predictive Factors for High Blood Product Use in Patients with Acute Stanford Type A Dissection

  • Kapahnke, J.; Huenges, K.; Salem, M.; Kolat, P.; Schoettler, J.; Schoeneich, F.; Puehler, T.; Friedrich, C.; Cremer, J.; Haneya, A.:

    The Circulatory Arrest Time in Patients with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: Does It Influence the Outcome?

  • Tsagakis, K.; Janosi, A.; Dimitriou, A. M.; Osswald, A.; Shehada, S. E.; Mourad, F.; Wendt, D.; Thielmann, M.; El Gabry, M.; Ruhparwar, A.:

    True Lumen Stabilization of the Entire Thoracoabdominal Aorta in Acute Type I Aortic Dissection: A New Technique toward Complete Aortic Repair in One Stage

  • Brendel, L.; Rösch, R. M.; Pfeiffer, P.; El Beyrouti, H.; Vahl, C. F.; Dohle, D. S.:

    Proximal and Distal Reinterventions in Chronic Residual Aortic Type A Dissection

  • von Aspern, K.; Haunschild, J.; Khachatryan, Z.; Simoniuk, U.; Ossmann, S.; Branzan, D.; Schmidt, A.; Borger, M.; Etz, C.:

    Optimal Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Optode Positioning for Extensive Aortic Procedures Investigated in an Established Large Animal Model

  • Sales, V.; Wendel, J.; Gorski, A.; Alhussini, K.; Madrahimov, N.; Penov, K.; Radakovic, D.; Magyar, A.; Leyh, R.; Bening, C.:

    Single Carotid Cannulation for Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion: A Safe and Effective Tailored Approach in Moderate-Risk Patients undergoing Contemporary Minimally Invasive Primary Aortic Arch Repair

  • Brickwedel, J.; Alassar, Y.; Demal, T. J.; Reichenspurner, H.; Detter, C.:

    Aortic Arch Replacement in Zone 2 versus 3 Using the Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique

  • Haunschild, J.; von Aspern, K.; Davierwala, P.; Holzhey, D. M.; Misfeld, M.; Borger, M.; Etz, C.:

    Institutional Learning Curve over Two Decades for Complex Procedures Leads to Excellent Contemporary Results: 782 Bentall Procedures

  • Rösch, R. M.; Brendel, L.; Pfeiffer, P.; Chaban, R.; El Beyrouti, H.; Vahl, C. F.; Dohle, D. S.:

    Short- and Long-Term Outcome of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection after Previous Cardiac Surgery

  • Pollari, F.; Pfeiffer, S.; Eckrich, C.; Sirch, J.; Fischlein, T.:

    Trends and Risk Factors for Stroke and Mortality following Surgical Repair of acute Type A Aortic Dissection: A Single-Center Experience Over 15 Years

  • Demal, T. J.; Bax, L.; Brickwedel, J.; Reiter, B.; Girdauskas, E.; Conradi, L.; Reichenspurner, H.; Detter, C.:

    Risk Factors for Impaired Neurological Outcome in Aortic Surgery

  • Friedrich, M.; Tirilomis, T.:

    Loudness in the Operating Room during Cardiac Surgery: Are Our Operating Rooms Quiet Enough?

  • Büch, J.; Müller, C.; Saha, S.; Fabry, T.; Lühr, M.; Joskowiak, D.; Juchem, G.; Hagl, C.; Pichlmaier, M.; Peterss, S.:

    Beyond Industry Sponsored Trials—Severe, Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis and Low–Surgical Risk

  • Fabry, T.; Steffen, J.; Hagl, C.; Mehilli, J.; Lühr, M.; Theiss, H. G.; Joskowiak, D.; Massberg, S.; Pichlmaier, M.; Peterss, S.:

    Redo Aortic Valve Replacement following Root Replacement with a Homograft: Open Surgery or TAVI?

  • Pollari, F.; Pfeiffer, S.; Vogt, F.; Blankenhorn, L.; Omlin, J.; Schwab, J.; Fischlein, T.:

    Utility of Preoperative Valvular Calcium Load Assessment Comparing Surgical Replacement versus Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

  • Wilbring, M.; Petrov, A.; Kappert, U.; Arzt, S.; Alexiou, K.; Matschke, K.:

    What TAVI Has Done with Us—Impact of Catheter-based Procedures on a Surgical Aortic Valve Program

  • Fujita, B.; Bozkurt, K.; Saad, M.; Emmel, E.; Eitel, I.; Aboud, A.; Langer, H.; Ensminger, S.; Kurz, T.:

    Surgical versus Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Treatment of Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis

  • Elderia, A.; Eghbalzadeh, K.; Zeschky, C.; Zeriouh, M.; Adam, M.; Baldus, S.; Mader, N.; Kuhn, E.; Wahlers, T.:

    Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Cardiologists versus Cardiac Surgeons

  • Liebrich, M.; Schweder, M.; Degler, A.; Narr, A.; Röhl, T.; Ocker, V.; Schweigmann, U.; Uhlemann, F.; Doll, N.; Tzanavaros, I.:

    Triple-Arterial Cannulation for Whole-Body Perfusion during Complex Aortic Arch Reconstruction in Newborns Improves Clinical Outcome: A Matched-Pair Analysis

  • Heinisch, P.; Bartkevics, M.; Widenka, H.; Erdoes, G.; Glöckler, M.; Hutter, D.; Humpl, T.; Carrel, T.; Kadner, A.:

    Vertical Right Axillary Minithoracotomy: Extending the Spectrum from ASD to CAVSD

  • Cesnjevar, R.; Harig, F.; Purbujo, A.; Cuomo, M.; Blumauer, R.; Münch, F.; Alkassar, M.; Dittrich, S.:

    Tracheobronchial Compression by Congenital Vascular Anomalies – Surgical Procedures and Results

  • Kleinöder, J.; Purbujo, A.; Blumauer, R.; Cuomo, M.; Alkassar, M.; Dittrich, S.; Cesnjevar, R.:

    Long-Term Results after Fallot’s Repair

  • Sen-Hild, B.; Yörüker, U.; Sprengel, A.; Valeske, K.; Müller, M.; Jux, C.; Akintürk, H.:

    Surgical Outcomes for Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries with Two Ventricles

