Roth S, M'Pembele R, Stroda A, Jansen C, Lurati Buse G, Boeken U, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Hollmann MW, Huhn R, Aubin H.  Neutrophil-lymphoycyte-ratio, platelet-lymphocyte-ratio and procalcitonin for early assessment of prognosis in patients undergoing VA-ECMO. Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 11;12(1):542. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04519-7.

Udo Boeken · Payam Akhyari · Andreas Beckmann. Handlungsalgorithmus: ECMO/ECLS bei SARS-CoV-2 Disease. Z Herz- Thorax- Gefäßchir 2022. doi: 10.1007/s00398-021-00483-6.

Boeken U, Akhyari P, Beckmann A. lgorithm for action: ECMO/ECLS in SARS-CoV-2 disease. Z Herz Thorax Gefasschir. 2022 Feb 1:1-3. doi: 10.1007/s00398-021-00483-6.

Immohr MB, Aubin H, Westenfeld R, Erbel-Khurtsidze S, Tudorache I, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U.  Heart Transplantation of the Elderly-Old Donors for Old Recipients: Can We Still Achieve Acceptable Results ? J Clin Med. 2022 Feb 10;11(4):929. doi: 10.3390/jcm11040929

Ise H, Ushioda R, Kanda H, Kimura F, Saijo Y, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Kamiya H. Recombinant Activated Factor VII in Aortic Surgery for Patients Under Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2022 Apr 5;18:337-348. doi: 10.2147/TCRM.S352609. PMID: 35411145; PMCID: PMC8994620.

Roth S, M'Pembele R, Stroda A, Voit J, Lurati Buse G, Sixt SU, Westenfeld R, Polzin A, Rellecke P, Tudorache I, Hollmann MW, Boeken U, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Huhn R, Aubin H.  Days alive and out of hospital after left ventricular assist device implantation. ESC Heart Fail. 2022 May 5. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13942.

Oehler D, Bruno RR, Kelm M, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U, Westenfeld R. COVID-19 pandemic deteriorates aftercare attendance in heart transplant recipients independently of perceived impact on social life. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 May 3. doi: 10.1111/tid.13844.

Oehler D, Immohr MB, Erbel-Khurtsidze S, Aubin H, Bruno RR, Holst HT, Westenfeld R, Horn P, Kelm M, Tudorache I, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. Intracerebral bleeding in donors is associated with reduced short-term to midterm survival of heart transplant recipients. ESC Heart Fail. 2022 May 4. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.13935.

Immohr MB, Hettlich V, Brandenburger T, Kindgen-Milles D, Feldt T, Tudorache I, Akhyari P, Aubin H, Dalyanoglu H, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. ECMO cannulation for COVID-19. Z Herz Thorax Gefasschir. 2022 Apr 26:1-5. doi: 10.1007/s00398-022-00504-y.

Lorusso R, Bartlett RH, Shekar K, MacLaren G, Schmidt M, Pellegrino V, Meyns B, Haft J, Vercaemst L, Pappalardo F, Bermudez C, Belohlavek J, Hou X, Boeken U, Castillo R, Donker DW, Abrams D, Ranucci M, Hryniewicz K, Chavez I, Chen YS, Salazar L, Whitman G; 2021 ELSO Adult Cardiac Interim Guidelines Task Force. Reply Letter to the Editor Regarding the ELSO Interim Guidelines for Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adult Cardiac Patients. ASAIO J. 2022 Jun 1;68(6):e111-e112. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001701. Epub 2022 Mar 18

Gökler J, Aliabadi-Zuckermann AZ, Kaider A, Ambardekar AV, Antretter H, Artemiou P, Bertolotti AM, Boeken U, Brossa V, Copeland H, Generosa Crespo-Leiro M, Eixeré-Esteve A, Epailly E, Farag M, Hulman M, Khush KK, Masetti M, Patel J, Ross HJ, Rudež I, Silvestry S, Suarez SM, Vest A, Zuckermann AO. Indications, Complications, and Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery After Heart Transplantation: Results From the Cash Study. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Jun 9;10:879612. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.879612. eCollection 2022

Oehler D, Bruno RR, Holst HT, Aubin H, Tudorache I, Akhyari P, Westenfeld R, Kelm M, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. Ischemic Versus Nonischemic Recipient Indication Does Not Impact Outcome After Heart Transplantation.Exp Clin Transplant. 2022 Jun;20(6):580-584. doi: 10.6002/ect.2022.0091.

