Marc W. Merx

Brain natriuretic peptide kinetics during dynamic exercise in patients with chronic heart failure.

Cardiac-specific overexpression of inducible nitric oxide synthase does not result in severe cardiac dysfunction.

Utility of brain natriuretic peptide to predict right ventricular dysfunction and clinical outcome in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Brain natriuretic peptide predicts right heart failure in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Taurine transporter knockout depletes muscle taurine levels and results in severe skeletal muscle impairment but leaves cardiac function uncompromised.

Relaxin kinetics during dynamic exercise in patients with chronic heart failure.

Endotoxin sensitivity and immune competence in chronic heart failure.

HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor simvastatin profoundly improves survival in a murine model of sepsis.

Transplantation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells improves left ventricular function in a rat model of myocardial infarction.

Oxygen supply and nitric oxide scavenging by myoglobin contribute to exercise endurance and cardiac function.

Urotensin II in patients with chronic heart failure.

Statin treatment after onset of sepsis in a murine model improves survival.

Direct comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and conductance microcatheter in the evaluation of left ventricular function in mice.

CD14 gene -260 C/T polymorphism is associated with chronic heart failure.

Clinical significance of fractional flow reserve for evaluation of functional lesion severity in stent restenosis and native coronary arteries.

Myocardial stiffness, cardiac remodeling, and diastolic dysfunction in calcification-prone fetuin-A-deficient mice.

Use of fractional flow reserve versus stress perfusion scintigraphy in stent restenosis.

Statins: a preventive strike against sepsis in patients with cardiovascular disease?

The value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing and brain natriuretic peptide plasma levels in predicting the prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure.

Endotoxin hypersensitivity in chronic heart failure.

Statins in the intensive care unit.

Nonuse of statins--a new risk factor for infectious death in cardiovascular patients?

Myocardial reperfusion injury and the challenging quest for its prevention.

Transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells improves neovascularization and left ventricular function after myocardial infarction in a rat model.

Age-dependent endothelial dysfunction is associated with failure to increase plasma nitrite in response to exercise.

Serial measurements of whole blood nitrite in an intensive care setting.

RBC NOS: regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic aspects.

Nitrite reductase activity of myoglobin regulates respiration and cellular viability in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Improved left ventricular function after transplantation of microspheres and fibroblasts in a rat model of myocardial infarction.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase inhibition: a new hope for sepsis therapy?

Vascular dysfunction of brachial artery after transradial access for coronary catheterization: impact of smoking and catheter changes.

Hemodialysis-induced release of hemoglobin limits nitric oxide bioavailability and impairs vascular function.

Peripheral chemosensor function is blunted in moderate to severe chronic kidney disease.

Non- invasive in vivo analysis of a murine aortic graft using high resolution ultrasound microimaging.

Desmoglein 2 mutant mice develop cardiac fibrosis and dilation.

Repetitive transplantation of different cell types sequentially improves heart function after infarction.

Double-edged role of the CXCL12/CXCR4 axis in experimental myocardial infarction.

TNF-α, myocardial perfusion and function in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

Valve-in-valve implantation of Medtronic CoreValve prosthesis in patients with failing bioprosthetic aortic valves.

Endothelial NOS (NOS3) impairs myocardial function in developing sepsis.

Assessment of the dietary intake of total flavan-3-ols, monomeric flavan-3-ols, proanthocyanidins and theaflavins in the European Union.

Depletion of circulating blood NOS3 increases severity of myocardial infarction and left ventricular dysfunction.

Left ventricular contrast injection with rotational C-arm CT improves accuracy of aortic annulus measurement during cardiac catheterisation.

Establishment of a new murine elastase-induced aneurysm model combined with transplantation.

Improved endothelial function and decreased levels of endothelium-derived microparticles after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Stenting as a rescue treatment of a pulmonary artery false aneurysm caused by swan-ganz catheterization.

High on-treatment platelet reactivity in transcatheter aortic valve implantation patients.

Prevention of dipyrone (metamizole) induced inhibition of aspirin antiplatelet effects.

Associations between flavan-3-ol intake and CVD risk in the Norfolk cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk).

Circulating NOS3 modulates left ventricular remodeling following reperfused myocardial infarction.

Impact of cocoa flavanol intake on age-dependent vascular stiffness in healthy men: a randomized, controlled, double-masked trial.

Targeted intracellular accumulation of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in the reperfused heart mediates cardioprotection.

Cocoa flavanol intake improves endothelial function and Framingham Risk Score in healthy men and women: a randomised, controlled, double-masked trial: the Flaviola Health Study.

Baseline HV-interval predicts complete AV-block secondary to transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Red cell distribution width in anemic patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Oligophrenin1 protects mice against myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury by modulating inflammation and myocardial apoptosis.

Methylxanthines enhance the effects of cocoa flavanols on cardiovascular function: randomized, double-masked controlled studies.