Payam Akhyari

A novel bioartificial myocardial tissue and its prospective use in cardiac surgery.

Mechanical stretch regimen enhances the formation of bioengineered autologous cardiac muscle grafts.

Bioartificial grafts for transmural myocardial restoration: a new cardiovascular tissue culture concept.

Sternal microcirculation after skeletonized versus pedicled harvesting of the internal thoracic artery: a randomized study.

Stem cells used for cardiovascular tissue engineering.

Myocardial tissue engineering: the extracellular matrix.

Who needs 'bridge' to transplantation in the presence of the Eurotransplant high-urgency heart transplantation program?

Determinants of bioartificial myocardial graft survival and engraftment in vivo.

Aortic root and ascending aortic replacement.

Aortic dissection type A after supra-aortic debranching and implantation of an endovascular stent-graft for type B dissection: A word of caution.

Cordial connections: molecular ensembles and structures of adhering junctions connecting interstitial cells of cardiac valves in situ and in cell culture.

In vivo functional performance and structural maturation of decellularised allogenic aortic valves in the subcoronary position.

Directed 3D cell alignment and elongation in microengineered hydrogels.

Opposite effects of transforming growth factor-β1 and vascular endothelial growth factor on the degeneration of aortic valvular interstitial cell are modified by the extracellular matrix protein fibronectin: implications for heart valve engineering.

Impact of mitral valve repair in patients with mitral regurgitation undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

Echocardiographic detection of cardiac ectopy: a possible alternative to electrophysiological mapping?

Delayed sternal closure (DSC) after cardiac surgery: outcome and prognostic markers.

A novel miniaturized multimodal bioreactor for continuous in situ assessment of bioartificial cardiac tissue during stimulation and maturation.

Extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (CD147) and membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase are expressed on tissue macrophages in calcific aortic stenosis and induce transmigration in an artificial valve model.

Open chest management after cardiac operations: outcome and timing of delayed sternal closure.

The quest for an optimized protocol for whole-heart decellularization: a comparison of three popular and a novel decellularization technique and their diverse effects on crucial extracellular matrix qualities.

Pulsatile extracorporeal circulation during on-pump cardiac surgery enhances aortic wall shear stress.

Development of a growing rat model for the in vivo assessment of engineered aortic conduits.

The adhering junctions of valvular interstitial cells: molecular composition in fetal and adult hearts and the comings and goings of plakophilin-2 in situ, in cell culture and upon re-association with scaffolds.

Is simultaneous splenectomy an additive risk factor in surgical treatment for active endocarditis?

Appropriate timing of coronary artery bypass grafting after acute myocardial infarction.

High mortality in late octogenarians undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement for aortic valve stenosis: EuroSCORE underestimates mortality in this cohort.

A novel culture device for the evaluation of three-dimensional extracellular matrix materials.

The number of wires for sternal closure has a significant influence on sternal complications in high-risk patients.

Tracheal cartilage - evaluating the potential of a novel biomaterial for reconstructive cardiovascular procedures.

Transplantation material bovine pericardium: biomechanical and immunogenic characteristics after decellularization vs. glutaraldehyde-fixing.

Secretory products from epicardial adipose tissue of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus induce cardiomyocyte dysfunction.

Cardioprotective properties of omentin-1 in type 2 diabetes: evidence from clinical and in vitro studies.

A novel customizable modular bioreactor system for whole-heart cultivation under controlled 3D biomechanical stimulation.

Cardiac surgery in nonagenarians: not only feasible, but also reasonable?

A novel native derived coronary artery tissue-flap model.

Acceleration of autologous in vivo recellularization of decellularized aortic conduits by fibronectin surface coating.

Aortic conduit valve model with controlled moderate aortic regurgitation in rats: a technical modification to improve short- and long-term outcome and to increase the functional results.

Decellularized whole heart for bioartificial heart.

Activin A impairs insulin action in cardiomyocytes via up-regulation of miR-143.

Impact of severe postoperative complications after cardiac surgery on mortality in patients aged over 80 years.

Successful treatment of fulminant pulmonary embolism with extracorporeal life support and simultaneous systemic thrombolytic therapy after 1 h of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Influence of prosthesis type on long-term survival after re-replacement of aortic valve prosthesis.

Transcatheter treatment of tricuspid regurgitation by caval valve implantation-experimental evaluation of decellularized tissue valves in central venous position.

Simvastatin does not diminish the in vivo degeneration of decellularized aortic conduits.

The degeneration of biological cardiovascular prostheses under pro-calcific metabolic conditions in a small animal model.

Dispersive Aortic Cannulas Reduce Aortic Wall Shear Stress Affecting Atherosclerotic Plaque Embolization.

Thrombin receptor protease-activated receptor 4 is a key regulator of exaggerated intimal thickening in diabetes mellitus.

A cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest rat model for the investigation of the systemic inflammation response and induced organ damage.

Septic-Metastasizing Aspergillus-Encephalitis Mimicking Massive Cerebral Infarction in a Heart Transplant Recipient: A Case Report.

Readmission to the intensive care unit in times of minimally invasive cardiac surgery: does size matter?

Single-centre experience of mitral valve surgery via right lateral mini-thoracotomy in octogenarians.

Modulation of Immunologic Response by Preventive Everolimus Application in a Rat CPB Model.

Comment on "Inverted orientation improves decellularization of whole porcine hearts" by Lee et al.

Simple technique of repair for Barlow syndrome with posterior resection and chordal transfer via minimally invasive approach: primary experience in a consecutive series of 22 patients.