Publications 2015

Mirna-197 and Mirna-223 Predict Cardiovascular Death in a Cohort of Patients with Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease. Schulte, C., Molz, S., Appelbaum, S., Karakas, M., Ojeda, F., Lau, D. M., Hartmann, T., Lackner, K. J., Westermann, D., Schnabel, R. B., Blankenberg, S. & Zeller, T. PloS one 10, e0145930, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26720041

Myozap Deficiency Promotes Adverse Cardiac Remodeling Via Differential Regulation of Mapk/Srf- and Beta-Catenin/Gsk-3beta-Signaling. Rangrez, A. Y., Eden, M., Poyanmehr, R., Kuhn, C., Stiebeling, K., Dierck, F., Bernt, A., Lullmann-Rauch, R., Weiler, H., Kirchof, P., Frank, D. & Frey, N. The Journal of biological chemistry, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26719331

Evaluation of Contraceptive Methods in Women with Congenital Heart Disease in Germany, Hungary and Japan. Koerten, M.-A., Szatmari, A., Niwa, K., Ruzsa, Z., Nagdyman, N., Niggemeyer, E., Peters, B., Schneider, K. T. M., Kuschel, B., Mizuno, Y., Berger, F., Bauer, U. M. M. & Kaemmerer, H., (2015). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527315310226

Small but Smart: Micrornas Orchestrate Atherosclerosis Development and Progression. Santovito, D., Egea, V. & Weber, C. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, (2015). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388198115002358

Assessing Planning Ability across the Adult Life Span: Population-Representative and Age-Adjusted Reliability Estimates for the Tower of London (Tol-F). Kaller, C. P., Debelak, R., Kostering, L., Egle, J., Rahm, B., Wild, P. S., Blettner, M., Beutel, M. E. & Unterrainer, J. M. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26715472

Critical Role of Rage and Hmgb1 in Inflammatory Heart Disease. Bangert, A., Andrassy, M., Muller, A. M., Bockstahler, M., Fischer, A., Volz, C. H., Leib, C., Goser, S., Korkmaz-Icoz, S., Zittrich, S., Jungmann, A., Lasitschka, F., Pfitzer, G., Muller, O. J., Katus, H. A. & Kaya, Z. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26715748

L-Arginine Derivatives Are Associated with the Hyperthyroid State in the General Population. Ittermann, T., Bahls, M., Atzler, D., Friedrich, N., Schwedhelm, E., Boger, R. H., Felix, S. B., Volzke, H. & Dorr, M. Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26650143

Angiographic and Clinical Outcomes of Patients Treated with Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Stents in Routine Clinical Practice: Results of the Isar-Absorb Registry. Hoppmann, P., Kufner, S., Cassese, S., Wiebe, J., Schneider, S., Pinieck, S., Scheler, L., Bernlochner, I., Joner, M., Schunkert, H., Laugwitz, K. L., Kastrati, A. & Byrne, R. A. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26708019

Pre-Treatment with P2y12 Inhibitors in Acs Patients: Who, When, Why, and Which Agent? Sibbing, D., Kastrati, A. & Berger, P. B. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26712838

Perfusion Dyssynchrony Analysis. Chiribiri, A., Villa, A. D., Sammut, E., Breeuwer, M. & Nagel, E. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26705485

Early Repolarization Pattern: A Marker of Increased Risk in Patients with Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia. Tulumen, E., Schulze-Bahr, E., Zumhagen, S., Stallmeyer, B., Seebohm, G., Beckmann, B. M., Kaab, S., Rudic, B., Liebe, V., Wolpert, C., Herrera-Siklody, C., Veltmann, C., Schimpf, R. & Borggrefe, M. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26705564

Novel Frame-Shift Mutation in Pkp2 Associated with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report. Trenkwalder, T., Deisenhofer, I., Hadamitzky, M., Schunkert, H. & Reinhard, W. BMC medical genetics 16, 117, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26701096

Molecular and Structural Transition Mechanisms in Long-Term Volume Overload. Mohamed, B. A., Schnelle, M., Khadjeh, S., Lbik, D., Herwig, M., Linke, W. A., Hasenfuss, G. & Toischer, K. European journal of heart failure, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26694078

Measuring Biological Age Via Metabonomics: The Metabolic Age Score. Hertel, J., Friedrich, N., Wittfeld, K., Pietzner, M., Budde, K., Van der Auwera, S., Lohmann, T., Teumer, A., Volzke, H., Nauck, M. & Grabe, H. J. Journal of proteome research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26652958

Cardiac-Specific Succinate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in Barth Syndrome. Dudek, J., Cheng, I. F., Chowdhury, A., Wozny, K., Balleininger, M., Reinhold, R., Grunau, S., Callegari, S., Toischer, K., Wanders, R. J., Hasenfuss, G., Brugger, B., Guan, K. & Rehling, P. EMBO Mol Med, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26697888

May Your New Year Be Happy and Prosperous with "Thrombosis and Haemostasis". Lip, G. Y. & Weber, C. Thrombosis and haemostasis 115, 1-2, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26690501

Three-Year Efficacy and Safety of New- Versus Early-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease Insights from the Isar-Left Main and Isar-Left Main 2 Trials. Cassese, S., Kufner, S., Xhepa, E., Byrne, R. A., Kreutzer, J., Ibrahim, T., Tiroch, K., Valgimigli, M., Tolg, R., Fusaro, M., Schunkert, H., Laugwitz, K. L., Mehilli, J. & Kastrati, A. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26689707

The Challenges and Impact of Microvascular Injury in St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Reinstadler, S. J., Stiermaier, T., Fuernau, G., De Waha, S., Desch, S., Metzler, B., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, (2015). http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1586/14779072.2016.1135055

Outcomes after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using a Novel Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Heart Valve: A Single-Center Experience. Husser, O., Pellegrini, C., Kessler, T., Burgdorf, C., Thaller, H., Mayr, N. P., Ott, I., Kasel, A. M., Schunkert, H., Kastrati, A. & Hengstenberg, C. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 8, 1809-1816, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26718512

Association between Hepatic Steatosis and Serum Liver Enzyme Levels with Atrial Fibrillation in the General Population: The Study of Health in Pomerania (Ship). Markus, M. R., Meffert, P. J., Baumeister, S. E., Lieb, W., Siewert, U., Schipf, S., Koch, M., Kors, J. A., Felix, S. B., Dorr, M., Targher, G. & Volzke, H. Atherosclerosis 245, 123-131, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26722832

Deep Sedation Versus General Anesthesia in Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Reconstruction Using the Mitraclip System. de Waha, S., Seeburger, J., Ender, J., Desch, S., Eitel, I., Reinhardt, A., Poss, J., Fuernau, G., Noack, T., Merk, D. R., Schuler, G., Sievers, H. H., Mohr, F. W. & Thiele, H. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26683202

Loss of the Rap1 Effector Riam Results in Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency Due to Impaired Beta2 Integrin Function in Mice. Klapproth, S., Sperandio, M., Pinheiro, E. M., Prunster, M., Soehnlein, O., Gertler, F. B., Fassler, R. & Moser, M. Blood 126, 2704-2712, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26337492

Tooth Loss Is Independently Associated with Poor Outcomes in Stable Coronary Heart Disease. Vedin, O., Hagstrom, E., Budaj, A., Denchev, S., Harrington, R. A., Koenig, W., Soffer, J., Sritara, P., Stebbins, A., Stewart, R. H., Swart, H. P., Viigimaa, M., Vinereanu, D., Wallentin, L., White, H. D., Held, C. & Investigators, S. European journal of preventive cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26672609

Mibefradil Represents a New Class of Benzimidazole Trpm7 Channel Agonists. Schafer, S., Ferioli, S., Hofmann, T., Zierler, S., Gudermann, T. & Chubanov, V. Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26669310

3d Micropillars Guide the Mechanobiology of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Palankar, R., Glaubitz, M., Martens, U., Medvedev, N., von der Ehe, M., Felix, S. B., Munzenberg, M. & Delcea, M. Advanced healthcare materials, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26676091

Establishing International Blood Pressure References among Non-Overweight Children and Adolescents Aged 6-17 Years. Xi, B., Zong, X., Kelishadi, R., Hong, Y. M., Khadilkar, A., Steffen, L. M., Nawarycz, T., Krzywinska-Wiewiorowska, M., Aounallah-Skhiri, H., Bovet, P., Chiolero, A., Pan, H., Litwin, M., Poh, B. K., Sung, R. Y., So, H. K., Schwandt, P., Haas, G. M., Neuhauser, H. K., Marinov, L. et al. Circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26671979

Diagnostic and Prognostic Metabolites Identified for Joint Symptoms in the Kora Population. Yousri, N. A., Kastenmuller, G., AlHaq, W. G., Holle, R., Kaab, S., Mohney, R. P., Gieger, C., Peters, A., Adamski, J., Suhre, K. & Arayssi, T. Journal of proteome research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26653129

Proteome Profiles of Hdl Particles of Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Are Associated with Immune Response and Also Include Bacteria Proteins. Oberbach, A., Adams, V., Schlichting, N., Heinrich, M., Kullnick, Y., Lehmann, S., Lehmann, S., Feder, S., Correia, J. C., Mohr, F. W., Volker, U. & Jehmlich, N. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 453, 114-122, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26688386

Ankle-Brachial Index and Recurrent Stroke Risk: Meta-Analysis. Hong, J. B., Leonards, C. O., Endres, M., Siegerink, B. & Liman, T. G. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26658450

Early Haemodynamic Performance of a Latest Generation Supra-Annular Aortic Bioprosthesis: Experience from a Large Single-Centre Series. Deutsch, M. A., Prinzing, A., Fiegl, K., Wottke, M., Badiu, C. C., Krane, M., Goppel, G., Bleiziffer, S., Guenzinger, R. & Lange, R. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26656235

Recruitment of Classical Monocytes Can Be Inhibited by Disturbing Heteromers of Neutrophil Hnp1 and Platelet Ccl5. Alard, J. E., Ortega-Gomez, A., Wichapong, K., Bongiovanni, D., Horckmans, M., Megens, R. T., Leoni, G., Ferraro, B., Rossaint, J., Paulin, N., Ng, J., Ippel, H., Suylen, D., Hinkel, R., Blanchet, X., Gaillard, F., D'Amico, M., von Hundelshausen, P., Zarbock, A., Scheiermann, C. et al. Science translational medicine 7, 317ra196, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26659570

The Development and Application of a High Sensitivity Immunoassay for Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C. Marjot, J., Liebetrau, C., Goodson, R. J., Kaier, T., Weber, E., Heseltine, P. & Marber, M. S. Translational Research - The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, (2015). http://www.translationalres.com/article/S1931-5244%2815%2900412-0/abstract

Generation of Cardiac Pacemaker Cells by Programming and Differentiation. Husse, B. & Franz, W. M. Biochimica et biophysica acta, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26681531

Is Myocardial Native T1 the One Answer for All? Nagel, E. & Puntmann, V. O. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26684977

Genome-Wide Association Studies Identify Genetic Loci Associated with Albuminuria in Diabetes. Teumer, A., Tin, A., Sorice, R., Gorski, M., Yeo, N. C., Chu, A. Y., Li, M., Li, Y., Mijatovic, V., Ko, Y. A., Taliun, D., Luciani, A., Chen, M. H., Yang, Q., Foster, M. C., Olden, M., Hiraki, L. T., Tayo, B. O., Fuchsberger, C., Dieffenbach, A. K. et al. Diabetes, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26631737

Vitamin D Is Associated with Cardiopulmonary Exercise Capacity: Results of Two Independent Cohorts of Healthy Adults. Kaul, A., Glaser, S., Hannemann, A., Schaper, C., Nauck, M., Felix, S. B., Bollmann, T., Ewert, R. & Friedrich, N. Br J Nutr, (2015). http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=10052381&fileId=S000711451500464X

Palpitations and Atrial Fibrillation. Wachter, R. & Rybak, K. Aktuel Kardiol 4, (2015). https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0041-108910

Latent Ischaemia as a Trigger for a Circulus Vitiosus of Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Stiffness in Hfpef. Tschope, C. & Post, H. European journal of heart failure 17, 1210-1212, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26647213

T1 Mapping in Discrimination of Hypertrophic Phenotypes: Hypertensive Heart Disease and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Hinojar, R., Varma, N., Child, N., Goodman, B., Jabbour, A., Yu, C.-H., Gebker, R., Doltra, A., Kelle, S., Khan, S., Rogers, T., Arroyo Ucar, E., Cummins, C., Carr-White, G., Nagel, E. & Puntmann, V. O. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging, (2015). http://circimaging.ahajournals.org/content/8/12/e003285.abstract

Endogenous Androgens and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin in Women and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes. Fenske, B., Kische, H., Gross, S., Wallaschofski, H., Volzke, H., Dorr, M., Nauck, M., Keevil, B. G., Brabant, G. & Haring, R. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 100, 4595-4603, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445113

Blood Pressure Variability after Catheter-Based Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Patients with Resistant Hypertension. Ewen, S., Dorr, O., Ukena, C., Linz, D., Cremers, B., Laufs, U., Hamm, C., Nef, H., Bauer, A., Mancia, G., Bohm, M. & Mahfoud, F. Journal of hypertension 33, 2512-2518, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26485461

New Oral Anticoagulation after Heart Valve Replacement. El-Battrawy, I., Baumann, S., Huseynov, A. & Akin, I. Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets 15, 106-109, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666327

Tissue Tracking Technology for Assessing Cardiac Mechanics: Principles, Normal Values, and Clinical Applications. Claus, P., Omar, A. M., Pedrizzetti, G., Sengupta, P. P. & Nagel, E. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 8, 1444-1460, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26699113

Novel Oral Anticoagulants: Recommendations for Patient Evaluation, Treatment Initiation, Follow-up and Perioperative Management. Baumann, S., Huseynov, A., El-Battrawy, I., Renker, M. & Akin, I. Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets 15, 120-126, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666330

Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 (Fgf-23) Is an Early Predictor of Mortality in Patients with Cardiac Arrest. Spaich, S., Zelniker, T., Endres, P., Stiepak, J., Uhlmann, L., Bekeredjian, R., Chorianopoulos, E., Giannitsis, E., Backs, J., Katus, H. A. & Preusch, M. Resuscitation, (2015). http://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572%2815%2900885-0/abstract

Sex Difference in Appropriate Shocks but Not Mortality During Long-Term Follow-up in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Seegers, J., Conen, D., Jung, K., Bergau, L., Dorenkamp, M., Luthje, L., Sohns, C., Sossalla, S. T., Fischer, T. H., Hasenfuss, G., Friede, T. & Zabel, M. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26622054

Ataxin-10 Is Part of a Cachexokine Cocktail Triggering Cardiac Metabolic Dysfunction in Cancer Cachexia. Schafer, M., Oeing, C. U., Rohm, M., Baysal-Temel, E., Lehmann, L. H., Bauer, R., Volz, H. C., Boutros, M., Sohn, D., Sticht, C., Gretz, N., Eichelbaum, K., Werner, T., Hirt, M. N., Eschenhagen, T., Muller-Decker, K., Strobel, O., Hackert, T., Krijgsveld, J., Katus, H. A. et al. Molecular Metabolism, (2015). http://www.molmetab.com/article/S2212-8778%2815%2900216-1/fulltext

From Single Variants to Protein Cascades: Multi-Scale Modeling of Snv Sets in Genetic Disorders. Mueller, S. C., Sommer, B., Backes, C., Haas, J., Meder, B., Meese, E. & Keller, A. The Journal of biological chemistry, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26601959

The Molecular and Functional Identities of Atrial Cardiomyocytes in Health and Disease. Brandenburg, S., Arakel, E. C., Schwappach, B. & Lehnart, S. E. Biochimica et biophysica acta, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26620800

Atrial Fibrillation and Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease: Relevance of Routine Electrocardiogram. Meyer, M. L., Jaensch, A., Mons, U., Breitling, L. P., Hahmann, H., Koenig, W., Brenner, H. & Rothenbacher, D. Int J Cardiol 203, 1014-1015, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26630626

Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction and a Narrow Qrs Complex: Combination of a Subcutaneous Defibrillator with Cardiac Contractility Modulation. Roger, S., Borggrefe, M. & Kuschyk, J. Journal of Atrial Fibrillation 8, (2015). http://www.jafib.com/published.php?type=pdf&id=1081

Inducible Knock-Down of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Mice Disturbs Regulation of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and Attenuates Heart Failure Induced by Pressure Overload. Montes-Cobos, E., Li, X., Fischer, H. J., Sasse, A., Kugler, S., Didie, M., Toischer, K., Fassnacht, M., Dressel, R. & Reichardt, H. M. PloS one 10, e0143954, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26605921

Nitrated Fatty Acids Suppress Angiotensin Ii Mediated Fibrotic Remodeling and Atrial Fibrillation. Rudolph, T. K., Ravekes, T., Klinke, A., Friedrichs, K., Mollenhauer, M., Pekarova, M., Ambrozova, G., Martiskova, H., Kaur, J. J., Matthes, B., Schwoerer, A., Woodcock, S. R., Kubala, L., Freeman, B. A., Baldus, S. & Rudolph, V. Cardiovascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26598510

Multivessel Versus Culprit Lesion Only Percutaneous Revascularization Plus Potential Staged Revascularization in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock -Design and Rationale of Culprit-Shock Trial. Thiele, H., Desch, S., Piek, J. J., Stepinska, J., Oldroyd, K., Serpytis, P., Montalescot, G., Noc, M., Huber, K., Fuernau, G., De Waha, S., Meyer-Saraei, R., Schneider, S., Windecker, S., Savonitto, S., Briggs, A., Torremante, P., Vrints, C., Schuler, G., Ceglarek, U. et al. Am Heart J, (2015). http://www.ahjonline.com/article/S0002-8703%2815%2900663-8/fulltext

The a-Kinase Anchoring Protein Gskip Regulates Gsk3beta Activity and Controls Palatal Shelf Fusion in Mice. Deak, V. A., Skroblin, P., Dittmayer, C., Knobeloch, K. P., Bachmann, S. & Klussmann, E. The Journal of biological chemistry, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26582204

Underrepresentation of Sex in Reporting Traditional and Emerging Biomarkers for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review. Gohar, A., Schnabel, R. B., Hughes, M., Zeller, T., Blankenberg, S., Pasterkamp, G., den Ruijter, H. M. & Group, o. b. o. t. B. G. W. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, (2015). http://ehjqcco.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/11/17/ehjqcco.qcv028

[Physical Activity and Sport in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus]. Esefeld, K. & Halle, M. Der Diabetologe, (2015). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11428-015-0040-y

Oxygen Physiology: Sensors and Ion Channels. Mori, Y., Takahashi, N., Ogawa, N. & Gudermann, T. Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26590926

Uncoupling of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Perivascular Adipose Tissue of Diet-Induced Obese Mice. Xia, N., Horke, S., Habermeier, A., Closs, E. I., Reifenberg, G., Gericke, A., Mikhed, Y., Munzel, T., Daiber, A., Forstermann, U. & Li, H. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26586660

The Mica-129met/Val Dimorphism Affects Plasma Membrane Expression and Shedding of the Nkg2d Ligand Mica. Isernhagen, A., Schilling, D., Monecke, S., Shah, P., Elsner, L., Walter, L., Multhoff, G. & Dressel, R. Immunogenetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26585323

The Immunoproteasome Controls the Availability of the Cardio-Protective Pattern Recognition Molecule Pentraxin3. Paeschke, A., Possehl, A., Klingel, K., Voss, M., Voss, K., Kesphol, M., Sauter, M., Overkleeft, H. S., Althof, N., Garlanda, C. & Voigt, A. European journal of immunology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26578407

Thrombus Aspiration in Non-St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction - 12-Month Clinical Outcome of the Randomised Tatort-Nstemi Trial. Meyer-Saraei, R., de Waha, S., Eitel, I., Desch, S., Scheller, B., Bohm, M., Lauer, B., Gawaz, M., Geisler, T., Gunkel, O., Bruch, L., Klein, N., Pfeiffer, D., Schuler, G., Zeymer, U. & Thiele, H. European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26582910

Phosphorylation of the Chromatin Remodeling Factor Dpf3a Induces Cardiac Hypertrophy through Releasing Hey Repressors from DNA. Cui, H., Schlesinger, J., Schoenhals, S., Tonjes, M., Dunkel, I., Meierhofer, D., Cano, E., Schulz, K., Berger, M. F., Haack, T., Abdelilah-Seyfried, S., Bulyk, M. L., Sauer, S. & Sperling, S. R. Nucleic acids research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26582913

Heart Regeneration. Breckwoldt, K., Weinberger, F. & Eschenhagen, T. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, (2015). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167488915003948

Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon for Recalcitrant in-Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis. Mehilli, J. & Jochheim, D. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 8, 1701-1703, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26585620

Microrna Augmentation of Bone Marrow-Derived Cell Therapy. Engelhardt, S. & Sassi, Y. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 66, 2227-2229, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26564601  

Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Versus Everolimus-Eluting Metallic Stents: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Cassese, S., Byrne, R. A., Ndrepepa, G., Kufner, S., Wiebe, J., Repp, J., Schunkert, H., Fusaro, M., Kimura, T. & Kastrati, A. The Lancet, (2015). http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2815%2900979-4/abstract

[Troponin Elevation in Ischemic Stroke Patients]. Nolte, C. H., Scheitz, J. F. & Endres, M. Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26564181

Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase and Prognosis in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Ndrepepa, G., Braun, S., Schunkert, H., Laugwitz, K. L. & Kastrati, A. Clinica Chimica Acta, (2015). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009898115300504

Reference Intervals of Plasma Homoarginine from the German Gutenberg Health Study. Atzler, D., Appelbaum, S., Cordts, K., Ojeda, F. M., Wild, P. S., Munzel, T., Blankenberg, S., Boger, R. H., Blettner, M., Beutel, M. E., Pfeiffer, N., Zeller, T., Lackner, K. J. & Schwedhelm, E. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine : CCLM / FESCC, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26562034

Novel Prognostic Markers Derived from Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Stable Chronic Coronary Artery Disease. Doesch, C., Jochims, J., Streitner, F., Kuschyk, J., Akin, I., Lehmann, R., Lossnitzer, D., Behnes, M., Schoenberg, S. O., Borggrefe, M. & Papavassiliu, T. In vivo 29, 737-747, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26546530

[Chronic Cervical Vagal Stimulation : Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Relevance for Heart Failure]. Kuschyk, J., Doesch, C., Akin, I., Borggrefe, M. & Roeger, S. Herz, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26555481

Filamin a Interacts with the Coactivator Mkl1 to Promote the Activity of the Transcription Factor Srf and Cell Migration. Kircher, P., Hermanns, C., Nossek, M., Drexler, M. K., Grosse, R., Fischer, M., Sarikas, A., Penkava, J., Lewis, T., Prywes, R., Gudermann, T. & Muehlich, S. Science signaling 8, ra112, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26554816

A Meta-Analysis of 120,246 Individuals Identifies 18 New Loci for Fibrinogen Concentration. de Vries, P. S., Chasman, D. I., Sabater-Lleal, M., Chen, M. H., Huffman, J. E., Steri, M., Tang, W., Teumer, A., Marioni, R. E., Grossmann, V., Hottenga, J. J., Trompet, S., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Zhao, J. H., Brody, J. A., Kleber, M. E., Guo, X., Wang, J. J., Auer, P. L., Attia, J. R. et al. Human molecular genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26561523

General Practitioners' Adherence to Chronic Heart Failure Guidelines Regarding Medication: The Gp-Hf Study. Hirt, M. N., Muttardi, A., Helms, T. M., van den Bussche, H. & Eschenhagen, T. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26552905

Genetic Fine Mapping and Genomic Annotation Defines Causal Mechanisms at Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility Loci. Gaulton, K. J., Ferreira, T., Lee, Y., Raimondo, A., Magi, R., Reschen, M. E., Mahajan, A., Locke, A., William Rayner, N., Robertson, N., Scott, R. A., Prokopenko, I., Scott, L. J., Green, T., Sparso, T., Thuillier, D., Yengo, L., Grallert, H., Wahl, S., Franberg, M. et al. Nature genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26551672

Lineage-Specific Profiling Delineates the Emergence and Progression of Naive Pluripotency in Mammalian Embryogenesis. Boroviak, T., Loos, R., Lombard, P., Okahara, J., Behr, R., Sasaki, E., Nichols, J., Smith, A. & Bertone, P. Developmental cell 35, 366-382, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26555056

Pathway-Based Variant Enrichment Analysis on the Example of Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Backes, C., Meder, B., Lai, A., Stoll, M., Ruhle, F., Katus, H. A. & Keller, A. Human genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26547721

Non-Invasive Estimation of Pulmonary Outflow Tract Obstruction: A Comparative Study of Cardiovascular Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance and Doppler Echocardiography Versus Cardiac Catheterization. Kowallick, J. T., Steinmetz, M., Schuster, A., Unterberg-Buchwald, C., Nguyen, T. T., Fasshauer, M., Staab, W., Hosch, O., Rosenberg, C., Paul, T., Lotz, J. & Sohns, J. M. IJC Heart & Vasculature, (2015). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906715300415

Restoring Platelet Function in Patients on P2y12 Receptor Inhibitor Treatment: Still Some Issues to Be Solved! Sibbing, D. & Massberg, S. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 8, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26553701

Native T1 in Deciphering the Reversible Myocardial Inflammation in Cardiac Sarcoidosis with Anti-Inflammatory Treatment. Isted, A., Grigoratos, C., Bratis, K., Carr-White, G., Nagel, E. & Puntmann, V. O. Int J Cardiol 203, 459-462, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26547739

Increased Bleeding Risk During Percutaneous Coronary Interventions by Arterial Hypertension. Ndrepepa, G., Groha, P., Lahmann, A. L., Lohaus, R., Cassese, S., Schulz-Schupke, S., Kufner, S., Mayer, K., Bernlochner, I., Byrne, R. A., Fusaro, M., Laugwitz, K. L., Schunkert, H. & Kastrati, A. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26526702  

Ranolazine Antagonizes Catecholamine-Induced Dysfunction in Isolated Cardiomyocytes, but Lacks Long-Term Therapeutic Effects in Vivo in a Mouse Model of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Flenner, F., Friedrich, F. W., Ungeheuer, N., Christ, T., Geertz, B., Reischmann, S., Wagner, S., Stathopoulou, K., Sohren, K. D., Weinberger, F., Schwedhelm, E., Cuello, F., Maier, L. S., Eschenhagen, T. & Carrier, L. Cardiovascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26531128

Gender in Cardiovascular Diseases: Impact on Clinical Manifestations, Management, and Outcomes. EugenMed, Cardiovascular Clinical Study, G., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Oertelt-Prigione, S., Prescott, E., Franconi, F., Gerdts, E., Foryst-Ludwig, A., Maas, A. H., Kautzky-Willer, A., Knappe-Wegner, D., Kintscher, U., Ladwig, K. H., Schenck-Gustafsson, K. & Stangl, V. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26530104

Pharmacokinetics of the Experimental Non-Nucleosidic DNA Methyl Transferase Inhibitor N-Phthalyl-L-Tryptophan (Rg 108) in Rats. Schneeberger, Y., Stenzig, J., Hubner, F., Schaefer, A., Reichenspurner, H. & Eschenhagen, T. Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26525153

Innovative Therapeutics for Atrial Fibrillation: Imminent Breakthroughs or Much Ado About Nothing? Nattel, S. & Dobrev, D. Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 66, 409-411, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26371951

