Hermann Reichenspurner

Functional and biochemical analysis of endothelial (dys)function and NO/cGMP signaling in human blood vessels with and without nitroglycerin pretreatment.

Survival and incidence of acute rejection in heart transplant recipients undergoing successful withdrawal from steroid therapy.

Myosplint implant and shape-change procedure: intra- and peri-operative safety and feasibility.

Evaluation of acute traumatic changes of the coronary artery wall after robotically assisted endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting.

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting (MIDCAB) and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB): two techniques for beating heart surgery.

Robotically-assisted coronary artery surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass - from first clinical use to endoscopic operation.

Comparison of two stabilizer concepts for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

Stent-based approach for ventricle-to-coronary artery bypass.

Heart transplantation: an approach to treating primary cardiac sarcoma?

Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in coronary surgery: first experiences with a new tool for diagnosis of coronary artery disease.

Myoblasts survive intracardiac transfer and divide further after transplantation.

Improved results after heart-lung transplantation: a 17-year experience.

Cyclosporine A versus tacrolimus in combination with mycophenolate mofetil and steroids as primary immunosuppression after lung transplantation: one-year results of a 2-center prospective randomized trial.

Early and midterm results after coronary artery bypass grafting with and without cardiopulmonary bypass: which patient population benefits the most?

New technique for chest opening in mice: U-sternotomy.

Robotically assisted coronary artery bypass surgery with the ZEUS telemanipulator system.

Ventricular reshaping with devices.

Successful resection of a symptomatic right ventricular lipoma.

Immunosuppression with FK778 and mycophenolate mofetil in a rat cardiac transplantation model.

Incorporating robotics into an open-heart program.

International experience with conversion from cyclosporine to tacrolimus for acute and chronic lung allograft rejection.

The interaction between FK778 and tacrolimus in the prevention of rat cardiac allograft rejection is dose dependent.

Minimally invasive valve surgery: different techniques and approaches.

Retroinfusion-supported stenting in high-risk patients for percutaneous intervention and bypass surgery: results of the prospective randomized myoprotect I study.

FK778 attenuates lymphocyte-endothelium interaction after cardiac transplantation: in vivo and in vitro studies.

Angiogenic activation of valvular endothelial cells in aortic valve stenosis.

Diagnosis of perioperative myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Video and robotic-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a comparison of the Port-Access and transthoracic clamp techniques.

FK778, a novel immunosuppressive agent, reduces early adhesion molecule up-regulation and prolongs cardiac allograft survival.

Overview of tacrolimus-based immunosuppression after heart or lung transplantation.

[Myoblasts from the leg into the heart: can infarct damage be rectified in this manner? (interview by Dr. Judith Neumaier)].

How to guide stent-graft implantation in type B aortic dissection? Comparison of angiography, transesophageal echocardiography, and intravascular ultrasound.

The phytoestrogen biochaninA weakens acute cardiac allograft rejection without affecting the reproductive system.

FK778 and tacrolimus prevent the development of obliterative airway disease after heterotopic rat tracheal transplantation.

The Cardica C-Port System: clinical and angiographic evaluation of a new device for automated, compliant distal anastomoses in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery--a multicenter prospective clinical trial.

Vascular wall resident progenitor cells: a source for postnatal vasculogenesis.

Sirolimus and FK778: a comparison of two anti-proliferative immunosuppressants for prevention of experimental obliterative airway disease.

Heparins increase endothelial nitric oxide bioavailability by liberating vessel-immobilized myeloperoxidase.

The selective estrogen receptor-beta agonist biochanin A shows vasculoprotective effects without uterotrophic activity.

The MLCK-mediated alpha1-adrenergic inotropic effect in atrial myocardium is negatively modulated by PKCepsilon signaling.

[Mitral valve reconstruction without cardiopulmonary bypass. Border zone between cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology].

Inhibition of restenosis development after mechanical injury: a new field of application for malononitrilamides?

FK778 in experimental xenotransplantation: a detailed analysis of drug efficacy.

Coincidence of aortic valve stenosis and regurgitation and multiple cardiac papillary fibroelastomas in a young male adult.

