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    Interplay between driveline infection, vessel wall inflammation, cerebrovascular events and mortality in patients with left ventricular assist device

    In patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD), infections and thrombotic events represent severe complications. We investigated device-specific local and systemic inflammation and its impact on cerebr...

    Juliane Hupe, Hans Worthmann, Kim K. Ravenberg, Gerrit M. Grosse in Scientific Reports (2023)

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    Distinct systemic cytokine networks in symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis

    Inflammatory processes are crucial in atherosclerosis and atherothrombosis. This study aimed to identify a cytokine-pattern that is associated with plaque-vulnerability or symptomatic state in comprehensively ...

    Ricarda D. Stauss, Gerrit M. Grosse, Lavinia Neubert in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Markers of endothelial pathology to support detection of atrial fibrillation in embolic stroke of undetermined source

    A relevant part of embolic strokes of undetermined source (ESUS) is assumed to be cardiogenic. As shown previously, certain biomarkers of endothelial pathology are related to atrial fibrillation (AF). In this ...

    Nora L. Ziegler, Jan-Thorben Sieweke, Saskia Biber, Maria M. Gabriel in Scientific Reports (2019)