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Increased cardiac endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in patients taking angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy by Morawietz, H., Rohrbach, S., Rueckschloss, U., Schellenberger, E., Hakim, K., Zerkowski, H.-R., Kojda, G., Darmer, D., Holtz, J.

“…Background  The efficacy of angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors has been demonstrated in large clinical trials, but knowledge of the underlying…”
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Angiotensin II induces LOX-1, the human endothelial receptor for oxidized low-density lipoprotein by MORAWIETZ, H, RUECKSCHLOSS, U, NIEMANN, B, DUERRSCHMIDT, N, GALLE, J, HAKIM, K, ZERKOWSKI, H.-R, SAWAMURA, T, HOLTZ, J

“…Oxidatively modified LDL (oxLDL) plays an important role in the development of atherosclerosis. OxLDL effects, eg, foam cell formation, are mediated in part by…”
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Myocardial gene expression of regulators of myocyte apoptosis and myocyte calcium homeostasis during hemodynamic unloading by ventricular assist devices in patients with end-stage heart failure by BARTLING, B, MILTING, H, SCHUMANN, H, DARMER, D, ARUSOGLU, L, KOERNER, M. M, EL-BANAYOSY, A, KOERFER, R, HOLTZ, J, ZERKOWSKI, H.-R

“…In patients with end-stage heart failure, characterized by an increased susceptibility to cardiomyocyte apoptosis and a labile cardiomyocyte calcium…”
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Challenges in early cardiothoracic surgery: Aortic homograft transplantation in coarctation, a 44-year follow-up by von Wattenwyl, R., Grapow, M.T.R., Reineke, D.C., Zerkowski, H.-R.

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Intracranial microembolic signals in 500 patients with potential cardiac or carotid embolic source and in normal controls by GEORGIADIS, D, LINDNER, A, MANZ, M, SONNTAG, M, ZUNKER, P, ZERKOWSKI, H. R, BORGGREFE, M

“…We undertook this study to evaluate the prevalence and clinical correlations of Doppler microembolic signals (MES) in stroke-prone patients. Patients with…”
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Endothelin receptors in the failing and nonfailing human heart by PÖNICKE, K, VOGELSANG, M, HEINROTH, M, BECKER, K, ZOLK, O, BÖHM, M, ZERKOWSKI, H.-R, BRODDE, O.-E

“…In patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels are increased. We studied whether the cardiac ET-receptor system is altered in…”
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Transient outward current in human and rat ventricular myocytes by Wettwer, E, Amos, G, Gath, J, Zerkowski, H R, Reidemeister, J C, Ravens, U

“…The aim was to investigate transient outward currents (I(to)) in single myocytes isolated from human heart muscle specimens which were obtained either from…”
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy prevents upregulation of endothelin-converting enzyme-1 in failing human myocardium by Morawietz, H, Goettsch, W, Szibor, M, Barton, M, Shaw, S, Hakim, K, Zerkowski, H.-R, Holtz, J

“…In this study, we investigated the role of the renin–angiotensin system in expression of the endothelin system in atrial myocardium of patients with congestive…”
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Age-dependent changes in the beta-adrenoceptor-G-protein(s)-adenylyl cyclase system in human right atrium by Brodde, O E, Zerkowski, H R, Schranz, D, Broede-Sitz, A, Michel-Reher, M, Schäfer-Beisenbusch, E, Piotrowski, J A, Oelert, H

“…With increasing age, cardiac beta-adrenoceptor function decreases. To study possible mechanisms underlying this process, we assessed in right atrial appendages…”
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: effects of early resection in a neutropenic rat model by Habicht, J.M., Preiss, M., Passweg, J., Dalquen, P., Matt, P., Adler, H., Frei, R., Zerkowski, H.-R.

“…Objective: Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is frequent in neutropenic patients. Usually localized in the beginning, the disease spreads and mortality is high…”
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Improved outcome of APACHE II score-defined escalating systemic inflammatory response syndrome in patients post cardiac surgery in 1996 compared to 1988–1990: the ESSICS-study pilot project by Kuhn, C., Müller-Werdan, U., Schmitt, D.V., Lange, H., Pilz, G., Kreuzer, E., Mohr, F.W., Zerkowski, H.-R., Werdan, K.

“…Objective: Cardiac surgery using extracorporeal circulation leads to the release of cytokines and subsequently to a systemic inflammatory response syndrome,…”
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Translocation of S100A1 Calcium Binding Protein during Heart Surgery by Brett, W., Mandinova, A., Remppis, A., Sauder, U., Rüter, F., Heizmann, C.W., Aebi, U., Zerkowski, H.-R.

“…Myocardial ischemia during cardiopulmonary bypass terminated by reperfusion generally leads to different degrees of damage of the cardiomyocytes induced by…”
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Clinical outcome after composite grafting of calcified left anterior descending arteries by Bernet, F H, Hirschmann, M T, Reineke, D, Grapow, M, Zerkowski, H R

“…The treatment of a severely calcified left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) remains a challenge in cardiac surgery. The objective of this…”
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Safety of heart-lung machines during prolonged standby by WITSCHI, A, WIDMER, A. F, SCHNIDER, B. J, WEHRLE, J, ZERKOWSKI, H.-R, BERNET, F

“…Coronary artery bypass surgery is increasingly performed without an extra-corporeal circuit. A heart-lung machine (HLM) is kept on standby for safety reasons,…”
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Der Schlüssel künftigen Erfolgs by Zerkowski, H.-R.

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Further evidence of gaseous embolic material in patients with artificial heart valves by Georgiadis, D., Baumgartner, R.W., Karatschai, R., Lindner, A., Zerkowski, H.R.

“…Objective: We undertook this study to evaluate the hypothesis that most microemboli signals in patients with artificial heart valves are gaseous, assuming that…”
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Influence of oxygen ventilation on Doppler microemboli signals in patients with artificial heart valves by GEORGIADIS, D, WENZEL, A, LEHMANN, D, LINDNER, A, ZERKOWSKI, H. R, ZIERZ, S, SPENCER, M. P

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of inhalation of 100% oxygen on microembolic signal (MES) counts in patients with artificial cardiac…”
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Was und zu welchem Ende lernen wir? by Zerkowski, H.–R.

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Molecular differentiation of ischemic and valvular heart disease by liquid chromatography/fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry by Baykut, Doan, Grapow, M, Bergquist, M, Amirkhani, A, Ivonin, I, Reineke, D, Grussenmeyer, T, Hakansson, P, Zerkowski, H-R, Baykut, G, Bergquist, J

“…Proteomic patterns of myocardial tissue in different etiologies of heart failure were investigated using a direct analytical approach with High Performance…”
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Impact of female gender on the early outcome in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery by Bernet, F, Baykut, D, Reineke, D, Matt, P, Zerkowski, H-R

“…Female gender is an independent risk factor for adverse outcome after conventional coronary bypass surgery (CABG). The objective of this retrospective study…”
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