Experimental orthotopic tracheal transplantation: The Stanford technique.

Simplified protocol to isolate, purify, and culture expand mesenchymal stem cells.

Identification and characterization of cells with high angiogenic potential and transitional phenotype in calcific aortic valve.

Techniques for experimental heterotopic and orthotopic tracheal transplantations - When to use which model?

Fluorescent cardiac imaging: a novel intraoperative method for quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion during graded coronary artery stenosis.

The Myoblast Autologous Grafting in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (MAGIC) trial: first randomized placebo-controlled study of myoblast transplantation.

Introducing the first polymer-free leflunomide eluting stent.

Review on balloon aortic valvuloplasty: a surgeon's perspective in 2008.

[Coronary artery stenosis 2008: what are the indications for surgery?].

Spontaneous coronary bypass rupture.

Adeno-associated virus-mediated gene transfer in a rabbit vein graft model.

Mycophenolate and sirolimus as calcineurin inhibitor-free immunosuppression improves renal function better than calcineurin inhibitor-reduction in late cardiac transplant recipients with chronic renal failure.

Use of initial biventricular mechanical support in a case of postinfarction ventricular septal rupture as a bridge to surgery.

Augmentation index relates to progression of aortic disease in adults with Marfan syndrome.

Hepatocyte growth factor or vascular endothelial growth factor gene transfer maximizes mesenchymal stem cell-based myocardial salvage after acute myocardial infarction.

Mechanisms behind local immunosuppression using inhaled tacrolimus in preclinical models of lung transplantation.

Which patients benefit from stentless aortic valve replacement?

Retrograde transarterial implantation of a nonmetallic aortic valve prosthesis in high-surgical-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis: a first-in-man feasibility and safety study.

Asymptomatic infection with novel influenza A/H1N1 virus in a heart transplant recipient.

A prospective randomized multicenter trial shows improvement of sternum related complications in cardiac surgery with the Posthorax support vest.

Acute outcomes of MitraClip therapy for mitral regurgitation in high-surgical-risk patients: emphasis on adverse valve morphology and severe left ventricular dysfunction.

Myeloperoxidase acts as a profibrotic mediator of atrial fibrillation.

Six-month results of a repositionable and retrievable pericardial valve for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the Direct Flow Medical aortic valve.

Non-volume-loaded heart provides a more relevant heterotopic transplantation model.

Series of transcatheter valve-in-valve implantations in high-risk patients with degenerated bioprostheses in aortic and mitral position.

Best way to revascularize patients with main stem and three-vessel lesions. Patients should be operated!

Composite risk scores and depression as predictors of competing waiting-list outcomes: the Waiting for a New Heart Study.

Sustained inhibition of epsilon protein kinase C inhibits vascular restenosis after balloon injury and stenting.

Frequency and age-related course of mitral valve dysfunction in the Marfan syndrome.

First experience with transcatheter aortic valve implantation and concomitant percutaneous coronary intervention.

The wolf is crying in the operating room: patient monitor and anesthesia workstation alarming patterns during cardiac surgery.

Immunogenicity and immunomodulatory properties of umbilical cord lining mesenchymal stem cells.

First successful use of the new ab5000 portable circulatory support console as bridge to recovery in a case of dilated cardiomyopathy.

Predictors of outcome of mitral valve prolapse in patients with the Marfan syndrome.

Percutaneous mitral valve repair as a bail-out strategy for patients with severe mitral regurgitation after cardiac surgery.

Report from a consensus conference on antibody-mediated rejection in heart transplantation.

Antibody response after a single dose of an AS03-adjuvanted split-virion influenza A (H1N1) vaccine in heart transplant recipients.

Even short-time storage in physiological saline solution impairs endothelial vascular function of saphenous vein grafts.

Comparison of aortic root replacement in patients with Marfan syndrome.

MitraClip® therapy in patients with end-stage systolic heart failure.

Impact of MitraClipâ„¢ therapy on secondary mitral valve surgery in patients at high surgical risk.

Invited commentary.

Surgical technique of lower lobe lung transplantation.

