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Wolfgang Konertz

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1 Bispectral index-guided sedation with dexmedetomidine in intensive care: a prospective, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled phase II study. Crit Care Med 2002 1.94
2 Ten years of clinical results with a tissue-engineered pulmonary valve. Ann Thorac Surg 2011 1.70
3 Validity and reliability of the DDS for severity of delirium in the ICU. Neurocrit Care 2005 1.52
4 Mid-term clinical results using a tissue-engineered pulmonary valve to reconstruct the right ventricular outflow tract during the Ross procedure. Ann Thorac Surg 2007 1.50
5 Prolonged intensive care unit stay in cardiac surgery: risk factors and long-term-survival. Ann Thorac Surg 2006 1.42
6 Three-year survival after four major post-cardiac operative complications. Crit Care Med 2006 1.28
7 Decellularized xenogenic heart valves reveal remodeling and growth potential in vivo. Tissue Eng 2006 1.03
8 Bispectral index versus COMFORT score to determine the level of sedation in paediatric intensive care unit patients: a prospective study. Crit Care 2004 1.03
9 Preoperative oral carbohydrate administration to ASA III-IV patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. Anesth Analg 2006 1.01
10 Immune response in patients receiving a bioprosthetic heart valve: lack of response with decellularized valves. Tissue Eng Part A 2011 1.00
11 Surgical management of multiple coronary artery aneurysms, including the giant form. Tex Heart Inst J 2009 0.99
12 Overestimation of the operative risk by the EuroSCORE also in high-risk patients undergoing aortic valve replacement with a stentless biological prosthesis. Heart Surg Forum 2010 0.95
13 Covered perforated aortocoronary saphenous vein graft aneurysm. J Card Surg 2008 0.94
14 Tissue-engineered heart valve scaffolds. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009 0.93
15 Recellularization of aortic valves in pigs. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010 0.92
16 Left ventricular volume reduction surgery: The 4th International Registry Report 2004. J Card Surg 2005 0.92
17 Histological evaluation of tissue-engineered heart valves implanted in the juvenile sheep model: is there a need for in-vitro seeding? J Heart Valve Dis 2006 0.90
18 Operative technique and early hemodynamic results with the Freedom Solo valve. J Heart Valve Dis 2006 0.87
19 Immunological and echocardiographic evaluation of decellularized versus cryopreserved allografts during the Ross operation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005 0.87
20 The effect of surface roughness on activation of the coagulation system and platelet adhesion in rotary blood pumps. Artif Organs 2007 0.86
21 Increased interleukin-10 and cortisol in long-term alcoholics after cardiopulmonary bypass: a hint to the increased postoperative infection rate? Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2005 0.84
22 Continuous suture technique for freedom stentless valve: reduced crossclamp time. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 0.83
23 Noninvasive monitoring of cardiac function in a chronic ischemic heart failure model in the rat: assessment with tissue Doppler and non-Doppler 2D strain echocardiography. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2011 0.83
24 Stress induced IL-10 does not seem to be essential for early monocyte deactivation following cardiac surgery. Cytokine 2003 0.82
25 Clinical experience with the ATS 3F stentless aortic bioprosthesis: five years' follow up. J Heart Valve Dis 2010 0.82
26 A retrospective non-randomized study on the impact of INTEGUSEAL, a preoperative microbial skin sealant, on the rate of surgical site infections after cardiac surgery. Int J Infect Dis 2011 0.81
27 Stentless aortic valve replacement in the young patient: long-term results. J Cardiothorac Surg 2013 0.81
28 A tissue engineered heart valve implanted in a juvenile sheep model. Med Sci Monit 2003 0.81
29 Cerebroprotective effect of piracetam in patients undergoing coronary bypass burgery. Med Sci Monit 2008 0.81
30 Factors predicting the time until atrial fibrillation recurrence after concomitant left atrial ablation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008 0.81
31 Clinical experience with expanded use of the Ross procedure: a paradigm shift? J Heart Valve Dis 2010 0.80
32 The Freedom SOLO valve: superior hemodynamic results with a new stentless pericardial valve for aortic valve replacement. J Heart Valve Dis 2007 0.80
33 Cerebroprotective effect of piracetam in patients undergoing open heart surgery. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011 0.80
34 Transfemoral versus conventional aortic valve implantation--early postoperative cognitive outcome. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 0.80
35 Comparison of cryopreserved homografts and decellularized porcine heterografts implanted in sheep. Artif Organs 2004 0.80
36 A review of current strategies to reduce intraoperative bacterial contamination of surgical wounds. GMS Krankenhhyg Interdiszip 2007 0.80
37 Low-dose prostacyclin preserves renal function in high-risk patients after coronary bypass surgery. Crit Care Med 2002 0.80
38 Endothelial cell-seeded bovine internal mammary artery for complete revascularization. Ann Thorac Surg 2007 0.79
39 Extracellular matrix in deoxycholic acid decellularized aortic heart valves. Med Sci Monit 2012 0.79
40 Six years of clinical follow-up with endothelial cell-seeded small-diameter vascular grafts during coronary bypass surgery. J Tissue Eng 2013 0.78
41 Ablation of atrial fibrillation in valvular heart surgery: are results determined by underlying valve disease? J Heart Valve Dis 2007 0.78
42 Can autologous vascular endothelial cell seeding increase the patency rate of small-diameter No-React-treated bovine internal mammary arteries? An in vivo study in juvenile sheep. Med Sci Monit 2007 0.78
43 Local glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor delivery from the pump surface attenuates platelet adhesion in continuous flow ventricular assist devices. Artif Organs 2008 0.78
