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Inhibition of smooth muscle cell migration and neointima formation in vein grafts by overexpression of matrix metalloproteinase-3.

Aortic root surgery in septuagenarians: impact of different surgical techniques.

[Development of cardiovascular surgery].

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

Obliterative airway remodeling: molecular evidence for shared pathways in transplanted and native lungs.

Virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome as a major contributor to death in patients with 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection.

[Tissue engineering in cardiac surgery].

Intrapericardial migration of dislodged sternal struts as late complication of open pectus excavatum repairs.

Laser printing of three-dimensional multicellular arrays for studies of cell-cell and cell-environment interactions.

Long-term results after aortic valve-sparing operation (David I).

Plexiform lesions in pulmonary arterial hypertension composition, architecture, and microenvironment.

Evaluation of commercial universal rRNA gene PCR plus sequencing tests for identification of bacteria and fungi associated with infectious endocarditis.

Suspension culture of human pluripotent stem cells in controlled, stirred bioreactors.

Endobronchial ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration versus transcervical mediastinoscopy in nodal staging of non small cell lung cancer: a prospective comparison study.

TissuePatch™ as a novel synthetic sealant for repair of superficial lung defect: in vitro tests results.

Magnetic resonance imaging of soft tissue infection with iron oxide labeled granulocytes in a rat model.

Pacemaker dependency after isolated aortic valve replacement: do conductance disorders recover over time?

Aortic valve replacement via right anterolateral thoracotomy in the case of a patient with extreme mediastinal right-shift following pneumonectomy.

Orthotopic replacement of aortic heart valves with tissue-engineered grafts.

Towards a biocompatible artificial lung: Covalent functionalization of poly(4-methylpent-1-ene) (TPX) with cRGD pentapeptide.

Arterial myocardial revascularization with right internal thoracic artery and epigastric artery in a patient with Leriche's syndrome.

The oral cavity is not a primary source for implantable pacemaker or cardioverter defibrillator infections.

Extramedullary haematopoiesis presented as intrathoracic tumour in a patient with alpha-thalassaemia.

[Treatment strategies for infective endocarditis: early surgery versus conventional treatment in infective endocarditis (EASE)].

Immediate surgical coronary revascularisation in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction.

Extension of the right internal thoracic artery with the radial artery in extensive re-do coronary artery bypass grafting.

Aortic valve replacement in geriatric patients with small aortic roots: are sutureless valves the future?

Aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk-when not to use it.

Early systemic cellular immune response in children and young adults receiving decellularized fresh allografts for pulmonary valve replacement.

Monitoring of patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for systemic infections by broad-range rRNA gene PCR amplification and sequence analysis.

Fast and efficient multitransgenic modification of human pluripotent stem cells.

Conventional vs. tablet computer-based patient education following lung transplantation--a randomized controlled trial.

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery: a safe alternative for aortic valve replacement?

Safety and efficacy of outpatient bronchoscopy in lung transplant recipients - a single centre analysis of 3,197 procedures.

Early donor-specific antibodies in lung transplantation: risk factors and impact on survival.

Association of depression symptoms with quality of life and chronic artery vasculopathy: a cross-sectional study in heart transplant patients.

Macroscopic fluorescence imaging: a novel technique to monitor retention and distribution of injected microspheres in an experimental model of ischemic heart failure.

Aortic valve replacement and concomitant procedures with the Perceval valve: results of European trials.

Lung transplantation for severe pulmonary hypertension--awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postoperative left ventricular remodelling.

Immunogenicity of intensively decellularized equine carotid arteries is conferred by the extracellular matrix protein collagen type VI.

In vitro comparison of two widely used surgical sealants for treating alveolar air leak.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation watershed.

Improvement of biological age by physical activity.

Successful re-endothelialization of a perfusable biological vascularized matrix (BioVaM) for the generation of 3D artificial cardiac tissue.

Comparison between biological and mechanical aortic valve prostheses in middle-aged patients matched through propensity score analysis: long-term results.

Off-pump versus on-pump left ventricular assist device exchange.

Ex vivo approach to treat failing organs: expanding the limits.

Controlling expansion and cardiomyogenic differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells in scalable suspension culture.

Cardiac mass and function decrease in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation: relationship to physical activity?

Physical exercise reduces transplant arteriosclerosis in a mouse aorta transplantation model.

Investigation of inflammatory response of decellularized porcine aortic tissue in mice: can we rely on this experimental setting?

In vitro comparison of biological and synthetic materials for skeletal chest wall reconstruction.