Development of Long Noncoding Rna-Based Strategies to Modulate Tissue Vascularization. Fiedler, J., Breckwoldt, K., Remmele, C. W., Hartmann, D., Dittrich, M., Pfanne, A., Just, A., Xiao, K., Kunz, M., Muller, T., Hansen, A., Geffers, R., Dandekar, T., Eschenhagen, T. & Thum, T. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 66, 2005-2015, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26516004

Cxcl4 Plasma Levels Are Not Associated with the Extent of Coronary Artery Disease or with Coronary Plaque Morphology. Erbel, C., Korosoglou, G., Ler, P., Akhavanpoor, M., Domschke, G., Linden, F., Doesch, A. O., Buss, S. J., Giannitsis, E., Katus, H. A. & Gleissner, C. A. PloS one 10, e0141693, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26524462

Recent Highlight of Atvb: Chemokines. van der Vorst, E. P., Doring, Y. & Weber, C. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 35, e52-56, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26490276

Redox Regulation of Dihydrofolate Reductase: Friend or Troublemaker? Munzel, T. & Daiber, A. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 35, 2261-2262, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26490273

Heritability of Young- and Old-Onset Ischaemic Stroke. Bluher, A., Devan, W. J., Holliday, E. G., Nalls, M., Parolo, S., Bione, S., Giese, A. K., Boncoraglio, G. B., Maguire, J. M., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Gieger, C., Meschia, J. F., Rosand, J., Rolfs, A., Kittner, S. J., Mitchell, B. D., O'Connell, J. R. & Cheng, Y. C. European journal of neurology : the official journal of the European Federation of Neurological Societies 22, 1488-1491, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26333310

Regulatory T Cells in Atherosclerosis: Critical Immune Regulatory Function and Therapeutic Potential. Spitz, C., Winkels, H., Burger, C., Weber, C., Lutgens, E., Hansson, G. K. & Gerdes, N. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26518635

Sex Specific Differences in Genetic and Non-Genetic Determinants of Mean Platelet Volume: Results from the Gutenberg Health Study. Panova-Noeva, M., Schulz, A., Hermanns, I., Grossmann, V., Pefani, E., Spronk, H., Laubert-Reh, D., Binder, H., Beutel, M., Pfeiffer, N., Blankenberg, S., Zeller, T., Munzel, T., Lackner, K. J., Ten Cate, H. & Wild, P. S. Blood, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26518434

Adma and Arginine Derivatives in Relation to Non-Invasive Vascular Function in the General Population. Baum, C., Johannsen, S. S., Zeller, T., Atzler, D., Ojeda, F. M., Wild, P. S., Sinning, C. R., Lackner, K. J., Gori, T., Schwedhelm, E., Boger, R. H., Blankenberg, S., Munzel, T. & Schnabel, R. B. Atherosclerosis, (2015). http://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150%2815%2930185-4/abstract

Combined Pulmonary Endarterectomy and Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Wiedenroth, C. B., Liebetrau, C., Breithecker, A., Guth, S., Lautze, H.-J., Ortmann, E., Arlt, M., Krombach, G. A., Bandorski, D., Hamm, C., Mollmann, H. & Meyer, E. J Heart Lung Transplant, (2015). http://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498%2815%2901491-6/abstract?cc=y=

Heme Oxygenase-1 Suppresses a Pro-Inflammatory Phenotype in Monocytes and Determines Endothelial Function and Arterial Hypertension in Mice and Humans. Wenzel, P., Rossmann, H., Muller, C., Kossmann, S., Oelze, M., Schulz, A., Arnold, N., Simsek, C., Lagrange, J., Klemz, R., Schonfelder, T., Brandt, M., Karbach, S. H., Knorr, M., Finger, S., Neukirch, C., Hauser, F., Beutel, M. E., Kroller-Schon, S., Schulz, E. et al. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26516175

Improved Outcome with Repeated Intracoronary Injection of Bone Marrow-Derived Cells within a Registry: Rationale for the Randomized Outcome Trial Repeat. Assmus, B., Alakmeh, S., De Rosa, S., Bonig, H., Hermann, E., Levy, W. C., Dimmeler, S. & Zeiher, A. M. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26516172

Impeding Sudden Cardiac Death Despite Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator Due to Fatal Crosstalk. Akin, I., Roger, S., Borggrefe, M. & Kuschyk, J. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26511798

Brugada Syndrome: Clinical Presentation and Genotype-Correlation with Magnetic Resonance Imaging Parameters. Rudic, B., Schimpf, R., Veltmann, C., Doesch, C., Tulumen, E., Schoenberg, S. O., Borggrefe, M. & Papavassiliu, T. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26511399

Efficacy of Enteral Ticagrelor in Hypothermic Patients after out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Tilemann, L. M., Stiepak, J., Zelniker, T., Chorianopoulos, E., Giannitsis, E., Katus, H. A., Muller, O. J. & Preusch, M. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26508414

Evaluation of C-Terminal Agrin Fragment as a Marker of Muscle Wasting in Patients after Acute Stroke During Early Rehabilitation. Scherbakov, N., Knops, M., Ebner, N., Valentova, M., Sandek, A., Grittner, U., Dahinden, P., Hettwer, S., Schefold, J. C., van Haehling, S., Anker, S. D., Joebges, M. & Doehner, W. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, (2015). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcsm.12068/full

Left Ventricular Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertensiondagger. Rosenkranz, S., Gibbs, J. S., Wachter, R., De Marco, T., Vonk-Noordegraaf, A. & Vachiery, J. L. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26508169

Reference Values and Release Kinetics of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Signal Peptide in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Liebetrau, C., Gaede, L., Dorr, O., Blumenstein, J., Rosenburg, S., Hoffmann, J., Troidl, C., Hamm, C. W., Nef, H. M., Mollmann, H., Richards, A. M. & Pemberton, C. J. Clinical chemistry, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26506995

Early Decision-Analytic Modeling - a Case Study on Vascular Closure Devices. Brandes, A., Sinner, M. F., Kaab, S. & Rogowski, W. H. BMC health services research 15, 486, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26507131

Atherosclerotic Plaque Destabilization in Mice: A Comparative Study. Hartwig, H., Silvestre-Roig, C., Hendrikse, J., Beckers, L., Paulin, N., Van der Heiden, K., Braster, Q., Drechsler, M., Daemen, M. J., Lutgens, E. & Soehnlein, O. PloS one 10, e0141019, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26492161

Heart and Brain Interfaces in Acute Ischemic Stroke (Hebras) - Rationale and Design of a Prospective Oberservational Cohort Study. Haeusler, K. G., Grittner, U., Fiebach, J. B., Endres, M., Krause, T. & Nolte, C. H. BMC neurology 15, 213, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26490042

Beta 1 Adrenoceptor Antagonistic Effects of the Supposedly Selective Beta 2 Adrenoceptor Antagonist Ici 118,551 on the Positive Inotropic Effect of Adrenaline in Murine Hearts. Pecha, S., Flenner, F., Sohren, K. D., Lorenz, K., Eschenhagen, T. & Christ, T. Pharmacol Res Perspect 3, e00168, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26516580

T1 Mapping for the Study of Cardiac Hypertrophy. Doltra, A., Nasser, S. B., Messroghli, D., Gebker, R., Schnackenburg, B., Pieske, B. & Kelle, S. Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports 8, (2015). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12410-015-9362-9

Meta-Gsa: Combining Findings from Gene-Set Analyses across Several Genome-Wide Association Studies. Rosenberger, A., Friedrichs, S., Amos, C. I., Brennan, P., Fehringer, G., Heinrich, J., Hung, R. J., Muley, T., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Risch, A. & Bickeboller, H. PloS one 10, e0140179, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26501144

Stabilization of Three-Dimensional Scroll Waves and Suppression of Spatiotemporal Chaos by Heterogeneities. Spreckelsen, F., Hornung, D., Steinbock, D., Parlitz, U. & Luther, S. Phys. Rev. E 92, (2015). http://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.042920

Multi-Centre Validation of an Automatic Algorithm for Fast 4d Myocardial Segmentation in Cine Cmr Datasets. Queiros, S., Barbosa, D., Engvall, J., Ebbers, T., Nagel, E., Sarvari, S. I., Claus, P., Fonseca, J. C., Vilaca, J. L. & D'Hooge, J. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26494877

Long-Term Prognostic Value of Igm Antibodies against Phosphorylcholine for Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease. Imhof, A., Koenig, W., Jaensch, A., Mons, U., Brenner, H. & Rothenbacher, D. Atherosclerosis, (2015). http://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150%2815%2930170-2/abstract?cc=y=

Risk Stratification of Normotensive Pulmonary Embolism: Prognostic Impact of Copeptin. Hellenkamp, K., Schwung, J., Rossmann, H., Kaeberich, A., Wachter, R., Hasenfuss, G., Konstantinides, S. & Lankeit, M. The European respiratory journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26493800

Sex-Dependent Alterations of Ca2+ Cycling in Human Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure. Fischer, T. H., Herting, J., Eiringhaus, J., Pabel, S., Hartmann, N. H., Ellenberger, D., Friedrich, M., Renner, A., Gummert, J., Maier, L. S., Zabel, M., Hasenfuss, G. & Sossalla, S. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26493982

Protein-Protein Interactions of Pde4 Family Members - Functions, Interactions and Therapeutic Value. Klussmann, E. Cellular signalling, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26498857

High Salt Reduces the Activation of Il-4- and Il-13-Stimulated Macrophages. Binger, K. J., Gebhardt, M., Heinig, M., Rintisch, C., Schroeder, A., Neuhofer, W., Hilgers, K., Manzel, A., Schwartz, C., Kleinewietfeld, M., Voelkl, J., Schatz, V., Linker, R. A., Lang, F., Voehringer, D., Wright, M. D., Hubner, N., Dechend, R., Jantsch, J., Titze, J. et al. The Journal of clinical investigation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26485286

Mid-Regional Pro-Adrenomedullin and N-Terminal Pro B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Predict the Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation. Elmas, E., Tulumen, E., Liebe, V., Rudic, B., Lang, S., Akin, I., Schimpf, R. & Borggrefe, M. Int J Cardiol 203, 369-371, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26539959

Endothelial Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1alpha Promotes Atherosclerosis and Monocyte Recruitment by Upregulating Microrna-19a. Akhtar, S., Hartmann, P., Karshovska, E., Rinderknecht, F. A., Subramanian, P., Gremse, F., Grommes, J., Jacobs, M., Kiessling, F., Weber, C., Steffens, S. & Schober, A. Hypertension, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26483345

A Roadmap to Improve the Quality of Atrial Fibrillation Management: Proceedings from the Fifth Atrial Fibrillation Network/European Heart Rhythm Association Consensus Conference. Kirchhof, P., Breithardt, G., Bax, J., Benninger, G., Blomstrom-Lundqvist, C., Boriani, G., Brandes, A., Brown, H., Brueckmann, M., Calkins, H., Calvert, M., Christoffels, V., Crijns, H., Dobrev, D., Ellinor, P., Fabritz, L., Fetsch, T., Freedman, S. B., Gerth, A., Goette, A. et al. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26481149

Blood Pressure Variability after Catheter-Based Renal Sympathetic Denervation in Patients with Resistant Hypertension. Ewen, S., Dorr, O., Ukena, C., Linz, D., Cremers, B., Laufs, U., Hamm, C., Nef, H., Bauer, A., Mancia, G., Bohm, M. & Mahfoud, F. Journal of hypertension, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26485461

Incidence, Determinants and Prognostic Relevance of Cardiogenic Shock in Patients with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Stiermaier, T., Eitel, C., Desch, S., Fuernau, G., Schuler, G., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26474843

Longitudinal Effects of Systemic Inflammation Markers on Periodontitis. Pink, C., Kocher, T., Meisel, P., Dorr, M., Markus, M. R., Jablonowski, L., Grotevendt, A., Nauck, M. & Holtfreter, B. Journal of clinical periodontology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26472626

Family or Snps: What Counts for Hereditary Risk of Coronary Artery Disease? Schunkert, H. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26475834

A Successful Strategy to Integrate Sex and Gender Medicine into a Newly Developed Medical Curriculum. Ludwig, S., Oertelt-Prigione, S., Kurmeyer, C., Gross, M., Gruters-Kieslich, A., Regitz-Zagrosek, V. & Peters, H. Journal of women's health, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26468664

Extensive Alterations of the Whole-Blood Transcriptome Are Associated with Body Mass Index: Results of an Mrna Profiling Study Involving Two Large Population-Based Cohorts. Homuth, G., Wahl, S., Muller, C., Schurmann, C., Mader, U., Blankenberg, S., Carstensen, M., Dorr, M., Endlich, K., Englbrecht, C., Felix, S. B., Gieger, C., Grallert, H., Herder, C., Illig, T., Kruppa, J., Marzi, C. S., Mayerle, J., Meitinger, T., Metspalu, A. et al. BMC medical genomics 8, 65, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26470795

Left Atrial Appendage Closure Guided by Integrated Echocardiography and Fluoroscopy Imaging Reduces Radiation Exposure. Jungen, C., Zeus, T., Balzer, J., Eickholt, C., Petersen, M., Kehmeier, E., Veulemans, V., Kelm, M., Willems, S. & Meyer, C. PloS one 10, e0140386, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26465747

Associations of Circulating Plasma Micrornas with Age, Body Mass Index and Sex in a Population-Based Study. Ameling, S., Kacprowski, T., Chilukoti, R. K., Malsch, C., Liebscher, V., Suhre, K., Pietzner, M., Friedrich, N., Homuth, G., Hammer, E. & Volker, U. BMC medical genomics 8, 61, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26462558

High-Sensitivity Troponin and Novel Biomarkers for the Early Diagnosis of Non-St-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Sorensen, N. A., Shah, A. S., Ojeda, F. M., Peitsmeyer, P., Zeller, T., Keller, T., Johannsen, S. S., Lackner, K. J., Griffiths, M., Munzel, T., Mills, N. L., Blankenberg, S. & Schnabel, R. B. European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26460326