44 The role of atrial remodeling for ablation of atrial fibrillation. Ann Thorac Surg 2008 0.78
45 Improvement in cost-effectiveness and customer satisfaction by a quality management system according to EN ISO 9001:2000. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2005 0.78
46 Temporary left ventricular assist and levosimendan for coronary artery spasm. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2005 0.78
47 Partial left ventriculectomy--The Third International Registry Report 2002. J Card Surg 2003 0.78
48 Age-dependent chronic rejection after experimental heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2006 0.77
49 Results with decellularized xenografts. Circ Res 2006 0.77
50 Small-dose epoprostenol decreases systemic oxygen consumption and splanchnic oxygen extraction during normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. Anesth Analg 2006 0.77
51 Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with congestive heart failure. J Card Fail 2007 0.77
52 Levosimendan may improve survival in patients requiring mechanical assist devices for post-cardiotomy heart failure. Crit Care 2006 0.77
53 The relationship between structure and function: why does reshaping the left ventricle surgically not always result in functional improvement? Comput Biol Med 2003 0.77
54 Ross procedure with a tissue-engineered heart valve in complex congenital aortic valve disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007 0.76
55 Protracted bleeding after hirudin anticoagulation for cardiac surgery in a patient with HIT II and chronic renal failure. Artif Organs 2005 0.76
56 Clonidine attenuated early proinflammatory response in T-cell subsets after cardiac surgery. Anesth Analg 2006 0.76
57 Effect of partial left ventriculectomy on left and right ventricular volumes and function as assessed with electron beam tomography: preliminary results. Eur Radiol 2002 0.75
58 Concomitant ablation of atrial fibrillation in octogenarians: an observational study. J Cardiothorac Surg 2008 0.75
59 Is the Ross procedure really a Trojan horse? Eur Heart J 2008 0.75
60 Seeding human endothelial cells on complex three-dimensional scaffolds. Ann Thorac Surg 2006 0.75
61 Atypical vessels as an early sign of intracardiac myxoma? Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2004 0.75
62 Aortocoronary endothelial cell-seeded polytetrafluoroethylene graft: 9-year patency. Ann Thorac Surg 2007 0.75
63 Predictive Power and Implication of EuroSCORE, EuroSCORE II and STS Score for Isolated Repeated Aortic Valve Replacement. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015 0.75
64 Decellularization of xenogenic biologic tissue. Ann Thorac Surg 2008 0.75
65 Use of an antimicrobial skin sealant reduces surgical site infection in patients undergoing routine cardiac surgery. Surg Infect (Larchmt) 2011 0.75
66 Analysis of atrial fibrillatory activity from high-resolution surface electrocardiograms: Evaluation and application of a new system. Exp Clin Cardiol 2008 0.75
67 Can cryopreservation destroy the extracellular matrix of pulmonary allografts? Ann Thorac Surg 2007 0.75
68 Risk and Outcome of Aortic Valve Surgery in the Transcatheter Valve Era: The Gender Aspect. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015 0.75
69 [Customer satisfaction with a quality management system according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000: Increase in the satisfaction of cooperating clinics]. Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich 2006 0.75
70 Concomitant ablation of atrial fibrillation: are results associated with surgeon's experience? J Card Surg 2007 0.75
71 Effect of different pump heads for CPB on early cognitive outcome after coronary artery bypass surgery. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 0.75
72 Molecular adsorbents recirculating system dialysis for liver insufficiency and sepsis following right ventricular assist device after cardiac surgery. Artif Organs 2004 0.75
73 Encouraging experience with intracardiac transplantation of unselected autologous bone marrow cells concomitant with coronary artery bypass surgery after myocardial infarction. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011 0.75
74 A new PRECiSe (priming reduced extracorporeal circulation setup) minimizes the need for blood transfusions: first clinical results in coronary artery bypass grafting. Heart Surg Forum 2005 0.75
75 Partnership for the heart. German-Estonian health project for the treatment of congenital heart defects in Estonia. Health Policy 2004 0.75
76 Images in cardiovascular medicine. Aortic allograft in the pulmonary position after twenty-three years. Circulation 2002 0.75
77 Inadequate cytoplasmatic calcium signals in alveolar macrophages after cardiac surgery. Inflamm Res 2010 0.75
78 Cardiac effects of experimental intravenous bone marrow cell transplantation after myocardial infarction. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 0.75
79 [Tissue-engineered heart valves. The latest generation of biological valve prostheses]. Arq Bras Cardiol 2002 0.75
80 High concordance of invasive and echocardiographic mean pressure gradients in patients with a mechanical aortic valve prosthesis. J Heart Valve Dis 2005 0.75
81 [Certification and quality management of a complex university cardiac center according to law EN ISO 9001: 2000]. Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich 2003 0.75
82 Biventricular assist device in extreme anorexia nervosa. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2002 0.75
83 Bridge-to-recovery from acute myocarditis in a 12-year-old child. Artif Organs 2004 0.75
84 Low-prime system minimizes transfusions and hemodilution in coronary bypass. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2006 0.75
85 Cerebroprotective effect of preoperative dual antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013 0.75
86 [Berlin experiences with the "CorCap". "Hearts have become smaller, pump function is improved]. MMW Fortschr Med 2004 0.75
87 [Controlling of medical goods through process-oriented quality management. Interface between a cardiac surgery university clinic and an external consultant]. Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich 2004 0.75