Christian Schlensak

Cardiopulmonary bypass reduction of bronchial blood flow: a potential mechanism for lung injury in a neonatal pig model.

Cardiopulmonary bypass: Evidence or experience based?

Cardioplegia in pediatric cardiac surgery: do we believe in magic?

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Traumatic aortic valve rupture.

Controlled reperfusion using a simplified perfusion system preserves function after acute and persistent limb ischemia: a preliminary study.

Aortic atresia with aortico-left ventricular tunnel mimicking severe aortic incompetence in utero.

Twenty-four hours postoperative results after orthotopic cardiac transplantation in swine.

A fistula between the circumflex artery and the coronary sinus mimicks coronary artery disease in a 63-year-old woman.

Lung injury during CPB: pathomechanisms and clinical relevance.

Successful interventional closure of a patent foramen ovale in a pediatric patient supported with a biventricular assist device.

Hybrid pulmonary valve implantation: injection of a self-expanding tissue valve through the main pulmonary artery.

Non-surgical bleeding in patients with ventricular assist devices could be explained by acquired von Willebrand disease.

Penetration of left and right atrial wall and aortic root by an Amplatzer atrial septal occluder in a nine year old boy with Marfan syndrome: Case report.

Stem cells used for cardiovascular tissue engineering.

Carbon monoxide inhalation reduces pulmonary inflammatory response during cardiopulmonary bypass in pigs.

Multidirectional flow analysis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in aneurysm development following repair of aortic coarctation.

HeartMate II left ventricular assist device; early European experience.

Pulsatile pulmonary perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass reduces the pulmonary inflammatory response.

Images in cardiovascular medicine. In vivo 3-dimensional flow connectivity mapping after extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection.

High colloid oncotic pressure priming of cardiopulmonary bypass in neonates and infants: implications on haemofiltration, weight gain and renal function.

Reduced pulmonary inflammatory response during cardiopulmonary bypass: effects of combined pulmonary perfusion and carbon monoxide inhalation.

Extra-anatomic bypass for recurrent abdominal aortic and renal in-stent stenoses following radiotherapy for neuroblastoma.

Human neonatal thymus-derived mesenchymal stromal cells: characterization, differentiation, and immunomodulatory properties.

Controlled reperfusion after acute and persistent limb ischemia.

Haemolysis in patients with ventricular assist devices: major differences between systems.

Heart valve surgery today: indications, operative technique, and selected aspects of postoperative care in acquired valvular heart disease.

Aorto-caval fistula from acute rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm treated with a hybrid approach.

Emergency repair of a broken Jarvik 2000 power connector using a paper-clip.

Reducing the ischemic time of donor hearts will decrease morbidity and costs of cardiac transplantations.

Acquired von Willebrand syndrome in patients with ventricular assist device or total artificial heart.

Polyurethane scaffolds seeded with genetically engineered skeletal myoblasts: a promising tool to regenerate myocardial function.

Assessment of aortic annulus dimensions for Edwards SAPIEN Transapical Heart Valve implantation by computed tomography: calculating average diameter using a virtual ring method.

Inhaled carbon monoxide prevents acute kidney injury in pigs after cardiopulmonary bypass by inducing a heat shock response.

Scaffold-based transplantation of akt1-overexpressing skeletal myoblasts: functional regeneration is associated with angiogenesis and reduced infarction size.

Regression of "fixed" pulmonary vascular resistance in heart transplant candidates after unloading with ventricular assist devices.

Combined assessment of aortic root anatomy and aortoiliac vasculature with dual-source CT as a screening tool in patients evaluated for transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Clinical benefits of partial circulatory support in New York Heart Association Class IIIB and Early Class IV patients.

A family with a new elastin gene mutation: broad clinical spectrum, including sudden cardiac death.

Chylothorax after surgery on congenital heart disease in newborns and infants -risk factors and efficacy of MCT-diet.

Postconditioning of the lungs with inhaled carbon monoxide after cardiopulmonary bypass in pigs.

Increased systemic perfusion pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with less early postoperative cognitive dysfunction and delirium.

Sternum augmentation with bovine bone substitute in the neonate.

Supportive psychotherapy for patients with heart transplantation or ventricular assist devices.

Aortic hemodynamics in patients with and without repair of aortic coarctation: in vivo analysis by 4D flow-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging.

Prospective electrocardiography-triggered CT angiography of the great thoracic vessels in infants and toddlers with congenital heart disease: feasibility and image quality.

Implantation of a catheter-based self-expanding pulmonary valve in congenital heart surgery: results of a pilot study.

Clinical experience with the ATS 3f Enable® Sutureless Bioprosthesis.

Preoperative assessment of aortic annulus dimensions: comparison of noninvasive and intraoperative measurement.

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Recurrence of a familial giant multilocular cardiac myxoma in a patient with Carney's complex.

Trans-catheter closure of the native aortic valve with an Amplatzer Occluder to treat progressive aortic regurgitation after implantation of a left-ventricular assist device.

Congenital heart disease: mechanical cardiovascular support in infants and children.

Biventricular cannulation is superior regarding hemodynamics and organ recovery in patients on biventricular assist device support.

Acquired Von Willebrand syndrome is an early-onset problem in ventricular assist device patients.

Thoratec paracorporeal biventricular assist device therapy: the Freiburg experience.

Functional regeneration of ischemic myocardium by transplanted cells overexpressing stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1): intramyocardial injection versus scaffold-based application.

Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Transfected Skeletal Myoblasts to Limit the Development of Postinfarction Heart Failure.

Acquired von Willebrand syndrome in patients with extracorporeal life support (ECLS).

Double tunnel technique for the LVAD driveline: improved management regarding driveline infections.