Cardiac awake extracorporeal life support-bridge to decision?

Lung Preservation With Perfadex or Celsior in Clinical Transplantation: A Retrospective Single-Center Analysis of Outcomes.

Do not leave the heart arrested. Non-cardioplegic continuous myocardial perfusion during complex aortic arch repair improves cardiac outcome.

Antibiotic therapy following polymerase chain reaction diagnosis of infective endocarditis: a single centre experience.

Allogeneic CD4+CD25high T cells regulate obliterative bronchiolitis of heterotopic bronchus allografts in both porcinized and humanized mouse models.

Minimally invasive ventricular assist device surgery.

Veno-veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure with severe haemodynamic impairment: technique and early outcomes.

European multicentre experience with the sutureless Perceval valve: clinical and haemodynamic outcomes up to 5 years in over 700 patients.

Postoperative weight gain during the first year after kidney, liver, heart, and lung transplant: a prospective study.

Tissue-engineered mitral valve: morphology and biomechanics †.

Current status and recommendations for use of the frozen elephant trunk technique: a position paper by the Vascular Domain of EACTS.

Sucrose Diffusion in Decellularized Heart Valves for Freeze-Drying.

Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Oxygen-enhanced T1-Mapping MR Imaging of the Lung.

The elephant trunk is freezing: The Hannover experience.

Successful matrix guided tissue regeneration of decellularized pulmonary heart valve allografts in elderly sheep.

Transplantation Effectiveness of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Is Improved by a Fibrinogen Biomatrix in an Experimental Model of Ischemic Heart Failure.

Employment after lung transplantation--a single-center cross-sectional study.

Sutureless aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry (SU-AVR-IR): design and rationale from the International Valvular Surgery Study Group (IVSSG).

Minimally invasive valve sparing aortic root replacement (David procedure) is safe.

David procedure through an upper partial sternotomy.

Retrograde in situ versus antegrade pulmonary preservation in clinical lung transplantation: a single-centre experience.

The immune response to crosslinked tissue is reduced in decellularized xenogeneic and absent in decellularized allogeneic heart valves.

First implantation in man of a new magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device (HeartMate III).

Effect of Intensified Decellularization of Equine Carotid Arteries on Scaffold Biomechanics and Cytotoxicity.

Coronary artery bypass grafting in young patients--insights into a distinct entity.

Five-year results of the pilot trial of a sutureless valve.

Impact of CLAD Phenotype on Survival After Lung Retransplantation: A Multicenter Study.

Minimally-invasive LVAD Implantation: State of the Art.

Is Bentall Procedure Still the Gold Standard for Acute Aortic Dissection with Aortic Root Involvement?

Beating Heart Versus Arrested Heart Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery.

First series of mechanical circulatory support in non-compaction cardiomyopathy: Is LVAD implantation a safe alternative?

Lung transplantation after endoscopic lung volume reduction.

Liver stiffness measurements and short-term survival after left ventricular assist device implantation: A pilot study.

Intraoperative Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid Gas Tensions Reflect Paraplegia During Thoracoabdominal Aortic Surgery: A Proof-of-Principle Study.

Survival and spirometry outcomes after lung transplantation from donors aged 70 years and older.

Stent graft perforation of a frozen elephant prosthesis: does design matter?

In Vitro Lung Model Assessing the Efficacy of Surgical Sealants in Treating Alveolar Air Leaks.

Clinical and haemodynamic outcomes in 658 patients receiving the Perceval sutureless aortic valve: early results from a prospective European multicentre study (the Cavalier Trial)†.

Circulatory support exceeding five years with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device for advanced heart failure patients.

Evaluating acellular versus cellular perfusate composition during prolonged ex vivo lung perfusion after initial cold ischaemia for 24 hours.

No evidence for αGal epitope transfer from media containing FCS onto human endothelial cells in culture.

Total Arterial Revascularization with Radial Artery T-grafts in Patients with Significant Left Main Stem Stenosis Is Not Associated with Higher Perioperative Risk.

Local Anesthetics delivered through Pleural Drainages improve Pain and Lung Function after Cardiac Surgery.

Long-term follow-up of total arterial revascularization with left internal thoracic artery and radial artery T-grafts: survival, cardiac morbidity and quality of life.

Epithelial and Erythrocyte Microvesicles From Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Are Elevated and Associated With Outcome in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction.

Consequences of ventricular tachyarrhythmia in patients with a left ventricular assist device: Live recording in the ICU.

Novel method for the generation of tissue-engineered vascular grafts based on a highly compacted fibrin matrix.

