Published in Eur J Cardiothorac Surg on April 30, 2011
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Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: executive summary (update 2005): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J (2005) 7.75
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in awake patients as bridge to lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 2.86
Cryopreserved human allografts (homografts) for the management of graft infections in the ascending aortic position extending to the arch. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 2.70
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells in inflammatory bowel disease: a new immunoregulatory pathway. Gastroenterology (2008) 2.56
Long-term results after aortic valve-sparing operation (David I). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 2.16
Methylene blue: the drug of choice for catecholamine-refractory vasoplegia after cardiopulmonary bypass? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 2.14
Total aortic arch replacement with a novel four-branched frozen elephant trunk graft: first-in-man results. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 2.11
Acute treatment of ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: is there a role for the cardiac surgeon? Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 2.11
Cesarean delivery is associated with celiac disease but not inflammatory bowel disease in children. Pediatrics (2010) 2.08
Effects of fibrinogen concentrate as first-line therapy during major aortic replacement surgery: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Anesthesiology (2013) 2.08
The ARCH Projects: design and rationale (IAASSG 001). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 2.06
Long-term cardiac allograft valves after heart transplant are functionally and structurally preserved, in contrast to homografts and bioprostheses. J Heart Valve Dis (2006) 2.04
Safety and efficacy of bioabsorbable magnesium alloy stents in porcine coronary arteries. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2006) 1.97
TGFBR1 and TGFBR2 mutations in patients with features of Marfan syndrome and Loeys-Dietz syndrome. Hum Mutat (2006) 1.93
The Hannover Dialysis Outcome study: comparison of standard versus intensified extended dialysis for treatment of patients with acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2009) 1.86
Vascular complications in patients undergoing femoral cannulation for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.81
Ascending aortic cannulation in acute aortic dissection type A: the Hannover experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 1.80
Health-related quality of life and exercise tolerance in recipients of heart transplants and left ventricular assist devices: a prospective, comparative study. J Heart Lung Transplant (2010) 1.78
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Normothermic perfusion of donor lungs for preservation and assessment with the Organ Care System Lung before bilateral transplantation: a pilot study of 12 patients. Lancet (2012) 1.75
Elephant trunk procedure 27 years after Borst: what remains and what is new? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 1.73
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Inter-laboratory and inter-observer reproducibility of immunohistochemical assessment of the Ki-67 labelling index in a large multi-centre trial. J Pathol (2002) 1.71
Sutureless Perceval S aortic valve replacement: a multicenter, prospective pilot trial. J Heart Valve Dis (2009) 1.70
Increased chimerism of bronchial and alveolar epithelium in human lung allografts undergoing chronic injury. Am J Pathol (2003) 1.69
Total aortic arch replacement with the frozen elephant trunk technique: 10-year follow-up single-centre experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 1.61
Long-term outcome after pulmonary retransplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 1.59
Extended pulmonary resections of advanced thoracic malignancies with support of cardiopulmonary bypass. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 1.54
Cardiac retransplantation: is it justified in times of critical donor organ shortage? Long-term single-center experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 1.54
Early calcification of renal allografts detected by protocol biopsies: causes and clinical implications. Am J Transplant (2005) 1.54
Predominance of the basal type and HER-2/neu type in brain metastasis from breast cancer. Mod Pathol (2007) 1.53
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Predictors of aneurysmal formation after surgical correction of aortic coarctation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 1.51
Pulmonary preservation with LPD and celsior solution in porcine lung transplantation after 24 h of cold ischemia. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 1.51
Isolated surgical aortic valve replacement after previous coronary artery bypass grafting with patent grafts: is this old-fashioned technique obsolete? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 1.51
Sutureless perceval aortic valve replacement: results of two European centers. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.51
Surfactant function in lung transplantation after 24 hours of ischemia: advantage of retrograde flush perfusion for preservation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2002) 1.49
C1-esterase-inhibitor for primary graft dysfunction in lung transplantation. Transplantation (2014) 1.49
Anticoagulation for prosthetic heart valves during pregnancy: is low-molecular-weight heparin an alternative? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 1.49
Higher frequencies of BCRP+ cardiac resident cells in ischaemic human myocardium. Eur Heart J (2012) 1.49
Total aortic arch replacement with the elephant trunk technique: single-centre 30-year results. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 1.48
Scalable expansion of human pluripotent stem cells in suspension culture. Nat Protoc (2011) 1.46
Nuclear factor-eythroid 2-related factor 2 prevents alcohol-induced fulminant liver injury. Gastroenterology (2008) 1.46
Thrombus formation in a HeartMate II left ventricular assist device. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.46
A multi-modal intervention in management of left ventricular assist device outpatients: dietary counselling, controlled exercise and psychosocial support. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.46
Adjuvant auricular electroacupuncture and autogenic training in rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled trial. Auricular acupuncture and autogenic training in rheumatoid arthritis. Forsch Komplementmed (2008) 1.44
Microbial adhesion on membrane oxygenators in patients requiring extracorporeal life support detected by a universal rDNA PCR test. ASAIO J (2013) 1.44
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
Myocardial tissue engineering: the extracellular matrix. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 1.43
Treatment of patients with recurrent or persistent infection of cardiac implantable electronic devices. Europace (2010) 1.43
One-year outcomes of the Surgical Treatment of Aortic Stenosis With a Next Generation Surgical Aortic Valve (TRITON) trial: a prospective multicenter study of rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement with the EDWARDS INTUITY Valve System. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.43
Economic aspects of deep sternal wound infections. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 1.42
The frozen elephant trunk technique: a new treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysms. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.42
Prevalence of CCR5Delta32 polymorphism in long-term survivors of heart transplantation. Transpl Immunol (2006) 1.42
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Thromboelastometry-guided administration of fibrinogen concentrate for the treatment of excessive intraoperative bleeding in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.41
Analgesic effect of the synthetic cannabinoid CT-3 on chronic neuropathic pain: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2003) 1.41
Allogeneic CD4+CD25high T cells regulate obliterative bronchiolitis of heterotopic bronchus allografts in both porcinized and humanized mouse models. Transplantation (2015) 1.40
No evidence of transdifferentiation of human endothelial progenitor cells into cardiomyocytes after coculture with neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Circulation (2006) 1.39
Prognostic significance of calcium-binding protein S100A4 in colorectal cancer. Gastroenterology (2002) 1.38