Ascending aortic aneurysm and aortic valve dysfunction in bicuspid aortic valve disease.

Immunobiology of naïve and genetically modified HLA-class-I-knockdown human embryonic stem cells.

Human leukocyte antigen I knockdown human embryonic stem cells induce host ignorance and achieve prolonged xenogeneic survival.

A heart team's perspective on interventional mitral valve repair: percutaneous clip implantation as an important adjunct to a surgical mitral valve program for treatment of high-risk patients.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement: a propensity score analysis in patients at high surgical risk.

Echocardiographic and clinical outcomes of MitraClip therapy in patients not amenable to surgery.

Midterm stability and hemodynamic performance of a transfemorally implantable nonmetallic, retrievable, and repositionable aortic valve in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Up to 2-year follow-up of the direct-flow medical valve: a pilot study.

What is the evidence allowing us to state that transcatheter aortic valve replacement via the femoral artery is a more attractive option compared to transapical valve replacement?

Impact of patient-prosthesis mismatch after transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve implantation in degenerated bioprostheses.

The best of both worlds: staged hybrid approach to complex cardiac disease in a patient at high surgical risk.

Prospective, randomized study comparing two different minimized versus conventional cardiopulmonary bypass systems.

Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve implantation in patients with degenerated bioprostheses.

Bivalvular transcatheter treatment of high-surgical-risk patients with coexisting severe aortic stenosis and significant mitral regurgitation.

[3-year results of the SYNTAX trial--stent or surgery? A surgeon's perspective].

Tacrolimus and cyclosporine have differential effects on the risk of development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: results of a prospective, randomized international trial in lung transplantation.

Preservation of endothelial vascular function of saphenous vein grafts after long-time storage with a recently developed potassium-chloride and N-acetylhistidine enriched storage solution.

Successful extracorporeal membrane oxygenation weaning after cardiac resynchronization therapy device implantation in a patient with end-stage heart failure.

Shock efficacy of subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for prevention of sudden cardiac death: initial multicenter experience.

Significant reduction of acute cardiac allograft rejection by selective janus kinase-1/3 inhibition using R507 and R545.

Impact of AT2 receptor deficiency on postnatal cardiovascular development.

Predictors and outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation using different approaches according to the valve academic research consortium definitions.

FBN1 gene mutation characteristics and clinical features for the prediction of mitral valve disease progression.

Baseline systolic left ventricular function determines hemodynamic adaptation following percutaneous mitral valve repair.

Gender effects on health care costs in cardiovascular medicine-a black box?

Implantation of a right ventricular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead in the right ventricular outflow tract in a patient with Ebstein anomaly and right ventricular lead dislocation.

Concomitant transcatheter aortic valve and left ventricular assist device implantation.

The potassium channel KCa3.1 as new therapeutic target for the prevention of obliterative airway disease.

Concomitant surgical atrial fibrillation ablation and event recorder implantation: better monitoring, better outcome?

Towards an integrated approach to mitral valve disease: implementation of an interventional mitral valve programme and its impact on surgical activity.

Severe intraprocedural complications after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: calling for a heart team approach.

Surgical or percutaneous mitral valve repair for secondary mitral regurgitation: comparison of patient characteristics and clinical outcomes.

Aetiology of mitral regurgitation differentially affects 2-year adverse outcomes after MitraClip therapy in high-risk patients.

Transcutaneous lead implantation connected to an externalized pacemaker in patients with implantable cardiac defibrillator/pacemaker infection and pacemaker dependency.

Isolated permanent right ventricular assistance using the HVAD continuous-flow pump.

Predictors for permanent pacemaker implantation after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation.

Minimal access median sternotomy for aortic valve replacement in elderly patients.

Is it time for a cardiac allocation score? First results from the Eurotransplant pilot study on a survival benefit-based heart allocation.

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve in patients with noncalcified aortic regurgitation.

Immunological properties of extraembryonic human mesenchymal stromal cells derived from gestational tissue.

Prevention of sternal wound complications after sternotomy: results of a large prospective randomized multicentre trial.