Decellularized aortic allografts versus pulmonary autografts for aortic valve replacement in the growing sheep model: haemodynamic and morphological results at 20 months after implantation.

The Unplanned Postoperative Coronary Angiogram after CABG: Identifying the Patients at Risk.

In vitro maturation of large-scale cardiac patches based on a perfusable starter matrix by cyclic mechanical stimulation.

HeartWare left ventricular assist device for the treatment of advanced heart failure.

Cannulation strategies for percutaneous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults.

Impact of sinuses of Valsalva on prosthesis durability in patients undergoing ascending aorta and aortic valve replacement with Carpentier-Edwards bioprosthesis: a propensity score-based study.

MR Imaging-derived Regional Pulmonary Parenchymal Perfusion and Cardiac Function for Monitoring Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension before and after Pulmonary Endarterectomy.

Comparative analysis of morphological and molecular motifs in bronchiolitis obliterans and alveolar fibroelastosis after lung and stem cell transplantation.

Right heart failure after left ventricular assist devices: Surgical considerations.

Decellularized aortic homografts for aortic valve and aorta ascendens replacement.

Developing a biohybrid lung - sufficient endothelialization of poly-4-methly-1-pentene gas exchange hollow-fiber membranes.

Aortic valve replacement with sutureless prosthesis: better than root enlargement to avoid patient-prosthesis mismatch?

The sutureless aortic valve at 1 year: A large multicenter cohort study.

Multiphysics simulation of the effect of leaflet thickness inhomogeneity and material anisotropy on the stress-strain distribution on the aortic valve.

Frozen elephant trunk versus single-stage open repair for extensive thoracic aortic disease.

Chronic ventricular assist device support: surgical innovation.

Decellularized fresh homografts for pulmonary valve replacement: a decade of clinical experience.

In Vitro Evaluation of Inflow Cannula Fixation Techniques in Left Ventricular Assist Device Surgery.

[Pioneering surgical innovations in Germany : Part 1: generation of medical evidence].

Repair of an acute Type A aortic dissection with LVAD patient after failed mitral and tricuspid operation.

[Pioneering surgical innovations in Germany : Part 2: public funding and origins of surgical innovations].

Decellularized GGTA1-KO pig heart valves do not bind preformed human xenoantibodies.

Exchange of a HeartMate II left ventricular assist device with a HeartMate 3 pump.

Total aortic arch replacement with a novel 4-branched frozen elephant trunk prosthesis: Single-center results of the first 100 patients.

Management of early graft infections in the ascending aorta and aortic arch: a comparison between graft replacement and graft preservation techniques.

Lung transplantation for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

Total aortic arch repair: risk factor analysis and follow-up in 199 patients.

Porcine pulmonary auto-transplantation for ex vivo therapy as a model for new treatment strategies.

A new era of thoracic oncology? Ex-vivo stereotactic ablative radiosurgery within Ex-vivo Lung Treatment System as a hybrid therapy for unresectable locally advanced pulmonary malignancies.

Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation With Outflow Graft Tunneling Through the Transverse Sinus.

Organizing pneumonia in mice and men.

Multimodal Imaging for In Vivo Evaluation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in a Murine Model of Heart Failure.

Pressure level required during prolonged cerebral perfusion time has no impact on neurological outcome: a propensity score analysis of 800 patients undergoing selective antegrade cerebral perfusion.

Impact of Feeding Strategies on the Scalable Expansion of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells in Single-Use Stirred Tank Bioreactors.

Lung transplantation in the spotlight: Reasons for high-cost procedures.

Does the surgeon's experience have an impact on outcome after total arterial revascularization with composite T-grafts? A risk factor analysis.

Effects of combined cryopreservation and decellularization on the biomechanical, structural and biochemical properties of porcine pulmonary heart valves.

Simultaneous dual-isotope solid-state detector SPECT for improved tracking of white blood cells in suspected endocarditis.

MicroRNA 628-5p as a Novel Biomarker for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy.

[Weaknesses of studies in surgery must not be overlooked].

Clinical hemodynamic evaluation of patients implanted with a fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device (HeartMate 3).

Viability and proliferation of endothelial cells upon exposure to GaN nanoparticles.

Physical capacity in LVAD patients: hemodynamic principles, diagnostic tools and training control.

A Close Call: An Impacted Knife Injury to the Thorax.

Right-Sided Heart Failure and Extracorporeal Life Support in Patients Undergoing Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis: A Risk Factor Analysis for Adverse Outcome.

Repeated human leukocyte antigen mismatches in lung re-transplantation.