Plekhm2 Mutation Leads to Abnormal Localization of Lysosomes, Impaired Autophagy Flux and Associates with Recessive Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Left Ventricular Non-Compaction. Muhammad, E., Levitas, A., Singh, S. R., Braiman, A., Ofir, R., Etzion, S., Sheffield, V. C., Etzion, Y., Carrier, L. & Parvari, R. Human molecular genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26464484

Interleukin-17 in Atherosclerosis: Still a Long Road Ahead. Ladeiras-Lopes, R. & Koenig, W. Int J Cardiol, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26478522

Bivalirudin Versus Heparin Anticoagulation in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. A Randomized Phase 3 Trial. Dangas, G. D., Lefevre, T., Kupatt, C., Tchetche, D., Schafer, U., Dumonteil, N., Webb, J. G., Colombo, A., Windecker, S., Ten Berg, J. M., Hildick-Smith, D., Mehran, R., Boekstegers, P., Linke, A., Tron, C., Van Belle, E., Asgar, A. W., Fach, A., Jeger, R., Sardella, G. et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26477635

Does Atrial Fibrillation Follow Function? Ion Channel Mutations and Lone Atrial Fibrillation. Clauss, S. & Ellinor, P. T. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology 8, 1005-1006, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26487618

Carotid Plaque Morphology Is Significantly Associated with Sex, Age, and History of Neurological Symptoms. Wendorff, C., Wendorff, H., Pelisek, J., Tsantilas, P., Zimmermann, A., Zernecke, A., Kuehnl, A. & Eckstein, H. H. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26451032

Infarct Volume Prediction by Early Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Murine Stroke Model Depends on Ischemia Duration and Time of Imaging. Leithner, C., Fuchtemeier, M., Jorks, D., Mueller, S., Dirnagl, U. & Royl, G. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26451016

Rhoa Ambivalently Controls Prominent Myofibroblast Characteritics by Involving Distinct Signaling Routes. Jatho, A., Hartmann, S., Kittana, N., Mugge, F., Wuertz, C. M., Tiburcy, M., Zimmermann, W. H., Katschinski, D. M. & Lutz, S. PloS one 10, e0137519, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26448568

Microrna-30 Mediates Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Shear Stress and Klf2 Via Repression of Angiopoietin 2. Demolli, S., Doebele, C., Doddaballapur, A., Lang, V., Fisslthaler, B., Chavakis, E., Vinciguerra, M., Sciacca, S., Henschler, R., Hecker, M., Savant, S., Augustin, H. G., Kaluza, D., Dimmeler, S. & Boon, R. A. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26456066

Endogenous Androgens and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin in Women and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes. Fenske, B., Kische, H., Gross, S., Wallaschofski, H., Volzke, H., Dorr, M., Nauck, M., Keevil, B. G., Brabant, G. & Haring, R. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, jc20152546, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445113

Stonin1 Mediates Endocytosis of the Proteoglycan Ng2 and Regulates Focal Adhesion Dynamics and Cell Motility. Feutlinske, F., Browarski, M., Ku, M. C., Trnka, P., Waiczies, S., Niendorf, T., Stallcup, W. B., Glass, R., Krause, E. & Maritzen, T. Nature communications 6, 8535, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26437238

Detection of Dcm-Associated Β1-Adrenergic Receptor Autoantibodies Requires Functional Readouts or Native Human Β1-Receptors as Targets. Bornholz, B., Hanzen, B., Reinke, Y., Felix, S. B., Jahns, R., Schimke, I., Wallukat, G. & Boege, F. Int J Cardiol, (2015). http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273%2815%2930633-1/abstract

High-Risk Plaque Features Can Be Detected in Non-Stenotic Carotid Plaques of Patients with Ischaemic Stroke Classified as Cryptogenic Using Combined F-Fdg Pet/Mr Imaging. Hyafil, F., Schindler, A., Sepp, D., Obenhuber, T., Bayer-Karpinska, A., Boeckh-Behrens, T., Hohn, S., Hacker, M., Nekolla, S. G., Rominger, A., Dichgans, M., Schwaiger, M., Saam, T. & Poppert, H. European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26433367

Obesity-Associated Hypertension Is Ameliorated in Patients with Tlr4 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (Snp) Rs4986790. Schneider, S., Hoppmann, P., Koch, W., Kemmner, S., Schmaderer, C., Renders, L., Kastrati, A., Laugwitz, K. L., Heemann, U. & Baumann, M. Journal of inflammation 12, 57, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26435700

The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study. Winkler, T. W., Justice, A. E., Graff, M., Barata, L., Feitosa, M. F., Chu, S., Czajkowski, J., Esko, T., Fall, T., Kilpelainen, T. O., Lu, Y., Magi, R., Mihailov, E., Pers, T. H., Rueger, S., Teumer, A., Ehret, G. B., Ferreira, T., Heard-Costa, N. L., Karjalainen, J. et al. PLoS genetics 11, e1005378, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26426971

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Intravital Microscopy for Atherosclerosis Research. Megens, R. T. & Soehnlein, O. Methods in molecular biology 1339, 41-60, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445780

Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Thrombosis. Cuculi, F., Puricel, S., Jamshidi, P., Valentin, J., Kallinikou, Z., Toggweiler, S., Weissner, M., Munzel, T., Cook, S. & Gori, T. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 8, e002518, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26399265

Genetics of Coronary Artery Disease: Short People at Risk? Trenkwalder, T., Kessler, T., Schunkert, H. & Erdmann, J. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, 1-4, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26414801  

Large-Scale Genomic Analyses Link Reproductive Aging to Hypothalamic Signaling, Breast Cancer Susceptibility and Brca1-Mediated DNA Repair. Day, F. R., Ruth, K. S., Thompson, D. J., Lunetta, K. L., Pervjakova, N., Chasman, D. I., Stolk, L., Finucane, H. K., Sulem, P., Bulik-Sullivan, B., Esko, T., Johnson, A. D., Elks, C. E., Franceschini, N., He, C., Altmaier, E., Brody, J. A., Franke, L. L., Huffman, J. E., Keller, M. F. et al. Nature genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26414677

Stent Thrombosis and Restenosis: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going? The Andreas Gruntzig Lecture Esc 2014. Byrne, R. A., Joner, M. & Kastrati, A. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26417060

Evolutionarily Conserved Intercalated Disc Protein Tmem65 Regulates Cardiac Conduction and Connexin 43 Function. Sharma, P., Abbasi, C., Lazic, S., Teng, A. C., Wang, D., Dubois, N., Ignatchenko, V., Wong, V., Liu, J., Araki, T., Tiburcy, M., Ackerley, C., Zimmermann, W. H., Hamilton, R., Sun, Y., Liu, P. P., Keller, G., Stagljar, I., Scott, I. C., Kislinger, T. et al. Nature communications 6, 8391, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26403541

Where Do We Stand? Functional Imaging in Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Embolism with State-of-the-Art Ct. Meyer, M., Haubenreisser, H., Sudarski, S., Doesch, C., Ong, M. M., Borggrefe, M., Schoenberg, S. O. & Henzler, T. European journal of radiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26431747

A Standardised Facs Assay Based on Native, Receptor Transfected Cells for the Clinical Diagnosis and Monitoring of Beta1-Adrenergic Receptor Autoantibodies in Human Heart Disease. Bornholz, B., Benninghaus, T., Reinke, Y., Felix, S. B., Roggenbuck, D., Jahns-Boivin, V., Jahns, R. & Boege, F. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine : CCLM / FESCC, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26408610

The Proteasome Immunosubunits, Pa28 and Er-Aminopeptidase 1 Protect Melanoma Cells from Efficient Mart-1 Specific T-Cell Recognition. Keller, M., Ebstein, F., Burger, E., Textoris-Taube, K., Gorny, X., Urban, S., Zhao, F., Dannenberg, T., Sucker, A., Keller, C., Saveanu, L., Kruger, E., Rothkotter, H. J., Dahlmann, B., Henklein, P., Voigt, A., Kuckelkorn, U., Paschen, A., Kloetzel, P. M. & Seifert, U. European journal of immunology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26399368

Brain Sparing Effect in Growth-Restricted Fetuses Is Associated with Decreased Cardiac Acceleration and Deceleration Capacities: A Case-Control Study. Stampalija, T., Casati, D., Monasta, L., Sassi, R., Rivolta, M. W., Muggiasca, M. L., Bauer, A. & Ferrazzi, E. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26395895

New Biologics for the Modulation of Post-Infarct Remodeling: Matricryptins. Zimmermann, W. H. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 66, 1375-1377, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26383725

The Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator Riociguat and the Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Activator Cinaciguat Exert No Direct Effects on Contractility and Relaxation of Cardiac Myocytes from Normal Rats. Reinke, Y., Gross, S., Eckerle, L. G., Hertrich, I., Busch, M., Busch, R., Riad, A., Rauch, B. H., Stasch, J. P., Dorr, M. & Felix, S. B. European journal of pharmacology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26407652

Brain Endothelial Tak1 and Nemo Safeguard the Neurovascular Unit. Ridder, D. A., Wenzel, J., Muller, K., Tollner, K., Tong, X. K., Assmann, J. C., Stroobants, S., Weber, T., Niturad, C., Fischer, L., Lembrich, B., Wolburg, H., Grand'Maison, M., Papadopoulos, P., Korpos, E., Truchetet, F., Rades, D., Sorokin, L. M., Schmidt-Supprian, M., Bedell, B. J. et al. The Journal of experimental medicine 212, 1529-1549, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26347470

Trans-Ancestry Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies 12 Genetic Loci Influencing Blood Pressure and Implicates a Role for DNA Methylation. Kato, N., Loh, M., Takeuchi, F., Verweij, N., Wang, X., Zhang, W., Kelly, T. N., Saleheen, D., Lehne, B., Leach, I. M., Drong, A. W., Abbott, J., Wahl, S., Tan, S. T., Scott, W. R., Campanella, G., Chadeau-Hyam, M., Afzal, U., Ahluwalia, T. S., Bonder, M. J. et al. Nature genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26390057

P63rhogef Regulates Auto- and Paracrine Signaling in Cardiac Fibroblasts. Ongherth, A., Pasch, S., Wuertz, C. M., Nowak, K., Kittana, N., Weis, C. A., Jatho, A., Vettel, C., Tiburcy, M., Toischer, K., Hasenfuss, G., Zimmermann, W. H., Wieland, T. & Lutz, S. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26392029

The Nadph Oxidase Nox4 Has Anti-Atherosclerotic Functions. Schurmann, C., Rezende, F., Kruse, C., Yasar, Y., Lowe, O., Fork, C., van de Sluis, B., Bremer, R., Weissmann, N., Shah, A. M., Jo, H., Brandes, R. P. & Schroder, K. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26385958

Cardioprotection by Combined Intrahospital Remote Ischaemic Perconditioning and Postconditioning in St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: The Randomized Lipsia Conditioning Trial. Eitel, I., Stiermaier, T., Rommel, K. P., Fuernau, G., Sandri, M., Mangner, N., Linke, A., Erbs, S., Lurz, P., Boudriot, E., Mende, M., Desch, S., Schuler, G. & Thiele, H. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26385956

Pharmacological Targeting of Akap-Directed Compartmentalized Camp Signalling. Dema, A., Perets, E., Schulz, M. S., Deak, V. A. & Klussmann, E. Cellular signalling, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26386412

Identification and Characterization of Hypoxia-Regulated Endothelial Circular Rna. Boeckel, J. N., Jae, N., Heumuller, A. W., Chen, W., Boon, R. A., Stellos, K., Zeiher, A. M., John, D., Uchida, S. & Dimmeler, S. Circulation research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26377962

Molecular Characterization of the Nlrc4 Expression in Relation to Interleukin-18 Levels. Zeller, T., Haase, T., Muller, C., Riess, H., Lau, D., Zeller, S., Krause, J., Baumert, J., Pless, O., Dupuis, J., Wild, P. S., Eleftheriadis, M., Waldenberger, M., Zeilinger, S., Ziegler, A., Peters, A., Tiret, L., Proust, C., Marzi, C., Munzel, T. et al. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26362438

Human Neutrophil Antigen-3a Antibodies Induce Neutrophil Stiffening and Conformational Activation of Cd11b without Shedding of L-Selectin. Berthold, T., Glaubitz, M., Muschter, S., Gross, S., Palankar, R., Reil, A., Helm, C. A., Bakchoul, T., Schwertz, H., Bux, J., Greinacher, A. & Delcea, M. Transfusion, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26361072

Genome-Wide Association Study with Targeted and Non-Targeted Nmr Metabolomics Identifies 15 Novel Loci of Urinary Human Metabolic Individuality. Raffler, J., Friedrich, N., Arnold, M., Kacprowski, T., Rueedi, R., Altmaier, E., Bergmann, S., Budde, K., Gieger, C., Homuth, G., Pietzner, M., Romisch-Margl, W., Strauch, K., Volzke, H., Waldenberger, M., Wallaschofski, H., Nauck, M., Volker, U., Kastenmuller, G. & Suhre, K. PLoS genetics 11, e1005487, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26352407

Evaluation of Idh1g105 Polymorphism as Prognostic Marker in Intermediate-Risk Aml. Fasan, A., Haferlach, C., Eder, C., Alpermann, T., Quante, A., Peters, A., Kern, W., Haferlach, T. & Schnittger, S. Annals of hematology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351014

Triglycerides and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Ischemic Stroke Patients. Batluk, J., Leonards, C. O., Grittner, U., Lange, K. S., Schreiber, S. J., Endres, M. & Ebinger, M. Atherosclerosis 243, 186-191, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26398290

Organic Nitrates in Heart Failure Revisited: Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Induces Heme Oxygenase 1 to Protect the Myocardium. Wenzel, P. Hypertension, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351029

High-Density Lipoproteins Reduce Palmitate-Induced Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis in an Ampk-Dependent Manner. Spillmann, F., Trimpert, C., Peng, J., Eckerle, L. G., Staudt, A., Warstat, K., Felix, S. B., Pieske, B., Tschope, C. & Van Linthout, S. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26362182