Preservation of left ventricular function and morphology in volume-loaded versus volume-unloaded heterotopic heart transplants.

Prognostic value of perioperative near-infrared spectroscopy during neonatal and infant congenital heart surgery for adverse in-hospital clinical events.

The impact of shunt type on palliative outcomes in neonates and infants with diminished pulmonary blood flow.

Results of modern mitral valve repair in patients with Marfan syndrome.

Clinical outcomes through 12 months in patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation treated with the MitraClip® device in the ACCESS-EUrope Phase I trial.

Hybrid coronary revascularization: a task for the true heart team!

Bortezomib rescue therapy in a patient with recurrent antibody-mediated rejection after lung transplantation.

Initial experience of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator lead extraction with the new GlideLight 80 Hz laser sheaths.

Type A aortic dissection with situs inversus.

Long-term follow-up after autologous skeletal myoblast transplantation in ischaemic heart disease.

The unsolved problem of organ allocation in times of organ shortage: the German solution?

Rhythm outcome predictors after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: a 9-year, single-center experience.

In vitro perfusion of engineered heart tissue through endothelialized channels.

Edwards Sapien XT valve placement as treatment option for aortic regurgitation after transfemoral CoreValve implantation: a multicenter experience.

Mechanically induced ventricular tachycardia by the HeartWare ventricular assist device.

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation without prior balloon aortic valvuloplasty: feasible and safe.

Do not touch the sternum--thoracotomy incisions for HVAD implantation.

Safety and feasibility of concomitant surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.

Dual-chamber pacemaker implantation with left ventricular pacing in a patient with a right ventricular assist device.

HVAD continuous flow assist device for ischemic ventricular septal rupture.

Efficacy of prophylactic intra-aortic balloon pump therapy in chronic heart failure patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Single-centre experience with next-generation devices for transapical aortic valve implantation.

Minimally invasive implantation of biventricular assist devices.

MitraClip therapy in surgical high-risk patients: identification of echocardiographic variables affecting acute procedural outcome.

Development of a risk score for outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

The challenge of valve-in-valve procedures in degenerated Mitroflow bioprostheses and the advantage of using the JenaValve transcatheter heart valve.

Report from a consensus conference on primary graft dysfunction after cardiac transplantation.

Event recorder monitoring to compare the efficacy of a left versus biatrial lesion set in patients undergoing concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation.

Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) and PMCT-angiography after cardiac surgery. Possibilities and limits.

Dichloroacetate prevents restenosis in preclinical animal models of vessel injury.

Valve-in-valve implantation of a novel and small self-expandable transcatheter heart valve in degenerated small surgical bioprostheses: the Hamburg experience.

Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) and PMCT-angiography after transvascular cardiac interventions.

Pediatric heart allocation and transplantation in Eurotransplant.

Clinical experience of combined HeartWare ventricular assist device and implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy.

HVAD implantation in right atrium-to-right pulmonary artery configuration.

Successful use of a left ventricular apical access and closure device for second-generation transapical aortic valve implantation.

Prostaglandin E2 does not attenuate adrenergic-induced cardiac contractile response.

Kidney injury and mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a routine clinical cohort.

Three-year results of an investigator-driven multicenter, international, randomized open-label de novo trial to prevent BOS after lung transplantation.

High-risk donors: extending our criteria in times of organ shortage.

Pulse wave analysis of the aortic pressure waveform in patients with vasovagal syncope.

Predicting Risk in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Comparative Analysis of EuroSCORE II and Established Risk Stratification Tools.

Perioperative glycemic control with a computerized algorithm versus conventional glycemic control in cardiac surgical patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass with blood cardioplegia.

Blood transfusion is associated with impaired outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Isolated permanent right ventricular assist device implantation with the HeartWare continuous-flow ventricular assist device: first results from the European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Successful treatment of a dilated circumflex artery and coronary sinus fistula.

[Commentary by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery on the positions statement by the German Cardiology Society on quality criteria for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)].

Concomitant minimally invasive HVAD and transapical aortic valve implantation.

SCNT-derived ESCs with mismatched mitochondria trigger an immune response in allogeneic hosts.