Roth S, M'Pembele R, Nucaro A, Stroda A, Tenge T, Lurati Buse G, Sixt SU, Westenfeld R, Rellecke P, Tudorache I, Hollmann MW, Aubin H, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Huhn R, Boeken U.Impact of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Donors on Days Alive and Out of Hospital after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. J Clin Med. 2022 Jul 3;11(13):3853. doi: 10.3390/jcm11133853

Schulze PC, Barten MJ, Boeken U, Färber G, Hagl CM, Jung C, Leistner D, Potapov E, Bauersachs J, Raake P, Reiss N, Saeed D, Schibilsky D, Störk S, Veltmann C, Rieth AJ, Gummert J. Implantation of mechanical circulatory support systems and heart transplantation in patients with end-stage heart failure : Consensus paper of the DGK, DGTHG.  Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2022 Jul 11. doi: 10.1007/s00063-022-00942-4. 

Schulze PC, Barten MJ, Boeken U, Färber G, Hagl CM, Jung C, Leistner D, Potapov E, Bauersachs J, Raake P, Reiss N, Saeed D, Schibilsky D, Störk S, Veltmann C, Rieth AJ, Gummert J. Implantation mechanischer Unterstützungssysteme und Herztransplantation bei Patienten mit terminaler Herzinsuffizienz: Konsensuspapier DGK, DGTHG. Kardiologie 2022. doi.org/10.1007/s12181-022-00561-5. 

Schulze PC, Barten MJ, Boeken U, Färber G, Hagl CM, Jung C, Leistner D, Potapov E, Bauersachs J, Raake P, Reiss N, Saeed D, Schibilsky D, Störk S, Veltmann C, Rieth AJ, Gummert J. Implantation mechanischer Unterstützungssysteme und Herztransplantation bei Patienten mit terminaler Herzinsuffizienz: Konsensuspapier DGK, DGTHG. ZHTG 2022 

Daniel Oehler, Charlotte Böttger, Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Raphael Romano Bruno, Jafer Haschemi, Daniel Scheiber, Patrick Horn, Hug Aubin, Igor Tudorache,Ralf Westenfeld, Payam Akhyari, Malte Kelm, Artur Lichtenberg and Udo Boeken.Outcome and Midterm Survival after Heart Transplantation Is Independent from Donor Length of Stay in the Intensive Care Unit. Life 2022, 12, 1053. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12071053

Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Charlotte Böttger, Hug Aubin, Ralf Westenfeld, Daniel Oehler, Raphael Romano Bruno, Hannan Dalyanoglu, Igor Tudorache, Payam Akhyari, Artur Lichtenberg and Udo Boeken. IgM-enriched immunoglobulin as adjuvant therapy for heart transplant after infection of left ventricular assist devices. ESC Heart Failure (2022); Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14074

Vincent Hettlich · Moritz B. Immohr · Timo Brandenburger · Detlef Kindgen-Milles ·Torsten Feldt · Payam Akhyari · Igor Tudorache · Hug Aubin · Hannan Dalyanoglu ·Artur Lichtenberg · Udo Boeken. Venovenöse extrakorporale Membranoxygenierung bei COVID-19 - Erkenntnisse eines Zentrums aus 96 konsekutiven Fällen. Z Herz- Thorax- Gefäßchir 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00398-022-00528-4

Sugimura Y, Bauer S, Immohr MB, Mehdiani A, Rellecke P, Westenfeld R, Aubin H, Boeken U, Lichtenberg A, Akhyari P. Outcome of Patients Supported by Large Impella Systems After Re-implantation Due to Continued or Recurrent Need of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Jul 7;9:926389. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.926389. 
 
Oehler D, Bruno RR, Holst HT, Tudorache I, Aubin H, Sigetti D, Horn P, Akhyari P, Kelm M, Lichtenberg A, Westenfeld R, Boeken U. COVID-19 after heart transplantation: experiences from a German transplantation center. Z Herz Thorax Gefasschir. 2022 Jul 20:1-8. doi: 10.1007/s00398-022-00529-3. 
 
Oehler D, Böttger C, Immohr MB, Bruno RR, Haschemi J, Scheiber D, Horn P, Aubin H, Tudorache I, Westenfeld R, Akhyari P, Kelm M, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. Outcome and Midterm Survival after Heart Transplantation Is Independent from Donor Length of Stay in the Intensive Care Unit. Life (Basel). 2022 Jul 14;12(7):1053. doi: 10.3390/life12071053

Costard-Jäckle A, Schramm R, Fischer B, Rivinius R, Bruno R, Müller B, Zittermann A, Boeken U, Westenfeld R, Knabbe C, Gummert J.Third dose of the BNT162b2 vaccine in cardiothoracic transplant recipients: predictive factors for humoral response. Clin Res Cardiol. 2022 Aug 22. doi: 10.1007/s00392-022-02075-2. 

