Successful Heart Transplantation after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Donors. Mehdiani A, Immohr MB, Sipahi NF, Boettger C, Dalyanoglu H, Scheiber D, Westenfeld R, Aubin H, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U, Akhyari P. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Jul 16. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1713351. PMID: 32674179

Sex-Specific Outcomes of Patients Treated With Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Wernly B, Büter S, Masyuk M, Saeed D, Albert A, Fuernau G, Aubin H, Kelm M, Westenfeld R, Jung C. J Invasive Cardiol. 2020 Jul 10:JIC20200710-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32653865

Chronic stable heart failure model in ovine species. Torregroza C, Sadat N, Gomez Hamacher CJR, Scheiber D, von der Beek JC, Westenfeld R, Knorr IJ, Akhyari P, Sager M, Lichtenberg A, Saeed D. Artif Organs. 2020 Jul 9. doi: 10.1111/aor.13772. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32645761

Successful Heart Transplant in a Childhood Cancer Survivor With Chemoradiotherapy-Induced Cardiomyopathy. Sipahi NF, Akhyari P, Aubin H, Mehdiani A, Erbel S, Westenfeld R, Scheiber D, Dalyanoglu H, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. Exp Clin Transplant. 2020 Jun 16. doi: 10.6002/ect.2020.0062. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32552629

Bilirubin-A Possible Prognostic Mortality Marker for Patients with ECLS. Bunte S, Walz R, Merkel J, Torregroza C, Roth S, Lurati Buse G, Dalyanoglu H, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Hollmann MW, Aubin H, Huhn R. J Clin Med. 2020 Jun 3;9(6):E1727. doi: 10.3390/jcm9061727.PMID: 32503278

Use of Organs for Heart Transplantation after Rescue Allocation: Comparison of Outcome with Regular Allocated High Urgent Recipients.Immohr M, Boeken U, Mehdiani A, Boettger C, Aubin H, Dalyanoglu H, Erbel S, Scheiber D, Westenfeld R, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 May 22. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1710053. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32443158

Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation After Surgical Repair of Type A Aortic Dissection. Mariscalco G, Fiore A, Ragnarsson S, El-Dean Z, Jónsson K, Dalén M, Fux T, Ruggieri VG, Gatti G, Juvonen T, Zipfel S, Dell'Aquila AM, Perrotti A, Bounader K, Settembre N, Loforte A, Livi U, Pol M, Spadaccio C, Pettinari M, Reichart D, Alkhamees K, Welp H, Maselli D, Lichtenberg A, Biancari F; PC-ECMO group. Am J Cardiol. 2020 Jun 15;125(12):1901-1905. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.03.012. Epub 2020 Mar 31. PMID: 32305219

Succesful treatment of a severe case of rhabdomyolysis following heart transplantation by hemoadsorption. Immohr MB, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U, Akhyari P. J Card Surg. 2020 Apr;35(4):940-941. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14481. Epub 2020 Feb 26 PMID: 32101624

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation after Heart Transplantation: Impact of Type of Cannulation. Mehdiani A, Immohr MB, Boettger C, Dalyanoglu H, Scheiber D, Westenfeld R, Aubin H, Akhyari P, Saeed D, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Feb 8. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-3400472. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32035427

Targeting of cell-free DNA by DNase I diminishes endothelial dysfunction and inflammation in a rat model of cardiopulmonary bypass. Weber C, Jenke A, Chobanova V, Yazdanyar M, Chekhoeva A, Eghbalzadeh K, Lichtenberg A, Wahlers T, Akhyari P, Paunel-Görgülü A. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 17;9(1):19249. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55863-8. PMID: 31848423

Prognostic Significance of Arterial Lactate Levels at Weaning from Postcardiotomy Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Biancari F, Fiore A, Jónsson K, Gatti G, Zipfel S, Ruggieri VG, Perrotti A, Bounader K, Loforte A, Lechiancole A, Saeed D, Lichtenberg A, Pol M, Spadaccio C, Pettinari M, Mogianos K, Alkhamees K, Mariscalco G, El Dean Z, Settembre N, Welp H, Dell'Aquila AM, Fux T, Juvonen T, Dalén M. J Clin Med. 2019 Dec 15;8(12):2218. doi: 10.3390/jcm8122218. PMID: 31847464