Correction of acquired von Willebrand syndrome by transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Prolonged resuscitation and cardiogenic shock after intoxication with European yew (Taxus baccata): Complete recovery after intermittent mechanical circulatory support.

Post-mortem computed tomography and post-mortem computed tomography angiography following transcatheter aortic valve implantation†.

Cardiac mechanics in heart transplant recipients with and without transplant vasculopathy.

Transfemoral TAVI without pre-dilatation using balloon-expandable devices: a case-matched analysis.

Stand alone totally endoscopic epimyocardial ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and significant atrial dilatation.

Clinical value of flow cytometric assessment of dendritic cell subsets in peripheral blood after solid organ transplantation.

Radial Artery Applanation Tonometry for Continuous Noninvasive Cardiac Output Measurement: A Comparison With Intermittent Pulmonary Artery Thermodilution in Patients After Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Failing stentless Bioprostheses in patients with carcinoid heart valve disease.

Evolution of mitral valve procedural volumes in the advent of endovascular treatment options: Experience at an early-adopting center in Germany.

Immunobiology of fibrin-based engineered heart tissue.

Thirty-day VARC-2 and performance data of a new self-expanding transcatheter aortic heart valve.

Carcinoid Heart Valve Disease: Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve-In-Valve Implantation in Failing Biological Xenografts.

Local MicroRNA Modulation Using a Novel Anti-miR-21-Eluting Stent Effectively Prevents Experimental In-Stent Restenosis.

Valve-in-Valve Procedures in Failing Biological Xenografts Using a Novel Balloon-Expandable Device: Experience in Aortic, Mitral, and Tricuspid Positions.

Implantable loop recorder monitoring after concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF): insights from more than 200 continuously monitored patients.

Transseptal and transmitral Parachute® implantation in conjunction with "MitraClipping".

First-in-man treatment of a degenerated mitral surgical valve with the mechanical expanding Lotus™ valve.

First in human implantation of the mechanical expanding Lotus® valve in degenerated surgical valves in mitral position.

Transcatheter valve-in-valve therapy using 6 different devices in 4 anatomic positions: Clinical outcomes and technical considerations.

Distinction of non-ischemia inducing versus ischemia inducing coronary stenosis by fluorescent cardiac imaging.

Sex Differences in Immunology: More Severe Development of Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension in Male Rats Exposed to Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Blockade.

Trends in Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in More Than 3,000 Consecutive Cases in the Era of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantations.

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Registries in the Era of Big Data With Global Reach.

Preoperative Ticagrelor administration leads to a higher risk of bleeding during and after coronary bypass surgery in a case-matched analysis.

Pharmacokinetics of the Experimental Non-Nucleosidic DNA Methyl Transferase Inhibitor N-Phthalyl-L-Tryptophan (RG 108) in Rats.

MitraClip-data analysis of contemporary literature.

Preferential short cut or alternative route: the transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Concomitant surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with significant atrial dilation >55 mm. Worth the effort?

Applicability of next generation balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves in aortic annuli exceeding formally approved dimensions.

Residual and Progressive Aortic Regurgitation After Valve-Sparing Root Replacement: A Propensity-Matched Multi-Institutional Analysis in 764 Patients.

Survival and freedom from aortic valve-related reoperation after valve-sparing aortic root replacement in 1015 patients.

Repeat transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a latest generation balloon-expandable device for treatment of failing transcatheter heart valves.

Ex vivo lung perfusion: The magic bullet to cure sick donor lungs?

Large Biatrial Thrombembolus Caught in Transit across a Patent Foramen Ovale.

A New Animal Model for Investigation of Mechanical Unloading in Hypertrophic and Failing Hearts: Combination of Transverse Aortic Constriction and Heterotopic Heart Transplantation.

Myocardial tissue engineering for cardiac repair.

[Not Available].

Improving outcomes: case-matched comparison of novel second-generation versus first-generation self-expandable transcatheter heart valves.

Successful therapy of pancreatitis after heart transplantation-A case series.

The Selective JAK1/3-Inhibitor R507 Mitigates Obliterative Airway Disease Both With Systemic Administration and Aerosol Inhalation.

