Publications by authors named "Volkmar Falk"

548 Publications

Mitral valve surgery: current status and future prospects of the minimally invasive approach.

Authors:
Karel M Van Praet Jörg Kempfert Stephan Jacobs Christof Stamm Serdar Akansel Markus Kofler Simon H Sündermann Timo Z Nazari Shafti Katharina Jakobs Stefan Holzendorf Axel Unbehaun Volkmar Falk

Expert Rev Med Devices 2021 Feb 24. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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February 2021

Toward next-generation advanced therapies: extracellular vesicles and cell therapy - partners or competitors?

Authors:
Timo Z Nazari-Shafti Sebastian Neuber Volkmar Falk Maximilian Y Emmert

Regen Med 2021 Feb 24. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany.

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February 2021

Antiplatelet and direct oral anticoagulation management after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the Cinderella of current cardiovascular trials, please show me (some) evidence.

Authors:
Felix Schoenrath Isabell Anna Just Volkmar Falk Maximilian Y Emmert

Eur Heart J 2021 Feb 22. Epub 2021 Feb 22.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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February 2021

Reply to Pollari and Fischlein.

Authors:
Markus Kofler Axel Unbehaun Volkmar Falk Jörg Kempfert

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021 Feb 18. Epub 2021 Feb 18.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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February 2021

Real-time intraoperative co-registration of transesophageal echocardiography with fluoroscopy facilitates transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve implantation in cases of invisible degenerated bioprosthetic valves.

Authors:
Isaac Wamala Axel Unbehaun Christoph Klein Marian Kukucka Dirk Eggert-Doktor Semih Buz Julia Stein Simon Sündermann Volkmar Falk Jörg Kempfert

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2021 Feb 1. Epub 2021 Feb 1.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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February 2021

Experience with a standardized protocol to predict successful explantation of left ventricular assist devices.

Authors:
Yuriy Hrytsyna Simon Kneissler Friedrich Kaufmann Marcus Müller Felix Schoenrath Johanna Mulzer Simon H Sündermann Volkmar Falk Evgenij Potapov Jan Knierim

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021 Jan 9. Epub 2021 Jan 9.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address:

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January 2021

Rothia aeria and Rothia dentocariosa as biofilm builders in infective endocarditis.

Authors:
Dustin Greve Annette Moter Malte Christian Kleinschmidt Frieder Pfäfflin Miriam Songa Stegemann Laura Kursawe Herko Grubitzsch Volkmar Falk Judith Kikhney

Int J Med Microbiol 2021 Feb 6;311(2):151478. Epub 2021 Feb 6.

Biofilmcenter, Institute for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; MoKi Analytics GmbH, Berlin, Germany.

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February 2021

Xenotransplantation in the era of a zoonotic pandemic.

Authors:
Felix Schoenrath Volkmar Falk Maximilian Y Emmert

Eur Heart J 2021 Feb 8. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Germany.

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February 2021

Hemoptysis due to a primary aortobronchial fistula of the ascending aorta.

Authors:
Jaime-Jürgen Eulert-Grehn Jana Veit Volkmar Falk Volker Düsterhöft

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021 Feb 4. Epub 2021 Feb 4.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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February 2021

Uncertainty Resolved?

Authors:
Volkmar Falk

Innovations (Phila) 2021 Jan 25:1556984520988796. Epub 2021 Jan 25.

14929 Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Germany.

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January 2021

Surgical Implantation Techniques of Modern Continuous Flow Ventricular Assist Devices.

Authors:
Gaik Nersesian Evgenij Potapov Christoph T Starck Timo Z Nazari-Shafti Markus Kofler Jörg Kempfert Volkmar Falk Karel M Van Praet

Surg Technol Int 2021 01 18;38. Epub 2021 Jan 18.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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January 2021

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and Polymerase Chain Reaction to Detect Infections in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices.

Authors:
Felix Schoenrath Laura Kursawe Gaik Nersesian Judith Kikhney Julia Schmidt Frank Barthel Friedrich Kaufmann Jan Knierim Christoph Knosalla Felix Hennig Volkmar Falk Evgenij Potapov Annette Moter

ASAIO J 2020 Aug 18. Epub 2020 Aug 18.

From the *Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany †German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany ‡Biofilmcenter, Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Charité - University Medical Center Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany §Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Charité-University Medical Center Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.