  • Weixler, V.; Kramer, P.; Romanchenko, O.; Murin, P.; Cho, M. Y.; Hübler, M.; Berger, F.; Photiadis, J.:

    Proof of Concept: Favorable Outcome of Double Switch Operation (DSO) in Congenital Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (ccTGA) when Predefined Criteria Are Met

  • Heck, R.; Montagner, M.; Bozso, S. J.; Nagendran, J.; Chu, M. W.; El-Hamamsy, I.; Ouzounian, M.; Kempfert, J.; Starck, C.; Moon, M. C.:

    Acute and Midterm Results after AMDS (Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent) Implantation for Arch Remodeling in the Treatment of Acute DeBakey-I Dissections: A Prospective International Trial

  • Dumfarth, J.; Kofler, M.; Gasser, S.; Lukas, S.; Zujs, V.; Christoph, K.; Grimm, M.:

    Arterial Cannulation in Type-A Dissection in the Era of Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion: Should We Avoid the Femoral Access?

  • Haldenwang, P.; Luta, A.; Sikole, M.; Elghannam, M.; Useini, D.; Schlömicher, M.; Moustafine, V.; Christ, H.; Bechtel, M.; Strauch, J.:

    Distal Arch and Proximal Descending Aorta Treatment in Aortic Dissection: Treat First what Kills First!

  • Kreibich, M.; Berger, T.; Beyersdorf, F.; Rylski, B.; Siepe, M.; Czerny, M.:

    The Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection

  • Saha, S.; Fabry, T.; Büch, J.; Ali, A.; Joskowiak, D.; Lühr, M.; Hagl, C.; Pichlmaier, M.; Peterss, S.:

    Time Is Essential: Where Can We Improve in Acute Aortic Dissection?

  • Gasser, S.; Zujs, V.; Lukas, S.; Kofler, M.; Krapf, C.; Semsroth, S.; Grimm, M.; Dumfarth, J.:

    Antegrade stengraft Delivery in Acute Type-A Dissection: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  • Brickwedel, J.; Demal, T. J.; Bax, L.; Reichenspurner, H.; Detter, C.:

    Midterm Outcome after Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedures

  • Beckmann, E.; Martens, A.; Krüger, H.; Stettinger, A.; Kaufeld, T.; Korte, W.; Haverich, A.; Shrestha, M. L.:

    Is Total Aortic Arch Replacement with Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure in Septuagenarians Justified?

  • Tsagakis, K.; Shehada, S. E.; Dimitriou, A. M.; Mourad, F.; Osswald, A.; Wendt, D.; Thielmann, M.; El Gabry, M.; Ruhparwar, A.:

    Fate of Extra-anatomic Aortoaxillary Bypass for Facilitation of Frozen Elephant Trunk Surgery in Zone 2: Midterm Results

  • Detter, C.; Bax, L.; Demal, T. J.; Reiter, B.; Reichenspurner, H.; Brickwedel, J.:

    Total Aortic Arch Replacement Using the Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique: Risk Factor Analysis Influencing Early Mortality

  • Grabenwöger, M.; Mach, M.; Mächler, H.; Folkmann, S.; Harrer, M.; Bonatti, J.; Czerny, M.; Weiss, G.:

    Further Development of the “Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique” with a Side-Branch Stent for the Left Subclavian Artery (FET-SSB): A Feasibility Study in a Human Anatomical Model

  • Beckmann, E.; Martens, A.; Krüger, H.; Stettinger, A.; Kaufeld, T.; Korte, W.; Haverich, A.; Shrestha, M. L.:

    Total Aortic Arch Replacement with the Frozen Elephant Trunk after Previous Repair for Type-A Aortic Dissection

  • Kuehnel, R. U.; Schroeter, F.; Loladze, G.; Michera, L.; Pallmann, M.; Claus, T.; Hartrumpf, M.; Albes, J.:

    How Safe is the Combination of Negative Pressure Therapy and Polyhexanid Instillation in Deep Sternal Wound Complications?

  • Saemann, L.; Zubarevich, A.; Wenzel, F.; Korkmaz-Icöz, S.; Karck, M.; Szabó, G.; Veres, G.:

    Impact of Preparation Quality during Skeletonized Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting on Sternal Microcirculation

  • Dohle, K.; Chaban, R.; Oberhoffer, M.; Dohle, D. S.; Vahl, C. F.:

    Randomized Controlled Trial: Use of Hydrocolloid Silver-Containing Wound Dressing after Sternotomy to Reduce Wound Complications after Cardiac Surgery

  • Repschläger, S.; Winkler, K.; Schiller, W.; Welz, A.; Treede, H.; Kohistani, Z.:

    The Effects of Fluid Accumulation on Cognition, Wound Healing, and Heart Rhythm/Rate in Patients Undergoing Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery

  • Nemchyna, O.; Dandel, M.; Solowjowa, N.; Hrytsyna, Y.; Stein, J.; Soltani, S.; Knierim, J.; Felix, S.; Falk, V.; Knosalla, C.:

    Strain Study in Patients after Surgical Ventricular Repair: Prognostic Role of Strain Parameters and Evaluation of Left-Ventricle Remodeling

  • Koechlin, L.; Boeddinghaus, J.; Nestelberger, T.; Wussler, D.; Walter, J.; Twerenbold, R.; Mueller, C.:

    0/1-Hour Algorithms Using High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  • Reiter, B.; von Stumm, M.; Tauber, J.; Sill, B.; Brickwedel, J.; Reichenspurner, H.:

    Is Aprotinin Back? Retrospective Analysis in a Historical Cohort of CABG Patients

  • Dreßen, M.; Lahm, H.; Neb, I.; Abou-Ajram, C.; Dzilic, E.; Doppler, S.; Lange, R.; Krane, M.:

    Generation of Isogenic iPS Cells by CRISPR/Cas Technology to Track TBX5 upon Cardiac Differentiation in a Patient-Specific iPS Model for the Holt–Oram Syndrome

  • Lahm, H.; Jia, M.; Dreßen, M.; Gilsbach, R.; Hein, L.; Lange, R.; Meitinger, T.; Cordell, H. J.; Müller-Myhsok, B.; Krane, M.:

    Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Risk Loci in Patients with Transposition of the Great Arteries and Anomalies of the Thoracic Arteries and Veins