Heart transplantation in patients with ventricular assist devices: Impacts of the implantation technique and support duration. Immohr MB, Mehdiani A, Albert A, Boettger C, Dalyanoglu H, Scheiber D, Westenfeld R, Aubin H, Lichtenberg A, Akhyari P, Boeken U. J Card Surg. 2020 Feb;35(2):352-359. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14392. Epub 2019 Dec 5. PMID: 31803977

Successful transplantation of a heart donated 5 months after brain death of a pregnant young woman. Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 Oct;38(10):1121. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.06.011. Epub 2019 Jun 19. PMID: 31301969

Postcardiotomy Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Patients Aged 70 Years or Older. Biancari F, Saeed D, Fiore A, Dalén M, Ruggieri VG, Jónsson K, Gatti G, Zipfel S, Dell'Aquila AM, Chocron S, Bounader K, Amr G, Settembre N, Pälve K, Loforte A, Gabrielli M, Livi U, Lechiancole A, Pol M, Netuka I, Spadaccio C, Pettinari M, De Keyzer D, Reichart D, Ragnarsson S, Alkhamees K, Lichtenberg A, Fux T, El Dean Z, Fiorentino M, Mariscalco G, Jeppsson A, Welp H, Perrotti A. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Oct;108(4):1257-1264. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.063. Epub 2019 Jun 8. PMID: 31185202

Preoperative and intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation adoption for long-term left ventricular assist device implantation. Maxhera B, Sipahi NF, Albert A, Boeken U, Lichtenberg A, Saeed D. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Jan;8(1):167-169. doi: 10.21037/acs.2018.10.02. PMID: 30854328

Applying a clampless haemostatic device for left ventricular assist device outflow graft anastomosis. Mehdiani A, Albert A, Lichtenberg A, Saeed D. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Nov 1;56(5):1009-1010. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz060. PMID: 30844049

Antibody-mediated rejection after cardiac transplant: Treatment with immunoadsorption, intravenous immunoglobulin, and anti-thymocyte globulin. Sipahi NF, Saeed D, Makimoto H, Mehdiani A, Akhyari P, Dalyanoglu H, Reinecke P, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. Int J Artif Organs. 2019 Jul;42(7):370-373. doi: 10.1177/0391398818823763. Epub 2019 Jan 14. PMID: 30638121

Ventricular assist device in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries and situs inversus totalis. Wieloch R, Sipahi NF, Boeken U, Albert A, Akhyari P, Westenfeld R, Lichtenberg A, Saeed D. Int J Artif Organs. 2019 Jun;42(6):321-322. doi: 10.1177/0391398818823768. Epub 2019 Jan 10. PMID: 30630389

Additional unloading of the left ventricle using the Impella LP 2.5 during extracorporeal life support in cases of pulmonary congestion. Ise H, Kitahara H, Aubin H, Saeed D, Westenfeld R, Akhyari P, Boeken U, Walz R, Albert A, Lichtenberg A, Kamiya H. J Surg Case Rep. 2018 Nov 13;2018(11):rjy302. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjy302. eCollection 2018 Nov. PMID: 30443318

Electrophysiological Stimulation of Whole Heart Constructs in an 8-Pole Electrical Field. Hülsmann J, Aubin H, Sugimura Y, Lichtenberg A, Akhyari P. Artif Organs. 2018 Dec;42(12):E391-E405. doi: 10.1111/aor.13322. Epub 2018 Oct 23.PMID: 30350865

Successful treatment of ventricular arrhythmic storm with percutaneous coronary intervention and catheter ablation in a patient with left ventricular assist device. Sipahi NF, Mehdiani A, Saeed D, Boeken U, Makimoto H, Lichtenberg A, Dalyanoglu H. Int J Artif Organs. 2018 Jun;41(6):333-336. doi: 10.1177/0391398818768118. Epub 2018 Apr 12. PMID: 29642755

Mechanistics of biomass discharge during whole-heart decellularization. Hülsmann J, Aubin H, Oberle F, Schütterle N, Bandesha ST, Iijima M, Lichtenberg A, Akhyari P. Biomed Mater. 2018 Mar 21;13(3):035014. doi: 10.1088/1748-605X/aab135. PMID: 29465410

Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device: Does the Activation of the Lavare Cycle Make a Difference? Saeed D, Maxhera B, Sadat N, Petrov G, Albert A, Lichtenberg A. ASAIO J. 2018 Jan/Feb;64(1):126-128. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000607. PMID: 29261572