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August 2020

A reimplantation valve-sparing root replacement (T. David-V) and aortic valve repair procedure in a patient with Marfan syndrome.

Authors:
Karel M. Van Praet Christof Stamm Markus Kofler Axel Unbehaun Serdar Akansel Stephan Jacobs Volkmar Falk Jörg Kempfert

Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2020 12 8;2020. Epub 2020 Dec 8.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Germany

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December 2020

A new calcium score to predict paravalvular leak in transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Authors:
Markus Kofler Alexander Meyer Julian Schwartz Simon Sündermann Adam Penkalla Natalia Solowjowa Christoph Klein Axel Unbehaun Volkmar Falk Jörg Kempfert

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020 Nov 25. Epub 2020 Nov 25.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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November 2020

Geometry influences inflammatory host cell response and remodeling in tissue-engineered heart valves in-vivo.

Authors:
Sarah E Motta Emanuela S Fioretta Valentina Lintas Petra E Dijkman Monika Hilbe Laura Frese Nikola Cesarovic Sandra Loerakker Frank P T Baaijens Volkmar Falk Simon P Hoerstrup Maximilian Y Emmert

Sci Rep 2020 11 16;10(1):19882. Epub 2020 Nov 16.

Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM), University of Zurich, Wagistrasse 12, 8952, Schlieren, Switzerland.

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November 2020

Minithoracotomy versus full sternotomy for isolated aortic valve replacement: Propensity matched data from two centers.

Authors:
Alexander Meyer Antonia van Kampen Philipp Kiefer Simon Sündermann Karel M Van Praet Michael A Borger Volkmar Falk Jörg Kempfert

J Card Surg 2021 Jan 1;36(1):97-104. Epub 2020 Nov 1.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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January 2021

Deep-learning-based real-time prediction of acute kidney injury outperforms human predictive performance.

Authors:
Nina Rank Boris Pfahringer Jörg Kempfert Christof Stamm Titus Kühne Felix Schoenrath Volkmar Falk Carsten Eickhoff Alexander Meyer

NPJ Digit Med 2020 26;3:139. Epub 2020 Oct 26.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany.

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October 2020

Cocaine-Related Aortic Dissection: what do we know?

Authors:
Dustin Greve Joana Funke Tiam Khairi Matteo Montagner Christoph Starck Volkmar Falk Michel Pompeu B O Sá Stephan D Kurz

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg 2020 10 1;35(5):764-769. Epub 2020 Oct 1.

Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Berlin Germany Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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October 2020

Interactive editing of virtual chordae tendineae for the simulation of the mitral valve in a decision support system.

Authors:
Lars Walczak Lennart Tautz Mathias Neugebauer Joachim Georgii Isaac Wamala Simon Sündermann Volkmar Falk Anja Hennemuth

Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2021 Jan 24;16(1):125-132. Epub 2020 Oct 24.

Fraunhofer MEVIS, Bremen, Germany.

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January 2021

Validity of visual assessment of aortic valve morphology in patients with aortic stenosis using two-dimensional echocardiography.

Authors:
Olena Nemchyna Sajjad Soltani Natalia Solowjowa Felix Schoenrath Yuriy Hrytsyna Axel Unbehaun Jörg Kempfert Julia Stein Christoph Knosalla Andreas Hagendorff Fabian Knebel Volkmar Falk Jan Knierim

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020 Oct 11. Epub 2020 Oct 11.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.

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October 2020

Current options and recommendations for the use of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in acute and chronic thoracic aortic disease: an expert consensus document of the European Society for Cardiology (ESC) Working Group of Cardiovascular Surgery, the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases, the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).

Authors:
Martin Czerny Davide Pacini Victor Aboyans Nawwar Al-Attar Holger Eggebrecht Arturo Evangelista Martin Grabenwöger Eugenio Stabile Maciej Kolowca Mario Lescan Antonio Micari Claudio Muneretto Christoph Nienaber Ruggero de Paulis Konstantinos Tsagakis Bartosz Rylski Alan C Braverman Luca Di Marco Kim Eagle Volkmar Falk Roman Gottardi

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021 Jan;59(1):65-73

University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Faculty of Medicine, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

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January 2021

The MANTA Vascular Closure Device for Percutaneous Femoral Vessel Cannulation in Minimally Invasive Surgical Mitral Valve Repair.