  • Naito, S.; Petersen, J.; Sequeira Gross, TM; Reichenspurner, H.; Zeller, T.; Girdauskas, E.:

    Signaling Pathways in the Development of Bicuspid Aortopathy: from the Expression Patterns of Circulating microRNAs to the Formation of Aortic Aneurysm

  • Marx, J.; Schwarzer, M.; Schenkl, C.; Koch, L. G.; Britton, S. L.; Doenst, T.:

    Genetic Predisposition for High- or Low-Exercise Capacity Does Not Affect the Detrimental Impact of Sepsis in Rats

  • Jenke, A.; Kistner, J.; Saradar, S.; Yazdanyar, M.; Weber, A.; Akhyari, P.; Lichtenberg, A.:

    Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Promotes Fibrosis and Attenuates Calcification in a Tissue-Based Three-Dimensional CAVD Model

  • Petersen, J.; Grammatika-Pavlidou, N.; Kloth, B.; Eschenhagen, T.; Nikolaev, V. O.; Reichenspurner, H.; Christ, T.; Molina, C. E.; Girdauskas, E.:

    Why Valvular Cardiomyopathy May Persist after Surgery? A Joint Basic Science—Clinical Effort

  • Cetinkaya, A.; Ganchewa, N.; Hein, S.; Bramlage, K.; Doss, M.; Bramlage, P.; Schönburg, M.; Richter, M.:

    Long-Term Outcomes of Stay Alone Mitral Valve Surgery versus Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Repair—A Propensity Match Analysis

  • Sideris, K.; Burri, M.; Prinzing, A.; Krane, M.; Guenzinger, R.; Lange, R.; Voss, B.:

    Long-Term Results of Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair in Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease: A Single-Center Experience

  • Pausch, J.; Sequeira Gross, T. M.; Müller, L.; Kloth, B.; Sinning, C.; Reichenspurner, H.; Girdauskas, E.:

    Subannular Repair for Functional Mitral Regurgitation Type IIIb in Patients with Ischemic versus Dilated Cardiomyopathy

  • Sequeira Gross, T. M.; Pausch, J.; Müller, L.; von Stumm, M.; Sinn, M.; Lund, G.; Reichenspurner, H.; Girdauskas, E.:

    Impact of Myocardial Fibrosis on the Left Ventricular Reremodeling after Subannular Repair for Type-IIIb Functional Mitral Regurgitation

  • Geidel, S.; Hassan, K.; Alessandrini, H.; Wohlmuth, P.; Caspary, M.; Bein, B.; Schmoeckel, M.:

    Mid-Term Results of Surgery in Patients with Unsuccessful MitraClip Implants for Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease

  • Conradi, L.; Ludwig, S.; Kalbacher, D.; Schäfer, A.; Schneeberger, Y.; Schofer, N.; Schäfer, U.; Blankenberg, S.; Reichenspurner, H.; Lubos, E.:

    Results of an Early Series of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation with Dedicated Devices: Experience with Three Different Transapical and Transseptal Devices

  • Noack, T.; Thuijs, D.; Kappetein, P.; Serruys, P.; Mohr, F. W.; Morice, M. C.; Mack, M.; Holmes, D.; Davierwala, P.; Head, S.:

    Ten Year Survival after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The SYNTAX Extended Survival (SYNTAXES) Study

  • Thielmann, M.; Wendt, D.; Slottosch, I.; Welp, H.; Martens, S.; Schiller, W.; Neuhäuser, M.; Wahlers, T.; Ruhparwar, A.; Liakopoulos, O.:

    Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes following Primary PCI: A Current Report of the North–Rhine–Westphalia Surgical Myocardial Infarction Registry

  • Chaban, R.; Ghazy, A.; Buschmann, K.; Dohle, D. S.; Vahl, C. F.:

    Comparison of Short-Term Clinical Results of Double versus Single Internal Mammary Artery Bypass Grafting in Three Different Age Groups

  • Shehada, S. E.; Mourad, F.; Balaj, I.; Reichardt, E. M.; Spangel, G. M.; Wendt, D.; Thielmann, M.; El Gabry, M.; Ruhparwar, A.; Jakob, H.:

    Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Coronary Endarterectomy within Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A 20-Year Single-Center Study

  • Demal, T. J.; Fehr, S.; Reiter, B.; Reichenspurner, H.; Gatti, G.; Onorati, F.; Mariscalco, G.; Santini, F.; Biancari, F.:

    Outcome of Patients with Elevated Risk of Bleeding in on- versus off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)

  • Tulun, A.; Panholzer, B.; Schoeneich, F.; Schoettler, J.; Puehler, T.; Cremer, J.; Haneya, A.:

    Outcome of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect Repair in the Era of Mechanical Circulatory Support

  • Volevski, L.; Andrási, T.; Rastan, A.:

    Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation May Be Feasible in Appropriately Selected Patients with Associated Right Ventricular Dysfunction

  • Schrage, B.; Christina, M.; Westermann, D.; Meyns, B.; Felix, S.; Gummert, J.; Theo, D. B.; Reichenspurner, H.; Bernhardt, A.:

    Development of a European Risk Score for Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation—The EUROMACS-LVAD Score

  • Saeed, D.; Potapov, E.; Loforte, A.; Schibilsky, D.; Zimpfer, D.; von Aspern, K.; Haneya, A.; Lichtenberg, A.; Borger, M.; Gummert, J.:

    Transition from VA-ECMO to Durable VAD Systems. Do We Need Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine? On Behalf of ECMO-VAD Study Group

  • Kalampokas, N.; Erbel-Kurdtsize, S.; Arkikan, M.; Rellecke, P.; Boeken, U.; Albert, A.; Lichtenberg, A.; Aubin, H.; Akhyari, P.:

    Effects of Preoperative Levosimendan on Perioperative Outcome after LVAD Implantation

  • Saeed, D.; Jawad, K.; Huhn, S.; Schulz, U.; Eifert, S.; Sipahi, N.; Kalampokas, N.; Garbade, J.; Lichtenberg, A.; Borger, M.:

    Less Invasive Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Lowers Rethoracotomy Rate for Bleeding and Reduces Postoperative Hospital Stay: Multicenter Experience

  • Pausch, J.; Girdauskas, E.; Reichenspurner, H.; Barten, M.; Bernhardt, A.:

    Prognostic Impact of Functional Mitral Regurgitation at the Time of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

  • Heyne, E.; Färber, G.; Walther, O.; Kirov, H.; Freiburger, S.; Doenst, T.; Schwarzer, M.:

    Mitochondrial Function in Human Heart Failure is Dependent on Etiology, Severity, and the Presence of Diabetes

  • Niemann, B.; Araci, N.; Ling, L.; Knapp, F.; Molenda, N. S.; Rohrbach, S.:

    Epicardial Adipose Tissue—Metabolic Memory of the Heart?