Age Over 65: To Transplant or Not to Transplant?

Mitral regurgitation after previous aortic valve surgery for bicuspid aortic valve insufficiency.

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Surgical High-Risk Patients: Gender-Specific Acute and Long-Term Outcomes.

High Incidence of De Novo and Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Rhythm Management Device.

Analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats as a Tool for Translating Evidence into Individualized Medical Strategies (I-SWOT).

Dendritic Cells and Their Role in Cardiovascular Diseases: A View on Human Studies.

The Evolution of Modern Cardiac Surgery and the Necessity to Change.

Coronary Sinus Lead Removal: A Comparison between Active and Passive Fixation Leads.

Baseline anemia and its impact on midterm outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

The Value of Circulating Biomarkers in Bicuspid Aortic Valve-Associated Aortopathy.

A matched pairs analysis of non-rib-spreading, fully endoscopic, mini-incision technique versus conventional mini-thoracotomy for mitral valve repair.

Subannular perforation of left ventricular outflow tract associated with transcatheter valve implantation: pathophysiological background and clinical implications.

Morphologic and Functional Markers of Aortopathy in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Insufficiency Versus Stenosis.

Percutaneous Dilatation Tracheostomy in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device and Established Phenprocoumon Therapy.

Orthotopic tracheal transplantation using human bronchus: an original xenotransplant model of obliterative airway disorder.

Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation versus redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with failed aortic bioprostheses.

Laser lead extraction allows for safe and effective removal of single- and dual-coil implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads: A single-centre experience over 12 years.

Concomitant implantation of Impella(®) on top of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may improve survival of patients with cardiogenic shock.

Cardiac repair in guinea pigs with human engineered heart tissue from induced pluripotent stem cells.

Towards a Tissue-Engineered Contractile Fontan-Conduit: The Fate of Cardiac Myocytes in the Subpulmonary Circulation.

TCT-708 Safety and Efficacy of the Percutaneous Transaxillary Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation using various Transcatheter Heart Valves in 100 Consecutive Patients.

TCT-739 Twelve-month follow-up results of the STASIS trial: a multi-center study on a novel apical closure device for transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

TCT-740 Comparison of Procedural, Clinical and Functional Outcome after either Balloon- or Mechanical-expanding Transcatheter Heart Valve Implantation.

Aortopathy in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis with Fusion of Right-Left versus Right-Non-Coronary Cusps: Are These Different Diseases?

Acute Pulmonary Artery Obstruction as the Primary Manifestation of a Rapidly Growing Intimal Sarcoma in a 54-Year-Old Patient.

Minimally invasive endoscopic surgery versus catheter-based device occlusion for atrial septal defects in adults: reconsideration of the standard of care.

Effective treatment with a new protocol using tissue-type plasminogen activator thrombolysis for pump thrombosis with the HVAD device.

Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Temporary Right Ventricular Assist Device Support for Acute Right Ventricular Failure During Minimally Invasive Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.

Lead extraction with high frequency laser sheaths: a single-centre experience.

Late post-AVR progression of bicuspid aortopathy: link to hemodynamics.

Evaluation of tricuspid valve regurgitation following laser lead extraction†.

Markers of Lipid Metabolism Do Not Correlate with the Expression of Aortopathy in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease.

Direct percutaneous transaxillary implantation of a novel self-expandable transcatheter heart valve for aortic stenosis.

The value of fluorine-18 deoxyglucose positron emission tomography scans in patients with ventricular assist device specific infections†.

First experience with transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation without prior balloon pre-dilatation using a latest generation repositionable and retrievable transcatheter heart valve†.

Lung Transplantation in Germany Since the Introduction of the Lung Allocation Score.

Genetic abnormalities in bicuspid aortic valve root phenotype: preliminary results.

Uncommon cause of pulmonary hypertension.

A comparison of volume clamp method-based continuous noninvasive cardiac output (CNCO) measurement versus intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution in postoperative cardiothoracic surgery patients.

Structural Valve Deterioration of a Subcoronary Implanted Stentless Bioprosthesis: How to Treat?

