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Stefan Christiansen

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Christiansen S, Klocke A, Schmid M, Autschbach R
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg . 2010 Oct; 16(5):340-4. PMID: 21030921
Background: Cryoablation is a new surgical technique for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Because long-term results are scarce, we report on our findings with this antiarrhythmic therapy. Methods: Forty-three patients...
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Christiansen S, Autschbach R
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg . 2010 Oct; 16(3):168-73. PMID: 20930677
Background: Emergent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains a high-risk procedure in cardiac surgery. Therefore we performed this study to evaluate its current results. Methods: From 2001 to 2007, fifty-seven...
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Goetzenich A, Hatam N, Zernecke A, Weber C, Czarnotta T, Autschbach R, et al.
J Heart Lung Transplant . 2009 Sep; 28(10):1087-93. PMID: 19782292
Introduction: Anthracyclines are widely used in oncogenic therapy. Owing to their cardiotoxic side effects, their application is subdued to dose limitations. Many cardioprotective approaches have failed. This study examined the...
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Christiansen S
J Heart Lung Transplant . 2009 Jun; 28(7):751. PMID: 19560709
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Christiansen S, Schmid M, Autschbach R
Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg . 2009 May; 15(2):105-10. PMID: 19471224
Background: To evaluate the perioperative risk of redo aortic valve replacement (AVR). Materials And Methods: Sixty-three patients (53 males, 10 females) underwent redo AVR from 2001-2005. Forty-one bioprostheses had to...
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Goetzenich A, Langebartels G, Christiansen S, Hatam N, Autschbach R, Dohmen G
J Card Surg . 2009 May; 24(3):260-4. PMID: 19438778
Objective: Stented biological prostheses show different performance related to their design and ultrastructure. Therefore, we compared the Carpentier-Edwards Perimount (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) and the St. Jude Medical Epic...
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Christiansen S, Klocke A, Autschbach R
J Card Surg . 2008 Sep; 23(6):664-76. PMID: 18793217
The growing number of heart failure patients and the scarcity of donor organs give rise to the development of mechanical circulatory support devices for a long-term support. After approximately 15...
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Christiansen S, Perez-Bouza A, Schalte G, Hilgers R, Autschbach R
J Heart Lung Transplant . 2008 Jan; 27(1):86-92. PMID: 18187092
Objective: The aim of this study was the development of an experimental cardiomyopathy induced with Adriamycin (Pharmacia & Upjohn, Erlangen, Germany) with selective toxic damage of the left ventricular myocardium...
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Christiansen S, Fehske W, Autschbach R
Heart Surg Forum . 2007 Jun; 10(2):E105-6. PMID: 17597030
Tissue ingrowth of a prosthetic heart valve usually leads to a stenosis. We report a rare case of a patient with a fixation of the prosthetic leaflet due to tissue...
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Christiansen S, Dohmen G, Autschbach R
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann . 2006 Sep; 14(5):418-21. PMID: 17005892
Isolated postcardiotomy right ventricular failure is rare but associated with a high mortality. Therefore, new developments reducing this mortality are necessary. We report our first successful clinical use of a...