  • Weber, A.; Schöttler, F.; Schmidt, V.; Lichtenberg, A.; Akhyari, P.:

    Metformin Exerts Protective Effects against the Degeneration of Aortic Valves

  • Assmann, A. K.; Winnicki, V.; Sugimura, Y.; Chekhoeva, A.; Assmann, A.; Lichtenberg, A.; Akhyari, P.:

    Impact of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARγ) Activation on the Durability of Biological Prostheses in Adipose Rats with Hypercholesterolemia

  • Ramzan, R.; Rhiel, A.; Weber, P.; Irqsusi, M.; Vondran, M.; Rastan, A.; Vogt, S.:

    Papaverine Blocks Vasospasm but Induces ROS in Cardiac Mitochondria

  • Niemann, B.; Ling, L.; Knapp, F.; Molenda, N. S.; Schulz, R.; Böning, A.; Rohrbach, S.:

    Primary Human Epicardial Adipocytes Possess a Memory: Differential Release and Expression of PCSK9 Depending on Patient’s Age and Nutritional Status

  • Castro, L.; Krause, L.; Reichenspurner, H.; Bernhardt, A.:

    Worldwide Gender Differences during Mechanical Circulatory Support: An Analysis of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support Registry Data

  • Razumov, A.; Marcus-André, D.; Zittermann, A.; Schramm, R.; Hakim-Meibodi, K.; Gummert, J.; Morshuis, M.:

    SynCardia Total Artificial Heart: A17-Year Single-Center Experience with 187 Patients

  • Zuo, Y.; Sakatsume, K.; Sasaki, K.; Nakajima, S.; Fukushima, N.; Horiuchi, H.; Saiki, Y.; Lvadavws, I.:

    Severity of vWF Degradation Depends on LVAD types: Preliminary Results from a Multicenter Prospective Study

  • Aboud, A.; Hüting, F.; Fujita, B.; Zittermann, A.; Brünger, F.; Al-Khalil, R.; Kizner, L.; Ensminger, S.; Gummert, J.:

    Short and Long-Term Outcomes of Venoarterial ECMO for the Treatment of Perioperative Cardiogenic Shock in 576 Patients undergoing Cardiac Surgery

  • Ruhparwar, A.; Zubarevich, A.; Osswald, A.; Raake, P.; Kreusser, M. M.; Grossekettler, L.; Karck, M.; Schmack, B.:

    ECPELLA 2.0—Minimally Invasive Biventricular Groin-Free Full Mechanical Circulatory Support with Impella 5.0/5.5 Pump and ProtekDuo Canula as a Bridge to Bridge Concept: A First-in-Man Method Description

  • Ilias, C.; Pizanis, N.; Koch, A.; Papathanasiou, M.; Luedike, P.; Ruhparwar, A.; Kamler, M.:

    Vascular Complications after Peripheral (V-A) ECLS Cannulation in Cardiogenic Shock

  • Aboud, A.; Fujita, B.; Stierle, U.; Hemmer, W.; Lange, R.; Franke, U.; Leyh, R.; Laufer, G.; Sievers, H. H.; Ensminger, S.:

    Long-Term Outcomes for Patients Undergoing the Ross Procedure in 10 European Heart Centers: An Update from the Ross Registry

  • Krane, M.; Boehm, J.; Prinzing, A.; Lange, R.:

    Approaching Mid-Term Results for Aortic Valve Reconstruction (Ozaki’s Procedure)

  • Komarov, R.; Chernov, I.; Chragyan, V.; Tarasov, D.; Arutyunyan, V.; Kadyraliev, B.; Enginoev, S.; Tcheglov, M.; Zhigalov, K.; Weymann, A.:

    Report of the Multicenter Aortic Valve Neocuspidization Registry: In-Hospital Outcomes of the First 170 Patients

  • Suzuki, T.; Abe, K.; Yamaya, K.; Hata, M.:

    Midterm Outcome of Aortic Valve Reconstruction with Glutaraldehyde-Treated Autologous Pericardium

  • Petersen, J.; Lenz, A.; Adam, G.; Reichenspurner, H.; Bannas, P.; Girdauskas, E.:

    Changes of Wall Shear Stress after Congenital Aortic Valve Repair Measured by 4D Flow Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Karliova, I.; Lämmerzahl, J.; Schneider, U.; Garibli, M.; Matsushima, S.; Abdul-Khaliq, H.; Schäfers, H. J.:

    Mid and Long-Term Results after Aortic Valve Repair in Children and Adolescents

  • Ius, F.; Draeger, H.; Sommer, W.; Salman, J.; Schwerk, N.; Gottlieb, J.; Welte, T.; Haverich, A.; Tudorache, I.; Warnecke, G.:

    Impact of Unilateral Diaphragmatic Dysfunction on Postoperative Outcome after Bilateral Lung Transplantation

  • Hennig, F.; Kemper, D.; Felix, S.; Yeter, R.; Potapov, E.; Starck, C.; Falk, V.; Knosalla, C.:

    Evolving Results in Post-VAD Heart Transplantation

  • Rojas, S. V.; Ius, F.; Kaufeld, T.; Sommer, W.; Goecke, T.; Poyanmehr, R.; Avsar, M.; Bara, C.; Haverich, A.; Warnecke, G.:

    Ex vivo Heart Perfusion for Heart Transplantation: A Single-Center Update after 5 Years

  • Barbara, S.; Sebastian, M.; Hagl, C.; Nikolaus, K.; Schneider, C.; Schramm, R.:

    The Evolution of Pulmonary Hypertension in Terminal Lung Failure

  • Ius, F.; Sommer, W.; Salman, J.; Siemeni, T.; Kühn, C.; Avsar, M.; Schwerk, N.; Haverich, A.; Tudorache, I.; Warnecke, G.:

    Six-Year Clinical Results of an IgA-and IgM-Enriched Human Immunoglobulin-Based Therapy for Early Anti-HLA Donor Specific Antibodies after Lung Transplantation

  • Zschirnt, M.; Thul, J.; Hahn, A.; Mazhari, N.; Schranz, D.; Skrzypek, S.; Müller, M.; Akintürk, H.; Jux, C.; Rupp, S.:

    30-Year Long-Term Outcome of Heart Transplanted Children with Cardiomyopathy

  • Schiffer, M.; Carls, E.; Dürr, G. D.; Treede, H.; Delafuente, J. M.; Pfeifer, A.; Fleischmann, B. K.; Roell, W.:

    Grafting of Connexin43 (Cx43) Overexpressing Cardiac Fibroblasts Protects from Postinfarct Arrhythmia

  • Grab, M.; Emrich, J.; Schepp, N.; Kamla, C.; Hagl, C.; Thierfelder, N.:

    Combining 3D-Printing and Tissue Decellularization—A Novel and Cost-Effective Approach

  • Stieglmeier, F.; Grab, M.; Büch, J.; Hagl, C.; Thierfelder, N.:

    Cartography and Evaluation of Native and Decellularized Bovine Pericardium for Use as a Medical Implant

  • Avci-Adali, M.; Steinle, H.; Weber, M.; Behring, A.; Mau-Holzmann, U.; Wendel, H. P.; Schlensak, C.:

    Improving the Footprint-Free iPSC Generation by Nonintegrative Self-Replicating RNA-Based Reprogramming

  • Kloth, B.; Bernhardt, A.; Barten, M.; Eschenhagen, T.; Reichenspurner, H.; Christ, T.:

    Human Ventricular Tissue for Experimental Studies: A New Source?

  • Weber, M.; Baur, J.; Steinle, H.; Wendel, H. P.; Avci-Adali, M.; Schlensak, C.:

    Pluripotency Evaluation of Newly Generated iPSC Lines using Chorioallantoic Membrane Assay

  • Weber, R.; Rukosujew, A.; Dell 'Aquila, A.; Motekallemi, A.:

    The Use of Three-Dimensional (3D) Printing for the Surgical Management of Pseudoaneurysm after Stent Implantation

  • Khachatryan, Z.; von Aspern, K.; Haunschild, J.; Simoniuk, U.; Ossmann, S.; Branzan, D.; Schmidt, A.; Borger, M.; Etz, C.:

    Perioperative Real-Time Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Monitoring of the Spinal Cord Collateral Network: Comparison of Two Clinically Available Systems

  • Terao, N.; Akiyama, M.; Kumagai, K.; Takahashi, G.; Yoshioka, I.; Suzuki, T.; Suzuki, Y.; Maeda, K.; Saiki, Y.:

    Flow Rate in Pressure-Controlled, Selective Hypothermic Intercostal Artery Perfusion and Temperature Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid during Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

  • Motekallemi, A.; Usai, M.; Ibrahim, A.; Martens, S.; Oberhuber, A.; Dell 'Aquila, A.; Rukosujew, A.:

    Volume Changes of the True- and False-Lumen in the Descending Aorta after Frozen Elephant Trunk Implantation

  • Berger, T.; Andreas, V.; Kreibich, M.; Rylski, B.; Beyersdorf, F.; Siepe, M.; Czerny, M.; Winkler, A.; Seitelberger, R.; Gottardi, R.:

    Aortic Diameter Changes in Patients with Acute Traumatic Aortic Injury: Possible Implications for Stent-Graft Sizing

  • Haunschild, J.; Khachatryan, Z.; von Aspern, K.; Bianchi, E.; Ossmann, S.; Borger, M.; Etz, C.:

    Impact of CSF Pressure Increase on Spinal Cord Perfusion Simulating Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in a Large Animal Model

  • Hanke, J.; Dogan, G.; Mariani, S.; Deniz, E.; Merzah, A.; Chatterjee, A.; Haverich, A.; Schmitto, J. D.:

    Effect of Artificial Pulse and Pulsatility on Gastrointestinal Bleeding Rates after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

  • Vogeler, E.; Dieterlen, M. T.; Garbade, J.; Lehmann, S.; Julia, F.; Jawad, K.; Alaeldin, A.; Borger, M.; Meyer, A.:

    Telemedicine-Managed Anticoagulation Is Not Superior to Self-Management in LVAD Patients

  • Welp, H.; Dell'Aquila, A.; Hoffmeier, A.; Scherer, M.:

    Medical and Financial Considerations Regarding Long-Term Mechanical Left Ventricular Support

  • Zayat, R.; Al-Khusein, R.; Tewarie, L.; Khattab, M. A.; Schnoering, H.; Moza, A.; Autschbach, R.:

    Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Hemocompatibility-Related Adverse Events and Survival in Patients with the HeartMate II and HeartMate III LVADs

  • Varghese, S.; Awad, G.; Saha, S.; Wacker, M.; Slottosch, I.; Staack, T.; Wippermann, J.; Scherner, M.:

    Complications following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation—Comparison of HeartWare and HeartMate III: A Single-Center 5-Year Experience

  • Saeed, D.; Potapov, E.; Schibilsky, D.; Zimpfer, D.; Haneya, A.; Loforte, A.; Lichtenberg, A.; Ramjankhan, F.; Borger, M.; Gummert, J.:

    Implanting Durable VAD Systems in Patients on VA-ECMO: Comparing Less Invasive to Sternotomy Approach—On Behalf of ECMO-VAD Study Group

  • Daniel, W.; Kieser, T.; Giammarco, G.; Trachiotis, G.; Puskas, J.; Kappetein, P.; Ruhparwar, A.; Jakob, H.; Head, S.; Taggart, D.:

    Intraoperative Transit-Time Flow Measurement in CABG: Insights from the Registry for Quality Assessment (RE-QUEST) Study

  • Grieshaber, P.; Oswald, I.; Albert, M.; Sodah, A.; Roth, P.; Diegeler, A.; Sedding, D.; Franke, U.; Böning, A.:

    Staged Complete Hybrid Revascularization in Patients with Multivessel Disease and Acute Myocardial Infarction—A Prospective Angiographic and Clinical Study

  • Solowjowa, N.; Nemchyna, O.; Hrytsyna, Y.; Meyer, A.; Pasic, M.; Falk, V.; Knosalla, C.:

    Repair of Anteroapical Left Ventricular Aneurysms Guided by Use of Cardiac Computed Tomography: Assessment of Aneurysm Volume and of Anticipated Residual Left Ventricular Volume

  • Schäfer, A.; Conradi, L.; Schneeberger, Y.; Sill, B.; Reichenspurner, H.; Kastrati, A.; Von Scheidt, M.; Schunkert, H.:

    Complete versus Incomplete Revascularization and Influence of Postoperative Antiplatelet Therapy in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Results from the TiCAB Study

  • Paraforos, A.; Donovan, J.; Donovan, D.; Kraiker, P.; Friedrich, I.:

    External Stenting of Saphenous Vein Grafts in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Two-Year Angiographic and Intravascular Ultrasound Follow-up from a Single-Center Randomized Cohort

  • Krüger, T.; Forkavets, O.; Brefka, S.; Conzelmann, L.; Thomas, C.; Mehlhorn, U.; Liebold, A.; Schlensak, C.; Eschweiler, G.:

    Postoperative Delirium and Cognitive Dysfunction after On- and Off-Pump CABG Surgery: A Prospective Trial in Aged Patients

  • Berger, T.; Kreibich, M.; Rylski, B.; Kondov, S.; Pingpoh, C.; Beyersdorf, F.; Siepe, M.; Czerny, M.:

    The Frozen Elephant Trunk Technique Is Safe after Previous Aortic Repair

  • Haunschild, J.; Friebe, S.; Petroff, D.; Borger, M.; Mayr, S.; Etz, C.:

    Ex Vivo Biomechanics Cast Doubts on Current Diameter-Based Guidelines for Bicuspid Aortic Valve-Associated Proximal Aortic Disease

  • Penov, K.; Westarp, E.; Radakovic, D.; Sales, V.; Madrahimov, N.; Alhussini, K.; Gorski, A.; Aleksic, I.; Bening, C.; Leyh, R.:

    Surgery for Aortic and Aortic Valve Pathology in Bicuspid and Tricuspid Valves Has Excellent Short- and Long-Term Outcomes: A Single-Center Experience

  • Rylski, B.; Schwaller, N.; Beyersdorf, F.; Büsch, C.; Böning, A.; Haunschild, J.; Etz, C.; Lühr, M.; Kallenbach, K.:

    Gender-Related Differences in Patients with Acute Aortic Dissection Type A

  • Petersen, J.; Gaekel, D.; Girdauskas, E.; Reichenspurner, H.; Detter, C.:

    Long-Term Outcome after Aortic Valve-Sparing Root Surgery in Patients with Connective Tissue Disorder

  • Petersen, J.; Gaekel, D.; Girdauskas, E.; Reichenspurner, H.; Detter, C.:

    Long-Term Single-Center Experience in Aortic Root Surgery: Aortic Valve-Sparing Surgery versus Bentall Procedure

  • Potratz, M.; Mohemed, K.; Friedrichs, K.; Rudolph, V.; Gilis-Januszewski, T.; Furukawa, N.; Schramm, R.; Bleiziffer, S.; Gummert, J.; Rudolph, T.:

    Comparison of Hemodynamic Performance of Two Current Generation Transcatheter Heart Valve Prostheses

  • Bhadra, O. D.; Pagnesi, M.; Kim, W. K.; Barbanti, M.; Stefanini, G.; Schofer, J.; Schäfer, U.; Colombo, A.; Latib, A.; Conradi, L.:

    Insights from a Multicenter, Retrospective, Propensity-Matched Register of Next-Generation Self-expanding Devices for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

  • Sarwari, H.; Schäfer, A.; Schirmer, J.; Schofer, N.; Seiffert, M.; Schneeberger, Y.; Blankenberg, S.; Reichenspurner, H.; Westermann, D.; Conradi, L.:

    Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Pure Noncalcified Native Aortic Valve Regurgitation

  • Alwan, L.; Ruge, H.; Krane, M.; Lange, R.; Erlebach, M.:

    Incidence of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch and Short-Term Clinical Outcome after Aortic Valve-in-Valve Implantation Using a Second-Generation Supraannular Self-expanding Valve

  • Useini, D.; Strauch, J.:

    Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in patients with Concomitant Aortic Diseases

  • Kuehnel, R. U.; Schroeter, F.; Hartrumpf, M.; Ostovar, R.; Ioannou, S.; Braun, C.; Filip, T.; Mueller, T.; Erb, M.; Albes, J.:

    Valve Fracturing of Degenerated Stented Bioprosthesis during Valve-in-Valve Procedure Is a Myth

  • Santer, D.; Miazza, J.; Koechlin, L.; Rrahmani, B.; Doebele, T.; Zenklusen, U.; Gahl, B.; Eckstein, F. S.; Reuthebuch, O.:

    CytoSorb in Endocarditis Patients Undergoing Valve Surgery

  • Hajduczenia, M.; Kikhney, J.; Wießner, A.; Moter, A.; Grubitzsch, H.:

    New Perspectives of PVE Diagnostics: Impact of FISH/PCR

  • Westhofen, S.; Girdauskas, E.; Alassar, Y.; Detter, C.; Reichenspurner, H.; Conradi, L.:

    Isolated Repair versus Replacement for Infective Native Mitral Valve Endocarditis

  • Born, F.; Wieser, A.; Oberbach, A.; Oberbach, A.; Ellgass, R.; Peterss, S.; Kur, F.; Grabein, B.; Hagl, C.:

    Five Years without Mycobacterium chimaera

  • Li, J.; Zilz, C.; Schach, C.; Flörchinger, B.; Holzamer, A.; Reinhold, K.; Marcus, C.; Schmid, C.:

    Long-Term Results of Patch Repair in Destructive Native and Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

  • Szczechowicz, M.; Mkalaluh, S.; Mashhour, A.; Zhigalov, K.; Weymann, A.; Dewald, O.; Easo, J.:

    Aortic Root Replacement for Destructive Endocarditis—Microbiological Considerations: A Single-Center Study