Mechanical Stimulation in the Engineering of Heart Muscle. Liaw, N. Y. & Zimmermann, W. H. Advanced drug delivery reviews, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26362920

Genetically Encoded Voltage Indicators in Circulation Research. Kaestner, L., Tian, Q., Kaiser, E., Xian, W., Muller, A., Oberhofer, M., Ruppenthal, S., Sinnecker, D., Tsutsui, H., Miyawaki, A., Moretti, A. & Lipp, P. International journal of molecular sciences 16, 21626-21642, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26370981

Impact of Chronic Inflammatory Airway Disease on Stroke Severity and Long-Term Survival after Ischemic Stroke - a Retrospective Analysis. Haeusler, K. G., Herm, J., Konieczny, M., Grittner, U., Lainscak, M., Endres, M. & Doehner, W. BMC neurology 15, 164, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26349854

Early and Midterm Outcomes of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds for Ostial Coronary Lesions: Insights from the Ghost-Eu Registry. Gori, T., Wiebe, J., Capodanno, D., Latib, A., Lesiak, M., Pyxaras, S. A., Mehilli, J., Caramanno, G., Di Mario, C., Brugaletta, S., Weber, J., Capranzano, P., Sabate, M., Mattesini, A., Geraci, S., Naber, C. K., Araszkiewicz, A., Colombo, A., Tamburino, C., Nef, H. et al. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology 11, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26348681

Apicobasal Polarity of Brain Endothelial Cells. Worzfeld, T. & Schwaninger, M. JCBFM, (2015). http://jcb.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/10/06/0271678X15608644.full.pdf+html

A Comprehensive 1000 Genomes-Based Genome-Wide Association Meta-Analysis of Coronary Artery Disease. Consortium, C. A. D. Nature genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26343387

The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Asb2beta Is Downregulated in a Mouse Model of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Targets Desmin for Proteasomal Degradation. Thottakara, T., Friedrich, F. W., Reischmann, S., Braumann, S., Schlossarek, S., Kramer, E., Juhr, D., Schluter, H., van der Velden, J., Munch, J., Patten, M., Eschenhagen, T., Moog-Lutz, C. & Carrier, L. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 87, 214-224, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26343497

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy. Templin, C., Ghadri, J. R., Diekmann, J., Napp, L. C., Bataiosu, D. R., Jaguszewski, M., Cammann, V. L., Sarcon, A., Geyer, V., Neumann, C. A., Seifert, B., Hellermann, J., Schwyzer, M., Eisenhardt, K., Jenewein, J., Franke, J., Katus, H. A., Burgdorf, C., Schunkert, H., Moeller, C. et al. The New England journal of medicine 373, 929-938, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26332547

Prevention of Cardiovascular Events with Antiplatelet Treatment: Does Time of Intake Matter for Aspirin and Adp Receptor Blockers? Sibbing, D., Gross, L. & Aradi, D. Thrombosis and haemostasis, (2015). http://th.schattauer.de/en/contents/ahead-of-print/september-03-2015/issue/special/manuscript/24821/show.html

Loss of the Rap-1 Effector Riam Results in Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency Due to Impaired Beta2 Integrin Function in Mice. Klapproth, S., Sperandio, M., Pinheiro, E. M., Prunster, M., Soehnlein, O., Gertler, F. B., Fassler, R. & Moser, M. Blood, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26337492

History of Deep Vein Thrombosis Is a Discriminator for Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation in Pulmonary Embolism. Keller, K., Prochaska, J. H., Coldewey, M., Gobel, S., Ullmann, A., Junger, C., Lamparter, H., Ariza, L., Bickel, C., Lauterbach, M., Konstantinides, S., Rostock, T., Munzel, T. & Wild, P. S. Thrombosis research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26376038

Heritability of Young- and Old-Onset Ischaemic Stroke. Bluher, A., Devan, W. J., Holliday, E. G., Nalls, M., Parolo, S., Bione, S., Giese, A. K., Boncoraglio, G. B., Maguire, J. M., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Gieger, C., Meschia, J. F., Rosand, J., Rolfs, A., Kittner, S. J., Mitchell, B. D., O'Connell, J. R. & Cheng, Y. C. European journal of neurology : the official journal of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26333310

Precision Renal Medicine: A Roadmap Towards Targeted Kidney Fibrosis Therapies. Zeisberg, M. & Zeisberg, E. M. Fibrogenesis & tissue repair 8, 16, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26330891

Striatal Infarction Elicits Secondary Extrafocal Mri Changes in Ipsilateral Substantia Nigra. Winter, B., Brunecker, P., Fiebach, J. B., Jungehulsing, G. J., Kronenberg, G. & Endres, M. PloS one 10, e0136483, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26325192

Impact of Sympathetic Renal Denervation: A Randomized Study in Patients after Renal Transplantation (Isar-Denerve). Schneider, S., Promny, D., Sinnecker, D., Byrne, R. A., Muller, A., Dommasch, M., Wildenauer, A., Schmidt, G., Heemann, U., Laugwitz, K. L. & Baumann, M. Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26333545

Sex Differences in Immunology: More Severe Development of Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension in Male Rats Exposed to Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Blockade. Guihaire, J., Deuse, T., Wang, D., Fadel, E., Reichenspurner, H. & Schrepfer, S. Biomed Res Int 2015, 765292, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26421302

How to Perform an Endomyocardial Biopsy? Tschope, C., Kherad, B. & Schultheiss, H. P. Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir 43, 572-575, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26363754

Polarity Protein Scrib Facilitates Endothelial Inflammatory Signaling. Kruse, C., Kurz, A. R., Palfi, K., Humbert, P. O., Sperandio, M., Brandes, R. P., Fork, C. & Michaelis, U. R. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 35, 1954-1962, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26205961

Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C (Mybpc3) in Cardiac Pathophysiology. Carrier, L., Mearini, G., Stathopoulou, K. & Cuello, F. Gene 573, 188-197, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26358504

Reactive Oxygen Species, Nutrition, Hypoxia and Diseases: Problems Solved? Gorlach, A., Dimova, E. Y., Petry, A., Martinez-Ruiz, A., Hernansanz-Agustin, P., Rolo, A. P., Palmeira, C. M. & Kietzmann, T. Redox biology 6, 372-385, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26339717 

Liquefaction Necrosis of Mitral Annulus Calcification. Bigvava, T., Schnackenburg, B., Nasser, S. B., Gebker, R., Berger, A., Pieske, B. & Kelle, S. Int J Cardiol 202, 59-61, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26386922

Diversity and Inter-Connections in the Cxcr4 Chemokine Receptor/Ligand Family: Molecular Perspectives. Pawig, L., Klasen, C., Weber, C., Bernhagen, J. & Noels, H. Frontiers in immunology 6, 429, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26347749

Mitochondrial Haplogroup T Is Associated with Obesity in Austrian Juveniles and Adults. Ebner, S., Mangge, H., Langhof, H., Halle, M., Siegrist, M., Aigner, E., Paulmichl, K., Paulweber, B., Datz, C., Sperl, W., Kofler, B. & Weghuber, D. PloS one 10, e0135622, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26322975

Heart Disease. Titin Mutations in Ips Cells Define Sarcomere Insufficiency as a Cause of Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Hinson, J. T., Chopra, A., Nafissi, N., Polacheck, W. J., Benson, C. C., Swist, S., Gorham, J., Yang, L., Schafer, S., Sheng, C. C., Haghighi, A., Homsy, J., Hubner, N., Church, G., Cook, S. A., Linke, W. A., Chen, C. S., Seidman, J. G. & Seidman, C. E. Science 349, 982-986, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26315439

Neutrophil-Macrophage Interplay in Atherosclerosis: Protease-Mediated Cytokine Processing Versus Net Release. Soehnlein, O., Ortega-Gomez, A., Doring, Y. & Weber, C. Thrombosis and haemostasis 114, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26310276

A Structured Exercise Programme During Haemodialysis for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Clinical Benefit and Long-Term Adherence. Anding, K., Bar, T., Trojniak-Hennig, J., Kuchinke, S., Krause, R., Rost, J. M. & Halle, M. BMJ Open 5, e008709, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26316654

Association of Sex Hormones with Incident 10-Year Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Women. Schaffrath, G., Kische, H., Gross, S., Wallaschofski, H., Volzke, H., Dorr, M., Nauck, M., Keevil, B. G., Brabant, G. & Haring, R. Maturitas, (2015). http://www.maturitas.org/article/S0378-5122%2815%2930044-X/abstract

Receptors, G Proteins, and Integration of Calcium Signalling. Gudermann, T. & Bader, M. Journal of molecular medicine, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26293356

Human Engineered Heart Muscles Engraft and Survive Long-Term in a Rodent Myocardial Infarction Model. Riegler, J., Tiburcy, M., Ebert, A., Tzatzalos, E., Raaz, U., Abilez, O. J., Shen, Q., Kooreman, N. G., Neofytou, E., Chen, V., Wang, M., Meyer, T., Tsao, P. S., Connolly, A. J., Couture, L. A., Gold, J. D., Zimmermann, W. H. & Wu, J. C. Circulation research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26291556

Prediction of Causal Candidate Genes in Coronary Artery Disease Loci. Braenne, I., Civelek, M., Vilne, B., Di Narzo, A., Johnson, A. D., Zhao, Y., Reiz, B., Codoni, V., Webb, T. R., Foroughi Asl, H., Hamby, S. E., Zeng, L., Tregouet, D. A., Hao, K., Topol, E. J., Schadt, E. E., Yang, X., Samani, N. J., Bjorkegren, J. L., Erdmann, J. et al. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26293461

Clinical Effects of Phosphodiesterase 3a Mutations in Inherited Hypertension with Brachydactyly. Toka, O., Tank, J., Schachterle, C., Aydin, A., Maass, P. G., Elitok, S., Bartels-Klein, E., Hollfinger, I., Lindschau, C., Mai, K., Boschmann, M., Rahn, G., Movsesian, M. A., Muller, T., Doescher, A., Gnoth, S., Muhl, A., Toka, H. R., Wefeld-Neuenfeld, Y., Utz, W. et al. Hypertension, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26283042

Effects of Aging on Cardiac Extracellular Matrix in Men and Women. Dworatzek, E., Baczko, I. & Kararigas, G. Proteomics. Clinical applications, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26280680

Lipoprotein (a) as a Risk Factor for Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-Analysis. Nave, A. H., Lange, K. S., Leonards, C. O., Siegerink, B., Doehner, W., Landmesser, U., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Endres, M. & Ebinger, M. Atherosclerosis 242, 496-503, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26298741

Subclinical and Clinical Hypothyroidism and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Random Population Sample Aged 18 to 65 Years. Ludwig, U., Holzner, D., Denzer, C., Greinert, A., Haenle, M. M., Oeztuerk, S., Koenig, W., Boehm, B. O., Mason, R. A., Kratzer, W., Graeter, T. & Study, E. BMC endocrine disorders 15, 41, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26276551

Sash1, a New Potential Link between Smoking and Atherosclerosis. Weidmann, H., Touat-Hamici, Z., Durand, H., Mueller, C., Chardonnet, S., Pionneau, C., Charlotte, F., Janssen, K.-P., Verdugo, R., Cambien, F., Blankenberg, S., Tiret, L., Zeller, T. & Ninio, E. Atherosclerosis, (2015). http://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150%2815%2930076-9/abstract?cc=y=

Effect of High-Calcium Diet on Coronary Artery Disease in Ossabaw Miniature Swine with Metabolic Syndrome. Phillips-Eakley, A. K., McKenney-Drake, M. L., Bahls, M., Newcomer, S. C., Radcliffe, J. S., Wastney, M. E., Van Alstine, W. G., Jackson, G., Alloosh, M., Martin, B. R., Sturek, M. & Weaver, C. M. Journal of the American Heart Association 4, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26272654

Development of a Tunable Drug Delivery System Based on Chitosan/Polyacrylic Acid Polyelectrolyte Multilayers from Biodegradable Scaffolds. Wulf, K., Schunemann, S., Strohbach, A., Busch, R., Felix, S. B., Schmitz, K.-P., Sternberg, K. & Petersen, S. BioNanoMaterials, (2015). http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biomat.ahead-of-print/bnm-2015-0011/bnm-2015-0011.xml

Cx43 Increases Serum Induced Filopodia Formation Via Activation of P21-Activated Protein Kinase 1. Kameritsch, P., Kiemer, F., Beck, H., Pohl, U. & Pogoda, K. Biochimica et biophysica acta, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26255026

Interaction of Mif Family Proteins in Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Damage and Their Influence on Clinical Outcome of Cardiac Surgery Patients. Stoppe, C., Rex, S., Goetzenich, A., Kraemer, S., Emontzpohl, C., Soppert, J., Averdunk, L., Sun, Y., Rossaint, R., Lue, H., Huang, C., Song, Y., Pantouris, G., Lolis, E., Leng, L., Schulte, W., Bucala, R., Weber, C. & Bernhagen, J. Antioxidants & redox signaling, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26234719

Calcium and Ros: A Mutual Interplay. Gorlach, A., Bertram, K., Hudecova, S. & Krizanova, O. Redox biology 6, REDOXD1500102, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26296072

Uric Acid and Xanthine Oxidase in Heart Failure - Emerging Data and Therapeutic Implications. Doehner, W., Jankowska, E. A., Springer, J., Lainscak, M. & Anker, S. D. Int J Cardiol, (2015). http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273%2815%2930319-3/abstract

Regulation of Camkii Signaling in Cardiovascular Disease. Mollova, M. Y., Katus, H. A. & Backs, J. Front. Pharmacol., (2015). http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2015.00178/abstract

Heterogeneous Responses of Systolic and Diastolic Left Ventricular Function to Exercise in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction. Kasner, M., Sinning, D., Lober, J., Post, H., Fraser, A. G., Pieske, B., Burkhoff, D. & Tschope, C. ESC Heart Failure 2, 121-132, (2015). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ehf2.12049/full

