2010

Babin-Ebell J, Gimpel-Henning K, Sievers HH, Scharfschwerdt M. Influence of clamp duration and pressure on endothelial damage in aortic cross-clamping. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2010; 10(2):168-171.

Babin-Ebell J, Sievers HH, Charitos EI, Klein HM, Jung F, Hellberg AK et al. Transmyocardial laser revascularization combined with intramyocardial endothelial progenitor cell transplantation in patients with intractable ischemic heart disease ineligible for conventional revascularization: preliminary results in a highly selected small patient cohort. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 58(1):11-16.

Bechtel JF, Wellhoner P, Charitos EI, Bucsky B, Morshuis M, Sievers HH. Localizing an occult gastrointestinal bleeding by wireless PillCam SB capsule videoendoscopy in a patient with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 139(4):e73-e74.

Bechtel JFM, Marquardt A, Müller-Steinhardt M, Stierle U, Sievers HH. Perioperative temperature is no predictor of pulmonary valve allograft function or the development of anti-HLA antibodies after the Ross procedure in adults. Applied Cardiopulmon Pathophysiol 2010; 14(1):51-57.

Bechtel JFM, Misfeld M, Sievers HH. Technik des Aortenwurzelersatzes: David-, Yacoub- und Bentall-Operation. Z Herz- Thorax- Gefäßchir 2010; 24(1):14-21.

Bechtel JFM, Sievers HH, Hanke T, Stierle U, Bogers AJ, Hemmer W et al. The Ross operation: two decades of clinical experience. In: Yankah AC, Weng Y., Hetzer R, editors. Aortic root surgery. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2010: 74-85.

Charitos EI, Nienaber CA, Sievers HH. A diagnostic odyssey and successful repair of a progressive aneurysmal expansion after complex aortic surgery and stent grafting of the descending aorta. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2010; 11(3):351-353.

Charitos EI, Sievers HH. A modified suturing technique for the implantation of the apical cannula of the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2010; 11(4):393-394.

Charitos EI, Sievers HH. Antithrombotic therapy in patients with left ventricular assist device: a critical review of the data and lessons from the past. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2010; 11(4):505-505.

Hanke T, Charitos EI, Stierle U, Robinson DR, Hemmer W, Moritz A et al. The Ross operation - a feasible and safe option in the setting of a bicuspid aortic valve? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010; 38(3):333-339.

Hanke T, Charitos EI, Stierle U, Sievers HH, Misfeld M. Intermediate outcome of surgical atrial fibrillation correction with the CryoMaze procedure. Ann Thorac Surg 2010; 89(1):340-341.

Horer J, Stierle U, Bogers AJ, Rein JG, Hetzer R, Sievers HH et al. Re-interventions on the autograft and the homograft after the Ross operation in children. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010; 37(5):1008-1014.

Mohamed SA, Misfeld M, Hanke T, Charitos EI, Bullerdiek J, Belge G et al. Inhibition of caspase-3 differentially affects vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis in the concave versus convex aortic sites in ascending aneurysms with a bicuspid aortic valve. Ann Anat 2010; 192(3):145-150.

Nigam V, Sievers HH, Jensen B, Sier HA, Simpson P, Srivastava D et al. Altered MicroRNAs in bicuspid aortic valve: A comparison between stenotic and insufficient valves. J Heart Valve Dis 2010; 19(4):459-465.

Richardt D, Karluss A, Schmidtke C, Sievers HH, Scharfschwerdt M. A new sinus prosthesis for aortic valve-sparing surgery maintaining the shape of the root at systemic pressure. Ann Thorac Surg 2010; 89(3):943-946.

Scharfschwerdt M, Sievers HH, Hussein A, Kraatz EG, Misfeld M. Impact of progressive sinotubular junction dilatation on valve competence of the 3F Aortic and Sorin Solo stentless bioprosthetic heart valves. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010; 37:631-634.

Sievers HH, Misfeld M. Erworbene Vitien der Aortenklappe. In: Ziemer G, Haverich A, editors. Herzchirurgie: Die Eingriffe am Herzen und den herznahen Gefäßen. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2010: 601-634.

Sievers HH, Stierle U, Charitos EI, Hanke T, Gorski A, Misfeld M et al. Fourteen years' experience with 501 subcoronary Ross procedures: surgical details and results. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 140(4):816-822.

Sievers HH, Stierle U, Charitos EI, Hanke T, Misfeld M, Matthias Bechtel JF et al. Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events after the Ross procedure: a report from the German-Dutch Ross Registry. Circulation 2010; 122(11 Suppl):S216-S223.