Otomar Kittnar

Lifestyle decreases risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.

Cardiac preload: hemodynamic physiology during thoracic surgery.

Coronary versus carotid blood flow and coronary perfusion pressure in a pig model of prolonged cardiac arrest treated by different modes of venoarterial ECMO and intraaortic balloon counterpulsation.

Early vancomycin, amikacin and gentamicin concentrations in pulmonary artery and pulmonary tissue are not affected by VA ECMO (venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) in a pig model of prolonged cardiac arrest.

Mild therapeutic hypothermia is superior to controlled normothermia for the maintenance of blood pressure and cerebral oxygenation, prevention of organ damage and suppression of oxidative stress after cardiac arrest in a porcine model.

Estrogen can modulate menopausal women's heart rate variability.

Experimental evaluation of the cardiac rhythm originating in myocardial sleeves of pulmonary veins using a monophasic action potential.

Median frequencies of prolonged ventricular fibrillation treated by V-A ECMO correspond to a return of spontaneous circulation rate.

Renal denervation decreases effective refractory period but not inducibility of ventricular fibrillation in a healthy porcine biomodel: a case control study.

Inducibility of ventricular fibrillation during mild therapeutic hypothermia: electrophysiological study in a swine model.

Arteriovenous grafts: early ultrasonography tells their fortune.

Increasing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation flow negatively affects left ventricular performance in a porcine model of cardiogenic shock.

Ischemic Postconditioning and Nitric Oxide Administration Failed to Confer Protective Effects in a Porcine Model of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Acute Digital Ischemia Associated with Closed Injury.

The Cortisol to Cortisone Ratio during Cardiac Catheterisation in Sows.

Microcirculatory blood flow during cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation does not correlate with global hemodynamics: an experimental study.

Electrocardiogram-synchronized pulsatile extracorporeal life support preserves left ventricular function and coronary flow in a porcine model of cardiogenic shock.

Severe acute heart failure - experimental model with very low mortality.

Brain perfusion evaluated by regional tissue oxygenation as a possible quality indicator of ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An experimental porcine cardiac arrest study.

Validation of new marker of fluid responsiveness based on Doppler assessment of blood flow velocity in superior vena cava in mechanically ventilated pigs.

Selected sex related differences in pathophysiology of cardiovascular system.

Increasing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation flow puts higher demands on left ventricular work in a porcine model of chronic heart failure.

Increasing Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Flow Reduces Electrical Impedance of the Lung Regions in Porcine Acute Heart Failure.

Hemodynamic adaptation of heart failure to percutaneous venoarterial extracorporeal circulatory supports.

Targeted lateral positioning decreases lung collapse and overdistension in COVID-19-associated ARDS.

Current Aspects of the Role of Autoantibodies Directed Against Appetite-Regulating Hormones and the Gut Microbiome in Eating Disorders.

New Porcine Model of Arteriovenous Fistula Documents Increased Coronary Blood Flow at the Cost of Brain Perfusion.

Prone positioning may increase lung overdistension in COVID-19-induced ARDS.

Aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation modify the effect of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on left ventricular function in cardiogenic shock.