Ca(2+) Signaling in the Myocardium by (Redox) Regulation of Pka/Camkii. Johnston, A. S., Lehnart, S. E. & Burgoyne, J. R. Frontiers in pharmacology 6, 166, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26321952

Adipose Tissue Lipolysis Promotes Exercise-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy Involving the Lipokine C16:1n7-Palmitoleate. Foryst-Ludwig, A., Kreissl, M. C., Benz, V., Brix, S., Smeir, E., Ban, Z., Januszewicz, E., Salatzki, J., Grune, J., Schwanstecher, A. K., Blumrich, A., Schirbel, A., Klopfleisch, R., Rothe, M., Blume, K., Halle, M., Wolfarth, B., Kershaw, E. E. & Kintscher, U. The Journal of biological chemistry, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26260790

Fast Assessment of Long Axis Strain with Standard Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: A Validation Study of a Novel Parameter with Reference Values. Riffel, J. H., Andre, F., Maertens, M., Rost, F., Keller, M. G., Giusca, S., Seitz, S., Kristen, A. V., Muller, M., Giannitsis, E., Korosoglou, G., Katus, H. A. & Buss, S. J. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 17, 69, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26253220

Quality Assurance in the Pre-Analytical Phase of Human Urine Samples by H-Nmr Spectroscopy. Budde, K., Gok, O. N., Pietzner, M., Meisinger, C., Leitzmann, M., Nauck, M., Kottgen, A. & Friedrich, N. Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26264917

Evaluation of the Bdca2-Dtr Transgenic Mouse Model in Chronic and Acute Inflammation. Mandl, M., Drechsler, M., Jansen, Y., Neideck, C., Noels, H., Faussner, A., Soehnlein, O., Weber, C. & Doring, Y. PloS one 10, e0134176, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26252890

Serum Amyloid A: High-Density Lipoproteins Interaction and Cardiovascular Risk. Zewinger, S., Drechsler, C., Kleber, M. E., Dressel, A., Riffel, J., Triem, S., Lehmann, M., Kopecky, C., Saemann, M. D., Lepper, P. M., Silbernagel, G., Scharnagl, H., Ritsch, A., Thorand, B., de Las Heras Gala, T., Wagenpfeil, S., Koenig, W., Peters, A., Laufs, U., Wanner, C. et al. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26248570

Reversal of Mitochondrial Transhydrogenase Causes Oxidative Stress in Heart Failure. Nickel, A. G., von Hardenberg, A., Hohl, M., Loffler, J. R., Kohlhaas, M., Becker, J., Reil, J. C., Kazakov, A., Bonnekoh, J., Stadelmaier, M., Puhl, S. L., Wagner, M., Bogeski, I., Cortassa, S., Kappl, R., Pasieka, B., Lafontaine, M., Lancaster, C. R., Blacker, T. S., Hall, A. R. et al. Cell metabolism, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26256392

Results of a Preclinical Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial (Prct): Anti-Cd49d Treatment for Acute Brain Ischemia. Llovera, G., Hofmann, K., Roth, S., Salas-Perdomo, A., Ferrer-Ferrer, M., Perego, C., Zanier, E. R., Mamrak, U., Rex, A., Party, H., Agin, V., Fauchon, C., Orset, C., Haelewyn, B., De Simoni, M. G., Dirnagl, U., Grittner, U., Planas, A. M., Plesnila, N., Vivien, D. et al. Science translational medicine 7, 299ra121, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26246166

Gender-Specific Pathway Differences in the Human Serum Metabolome. Krumsiek, J., Mittelstrass, K., Thrin Do, K., Stuckler, F., Ried, J., Adamski, J., Peters, A., Illig, T., Kronenberg, F., Friedrich, N., Nauck, M., Pietzner, M., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., Suhre, K., Gieger, C., Grallert, H., Theis, F. J. & Kastenmuller, G. Metabolomics, (2015). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11306-015-0829-0

Natriuretic Peptides for the Detection of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Cerebral Ischemia--the Find-Af Study. Wachter, R., Lahno, R., Haase, B., Weber-Kruger, M., Seegers, J., Edelmann, F., Wohlfahrt, J., Gelbrich, G., Gorlitz, A., Kermer, P., Vollmann, D., Hasenfuss, G., Groschel, K. & Stahrenberg, R. PloS one 7, e34351, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22509292

Biomarker Changes after Strenuous Exercise Can Mimic Pulmonary Embolism and Cardiac Injury-a Metaanalysis of 45 Studies. Sedaghat-Hamedani, F., Kayvanpour, E., Frankenstein, L., Mereles, D., Amr, A., Buss, S., Keller, A., Giannitsis, E., Jensen, K., Katus, H. A. & Meder, B. Clinical chemistry, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26240298

Cardiac Function after Multimodal Breast Cancer Therapy Assessed with Functional Magnetic Resonance (Mri) and Echocardiography Imaging. Heggemann, F., Buggisch, H., Welzel, G., Doesch, C., Hansmann, J., Kraus-Tiefenbacher, U., Attenberger, U., Schoenberg, S. O., Borggrefe, M., Wenz, F., Papavassiliu, T. & Lohr, F. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, (2015). http://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016%2815%2903098-9/abstract

Determined to Fail-the Role of Genetic Mechanisms in Heart Failure. Kayvanpour, E., Katus, H. A. & Meder, B. Current heart failure reports, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26233853

Physiologic Force-Frequency Response in Engineered Heart Muscle by Electromechanical Stimulation. Godier-Furnemont, A. F., Tiburcy, M., Wagner, E., Dewenter, M., Lammle, S., El-Armouche, A., Lehnart, S. E., Vunjak-Novakovic, G. & Zimmermann, W. H. Biomaterials 60, 82-91, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25985155

Immune-Mediated and Lipid-Mediated Platelet Function in Atherosclerosis. Ahmadsei, M., Lievens, D., Weber, C., von Hundelshausen, P. & Gerdes, N. Current opinion in lipidology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26270811

Sensing Cardiac Electrical Activity with a Cardiac Myocyte Targeted Optogenetic Voltage Indicator. Chang Liao, M. L., de Boer, T., Mutoh, H., Raad, N. S., Richter, C., Wagner, E., Downie, B. R., Unsold, B., Arooj, I., Streckfuss-Bomeke, K., Doker, S., Luther, S., Guan, K., Wagner, S., Lehnart, S. E., Maier, L. S., Stuhmer, W., Wettwer, E., van Veen, T. A., Morlock, M. M. et al. Circulation research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26078285

Prevalence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Ambulatory Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris. Westermann, D., Savvatis, K., Wollenberg, U., Limberg, R., Maier, L. S. & Bauersachs, J. Clinical & Experimental Cardiology, (2015). http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/prevalence-of-obstructive-coronary-artery-disease-in-ambulatory-patients-with-stable-angina-pectoris-2155-9880-1000387.pdf

Distal Airway Stem Cells Are Essential for Lung Regeneration. Deuse, T. & Schrepfer, S. Transplantation 99, (2015). http://journals.lww.com/transplantjournal/Citation/2015/08000/Distal_Airway_Stem_Cells_are_Essential_for_Lung.3.aspx

Β1 Adrenoceptor Antagonistic Effects of the Supposedly Selective Β2 Adrenoceptor Antagonist Ici 118,551 on the Positive Inotropic Effect of Adrenaline in Murine Hearts. Pecha, S., Flenner, F., Sohren, K.-D., Lorenz, K., Eschenhagen, T. & Christ, T. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives 3, (2015). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prp2.168/full

Mif and Cxcl12 in Cardiovascular Diseases: Functional Differences and Similarities. van der Vorst, E. P., Doring, Y. & Weber, C. Frontiers in immunology 6, 373, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26257740

Elevated Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Levels Predict Outcome in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Krau, N. C., Lunstedt, N. S., Freitag-Wolf, S., Brehm, D., Petzina, R., Lutter, G., Bramlage, P., Dempfle, A., Frey, N. & Frank, D. European journal of heart failure, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26230285

Towards Personalized Cardiology: Multi-Scale Modeling of the Failing Heart. Kayvanpour, E., Mansi, T., Sedaghat-Hamedani, F., Amr, A., Neumann, D., Georgescu, B., Seegerer, P., Kamen, A., Haas, J., Frese, K. S., Irawati, M., Wirsz, E., King, V., Buss, S., Mereles, D., Zitron, E., Keller, A., Katus, H. A., Comaniciu, D. & Meder, B. PloS one 10, e0134869, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26230546

Blood Pressure Control Has Improved in People with and without Type 2 Diabetes but Remains Suboptimal: A Longitudinal Study Based on the German Diab-Core Consortium. Ruckert, I. M., Baumert, J., Schunk, M., Holle, R., Schipf, S., Volzke, H., Kluttig, A., Greiser, K. H., Tamayo, T., Rathmann, W. & Meisinger, C. PloS one 10, e0133493, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26221962

Direct Reprogramming-the Future of Cardiac Regeneration? Doppler, S. A., Deutsch, M. A., Lange, R. & Krane, M. International journal of molecular sciences 16, 17368-17393, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26230692

Quantification of Lv Function and Mass by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: Multi-Center Variability and Consensus Contours. Suinesiaputra, A., Bluemke, D. A., Cowan, B. R., Friedrich, M. G., Kramer, C. M., Kwong, R., Plein, S., Schulz-Menger, J., Westenberg, J. J., Young, A. A. & Nagel, E. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 17, 63, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26215273

Identification of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Chest Pain with a Contemporary Sensitive Troponin I Assay. Liebetrau, C., Weber, M., Tzikas, S., Palapies, L., Mollmann, H., Pioro, G., Zeller, T., Beiras-Fernandez, A., Bickel, C., Zeiher, A. M., Lackner, K. J., Baldus, S., Nef, H. M., Blankenberg, S., Hamm, C. W., Munzel, T. & Keller, T. BMC medicine 13, 169, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26212559

Not Just the Demographic Change - the Impact of Trends in Risk Factor Prevalences on the Prediction of Future Cases of Myocardial Infarction. Hoffmann, W., Bahr, J., Weitmann, K., Herold, R., Kohlmann, T. & van den Berg, N. PloS one 10, e0131256, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26214851

Estimation of Values Below the Limit of Detection of a Contemporary Sensitive Troponin I Assay Improves Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Boeckel, J. N., Palapies, L., Zeller, T., Reis, S. M., von Jeinsen, B., Tzikas, S., Bickel, C., Baldus, S., Blankenberg, S., Munzel, T., Zeiher, A. M., Lackner, K. J. & Keller, T. Clinical chemistry, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26220065

Impact of Immature Platelets on Platelet Response to Ticagrelor and Prasugrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Bernlochner, I., Goedel, A., Plischke, C., Schupke, S., Haller, B., Schulz, C., Mayer, K., Morath, T., Braun, S., Schunkert, H., Siess, W., Kastrati, A. & Laugwitz, K. L. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26216931

Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Diameters in a General Population: Mri-Based Reference Values and Association with Age and Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Mensel, B., Hesselbarth, L., Wenzel, M., Kuhn, J. P., Dorr, M., Volzke, H., Lieb, W., Hegenscheid, K. & Lorbeer, R. European radiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26208859

Change in the Association of Body Mass Index and Systolic Blood Pressure in Germany - National Cross-Sectional Surveys 1998 and 2008-2011. Adler, C., Schaffrath Rosario, A., Diederichs, C. & Neuhauser, H. K. BMC public health 15, 705, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26209098

Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults Aged 40-79 Years in Germany with and without Prior Coronary Heart Disease or Stroke. Truthmann, J., Busch, M. A., Scheidt-Nave, C., Mensink, G. B., Gosswald, A., Endres, M. & Neuhauser, H. BMC public health 15, 701, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26205716

Polarity Protein Scrib Facilitates Endothelial Inflammatory Signaling. Kruse, C., Kurz, A. R., Palfi, K., Humbert, P. O., Sperandio, M., Brandes, R. P., Fork, C. & Michaelis, U. R. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26205961

Association of Serum Vitamin D with Change in Weight and Total Body Fat in a German Cohort of Older Adults. Vogt, S., Zierer, A., Laxy, M., Koenig, W., Linkohr, B., Linseisen, J., Peters, A. & Thorand, B. European journal of clinical nutrition, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26197877

Keep Calm and Carry On: Mir-1298 Prevents Upregulation of Cx43 and Secures a Quiescent Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell. Schmidt, K. & de Wit, C. Cardiovascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26199195

Insulin Resistance in Heart Failure: Differences between Patients with Reduced and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction. Scherbakov, N., Bauer, M., Sandek, A., Szabo, T., Topper, A., Jankowska, E. A., Springer, J., von Haehling, S., Anker, S. D., Lainscak, M., Engeli, S., Dungen, H. D. & Doehner, W. European journal of heart failure, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26198713

Heart-Specific Knockout of the Mitochondrial Thioredoxin Reductase (Txnrd2) Induces Metabolic and Contractile Dysfunction in the Aging Myocardium. Kiermayer, C., Northrup, E., Schrewe, A., Walch, A., de Angelis, M. H., Schoensiegel, F., Zischka, H., Prehn, C., Adamski, J., Bekeredjian, R., Ivandic, B., Kupatt, C. & Brielmeier, M. Journal of the American Heart Association 4, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26199228

Association of Circulating Angiogenesis Inhibitors and Asymmetric Dimethyl Arginine with Coronary Plaque Burden. Charytan, D. M., Cinelli, A. & Zeisberg, E. M. Fibrogenesis & tissue repair 8, 13, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26213574

Potential Predictors of Plasma Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Concentrations: Cross-Sectional Analysis in the Epic-Germany Study. di Giuseppe, R., Kuhn, T., Hirche, F., Buijsse, B., Dierkes, J., Fritsche, A., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Stangl, G. I. & Weikert, C. PloS one 10, e0133580, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26193703

