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Cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion molecules in human heart and lung transplants
The interaction of immune cells with endothelial and target cells and extracellular matrix in human organ transplants is regulated by a number of receptor-ligand molecules. The molecules mediating intercellula...
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Cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion molecules in human heart and lung transplants
The interaction of immune cells with endothelial and target cells and extracellular matrix in human organ transplants is regulated by a number of receptor-ligand molecules. The molecules mediating intercellula...
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Detection of diastolic dysfunction: acoustic quantification (AQ) in comparison to Doppler echocardiography
Objectives. To evaluate the potential of acoustic quantification (AQ) in detection of diastolic dysfunction in comparison to Doppler analysis, we investigated, as a model of restrictive filling pattern, nonrej...
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Antikoagulation bei schwangeren Frauen nach künstlichem Herzklappenersatz: Ist niedermolekulares Heparin eine Alternative?
We report on the case of a 24-year-old pregnant woman with acute mechanical mitral valve thrombosis due to a treatment failure of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) for permanent anticoagulation following me...
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Neuere Aspekte in der Chirurgie der thorakalen Aorta
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Chirurgie bei fortgeschrittener Herzinsuffizienz
ACE-Hemmer und Betablocker haben in den letzten Jahren die Morbidität und Mortalität der chronischen Herzinsuffizienz signifikant reduziert. Sind konservative Therapiemaßnahmen allein nicht mehr ausreichend, ...
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Massive Postoperative Rhabdomyolysis Following Combined CABG/Abdominal Aortic Replacement: A Possible Association With HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Objective. The beneficial effects of the treatment of hyperlipidemia in the secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease are well established. Pravastatin is a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) r...
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Ist chronische Transplantatabstoßung die Ursache degenerativer Veränderungen in allogenen und xenogenen Herzklappentransplantaten?
Objectives: After a period of 5 to 10 years, biological heart valve prostheses undergo degenerative processes, which finally lead to dysfunction and complete destruction. Although many efforts have been made to ...
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Aorta ascendens-Ersatz und Ross-Operation: Einfluss auf die Distensibilität der Neo-Aortenwurzel
Background: The safety and effectiveness of combined aortic root autograft replacement in combination with ascending aorta replacement has been demonstrated recently. Replacement of the ascending aorta with a va...
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Funktionelle Aspekte endothelialer Phänotypen im menschlichen Herzen
Endothelzellen spielen eine zentrale Rolle im Rahmen kardiovaskulärer Physiologie und der Pathogenese einer Vielzahl kardiovaskulärer Erkrankungen. Viele Fragen bezüglich endothelialer Heterogenizität unter Be...
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Herztransplantation und Assist Devices
Trotz der deutlichen Verbesserung der medikamentösen Therapie bei Patienten mit chronischer Herzinsuffizienz ist die Mortalität im fortgeschrittenen Stadium weiterhin hoch. Eine Herztransplantation ist bisher ...
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Intra-vital Fluorescence Microscopy for Intra-myocardial Graft Detection Following Cell Transplantation
Introduction: The aim of our study was the development of a potentially clinically applicable approach, which allows for intra-myocardial detection of the transplanted cells without the need for collection of tis...
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Enrichment of Cardiac Pacemaker-Like Cells: Neure gulin-1 and Cyclic amp Increase If-Current Density and Connexin 40 mRNA Levels in Fetal Cardiomyocytes
Generation of a large number of cells belonging to the cardiac pacemaker system would constitute an important step towards their utilization as a biological cardiac pacemaker system. The aim of the present stu...
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On Khattab et al. (2008): multi-vessel stenting during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction
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Lung Perfusion in Clinical Heart-Lung Transplantation
The initial steps of cardiac transplantation were conducted more than 100 years ago by Carerel and Guthrie in 1905, employing an acute model with anastomosis of the neck vessels to cardiac structures.1 Reports of...
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Tissue Engineering von Herzklappen und Myokard
Die Herzfunktion kann durch angeborene und erworbene Erkrankungen erheblich beeinträchtigt werden. Dies kann sowohl den Herzmuskel als auch die Herzklappen betreffen. In vielen Fällen werden erkrankte Herzklap...
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Pathology and Classification of Mitral Valve Disease
Normal mitral valve function needs structural integrity and coordinated interaction among its structures including leaflets, annulus, chordae tendinae, papillary muscles, left atrium, and the left ventricle. M...
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Lasting reduction of heart transplant tachycardia with ivabradine is effective and well tolerated: results of 48-month study
The safety and efficacy of ivabradine applied in heart transplant (HTx) recipients with permanent sinus tachycardia (PST) has been depicted in previous short-term follow-up studies. We sought to investigate th...