  • Salzmann-Djufri, M.; Giessler, T.; Rohrbach, S.; Knapp, F.; Ling, L.; Vogt, S.; Mirow, N.; Böning, A.; Niemann, B.:

    New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation—Metabolic Markers, Cytokines, and Remodeling Anticipating Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

  • Kuzmin, B.; Knüppel, P.; Lux, A.; Scherner, M.; Slottosch, I.; Awad, G.; Varghese, S.; Argawi, A.; Wippermann, J.; Wacker, M.:

    Detection of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation with a Smart Watch: Preliminary Results of a Clinical Investigation

  • Kühn, C.; Rellecke, P.; Joskowiak, D.; Erler, S.; Garbade, J.; Eifert, S.; Grieshaber, P.; Hain, A.; Burger, H.; Knaut, M.:

    Multicenter Experience with Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillators following Cardiac Surgery

  • Adermann, L.; Hofmann, B.; Khizaneishvili, L.; Oezkur, M.; Sedding, D.; Wilbring, M.; Treede, H.; Silaschi, M.:

    Long-Term Pacemaker Dependency after Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Secondary to Heart Valve Surgery

  • Oberhoffer, M.; El Beyrouti, H.; Ammar, M.; Kornberger, A.; Beiras-Fernandez, A.; Dorweiler, B.; Vahl, C. F.:

    Acute Successful Baroreceptor Activation Therapy for Uncontrolled Arterial Hypertension in Two Post–Aortic Dissection Patients

  • Miyamoto, T.; Ishido, H.; Aoki, T.; Miyaji, K.:

    Newly Created Canine Model of Sinus Node Dysfunction by Minimally Invasive Procedure

  • Assmann, A. K.; Goschmer, D.; Sugimura, Y.; Chekhoeva, A.; Assmann, A.; Lichtenberg, A.; Akhyari, P.:

    A Role for Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARy) Agonists in Counteracting the Degeneration of Cardiovascular Grafts

  • Hamdani, N.; Kolijn, D.; Lodi, M.; Herwig, M.; Kovács, Á.; Van Linthout, S.; Bagi, Z.; Mügge, A.; Strauch, J.; Haldenwang, P.:

    Endothelial and Cardiomyocyte Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Is Attenuated via PDE9A Inhibition

  • Laux, M. L.; Braun, C.; Hartrumpf, M.; Hübner, J.; Schroeter, F.; Ostovar, R.; Albes, J.:

    Frailty Can Be Handled—First Results of the PREDARF Prospective Study (PREoperative Detection of Age-Related Factors)

  • Dürr, G. D.; Schneider, M.; Marggraf, V.; Verfuerth, L.; Frede, S.; Weisheit, C.; Velten, M.; Treede, H.; Dewald, O.; Kim, S. C.:

    Periconditioning with CpG-Containing TLR9 Ligand 1668-Thioate Ameliorates Left Ventricular Function via Modulation of Inflammation and Remodeling Resulting in Less Fibrosis in a Mouse Model of Reperfused Myocardial Infarction

  • Bork, N. I.; Grammatika-Pavlidou, N.; Reiter, B.; Girdauskas, E.; Reichenspurner, H.; Nikolaev, V. O.; Molina, C. E.:

    CGMP as a New Drug Target in Atrial Fibrillation

  • Soethoff, J.; Korkmaz-Icöz, S.; Szabó, G.; Veres, G.:

    Comparison of Two Graft Storage Solutions (DuraGraft and TiProtec) in an In Vitro Model of Ischemia-Reperfusion Using Arterial Grafts

  • Petersen, J.; Naito, S.; Detter, C.; Reichenspurner, H.; Girdauskas, E.:

    Antegrade versus Retrograde Arterial Perfusion in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: Axillary versus Femoral

  • Guzman, J.; Bauernschmitt, R.; Grunebaum, J. P.; Sodian, R.:

    MANTA—The First Percutaneous Closure System Meeting Surgical Claims

  • Wilbring, M.; Alexiou, K.; Arzt, S.; Matschke, K.; Kappert, U.:

    One-Access Concept for Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery

  • El-Sayed Ahmad, A.; Salamate, S.; Amer, M.; Sirat, S.; Akhavuz, Ö.; Bakhtiary, F.:

    The First 100 Cases of Two Innovations: Video-Assisted Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement through Right Anterior Minithoracotomy Combined with INSPIRIS RESILIA Aortic Valve

  • Rufa, M.; Ursulescu, A.; Nagib, R.; Albert, M.; Ahad, S.; Göbel, N.; Franke, U.:

    Long-Term Follow-up of Multivessel Off-Pump Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

  • Schaefer, H.; Krankenberg, D.; Walle, U.; Liebrich, M.; Roser, D.; Wehbe, M. S.; Merk, D. R.; Doll, N.:

    10-Year Follow-up of 1,829 Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair: A Single-Center Experience

  • Thielmann, M.; Wendt, D.; Slottosch, I.; Welp, H.; Martens, S.; Schiller, W.; Jakob, H.; Wahlers, T.; Ruhparwar, A.; Liakopoulos, O.:

    Impact of Preoperative Antiplatelet Therapy and Major Bleeding Complications after Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Current Report of the North-Rhine-Westphalia Surgical Myocardial Infarction Registry

  • Hassan, K.; Brüning, T.; Radtke, A.; Kannmacher, J.; Bein, B.; Schmoeckel, M.; Geidel, S.:

    Low Bleeding after Emergency CABG Using CytoSorb Adsorption of Ticagrelor: A 2-Year Clinical Experience

  • Kuehnel, R. U.; Schroeter, F.; Michera, L.; Pallmann, M.; Paun, A.; Hartrumpf, M.; Ioannou, S.; Braun, C.; Loladze, G.; Albes, J.:

    Preoperative Decolonization Reduces Surgical-Site Infection of Heart Surgery Patients

  • Donovan, J.; Sino, S.; Friedrich, I.:

    The Efficacy of Vancomycin Paste in the Prevention of Deep Sternal Wound Complications: An Update at 4 Years

  • Masseli, F.; Veseli, A.; Treede, H.; Schiller, W.:

    Blood Group AB Is Associated with Decreased Blood Loss but also Worse Outcome in Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery

  • Rubalskii, E.; Rümke, S.; Salmoukas, C.; Haverich, A.; Kühn, C.:

    Drug Delivery Systems for Bacteriophages: New Approach for Therapy and Prevention of Implant-Associated Infections

  • Brenner, P.; Reichart, B.; Längin, M.; Mayr, T.; Buchholz, S.; Michel, S.; Wolf, E.; Hagl, C.; Steen, S.; Abicht, J. M.:

    Completed Preclinical Life-Supporting Orthotopic Pig-to-baboon Cardiac Xenotransplantation Study (oXHTx): First Successful and Reproducible Long-Term Survival Up to Half a Year Fulfilling the ISHLT Prerequisite for Clinical Cardiac Xenotransplantation

  • Böttger, C.; Mehdiani, A.; Aubin, H.; Westenfeld, R.; Erbel, S.; Sipahi, F.; Dalyanoglu, H.; Akhyari, P.; Lichtenberg, A.; Boeken, U.:

    Primary Graft Dysfunction after Heart Transplantation: Optimal Timing of Levosimendan Application

  • Castro, L.; Reichart, D.; Rübsamen, N.; Blankenberg, S.; Reichenspurner, H.; Bernhardt, A.:

    Development and Validation of a Risk Model for Primary Graft Failure after Heart Transplantation and Comparison to the RADIAL Risk Score

  • Ius, F.; Rojas, S. V.; Kaufeld, T.; Sommer, W.; Goecke, T.; Salman, J.; Bara, C.; Haverich, A.; Avsar, M.; Warnecke, G.:

    Heart Preservation with the Organ Care System in Extended Criteria Donors: A Single-Center Experience

  • Sommer, W.; O□, J. M.; Pruner, K. B.; Bean, A.; Dehnadi, A.; Hanekamp, I.; Colvin, R. B.; Benichou, G.; Kawai, T.; Madsen, J. C.:

    Detrimental Effects of Donor Brain Death on Tolerance Induction May Be Eliminated by Delaying Mixed Chimerism in Nonhuman Primates

  • Kalka, K.; Keldenich, Z.; Pizanis, N.; Carstens, H.; Reiner, G.; Ruhparwar, A.; Kamler, M.; Koch, A.:

    The Isolated Pig Lung from the Slaughtering Process as a Model for Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion: A Comparison in a Model for uDCDD

  • Dürr, A.; Eisenmann, L.; Albrecht, G.; Liebold, A.; Hoenicka, M.:

    Optimizing Pulsatility in Minimally Invasive Extracorporeal Circulation (MiECC)

  • Becher, M.; Goßling, A.; Schrage, B.; Fluschnik, N.; Seiffert, M.; Bernhardt, A.; Reichenspurner, H.; Blankenberg, S.; Westermann, D.:

    Procedure Volume and Outcomes in Patients with VA-ECMO Support

  • Radakovic, D.; Opacic, D.; Prashovikj, E.; Marcus-André, D.; Schramm, R.; Morshuis, M.; Kizner, L.; Rudolph, V.; Gummert, J.; Flottmann, C.:

    Timing of Left Ventricular Unloading with Impella Device in Patients with VA-ECMO: A Propensity Score–Matched Analysis

  • Rastogi, P.; Philipp, A.; Camboni, D.; Flörchinger, B.; Holzamer, A.; Schopka, S.; Vasin, S.; Hilker, M.; Rupprecht, L.; Schmid, C.:

    Economic Aspects of ECMO-Assisted Resuscitation (ECPR)

  • Veitinger, A.; Komguem, A.; Heep, M.; Niemann, B.; Grieshaber, P.; Boengler, K.; Böning, A.:

    Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Rat Model: Esmolol-Based Cardioplegia versus Potassium-Based Cardioplegia

  • Thielmann, M.; Vaghiri, S.; Dirkmann, D.; Neuhäuser, M.; Peters, J.; Heusch, G.; Jakob, H.; Ruhparwar, A.; Kamler, M.; Kleinbongard, P.:

    Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Elective Cardiac Surgery: Long-Term Overall Survival Benefit in a Single-Center Randomized Double-Blinded Controlled Trial

  • Paraforos, A.; Friedrich, I.:

    The Digital Heart

  • Maria, A. C.; Alejandro, L. M.; Yerebakan, C.; Ricardo, M.:

    Adding a Second Layer of Safety to the Care of Children with Critical Heart Disease with a Pediatric Tele-CICU Model: A Pilot Study of Virtual Surveillance Activities Aided with an Artificial Intelligence Tool

  • Peivandi, A.; Martens, S.; Motekallemi, A.; Martens, S.; Hoffmeier, A.:

    Integrating 3D Printing in Surgical Teaching: A Novel, Low-Cost Method for Prospective Cardiac Surgeons

  • Chaban, R.; Buschmann, K.; Ghazy, A.; Dohle, D. S.; Vahl, C. F.:

    Training in Cardiac Surgery

  • Martens, A.; Korte, W.; Merz, C.; Kirchhoff, F.; Beckmann, E.; Fleissner, F.; Arar, M.; Goecke, T.; Haverich, A.; Shrestha, M. L.:

    Applying the Principles of Deliberate Practice to Train Complex Aortic Root Surgery: Development of the Aortic Root Module of the Early Exposure and Assessment (EASE) Training Program

  • Androne, D.; Puvogel, U.; Rohrbach, S.; Simm, A.; Böning, A.; Niemann, B.:

    Reachability of Improved Quality of Life after Cardiac Surgery as an Important Marker of Decision Making in Young and Elderly Patients

  • Liebrich, M.; Schlereth, S.; Roser, D.; Strauss, H.; Merk, D. R.; Hupp, T.; Doll, N.; Voth, V.; Hemmer, W.:

    Hans Georg Borst Preis: Midterm Results with the Frozen-Elephant Trunk Technique (E-vita Open) in Thoracic Aortic Disease: A Single-Center Experience in 199 Patients

  • Shrestha, M. L.; Beckmann, E.; Kaufeld, T.; Krüger, H.; Stettinger, A.; Korte, W.; Haverich, A.; Martens, A.:

    Open Surgery for Complications after Endovascular Repair

  • Wilbring, M.; Alexiou, K.; Matschke, K.; Kappert, U.:

    Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement without Visible Scars: The Right Lateral Access