Assessment of Cardiovascular Physiology Using Dobutamine Stress Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Reveals Impaired Contractile Reserve in Patients with Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy. Sampaio, F., Lamata, P., Bettencourt, N., Alt, S. C., Ferreira, N., Kowallick, J. T., Pimenta, J., Kutty, S., Fraga, J., Steinmetz, M., Bettencourt, P., Gama, V. & Schuster, A. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 17, 61, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26187817

Prognostic Value of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone within Reference Range in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Ndrepepa, G., Braun, S., Mayer, K., Cassese, S., Fusaro, M., Byrne, R. A., Hoppmann, P., Schunkert, H., Laugwitz, K. L. & Kastrati, A. Metabolism, (2015). 10.1016/j.metabol.2015.07.009

16-Channel Bow Tie Antenna Transceiver Array for Cardiac Mr at 7.0 Tesla. Oezerdem, C., Winter, L., Graessl, A., Paul, K., Els, A., Weinberger, O., Rieger, J., Kuehne, A., Dieringer, M., Hezel, F., Voit, D., Frahm, J. & Niendorf, T. Magnetic resonance in medicine, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26183320

Local Microrna Modulation Using a Novel Anti-Mir-21-Eluting Stent Effectively Prevents Experimental in-Stent Restenosis. Wang, D., Deuse, T., Stubbendorff, M., Chernogubova, E., Erben, R. G., Eken, S. M., Jin, H., Li, Y., Busch, A., Heeger, C. H., Behnisch, B., Reichenspurner, H., Robbins, R. C., Spin, J. M., Tsao, P. S., Schrepfer, S. & Maegdefessel, L. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26183619

Chemokines and Their Receptors in Atherosclerosis. van der Vorst, E. P., Doring, Y. & Weber, C. Journal of molecular medicine, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175090

Effect of Pericardial Effusion Complicating St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction as Predictor of Extensive Myocardial Damage and Prognosis. Jobs, A., Eitel, C., Poss, J., Desch, S., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. Am J Cardiol, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26235929

Mir-184 Regulates Pancreatic Beta-Cell Function According to Glucose Metabolism. Tattikota, S. G., Rathjen, T., Hausser, J., Khedkar, A., Kabra, U. D., Pandey, V. K., Sury, M., Wessels, H. H., Mollet, I. G., Eliasson, L., Selbach, M., Zinzen, R. P., Zavolan, M., Kadener, S., Tschop, M., Jastroch, M., Friedlander, M. R. & Poy, M. N. The Journal of biological chemistry, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26152724

Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Using Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Zhang, S., Joseph, A. A., Gross, L., Ghadimi, M., Frahm, J. & Beham, A. W. Scientific reports 5, 12112, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175205

Zbtb17 (Miz1) Is Important for the Cardiac Stress Response and a Novel Candidate Gene for Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure. Buyandelger, B., Mansfield, C., Kostin, S., Choi, O., Roberts, A. M., Ware, J. S., Mazzarotto, F., Pesce, F., Buchan, R., Isaacson, R. L., Vouffo, J., Gunkel, S., Knoll, G., McSweeney, S. J., Wei, H., Perrot, A., Pfeiffer, C., Toliat, M. R., Ilieva, K., Krysztofinska, E. et al. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26175529

Miframe: Analysis and Visualization of Mirna Sequencing Data in Neurological Disorders. Backes, C., Haas, J., Leidinger, P., Frese, K., Grossmann, T., Ruprecht, K., Meder, B., Meese, E. & Keller, A. Journal of translational medicine 13, 224, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26169944

Utility of Repeat Serum Cholesterol Measurements for Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Primary Prevention. Angelow, A., Schmidt, C. O., Dorr, M. & Chenot, J. F. European journal of preventive cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26170419

Measurement of Homoarginine in Human and Mouse Plasma by Lc-Ms/Ms and Elisa: A Comparison and a Biological Application. Cordts, K., Atzler, D., Qaderi, V., Sydow, K., Boger, R. H., Choe, C. U. & Schwedhelm, E. Amino acids, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26159673

Podocyte Purinergic P2x4 Channels Are Mechanotransducers That Mediate Cytoskeletal Disorganization. Forst, A. L., Olteanu, V. S., Mollet, G., Wlodkowski, T., Schaefer, F., Dietrich, A., Reiser, J., Gudermann, T., Mederos, Y. S. M. & Storch, U. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26160898

Alterations of a Cellular Cholesterol Metabolism Network Is a Molecular Feature of Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. Ding, J., Reynolds, L. M., Zeller, T., Muller, C., Mstat, K. L., Nicklas, B. J., Kritchevsky, S. B., Huang, Z., Fuente, A., Soranzo, N., Settlage, R. E., Chuang, C. C., Howard, T., Xu, N., Goodarzi, M. O., Ida Chen, Y. D., Rotter, J. I., Siscovick, D. S., Parks, J. S., Murphy, S. et al. Diabetes, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26153245

Runs of Homozygosity: Association with Coronary Artery Disease and Gene Expression in Monocytes and Macrophages. Christofidou, P., Nelson, C. P., Nikpay, M., Qu, L., Li, M., Loley, C., Debiec, R., Braund, P. S., Denniff, M., Charchar, F. J., Arjo, A. R., Tregouet, D. A., Goodall, A. H., Cambien, F., Ouwehand, W. H., Roberts, R., Schunkert, H., Hengstenberg, C., Reilly, M. P., Erdmann, J. et al. American journal of human genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26166477

Ongoing Controversies Surrounding Cardiac Remodeling: Is It Black and White – or Rather Fifty Shades of Grey? . Spaich, S., Katus, H. A. & Backs, J. Front. Physiol. 6, (2015). http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2015.00202/abstract

Association of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity with Mortality. Emerging Risk Factors, C., Di Angelantonio, E., Kaptoge, S., Wormser, D., Willeit, P., Butterworth, A. S., Bansal, N., O'Keeffe, L. M., Gao, P., Wood, A. M., Burgess, S., Freitag, D. F., Pennells, L., Peters, S. A., Hart, C. L., Haheim, L. L., Gillum, R. F., Nordestgaard, B. G., Psaty, B. M., Yeap, B. B. et al. Jama 314, 52-60, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26151266

Protection by the No-Donor Snap and Bnp against Hypoxia/Reoxygenation in Rat Engineered Heart Tissue. Gorbe, A., Eder, A., Varga, Z. V., Paloczi, J., Hansen, A., Ferdinandy, P. & Eschenhagen, T. PloS one 10, e0132186, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26147889

Pathophysiological Role of Oxidative Stress in Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure and Its Therapeutic Implications. Munzel, T., Gori, T., Keaney, J. F., Jr., Maack, C. & Daiber, A. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26142467

Hrd1 and Er-Associated Protein Degradation, Erad, Are Critical Elements of the Adaptive Er Stress Response in Cardiac Myocytes. Doroudgar, S., Volkers, M., Thuerauf, D. J., Khan, M., Mohsin, S., Respress, J. L., Wang, W., Gude, N. A., Muller, O. J., Wehrens, X. H., Sussman, M. A. & Glembotski, C. C. Circulation research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26137860

Left Ventricular Vs. Biventricular Mechanical Support: Decision Making and Strategies for Avoidance of Right Heart Failure after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Dandel, M., Krabatsch, T. & Falk, V. Int J Cardiol, (2015). http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273%2815%2930047-4/abstract?cc=y=

Mif Interacts with Cxcr7 to Promote Receptor Internalization, Erk1/2 and Zap-70 Signaling, and Lymphocyte Chemotaxis. Alampour-Rajabi, S., El Bounkari, O., Rot, A., Muller-Newen, G., Bachelerie, F., Gawaz, M., Weber, C., Schober, A. & Bernhagen, J. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26139098

Discovery and Fine-Mapping of Glycaemic and Obesity-Related Trait Loci Using High-Density Imputation. Horikoshi, M., Mgi, R., van de Bunt, M., Surakka, I., Sarin, A. P., Mahajan, A., Marullo, L., Thorleifsson, G., Hgg, S., Hottenga, J. J., Ladenvall, C., Ried, J. S., Winkler, T. W., Willems, S. M., Pervjakova, N., Esko, T., Beekman, M., Nelson, C. P., Willenborg, C., Wiltshire, S. et al. PLoS genetics 11, e1005230, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26132169

A Prospective Assessment of Cardiac Biomarkers for Hemodynamic Stress and Necrosis and the Risk of Falls among Older People: The Actife Study. Dallmeier, D., Klenk, J., Peter, R. S., Denkinger, M., Peter, R., Rapp, K., Koenig, W. & Rothenbacher, D. European journal of epidemiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26130126

Endomyocardial Biopsy in Anderson-Fabry Disease: The Key in Uncertain Cases. Tschope, C., Dominguez, F., Canaan-Kuhl, S., Blaschke, D., Kuhl, U., Pieske, B. & Haverkamp, W. Int J Cardiol 190, 284-286, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25932808

Mri Heralds Secondary Nigral Lesion after Brain Ischemia in Mice: A Secondary Time Window for Neuroprotection. Prinz, V., Hetzer, A. M., Muller, S., Balkaya, M., Leithner, C., Kronenberg, G. & Endres, M. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26126863

Ball-Snp: Combining Genetic and Structural Information to Identify Candidate Non-Synonymous Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms. Mueller, S. C., Backes, C., Kalinina, O. V., Meder, B., Stockel, D., Lenhof, H.-P., Meese, E. & Keller, A. Genome Medicine 7, (2015). http://www.genomemedicine.com/content/7/1/65/abstract#

Rationale and Design of Three Observational, Prospective Cohort Studies Including Biobanking to Evaluate and Improve Diagnostics, Management Strategies and Risk Stratification in Venous Thromboembolism: The Vteval Project. Frank, B., Ariza, L., Lamparter, H., Grossmann, V., Prochaska, J., Ullmann, A., Kindler, F., Weisser, G., Walter, U., Lackner, K., Espinola-Klein, C., Munzel, T., Konstantinides, S. & Wild, P. BMJ Open, (2015). http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/7/e008157.abstract

The Ca(2+)-Activated Cation Channel Trpm4 Is a Negative Regulator of Angiotensin Ii-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy. Kecskes, M., Jacobs, G., Kerselaers, S., Syam, N., Menigoz, A., Vangheluwe, P., Freichel, M., Flockerzi, V., Voets, T. & Vennekens, R. Basic research in cardiology 110, 501, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26043922

Discovery and Fine-Mapping of Glycaemic and Obesity-Related Trait Loci Using High-Density Imputation. Horikoshi, M., Mgi, R., van de Bunt, M., Surakka, I., Sarin, A. P., Mahajan, A., Marullo, L., Thorleifsson, G., Hgg, S., Hottenga, J. J., Ladenvall, C., Ried, J. S., Winkler, T. W., Willems, S. M., Pervjakova, N., Esko, T., Beekman, M., Nelson, C. P., Willenborg, C., Wiltshire, S. et al. PLoS genetics 11, e1005230, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26132169

Irregular Rhythm and Atrial Metabolism Are Key for the Evolution of Proarrhythmic Atrial Remodeling in Atrial Fibrillation. Heijman, J. & Dobrev, D. Basic research in cardiology 110, 498, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26018792

Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Produced by Sphingosine Kinase 2 Intrinsically Controls Platelet Aggregation in Vitro and in Vivo. Urtz, N., Gaertner, F., von Bruehl, M. L., Chandraratne, S., Rahimi, F., Zhang, L., Orban, M., Barocke, V., Beil, J., Schubert, I., Lorenz, M., Legate, K. R., Huwiler, A., Pfeilschifter, J., Beerli, C., Ledieu, D., Persohn, E., Billich, A., Baumruker, T., Mederos, Y. S. M. et al. Circulation research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26129975

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Feature-Tracking Assessment of Myocardial Mechanics: Intervendor Agreement and Considerations Regarding Reproducibility. Schuster, A., Stahnke, V. C., Unterberg-Buchwald, C., Kowallick, J. T., Lamata, P., Steinmetz, M., Kutty, S., Fasshauer, M., Staab, W., Sohns, J. M., Bigalke, B., Ritter, C., Hasenfuss, G., Beerbaum, P. & Lotz, J. Clinical radiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26139384

Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Volumetric Assessment of Late Enhancement Provided by Cardiac Computed Tomography. Langer, C., Schaefer, P., Lutz, M., Eden, L., Hohnhorst, M., Harders, H., Faber, L., Jansen, O., Both, M. & Frey, N. Journal of computer assisted tomography, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26125299

Comparison of Electrical Velocimetry and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Non-Invasive Determination of Cardiac Output. Trinkmann, F., Berger, M., Doesch, C., Papavassiliu, T., Schoenberg, S. O., Borggrefe, M., Kaden, J. J. & Saur, J. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26115774

Inter-Study Reproducibility of Left Ventricular Torsion and Torsion Rate Quantification Using Mr Myocardial Feature Tracking. Kowallick, J. T., Morton, G., Lamata, P., Jogiya, R., Kutty, S., Lotz, J., Hasenfuss, G., Nagel, E., Chiribiri, A. & Schuster, A. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26114731

Left Atrial Physiology and Pathophysiology: Role of Deformation Imaging. Kowallick, J. T., Lotz, J., Hasenfuss, G. & Schuster, A. World journal of cardiology 7, 299-305, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26131333

Rna Splicing Regulated by Rbfox1 Is Essential for Cardiac Function in Zebrafish. Frese, K. S., Meder, B., Keller, A., Just, S., Haas, J., Vogel, B., Fischer, S., Backes, C., Matzas, M., Kohler, D., Benes, V., Katus, H. A. & Rottbauer, W. Journal of cell science, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26116573

Cardiac Engraftment of Genetically-Selected Parthenogenetic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Yang, T., Rubart, M., Soonpaa, M. H., Didie, M., Christalla, P., Zimmermann, W. H. & Field, L. J. PloS one 10, e0131511, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26110646

Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after Drug-Eluting Stents Implantation: The Jury Is Still Out. Schulz-Schupke, S. & Kastrati, A. Revista espanola de cardiologia, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26118900