Comparison of latest generation transfemoral self-expandable and balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves.

Thalidomide treatment prevents chronic graft rejection after aortic transplantation in rats - an experimental study.

Human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes cultured in 3D engineered heart tissue show physiological upstroke velocity and sodium current density.

Qualitative angiographic and quantitative myocardial perfusion assessment using fluorescent cardiac imaging during graded coronary artery bypass stenosis.

Gender differences and outcomes in left ventricular assist device support: The European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Long-term outcomes of prophylactic placement of an endovascular balloon in the vena cava for high-risk transvenous lead extractions.

Comparison of Outcomes of Tricuspid Valve Surgery in Patients with Reduced and Normal Right Ventricular Function.

Predictors of Long-term Success After Concomitant Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Annuloplasty With Realignment of Both Papillary Muscles for Correction of Type IIIb Functional Mitral Regurgitation.

Bleeding risk of submuscular ICD implantation with continued oral anticoagulation versus heparin bridging therapy.

The Bridge Occlusion Balloon as a safety net in a high-risk transvenous lead extraction procedure.

Percutaneous left atrial unloading to prevent pulmonary oedema and to facilitate ventricular recovery under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy.

Renal protection strategies after heart transplantation.

Role of Depression and Social Isolation at Time of Waitlisting for Survival 8 Years After Heart Transplantation.

The impact of coronary anomalies on the outcome in aortic valve surgery: comparison of bicuspid aortic valve versus tricuspid aortic valve morphotype.

Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve System for Symptomatic High-Risk Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis.

Honoring 50 Years of Clinical Heart Transplantation in Circulation: In-Depth State-of-the-Art Review.

Warfarin anticoagulation in acute type A aortic dissection survivors (WATAS).

Stentless vs. stented bioprosthesis for aortic valve replacement: A case matched comparison of long-term follow-up and subgroup analysis of patients with native valve endocarditis.

Novel Approaches for BAV Aortopathy Prediction-Is There a Need for Cohort Studies and Biomarkers?

Impact f pre- and post-procedural renal dysfunction on long-term outcomes in patients undergoing MitraClip implantation: A retrospective analysis from two German high-volume centres.

Risk prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiopulmonary support: The ECMO-ACCEPTS score.

Expression Patterns of Circulating MicroRNAs in the Risk Stratification of Bicuspid Aortopathy.

Atrial fibrillation surgery with a focus on patients with reduced left ventricular function and heart failure.

Bridging INTERMACS 1 patients from VA-ECMO to LVAD via Impella 5.0: De-escalate and ambulate.

Screening for transcatheter mitral valve replacement: a decision tree algorithm.

Implantable loop recorder monitoring in patients with cryptogenic stroke - Detection and treatment of different clinically relevant arrhythmias.

Focus on the annuloplasty in aortic valve repair: implications from a quantitative multislice computed tomography analysis.

Comparison of microstructural alterations in the proximal aorta between aortic stenosis and regurgitation.

Switching to Impella 5.0 decreases need for transfusion in patients undergoing temporary mechanical circulatory support.

Circulating microRNAs vs. aortic diameter in bicuspid aortic valve aortopathy.

TAVR for low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis: Prognostic impact of aortic valve calcification.

Procedural volume and outcomes in patients undergoing VA-ECMO support.

Long-Term Outcome and Quality of Life After Biological Aortic Valve Replacement in Nonelderly Adults.

Left ventricular reverse remodeling after successful subannular mitral valve repair in end-stage heart failure: a case report.

Hematopoietic stem-cell senescence and myocardial repair - Coronary artery disease genotype/phenotype analysis of post-MI myocardial regeneration response induced by CABG/CD133+ bone marrow hematopoietic stem cell treatment in RCT PERFECT Phase 3.

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with adult congenital heart disease listed for heart and heart‒lung transplantation in the Eurotransplant region.

Focus on a rare clinical entity: unicuspid aortic valve disease.

Spontaneous echo contrast, left atrial appendage thrombus and stroke in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Concomitant Dor Procedure: a Single Center Experience.