Cytoprotection by inhaled carbon monoxide before cardiopulmonary bypass in preclinical models.

Aorto-right ventricular tunnel causing functional tricuspid atresia.

Four-dimensional, flow-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging of blood flow patterns in thoracic aortic dissections.

Prosthesis oversizing in balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation is associated with contained rupture of the aortic root.

Modification of small interfering RNAs to prevent off-target effects by the sense strand.

Small interfering RNA-mediated suppression of serum response factor, E2-promotor binding factor and survivin in non-small cell lung cancer cell lines by non-viral transfection.

Rapidly progressive paraplegia and pleural empyema: how does that correlate?

Small interfering RNA transfection against serum response factor mediates growth inhibition of benign prostatic hyperplasia fibroblasts.

The preoperative management of a patient with a large aneurysm of the sinus of valsalva and takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Absolute quantification of cell-bound DNA aptamers during SELEX.

In vivo tissue engineering: mimicry of homing factors for self-endothelialization of blood-contacting materials.

Application of a rotating bioreactor consisting of low-cost and ready-to-use medical disposables for in vitro evaluation of the endothelialization efficiency of small-caliber vascular prostheses.

Intraoperative neuroprotective drugs without beneficial effects? Results of the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A (GERAADA).

Controlled reperfusion versus conventional treatment of the acutely ischemic limb: results of a randomized, open-label, multicenter trial.

Potential capacity of aptamers to trigger immune activation in human blood.

New aspects of gene-silencing for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Real-time measurement of free thrombin: evaluation of the usability of a new thrombin assay for coagulation monitoring during extracorporeal circulation.

Myocardial protection in congenital heart surgery.

How does the ascending aorta geometry change when it dissects?

Optimized conditions for successful transfection of human endothelial cells with in vitro synthesized and modified mRNA for induction of protein expression.

A new strategy in the treatment of chemoresistant lung adenocarcinoma via specific siRNA transfection of SRF, E2F1, Survivin, HIF and STAT3†.

Cell-wall glycolipid mutations and their effects on virulence of E. faecalis in a rat model of infective endocarditis.

Use of synthetic single-stranded oligonucleotides as artificial test soiling for validation of surgical instrument cleaning processes.

In vitro test system for evaluation of immune activation potential of new single-stranded DNA-based therapeutics.

The Chance of Small Interfering RNAs as Eligible Candidates for a Personalized Treatment of Prostate Cancer.

Endotoxins affect diverse biological activity of chitosans in matters of hemocompatibility and cytocompatibility.

Importance of rigorous in vitro evaluation of prospective cell binding aptamers.

Hemocompatibility testing according to ISO 10993-4: discrimination between pyrogen- and device-induced hemostatic activation.

One-staged aptamer-based isolation and application of endothelial progenitor cells in a porcine myocardial infarction model.

Simple clotting test to detect procoagulant abdominal swabs.

Anatomic Rerouting of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From Right Coronary Sinus.

First In Vivo Results of a Novel Pediatric Oxygenator with an Integrated Pulsatile Pump.

In Vitro Evaluation of a Novel mRNA-Based Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of Patients Suffering from Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency.

Identification of Predictive Early Biomarkers for Sterile-SIRS after Cardiovascular Surgery.

In vitro Study of a Novel Stent Coating Using Modified CD39 Messenger RNA to Potentially Reduce Stent Angioplasty-Associated Complications.

Hypercoagulant Abdominal Swabs in Cardiac Surgery: Potential Problems and Background.

New basic approach to treat non-small cell lung cancer based on RNA-interference.

Speeding up pyrogenicity testing: Identification of suitable cell components and readout parameters for an accelerated monocyte activation test (MAT).

Concise Review: Application of In Vitro Transcribed Messenger RNA for Cellular Engineering and Reprogramming: Progress and Challenges.

Development and in vitro characterization of poly(lactide--glycolide) microspheres loaded with an antibacterial natural drug for the treatment of long-term bacterial infections.

Hemostyptic property of chitosan: Opportunities and pitfalls.

Generation of Large-Scale DNA Hydrogels with Excellent Blood and Cell Compatibility.

The age of stored erythrocytes influences methaemoglobin formation when circulated in a heart-lung machine model.

RNA-Eluting Surfaces for the Modulation of Gene Expression as A Novel Stent Concept.

An Atelocollagen Coating for Efficient Local Gene Silencing by Using Small Interfering RNA.

Rapid Complexation of Aptamers by Their Specific Antidotes.

Severe Upper Airway Obstruction After Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis.

Preventing Surgical Site Infections Using a Natural, Biodegradable, Antibacterial Coating on Surgical Sutures.

Nurse-driven analgesia and sedation in pediatric patients with univentricular hearts requiring extracorporeal life support after first-stage palliation surgery: A pilot study.

Comparative Noninvasive Measurement of Cardiac Output Based on the Inert Gas Rebreathing Method (Innocor®) and MRI in Patients with Univentricular Hearts.

Incorporation of Synthetic mRNA in Injectable Chitosan-Alginate Hybrid Hydrogels for Local and Sustained Expression of Exogenous Proteins in Cells.

Improving the Angiogenic Potential of EPCs via Engineering with Synthetic Modified mRNAs.

Inflammatory potential of cotton-based surgically invasive devices: Implications for cardiac surgery.

Perioperative Assessment of Cerebral Oxygen Metabolism in Infants With Functionally Univentricular Hearts Undergoing the Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Connection.

Cardiac surgery residents training in Germany-Status quo and future prospects.

Application of Piezo-Based Measuring System for Evaluation of Nucleic Acid-Based Drugs Influencing the Coagulation.