Published in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg on March 01, 2010
The safety of moderate hypothermic lower body circulatory arrest with selective cerebral perfusion: a propensity score analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 3.08
TGFBR1 and TGFBR2 mutations in patients with features of Marfan syndrome and Loeys-Dietz syndrome. Hum Mutat (2006) 1.93
Ascending aortic cannulation in acute aortic dissection type A: the Hannover experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 1.80
Predictive risk factors for patients with cirrhosis undergoing heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.73
Ascending aortic cannulation for Stanford type A acute aortic dissection: another option. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.73
Effects of donor pre-treatment with dopamine on survival after heart transplantation: a cohort study of heart transplant recipients nested in a randomized controlled multicenter trial. J Am Coll Cardiol (2011) 1.63
Total aortic arch replacement with the frozen elephant trunk technique: 10-year follow-up single-centre experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 1.61
Predictors of aneurysmal formation after surgical correction of aortic coarctation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 1.51
Effects of FP15, a peroxynitrite decomposition catalyst on cardiac and pulmonary function after cardiopulmonary bypass. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.48
Hypothermic circulatory arrest with moderate, deep or profound hypothermic selective antegrade cerebral perfusion: which temperature provides best brain protection? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.44
Poly-ADP-ribose polymerase inhibition protects against myocardial and endothelial reperfusion injury after hypothermic cardiac arrest. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.44
Treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms using different surgical techniques: a single-centre experience with 548 patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 1.44
Myocardial tissue engineering: the extracellular matrix. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 1.43
Portal application of human unrestricted somatic stem cells to support hepatic regeneration after portal embolization and tumor surgery. ASAIO J (2012) 1.42
Adaptation of the right ventricle to an increased afterload in the chronically volume overloaded heart. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.42
Early postoperative delirium after open-heart cardiac surgery is associated with decreased bispectral EEG and increased cortisol and interleukin-6. Intensive Care Med (2010) 1.37
Intramural hematoma of the aorta: predictors of progression to dissection and rupture. Circulation (2003) 1.30
The number of wires for sternal closure has a significant influence on sternal complications in high-risk patients. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 1.25
Poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase inhibition reduces reperfusion injury after heart transplantation. Circ Res (2002) 1.23
Evolving strategies for treatment of acute aortic dissection type A. Circulation (2004) 1.20
Defects in ankyrin-based membrane protein targeting pathways underlie atrial fibrillation. Circulation (2011) 1.18
Increased mucosal expression of Toll-like receptor (TLR)2 and TLR4 in coeliac disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2007) 1.16
Identification of 29 novel and nine recurrent fibrillin-1 (FBN1) mutations and genotype-phenotype correlations in 76 patients with Marfan syndrome. Hum Mutat (2005) 1.14
Comparative investigation of the left ventricular pressure-volume relationship in rat models of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2009) 1.14
Decade of aortic valve sparing reimplantation: are we pushing the limits too far? Circulation (2005) 1.13
Pharmacological activation of soluble guanylate cyclase protects the heart against ischemic injury. Circulation (2009) 1.12
Development and evaluation of a perfusion decellularization porcine heart model--generation of 3-dimensional myocardial neoscaffolds. Circ J (2011) 1.10
Sternal microcirculation after skeletonized versus pedicled harvesting of the internal thoracic artery: a randomized study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.10
The groin first approach for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: are we pushing the limits for transapical implantation? Clin Res Cardiol (2012) 1.07
Comparison of ascending aorta versus femoral artery cannulation for acute aortic dissection type A. Circulation (2009) 1.07
Cardioprotective effects of hydrogen sulfide. Nitric Oxide (2010) 1.06
Surgical treatment of aberrant right subclavian artery (arteria lusoria) aneurysm using three different methods. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.05
High defibrillation threshold in patients with implantable defibrillator: how effective is the subcutaneous finger lead? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 1.05
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation after previous mechanical mitral valve replacement: expanding indications? Heart Surg Forum (2011) 1.05
Analysis of risk factors for neurological dysfunction in patients with acute aortic dissection type A: data from the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection type A (GERAADA). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.03
The frozen elephant trunk technique for treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.01
Comparison of hemodynamics in the ascending aorta between pulsatile and continuous flow left ventricular assist devices using computational fluid dynamics based on computed tomography images. Artif Organs (2013) 1.01
Aortic valve-sparing operation in Marfan syndrome: what do we know after a decade? Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.01
Ventricular energetics after the Fontan operation: contractility-afterload mismatch. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.00
Tetrahydrobiopterin improves cardiac and pulmonary function after cardiopulmonary bypass. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 0.98
Genetic polymorphisms of CD14, toll-like receptor 4, and caspase-recruitment domain 15 are not associated with necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2006) 0.98
Mutation screening of the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene in 76 unrelated patients with Marfan syndrome or Marfanoid features leads to the identification of 11 novel and three previously reported mutations. Hum Mutat (2002) 0.98
Physical models aiding in complex congenital heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 0.97