Left Ventricular Unloading Is Associated With Lower Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Treated With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Results From an International, Multicenter Cohort Study.

Clinical outcomes of complete versus incomplete revascularization in patients treated with coronary artery bypass grafting: insights from the TiCAB trial.

qSOFA Score Is Useful to Assess Disease Severity in Patients With Heart Failure in the Setting of a Heart Failure Unit (HFU).

Prognostic value of the H FPEF score in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Safety and efficacy of transvenous lead extraction of very old leads.

Changes in transvalvular flow patterns after aortic valve repair: comparison of symmetric versus asymmetric aortic valve geometry.

Non-immune risk predictors of cardiac allograft vasculopathy: Results from the U.S. organ procurement and transplantation network.

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Ineligible for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR): Implications for Future Device Innovation.

Corrigendum to 'Changes in transvalvular flow patterns after aortic valve repair: comparison of symmetric versus asymmetric aortic valve geometry'.

Early commercial experience with a newly designed balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valve: 30-day outcomes and implications of preprocedural computed tomography.

First in man evaluation of a novel circulatory support device: Early experience with the Impella 5.5 after CE mark approval in Germany.

Eligibility for mechanical circulatory support devices based on current and past randomised cardiogenic shock trials.

Prevention of coronary obstruction in patients at risk undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Hamburg BASILICA experience.

Aortic root dimensions as a correlate for aortic regurgitation's severity.

Aortic Valve Repair in Annular Dilatation: External vs Internal Suture Annuloplasty.

Heyde syndrome: prevalence and outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Correction to: Prevention of coronary obstruction in patients at risk undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Hamburg BASILICA experience.

A Novel Plug-Based Vascular Closure Device for Percutaneous Femoral Artery Closure in Patients Undergoing Minimally-Invasive Valve Surgery.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with a small aortic annulus: performance of supra-, intra- and infra-annular transcatheter heart valves.

Seasonal trends of incidence and outcomes of cardiogenic shock : findings from a large, nationwide inpatients sample with 441,696 cases.

Study design and rationale of the pAtients pResenTing with cOngenital heaRt dIseAse Register (ARTORIA-R).

Impact of left ventricular outflow tract calcification in patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Laser Lead Extraction During Venoarterial ECMO support.

Dynamics of Vascular Protective and Immune Supportive Sphingosine-1-Phosphate During Cardiac Surgery.

End-stage renal disease, calcification patterns and clinical outcomes after TAVI.

Factor H-related protein 1 (FHR-1) is associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Clinical Characteristics, Complications and Outcomes of Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Related to COVID-19 or Influenza Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-A Retrospective Cohort Study.

TAVI for Pure Non-calcified Aortic Regurgitation Using a Self-Expandable Transcatheter Heart Valve.

Circulating microRNAs in the prediction of BAV aortopathy: do the expression patterns correlate between blood and aortic tissue?

Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Elevated Mitral Valve Pressure Gradient After Mitral Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair.

The GermAn Laser Lead Extraction RegistrY: GALLERY.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation evolution: Left ventricular unloading strategies.

Treatment of advanced heart failure in adults with congenital heart disease: a narrative review and clinical cases.

Subannular repair for functional mitral regurgitation with reduced systolic ventricle function: rationale and design of REFORM-MR registry.

Impact of diastolic pulmonary gradient and pulmonary artery pulse index on outcomes in heart transplant patients-Results from the Eurotransplant database.

Prognostic impact and diagnostic value of invasively derived hemodynamic measures in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing TAVI.

Use of mechanical circulatory support in patients with non-ischaemic cardiogenic shock.

Minimally invasive epicardial left-ventricular lead implantation and simultaneous left atrial appendage closure.

Proteomic Analysis in Valvular Cardiomyopathy: Aortic Regurgitation vs. Aortic Stenosis.

Physical and Mental Recovery after Aortic Valve Surgery in Non-Elderly Patients: Native Valve-Preserving Surgery vs. Prosthetic Valve Replacement.

Valvular Cardiomyopathy in Aortic Valve Regurgitation Correlates with Myocardial Fibrosis.