Minol JP, Dalyanoglu H, Yilmaz E, Dalyanoglu I, Immohr MB, Korbmacher B, Aissa J, Boeken U, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Sugimura Y. Impact of psoas muscle evaluation on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2022 Sep 1;23(9):608-614. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000001361.

Oehler D, Immohr MB, Böttger C, Bruno RR, Sigetti D, Haschemi J, Aubin H, Horn P, Tudorache I, Westenfeld R, Akhyari P, Kelm M, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. Donor hypernatremia is associated with increased mortality after heart transplantation: a retrospective study. Clin Transplant. 2022 Aug 25:e14803. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14803. 

Supady A, Michels G, Lepper PM, Ferrari M, Wippermann J, Sabashnikov A, Thiele H, Hennersdorf M, Lahmer T, Boeken U, Gummert J, Tigges E, Muellenbach RM, Spangenberg T, Wengenmayer T, Staudacher DL. ECMO support during the first two waves of the corona pandemic-a survey of high case volume centers in Germany. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2022 Sep 8. doi: 10.1007/s00063-022-00951-3.

Staudacher DL, Wengenmayer T, Boeken U, Ghanem A, Preusch MR, Thiele H, Michels G. Extracorporeal life support (ECLS)-Update 2022. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2022 Sep 15. doi: 10.1007/s00063-022-00962-0. 

Boeken U, Holst T, Hettlich V, Dörge H, Böning A, Lichtenberg A. Auswirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie auf die Herzchirurgie. Z Herz Thorax Gefasschir. 2022 

Fischer S, Assmann A, Beckmann A, Schmid C, Werdan K, Michels G, Miera O, Schmidt F, Klotz S, Starck C, Pilarczyk K, Rastan AJ, Burckhardt M, Nothacker M, Muellenbach R, Zausig Y, Haake N, Goesdonk H, Ferrari MW, Buerke M, Hennersdorf M, Rosenberg M, Schaible T, Köditz H, Kluge S, Janssens U, Lubnow M, Flemmer A, Herber-Jonat S, Wessel LM, Buchwald D, Maier S, Krüger L, Fründ A, Jaksties R, Wiebe K, Hartog C, Dzemali O, Zimpfer D, Ruttmann-Ulmer E, Schlensak C, Ensminger S, Kelm M, Boeken U. Recommendations of the S3 Guideline "Use of Extracorporeal Circulation (ECLS/ ECMO) for Cardiac and Circulatory Failure" of the Association of Scientific Medical Societies in Germany.  Zentralbl Chir. 2022 Sep 27. doi: 10.1055/a-1918-1999. 

P. Christian Schulze, Markus J. Barten, Udo Boeken, Gloria Färber, Christian M. Hagl, Christian Jung, David Leistner, Evgenij Potapov, Johann Bauersachs, Philip Raake, Nils Reiss, Diyar Saeed, David Schibilsky, Stefan Störk, Christian Veltmann, Andreas J. Rieth & Jan Gummert. Implantation mechanischer Unterstützungssysteme und Herztransplantation bei Patienten mit terminaler Herzinsuffizienz - Konsensuspapier DGK, DGTHG. Zeitschrift für Herz-,Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie volume 36, pages 311–322 (2022)

M'Pembele R, Roth S, Stroda A, Reier T, Lurati Buse G, Sixt SU, Westenfeld R, Rellecke P, Tudorache I, Hollmann MW, Aubin H, Akhyari P, Lichtenberg A, Huhn R, Boeken U. Validation of days alive and out of hospital as a new patient-centered outcome to quantify life impact after heart transplantation. Sci Rep. 2022 Nov 1;12(1):18352. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21936-4

Rieth AJ, Rivinius R, Lühring T, Grün D, Keller T, Grinninger C, Schüttler D, Bara CL, Helmschrott M, Frey N, Sandhaus T, Schulze C, Kriechbaum S, Vietheer J, Sindermann J, Welp H, Lichtenberg A, Choi YH, Richter M, Tello K, Richter MJ, Hamm CW, Boeken U.Hemodynamic markers of pulmonary vasculopathy for prediction of early right heart failure and mortality after heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 Oct 9:S1053-2498(22)02168-4. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.10.002. 