Bulk cell density and Wnt/TGFbeta signalling regulate mesendodermal patterning of human pluripotent stem cells.

Endothelialization and characterization of titanium dioxide-coated gas-exchange membranes for application in the bioartificial lung.

In Vitro Comparison of Two Widely Used Surgical Sealants for Treating Alveolar Air Leak.

Heart-Failing Jehovah's Witness Patient Successfully Treated by Minimally Invasive LVAD Implantation without Any Blood Transfusions.

Exchange of a HeartWare HVAD to a HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device.

A Surgeon's View on the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis.

Irradiation before and donor splenocyte infusion immediately after transplantation induce tolerance to lung, but not heart allografts in miniature swine.

Antibody formation towards porcine tissue in patients implanted with crosslinked heart valves is directed to antigenic tissue proteins and αGal epitopes and is reduced in healthy vegetarian subjects.

Total aortic arch replacement with the frozen elephant trunk procedure in acute DeBakey type I aortic dissections.

Long-term results after repair of anomalous origin of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: Takeuchi repair versus coronary transfer.

Renal artery revascularization by using the Riolan anastomosis as feeding vessel in a patient with abdominal aortic coarctation due to fibromuscular dysplasia.

First experiences with HeartMate 3 follow-up and adverse events.

First series of left ventricular assist device exchanges to HeartMate 3.

Mid-term results of bilateral lung transplant with postoperatively extended intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe pulmonary hypertension.

Low Risk of Developing Chronic Hepatitis E in Heart Transplant Recipients: A Prospective 2-Year Follow-Up Study.

Left Ventricular Assist Devices for Advanced Heart Failure.

Transplantation of purified iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes in myocardial infarction.

Every like is not the same.

Biocompatibility of Intensified Decellularized Equine Carotid Arteries in a Rat Subcutaneous Implantation Model and in a Human In Vitro Model.

Outgrowing endothelial and smooth muscle cells for tissue engineering approaches.

Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy for Destination Therapy: Is Less Invasive Surgery a Safe Alternative?

CT at onset of chronic lung allograft dysfunction in lung transplant patients predicts development of the restrictive phenotype and survival.

Is the frozen elephant trunk procedure superior to the conventional elephant trunk procedure for completion of the second stage?

Splenocyte Infusion and Whole-Body Irradiation for Induction of Peripheral Tolerance in Porcine Lung Transplantation: Modifications of the Preconditioning Regime for Improved Clinical Feasibility.

Assessment of acute kidney injury with T1 mapping MRI following solid organ transplantation.

Novel centrifugal pump for heart failure patients: initial success and future challenges.

Cardiac Function Improvement and Bone Marrow Response -: Outcome Analysis of the Randomized PERFECT Phase III Clinical Trial of Intramyocardial CD133(+) Application After Myocardial Infarction.

Technique and Outcomes of Less Invasive Lung Retransplantation.

Tissue Engineering of Vein Valves Based on Decellularized Natural Matrices.

Targeting Endothelial Cells with Multifunctional GaN/Fe Nanoparticles.

Targeting vasa vasorum dysfunction to prevent atherosclerosis.

Long-term results of the Mitroflow aortic pericardial bioprosthesis in over 800 patients: limited durability and mechanisms of dysfunction.

Valve-sparing David I procedure in acute aortic type A dissection: a 20-year experience with more than 100 patients.

In-vitro evaluation of limitations and possibilities for the future use of intracorporeal gas exchangers placed in the upper lobe position.

Six-Year-Old Sheep as a Clinically Relevant Large Animal Model for Aortic Valve Replacement Using Tissue-Engineered Grafts Based on Decellularized Allogenic Matrix.

Electro-physiological evidence of intercostal nerve injury after thoracotomy: an experimental study in a sheep model.

First Implantation of a Novel Left Ventricular Assist Device: The ReliantHeart aVAD.

Five-year results of patients supported by HeartMate II: outcomes and adverse events.

First results of HeartWare left ventricular assist device implantation with tunnelling of the outflow graft through the transverse sinus.

Novel mouse model of cardiopulmonary bypass.

Single-centre experience with the frozen elephant trunk technique in 251 patients over 15 years.

Low Immunogenic Endothelial Cells Maintain Morphological and Functional Properties Required for Vascular Tissue Engineering.

Surgical treatment of coronary artery aneurysms.

Myeloid Dendritic Cells Repress Human Cytomegalovirus Gene Expression and Spread by Releasing Interferon-Unrelated Soluble Antiviral Factors.

Reply to Hernández-Vaquero et al.