Authors:
Karel M Van Praet Markus Kofler Stephan Jacobs Volkmar Falk Axel Unbehaun Jörg Kempfert

Innovations (Phila) 2020 Nov/Dec;15(6):568-571. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

14929 Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Germany.

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September 2020

Increased Longevity and Pumping Performance of an Injection Molded Soft Total Artificial Heart.

Authors:
Leonard G Guex Lewis S Jones A Xavier Kohll Roland Walker Mirko Meboldt Volkmar Falk M Schmid Daners Wendelin J Stark

Soft Robot 2020 Sep 23. Epub 2020 Sep 23.

Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical- and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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September 2020

MiRNA Profiles of Extracellular Vesicles Secreted by Mesenchymal Stromal Cells-Can They Predict Potential Off-Target Effects?

Authors:
Timo Z Nazari-Shafti Sebastian Neuber Ana G Duran Vasileios Exarchos Christien M Beez Heike Meyborg Katrin Krüger Petra Wolint Johanna Buschmann Roland Böni Martina Seifert Volkmar Falk Maximilian Y Emmert

Biomolecules 2020 09 22;10(9). Epub 2020 Sep 22.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany.

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September 2020

ECMELLA 2.0: Single Arterial Access Technique for a Staged Approach in Cardiogenic Shock.

Authors:
Jaime-Jürgen Eulert-Grehn Christoph Starck Jörg Kempfert Volkmar Falk Evgenij Potapov

Ann Thorac Surg 2021 02 9;111(2):e135-e137. Epub 2020 Sep 9.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (German Heart Center Berlin), Berlin, Germany; Deutsche Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Berlin, Germany.

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February 2021

Next-generation tissue-engineered heart valves with repair, remodelling and regeneration capacity.

Authors:
Emanuela S Fioretta Sarah E Motta Valentina Lintas Sandra Loerakker Kevin K Parker Frank P T Baaijens Volkmar Falk Simon P Hoerstrup Maximilian Y Emmert

Nat Rev Cardiol 2021 Feb 9;18(2):92-116. Epub 2020 Sep 9.

Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

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February 2021

Reply to Del Giglio, Tamagnini, Biondi, and Di Mauro.

Authors:
Karel M Van Praet Markus Kofler Axel Unbehaun Matthias Hommel Stephan Jacobs Volkmar Falk Jörg Kempfert

J Card Surg 2020 Dec 9;35(12):3667-3670. Epub 2020 Sep 9.

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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December 2020

A Novel Hybrid Membrane VAD as First Step Toward Hemocompatible Blood Propulsion.

Authors:
Aldo Ferrari Costanza Giampietro Björn Bachmann Laura Bernardi Deon Bezuidenhhout Paolo Ermanni Raoul Hopf Sarah Kitz Gerald Kress Christian Loosli Vita Marina Mirko Meboldt Giovanni Pellegrini Dimos Poulikakos Mathias Rebholz Marianne Schmid Daners Tanja Schmidt Christoph Starck Georgios Stefopoulos Simon Sündermann Bente Thamsen Peter Zilla Evgenij Potapov Volkmar Falk Edoardo Mazza

Ann Biomed Eng 2021 Feb 8;49(2):716-731. Epub 2020 Sep 8.

EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technologies, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland.

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February 2021

Continuous Heart Volume Monitoring by Fully Implantable Soft Strain Sensor.

Authors:
Seraina A Dual Byron Llerena Zambrano Simon Sündermann Nikola Cesarovic Mareike Kron Konstantinos Magkoutas Julian Hengsteler Volkmar Falk Christoph Starck Mirko Meboldt János Vörös Marianne Schmid Daners

Adv Healthc Mater 2020 10 6;9(19):e2000855. Epub 2020 Sep 6.

Product Development Group Zurich, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 3, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland.

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October 2020

Prediction of survival of patients in cardiogenic shock treated by surgically implanted Impella 5+ short-term left ventricular assist device.

Authors:
Gaik Nersesian Carsten Tschöpe Frank Spillmann Tom Gromann Luise Roehrich Marcus Mueller Johanna Mulzer Christoph Starck Volkmar Falk Felix Schoenrath Evgenij Potapov

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2020 10;31(4):475-482

Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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October 2020