Kotton CN, Torre-Cisneros J; International CMV Symposium Faculty, Aguado JM, Alain S, Baldanti F, Baumann G, Boeken U, de la Calle M, Carbone J, Ciceri F, Comoli P, Couzi L, Danziger-Isakov L, Fernández-Ruiz M, Girmenia C, Grossi PA, Hirsch HH, Humar A, Kamar N, Kotton C, Ljungman P, Malagola M, Mira E, Mueller N, Sester M, Teng CJ, Torre-Cisneros J, Ussetti P, Westall G, Wolf D, Zamora M. Cytomegalovirus in the transplant setting: Where are we now and what happens next? A report from the International CMV Symposium 2021. Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 Oct 21:e13977. doi: 10.1111/tid.13977.

Lorusso R, De Piero ME, Mariani S, Di Mauro M, Folliguet T, Taccone FS, Camporota L, Swol J, Wiedemann D, Belliato M, Broman LM, Vuylsteke A, Kassif Y, Scandroglio AM, Fanelli V, Gaudard P, Ledot S, Barker J, Boeken U, Maier S, Kersten A, Meyns B, Pozzi M, Pedersen FM, Schellongowski P, Kirali K, Barrett N, Riera J, Mueller T, Belohlavek J; EuroECMO-COVID Study Group. In-hospital and 6-month outcomes in patients with COVID-19 supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (EuroECMO-COVID): a multicentre, prospective observational study.Lancet Respir Med. 2022 Nov 16:S2213-2600(22)00403-9. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00403-9.

Immohr MB, Boeken U, Bruno RR, Sugimura Y, Mehdiani A, Aubin H, Westenfeld R, Tudorache I, Lichtenberg A, Akhyari P. Optimizing Anastomoses Technique in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Comparison of Biatrial, Bicaval and Modified Bicaval Technique. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2022 Nov 20;9(11):404. doi: 10.3390/jcdd9110404

Omer Dzemal, Christoph Starck, Lukas Wessel, Oliver Miera, Karl Werdan, Marion Burckhardt, Ralf Muellenbach, Rolf Jaksties, Florian Schmidt, Karsten Wiebe, Christof Schmid, Stefan Kluge, Kevin Pilarczyk, Nils Haake, Thomas Schaible, Andreas Flemmer, Stefan Klotz, Alexander Assmann, Uwe Janssens, Matthias Lubnow, Susanne Herber-Jonat, Markus Ferrari, Dirk Buchwald, Stephan Ensminger, York Zausig, Andreas Beckmann, Mark Rosenberg, Malte Kelm, Marcus Hennersdorf, Christiane Hartog, Stefan Fischer, Ardawan Rastan, Daniel Zimpfer, Andreas Fründ, Sven Maier, Elfriede Ruttmann-Ulmer, Heinrich Groesdonk, Christian Schlensak, Monika Nothacker, Michael Buerke, Harald Köditz, Guido Michels, Lars Krüger, Udo Boeken.Extracorporeal life support use in cardiac and circulatory failure: a summary of recently published S3 guidelines. Cardiovasc Med. 2022;25:w10175. doi: 10.4414/cvm.2022.w10175

Oehler D, Böttger C, Immohr MB, Bruno RR, Haschemi J, Scheiber D, Voß F, Horn P, Aubin H, Tudorache I, Westenfeld R, Akhyari P, Kelm M, Lichtenberg A, Boeken U. Donor Noradrenaline Support Is Not Associated with Decreased Survival in Heart Transplant Recipients. J Clin Med. 2022 Dec 7;11(24):7271. doi: 10.3390/jcm11247271.
 
Tenge T, Roth S, M'Pembele R, Lurati Buse G, Boenner F, Ballázs C, Tudorache I, Boeken U, Lichtenberg A, Neukirchen M, Huhn R, Aubin H. Impact of Left Ventricular Assist Devices on Days Alive and Out of Hospital in Hemodynamically Stable Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure: A Propensity Score Matched Study. Life (Basel). 2022 Nov 24;12(12):1966. doi: 10.3390/life12121966.

Assmann AK, Winnicki V, Sugimura Y, Chekhoeva A, Barth M, Assmann A, Lichtenberg A, Akhyari P. Impact of PPAR-gamma activation on the durability of biological heart valve prostheses in hypercholesterolaemic rats. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Dec 2;63(1):ezad005. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad005. PMID: 36629469.

Assmann A, Schmidt V, Lepke C, Sugimura Y, Assmann AK, Barth M, Lichtenberg A, Akhyari P. Degeneration of biological heart valve grafts in a rat model of superoxide dismutase-3 deficiency. FASEB J. 2022 Nov;36(11):e22591. doi: 10.1096/fj.202200727RR. PMID: 36251410