Characterization of the Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Decellularized Human-Scaled Whole Hearts: Implications for the Whole-Heart Tissue Engineering. Akhyari P, Oberle F, Hülsmann J, Heid H, Lehr S, Barbian A, Nakanishi S, Aubin H, Jenke A, Lichtenberg A. Tissue Eng Part A. 2018 Apr;24(7-8):682-693. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2017.0107. Epub 2018 Mar 13. PMID: 28895502

Four-year experience of providing mobile extracorporeal life support to out-of-center patients within a suprainstitutional network-Outcome of 160 consecutively treated patients. Aubin H, Petrov G, Dalyanoglu H, Richter M, Saeed D, Akhyari P, Kindgen-Milles D, Albert A, Lichtenberg A. Resuscitation. 2017 Dec;121:151-157. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.08.237. Epub 2017 Sep 12. PMID: 28870718

CPR, ECLS, BVAD and successful heart transplantation within 2 months: a single-centre case series in two young, high-urgency listed patients. Schmidt AK, Saeed D, Mehdiani A, Sowinski B, Westenfeld R, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. Int J Artif Organs. 2017 Oct 27;40(11):647-650. doi: 10.5301/ijao.5000624. Epub 2017 Jul 20. PMID: 28731484

Implanting permanent left ventricular assist devices in patients on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. Saeed D, Assmann A, Abdeen M, Albert A, Maxhera B, Sadat N, Sixt S, Lichtenberg A. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Dec 9;2017. doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2016.003. PMID: 28106959

The impact of left ventricular stretching in model cultivations with neonatal cardiomyocytes in a whole-heart bioreactor. Hülsmann J, Aubin H, Wehrmann A, Lichtenberg A, Akhyari P. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2017 May;114(5):1107-1117. doi: 10.1002/bit.26241. Epub 2017 Jan 11. PMID: 28019665

Minimally invasive off-pump implantation of HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device. Saeed D, Sixt S, Albert A, Lichtenberg A. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Nov;152(5):1446-1447. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.06.062. Epub 2016 Aug 5. PMID: 27576372

Heart transplantation bridged by mechanical circulatory support in a HIV-positive patient. Mehdiani A, Petrov G, Akhyari P, Saeed D, Kamiya H, Westenfeld R, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. J Card Surg. 2016 Aug;31(8):559-61. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12787. Epub 2016 Jun 28. PMID: 27349495

Prevalence of De Novo Aortic Valve Insufficiency in Patients After HeartWare VAD Implantation with an Intermittent Low-Speed Algorithm. Saeed D, Westenfeld R, Maxhera B, Keymel S, Sherif A, Sadat N, Petrov G, Albert A, Lichtenberg A. ASAIO J. 2016 Sep-Oct;62(5):565-70. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000391. PMID: 27195744

A Suprainstitutional Network for Remote Extracorporeal Life Support: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Aubin H, Petrov G, Dalyanoglu H, Saeed D, Akhyari P, Paprotny G, Richter M, Westenfeld R, Schelzig H, Kelm M, Kindgen-Milles D, Lichtenberg A, Albert A. JACC Heart Fail. 2016 Sep;4(9):698-708. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2016.03.018. Epub 2016 May 11. PMID: 27179833

Implanting permanent left ventricular assist devices in patients on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: do we really need a cardiopulmonary bypass machine? Abdeen MS, Albert A, Maxhera B, Hoffmann T, Petrov G, Sixt S, Roussel E, Westenfeld R, Lichtenberg A, Saeed D. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Sep;50(3):542-7. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw073. Epub 2016 Mar 22. PMID: 27005981

Conservative approaches for HeartWare ventricular assist device pump thrombosis may improve the outcome compared with immediate surgical approaches. Saeed D, Maxhera B, Albert A, Westenfeld R, Hoffmann T, Lichtenberg A. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2016 Jul;23(1):90-5. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivw063. Epub 2016 Mar 18. PMID: 26993475

Whole-Heart Construct Cultivation Under 3D Mechanical Stimulation of the Left Ventricle. Hülsmann J, Aubin H, Wehrmann A, Jenke A, Lichtenberg A, Akhyari P. Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1502:181-94. doi: 10.1007/7651_2015_317. PMID: 26867544