Influence of LVAD cannula outflow tract location on hemodynamics in the ascending aorta: a patient-specific computational fluid dynamics approach. ASAIO J (2012) 0.97
Preclinical testing of tissue-engineered heart valves re-endothelialized under simulated physiological conditions. Circulation (2006) 0.96
Pre-conditioning with the soluble guanylate cyclase activator Cinaciguat reduces ischaemia-reperfusion injury after cardiopulmonary bypass. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 0.96
Valve-sparing aortic root reconstruction in patients with significant aortic insufficiency. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 0.96
Mucosal expression of claudins 2, 3 and 4 in proximal and distal part of duodenum in children with coeliac disease. Virchows Arch (2010) 0.93
Role of nitrosative stress and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activation in myocardial reperfusion injury. Curr Vasc Pharmacol (2005) 0.92
Selective phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitor vardenafil ameliorates renal damage in type 1 diabetic rats by restoring cyclic 3',5' guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) level in podocytes. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2012) 0.91
Activation of the peroxynitrite-poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase pathway during neointima proliferation: a new target to prevent restenosis after endarterectomy. J Vasc Surg (2006) 0.90
Reendothelialization of human heart valve neoscaffolds using umbilical cord-derived endothelial cells. Circ J (2012) 0.90
Tricuspid valve endocarditis with septic pulmonary emboli in a drug addict. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 0.89
Vardenafil protects against myocardial and endothelial injuries after cardiopulmonary bypass. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 0.89
Hypothermic circulatory arrest during ascending and aortic arch surgery: the theoretical impact of different cerebral perfusion techniques and other methods of cerebral protection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 0.89
Single dose treatment with PARP-inhibitor INO-1001 improves aging-associated cardiac and vascular dysfunction. Exp Gerontol (2007) 0.89
Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device therapy in patients with preoperative hepatic failure: are we pushing the limits too far? Artif Organs (2014) 0.88
Effects of inosine on reperfusion injury after heart transplantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 0.88
Comparison of inhaled nitric oxide with aerosolized iloprost for treatment of pulmonary hypertension in children after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Clin Res Cardiol (2011) 0.88
Usefulness and limitations of computational models in aortic disease risk stratification. J Vasc Surg (2010) 0.87
Inhibition of smooth muscle cell migration and neointima formation in vein grafts by overexpression of matrix metalloproteinase-3. J Vasc Surg (2009) 0.87
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition improves endothelial dysfunction induced by reactive oxidant hydrogen peroxide in vitro. Eur J Pharmacol (2007) 0.87
Treatment options for severe cardiac amyloidosis: heart transplantation combined with chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation for patients with AL-amyloidosis and heart and liver transplantation for patients with ATTR-amyloidosis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2007) 0.86
Endothelial dysfunction after long-term cold storage in HTK organ preservation solutions: effects of iron chelators and N-alpha-acetyl-L-histidine. J Heart Lung Transplant (2008) 0.85
Effects of selective phosphodiesterase-5-inhibition on myocardial contractility and reperfusion injury after heart transplantation. Transplantation (2008) 0.85
Src family tyrosine kinases inhibit single L-type: Ca2+ channel activity in human atrial myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol (2004) 0.85
Constrictive pericarditis: risks, aetiologies and outcomes after total pericardiectomy: 24 years of experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 0.84
Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis in active intravenous drug users: a justified procedure? J Cardiothorac Surg (2014) 0.84
In vivo functional performance and structural maturation of decellularised allogenic aortic valves in the subcoronary position. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 0.84
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition attenuates biventricular reperfusion injury after orthotopic heart transplantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 0.84
The fibrillin-1 hypomorphic mgR/mgR murine model of Marfan syndrome shows severe elastolysis in all segments of the aorta. J Vasc Surg (2013) 0.84
Aortic dissection type A after supra-aortic debranching and implantation of an endovascular stent-graft for type B dissection: A word of caution. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 0.84
Endothelial dysfunction after hypoxia-reoxygenation: do in vitro models work? Vascul Pharmacol (2009) 0.83
Time-domain in vivo near infrared fluorescence imaging for evaluation of matriptase as a potential target for the development of novel, inhibitor-based tumor therapies. Int J Cancer (2010) 0.83
Effect of different preoperative patient characteristics on coronary surgery outcome: a comparative study between a developing and a developed country. J Card Surg (2008) 0.83
Foreign body impaction in the sigmoid colon: a twenty euro bet. World J Gastroenterol (2013) 0.83
In vivo echocardiographic imaging of transplanted human adult stem cells in the myocardium labeled with clinically applicable CliniMACS nanoparticles. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2006) 0.83
Impact of severe postoperative complications after cardiac surgery on mortality in patients aged over 80 years. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2013) 0.83
Quick proximal arch replacement with moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 0.83
Adenylate-cyclase VI transforms ventricular cardiomyocytes into biological pacemaker cells. Tissue Eng Part A (2010) 0.83
Staged heart transplantation and chemotherapy as a treatment option in patients with severe cardiac light-chain amyloidosis. Eur J Heart Fail (2009) 0.82
Intestinal alkaline phosphatase in the colonic mucosa of children with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol (2012) 0.82
Increased heat shock protein 72 expression in celiac disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2010) 0.82
The impact of spinal angiography on the neurological outcome after surgery on the descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 0.82
Hybrid endograft for one-step treatment of multisegment disease of the thoracic aorta. J Vasc Interv Radiol (2005) 0.81