In vivo performance of freeze-dried decellularized pulmonary heart valve allo- and xenografts orthotopically implanted into juvenile sheep.

First-in-Man Fully Percutaneous Complete Bypass of Heart and Lung.

Elective David I Procedure Has Excellent Long-Term Results: 20-Year Single-Center Experience.

Less Invasive Surgical Approaches for Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.

A positive feedback loop between IL-1β, LPS and NEU1 may promote atherosclerosis by enhancing a pro-inflammatory state in monocytes and macrophages.

Self-reported non-adherence to immunosuppressive medication in adult lung transplant recipients-A single-center cross-sectional study.

Decellularized mitral valve in a long-term sheep model.

Treatment of an Intercostal Left Ventricular Assist Device Prolapse by Upgrading From HeartMate II to HeartMate 3.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation may not impact overall mortality risk after transplantation: results from a 7-year single-centre experience.

Human adipose tissue-derived stromal cells in combination with exogenous stimuli facilitate three-dimensional network formation of human endothelial cells derived from various sources.

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery in Re-Do Cases-The New Standard Procedure?

Treatment of infected lungs by ex vivo perfusion with high dose antibiotics and autotransplantation: A pilot study in pigs.

One-year outcomes with the HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device.

Enhanced exposure of subvalvular structures during mitral valve repair with a novel flexible and reusable leaflets retractor.

Left Ventricular Assist Devices - A State of the Art Review.

Laser bioprinting of human induced pluripotent stem cells-the effect of printing and biomaterials on cell survival, pluripotency, and differentiation.

PCI Strategies in Acute Myocardial Infarction with Cardiogenic Shock.

Normothermic ex-vivo preservation with the portable Organ Care System Lung device for bilateral lung transplantation (INSPIRE): a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority, phase 3 study.

Left Ventricular Intussusception of an Intimal Flap in an Aortic Dissection Stanford Type A.

Preemptive treatment of early donor-specific antibodies with IgA- and IgM-enriched intravenous human immunoglobulins in lung transplantation.

Vasa Vasorum Angiogenesis: Key Player in the Initiation and Progression of Atherosclerosis and Potential Target for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease.

The burden of sinus disease in cystic fibrosis lung transplant recipients.

Hemoadsorption in cardiac shock with bi ventricular failure and giant-cell myocarditis: A case report.

The liver-first approach for combined lung and liver transplantation.

Heart re-transplantation in Eurotransplant.

Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillators following Cardiac Surgery-A Single-Center Experience.

Functional Pulmonary Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Detection of Ischemic Injury in a Porcine Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion System Prior to Transplantation.

Double semilunar valve replacement in complex congenital heart disease using decellularized homografts.

In vitro study for the evaluation of transluminal aspiration as a novel treatment option for thrombosis in the HeartWare HVAD.

Minimally invasive surgery improves outcome of left ventricular assist device surgery in cardiogenic shock.

Reduction of driveline infections through doubled driveline tunneling of left ventricular assist devices-5-year follow-up.

An acoustic method for systematic ventricular assist device thrombus evaluation with a novel artificial thrombus model.

Argatroban administration as therapy for thrombosis in patients with continuous-flow ventricular assist devices.

Left ventricular assist device exchange for the treatment of HeartMate II pump thrombosis.

The influence of less invasive ventricular assist device implantation on renal function.

MitraClip procedure prior to left ventricular assist device implantation.

Clinical overview of the HVAD: a centrifugal continuous-flow ventricular assist device with magnetic and hydrodynamic bearings including lateral implantation strategies.

The momentum of HeartMate 3: a novel active magnetically levitated centrifugal left ventricular assist device (LVAD).

A new tool for an explantation strategy of HeartMate 3™ left ventricular assist device.

How to do it: tips and tricks of minimal-invasive HVAD implantation-the lateral approach.

Successful HeartMate 3 implantation in isolated right heart failure-first in man experience of right heart configuration.

Prognostic Value of the Nutritional Risk Index in Candidates for Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy.

Prediction of transplant outcome after 24-hour ex vivo lung perfusion using the Organ Care System in a porcine lung transplantation model.

Driving After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.

Lobe-wise assessment of lung volume and density distribution in lung transplant patients and value for early detection of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.

Use of sucrose to diminish pore formation in freeze-dried heart valves.

Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (David I procedure) in Marfan disease: single-centre 20-year experience in more than 100 patients.

Immunoengineering of the vascular endothelium to silence MHC expression during normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion.

Blood cytokine expression correlates with early multi-organ damage in a mouse model of moderate hypothermia with circulatory arrest using cardiopulmonary bypass.