Coronary Vascular Regulation, Remodelling, and Collateralization: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications on Behalf of the Working Group on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation. Pries, A. R., Badimon, L., Bugiardini, R., Camici, P. G., Dorobantu, M., Duncker, D. J., Escaned, J., Koller, A., Piek, J. J. & de Wit, C. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26112888

[Stroke - Lifestyle and Environment]. Gerischer, L. M., Floel, A. & Endres, M. Der Nervenarzt, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26105161

Systematically Evaluating Interfaces for Rna-Seq Analysis from a Life Scientist Perspective. Poplawski, A., Marini, F., Hess, M., Zeller, T., Mazur, J. & Binder, H. Briefings in bioinformatics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26108229

Rare and Low-Frequency Variants and Their Association with Plasma Levels of Fibrinogen, Fvii, Fviii, and Vwf. Huffman, J. E., de Vries, P. S., Morrison, A. C., Sabater-Lleal, M., Kacprowski, T., Auer, P. L., Brody, J. A., Chasman, D. I., Chen, M. H., Guo, X., Lin, L. A., Marioni, R. E., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Yanek, L. R., Pankratz, N., Grove, M. L., de Maat, M. P., Cushman, M., Wiggins, K. L., Qi, L. et al. Blood, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26105150

Advances in Real-Time Phase-Contrast Flow Mri Using Asymmetric Radial Gradient Echoes. Untenberger, M., Tan, Z., Voit, D., Joseph, A. A., Roeloffs, V., Merboldt, K. D., Schatz, S. & Frahm, J. Magnetic resonance in medicine, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26096085

Aortic Regurgitation with Second Versus Third-Generation Balloon-Expandable Prostheses in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Jochheim, D., Zadrozny, M., Theiss, H., Baquet, M., Maimer-Rodrigues, F., Bauer, A., Lange, P., Greif, M., Kupatt, C., Hausleiter, J., Hagl, C., Massberg, S. & Mehilli, J. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology 11, 214-220, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26093840

L-Arginine and Sdma Serum Concentrations Are Associated with Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Study of Health in Pomerania (Ship). Bahls, M., Friedrich, N., Atzler, D., Felix, S. B., Nauck, M. A., Boger, R. H., Volzke, H., Schwedhelm, E. & Dorr, M. PloS one 10, e0131293, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26098562

Smooth Muscle Camkiidelta Promotes Allergen-Induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness and Inflammation. Spinelli, A. M., Liu, Y., Sun, L. Y., Gonzalez-Cobos, J. C., Backs, J., Trebak, M. & Singer, H. A. Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26089028

Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase B-Activated Intermediate Conductance Potassium Channels Are Critical for Neointima Formation in Mouse Carotid Arteries. Zhou, X. B., Feng, Y. X., Sun, Q., Lukowski, R., Qiu, Y., Spiger, K., Li, Z., Ruth, P., Korth, M., Skolnik, E. Y., Borggrefe, M., Dobrev, D. & Wieland, T. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26088577

High-Density Lipoproteins Reduce Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition. Spillmann, F., Miteva, K., Pieske, B., Tschope, C. & Van Linthout, S. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26088574

Micro-Ct Technique Is Well Suited for Documentation of Remodeling Processes in Murine Carotid Arteries. Schurmann, C., Gremse, F., Jo, H., Kiessling, F. & Brandes, R. P. PloS one 10, e0130374, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26086218

Purkinje-Related Ventricular Fibrillation Associated with a Homozygous H558r Polymorphism in the Sodium Channel Scn5a Gene. Reithmann, C., Beckmann, B. M. & Kaab, S. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26084969

Genetic Testing to Guide Therapy? Not for Ticagrelor! Hengstenberg, C. & Kastrati, A. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26084685

Homoarginine Supplementation Improves Blood Glucose in Diet-Induced Obese Mice. Stockebrand, M., Hornig, S., Neu, A., Atzler, D., Cordts, K., Boger, R. H., Isbrandt, D., Schwedhelm, E. & Choe, C. U. Amino acids, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26077714

Prevalence and Cardiovascular Associations of Diabetic Retinopathy and Maculopathy: Results from the Gutenberg Health Study. Raum, P., Lamparter, J., Ponto, K. A., Peto, T., Hoehn, R., Schulz, A., Schneider, A., Wild, P. S., Pfeiffer, N. & Mirshahi, A. PloS one 10, e0127188, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26075604

Ischemic Biomarker Heart-Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein (Hfabp) in Acute Heart Failure - Diagnostic and Prognostic Insights Compared to Nt-Probnp and Troponin I. Hoffmann, U., Espeter, F., Weiss, C., Ahmad-Nejad, P., Lang, S., Brueckmann, M., Akin, I., Neumaier, M., Borggrefe, M. & Behnes, M. BMC cardiovascular disorders 15, 50, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26072112

Firefighting in Viral Myocarditis - Extinguish Galectin-3 to Control the Inflamed Heart? Lindner, D. & Westermann, D. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 85, 226-228, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26073631

C Integrated Allelic, Transcriptional, and Phenotypic Dissection of the Cardiac Effects of Titin Variation in Health and Diseaser. Roberts, A. M., Ware, J., Herman, D., Schafer, S., Mazzarotto, F., Baksi, J., Buchan, R., Walsh, R., John, S., Wilkinson, S., Felkin, L., Bick, A., Radke, M., Gotthardt, M., Barton, P., Hubner, N., Seidman, J., Seidman, C. & Cook, S. Heart 101, (2015). http://heart.bmj.com/content/101/Suppl_4/A126.1.abstract

Crosstalk of Cardiomyocytes and Fibroblasts in Co-Cultures. Rother, J., Richter, C., Turco, L., Knoch, F., Mey, I., Luther, S., Janshoff, A., Bodenschatz, E. & Tarantola, M. Open biology 5, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26085516

The Human Blood Metabolome-Transcriptome Interface. Bartel, J., Krumsiek, J., Schramm, K., Adamski, J., Gieger, C., Herder, C., Carstensen, M., Peters, A., Rathmann, W., Roden, M., Strauch, K., Suhre, K., Kastenmuller, G., Prokisch, H. & Theis, F. J. PLoS genetics 11, e1005274, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26086077

Hif-Driven Sf3b1 Induces Khk-C to Enforce Fructolysis and Heart Disease. Mirtschink, P., Krishnan, J., Grimm, F., Sarre, A., Horl, M., Kayikci, M., Fankhauser, N., Christinat, Y., Cortijo, C., Feehan, O., Vukolic, A., Sossalla, S., Stehr, S. N., Ule, J., Zamboni, N., Pedrazzini, T. & Krek, W. Nature, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26083752

Development of an Intein-Mediated Split-Cas9 System for Gene Therapy. Truong, D. J., Kuhner, K., Kuhn, R., Werfel, S., Engelhardt, S., Wurst, W. & Ortiz, O. Nucleic acids research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26082496

Artery Tertiary Lymphoid Organs Control Aorta Immunity and Protect against Atherosclerosis Via Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Lymphotoxin Beta Receptors. Hu, D., Mohanta, S. K., Yin, C., Peng, L., Ma, Z., Srikakulapu, P., Grassia, G., MacRitchie, N., Dever, G., Gordon, P., Burton, F. L., Ialenti, A., Sabir, S. R., McInnes, I. B., Brewer, J. M., Garside, P., Weber, C., Lehmann, T., Teupser, D., Habenicht, L. et al. Immunity 42, 1100-1115, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26084025

Improving Clinical Trials for Cardiovascular Diseases: A Position Paper from the Cardiovascular Round Table of the European Society of Cardiology. Jackson, N., Atar, D., Borentain, M., Breithardt, G., van Eickels, M., Endres, M., Fraass, U., Friede, T., Hannachi, H., Janmohamed, S., Kreuzer, J., Landray, M., Lautsch, D., Le Floch, C., Mol, P., Naci, H., Samani, N. J., Svensson, A., Thorstensen, C., Tijssen, J. et al. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26077039

Loss of the Mechanotransducer Zyxin Promotes a Synthetic Phenotype of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Ghosh, S., Kollar, B., Nahar, T., Suresh Babu, S., Wojtowicz, A., Sticht, C., Gretz, N., Wagner, A. H., Korff, T. & Hecker, M. Journal of the American Heart Association 4, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26071033

Fibronectin Extradomain A: Balancing Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden and Stability. Santovito, D. & Weber, C. Thrombosis and haemostasis 114, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26062571

Hck/Fgr Kinase Deficiency Reduces Plaque Growth and Stability by Blunting Monocyte Recruitment and Intraplaque Motility. Medina, I., Cougoule, C., Drechsler, M., Bermudez, B., Koenen, R. R., Sluimer, J., Wolfs, I., Doring, Y., Herias, V., Gijbels, M., Bot, I., de Jager, S., Weber, C., Cleutjens, J., van Berkel, T. J., Sikkink, K. J., Mocsai, A., Maridonneau-Parini, I., Soehnlein, O. & Biessen, E. A. Circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26068045

The Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator - First Single-Center Experience with Other Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices. Kuschyk, J., Stach, K., Tulumen, E., Rudic, B., Liebe, V., Schimpf, R., Borggrefe, M. & Roger, S. Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26073595

A Background Ca2+ Entry Pathway Mediated by Trpc1/Trpc4 Is Critical for Development of Pathological Cardiac Remodelling. Camacho Londono, J. E., Tian, Q., Hammer, K., Schroder, L., Camacho Londono, J., Reil, J. C., He, T., Oberhofer, M., Mannebach, S., Mathar, I., Philipp, S. E., Tabellion, W., Schweda, F., Dietrich, A., Kaestner, L., Laufs, U., Birnbaumer, L., Flockerzi, V., Freichel, M. & Lipp, P. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069213

[the Subcutaneous Cardioverter-Defibrillator : When Less Is More]. Kuschyk, J., Rudic, B., Akin, I., Borggrefe, M. & Roger, S. Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26058997

New Role for the (Pro)Renin Receptor in T Cell Development. Geisberger, S., Maschke, U., Gebhardt, M., Kleinewietfeld, M., Manzel, A., Linker, R. A., Chidgey, A., Dechend, R., Nguyen, G., Daumke, O., Muller, D. N., Wright, M. D. & Binger, K. J. Blood, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26063165

Differential Inhibition of Human Atherosclerotic Plaque-Induced Platelet Activation by Dimeric Gpvi-Fc and Anti-Gpvi Antibodies: Functional and Imaging Studies. Jamasbi, J., Megens, R. T., Bianchini, M., Munch, G., Ungerer, M., Faussner, A., Sherman, S., Walker, A., Goyal, P., Jung, S., Brandl, R., Weber, C., Lorenz, R., Farndale, R., Elia, N. & Siess, W. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 65, 2404-2415, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26046734

Long-Term Effects of Elemental Composition of Particulate Matter on Inflammatory Blood Markers in European Cohorts. Hampel, R., Peters, A., Beelen, R., Brunekreef, B., Cyrys, J., de Faire, U., de Hoogh, K., Fuks, K., Hoffmann, B., Huls, A., Imboden, M., Jedynska, A., Kooter, I., Koenig, W., Kunzli, N., Leander, K., Magnusson, P., Mannisto, S., Penell, J., Pershagen, G. et al. Environment international 82, 76-84, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26057255

Role of Sodium and Calcium Dysregulation in Tachyarrhythmias in Sudden Cardiac Death. Wagner, S., Maier, L. S. & Bers, D. M. Circulation research 116, 1956-1970, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26044250

Novel Methodologies for Biomarker Discovery in Atherosclerosis. Hoefer, I. E., Steffens, S., Ala-Korpela, M., Back, M., Badimon, L., Bochaton-Piallat, M. L., Boulanger, C. M., Caligiuri, G., Dimmeler, S., Egido, J., Evans, P. C., Guzik, T., Kwak, B. R., Landmesser, U., Mayr, M., Monaco, C., Pasterkamp, G., Tunon, J., Weber, C., Atherosclerosis, E. S. C. W. G. et al. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26049157

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Tetralogy of Fallot and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - Complex Clinical Phenotypes Meet Complex Genetic Networks. Lahm, H., Schon, P., Doppler, S., Dressen, M., Cleuziou, J., Deutsch, M. A., Ewert, P., Lange, R. & Krane, M. Current genomics 16, 141-158, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069455

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Atherosclerosis: Cell Biology and Lipoproteins-Focus on Cd40 Signaling, Pcsk9, and Novel Animal Models. Burger, C., Weber, C., Lutgens, E. & Gerdes, N. Current opinion in lipidology 26, 245-246, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25950709

Copeptin: Limited Usefulness in Early Stroke Differentiation? von Recum, J., Searle, J., Slagman, A., Vollert, J. O., Endres, M., Mockel, M. & Ebinger, M. Stroke Research and Treatment 2015, (2015). www.hindawi.com/journals/srt/2015/768401/abs/

S100a1 DNA-Based Inotropic Therapy Protects against Proarrhythmogenic Ryanodine Receptor 2 Dysfunction. Ritterhoff, J., Volkers, M., Seitz, A., Spaich, K., Gao, E., Peppel, K., Pleger, S. T., Zimmermann, W. H., Friedrich, O., Fink, R. H., Koch, W. J., Katus, H. A. & Most, P. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26005840

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I-1-Deficiency Impacts Negatively on Survival in a Cardiomyopathy Mouse Model. Friedrich, F. W., Sotoud, H., Geertz, B., Weber, S., Flenner, F., Reischmann, S., Eschenhagen, T., Carrier, L. & El-Armouche, A. IJC Heart & Vasculature, (2015). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906715300026

Cardiomyocyte-Specific Transgenic Expression of Prolyl-4-Hydroxylase Domain 3 Impairs the Myocardial Response to Ischemia. Zieseniss, A., Hesse, A. R., Jatho, A., Krull, S., Holscher, M., Vogel, S. & Katschinski, D. M. Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology 36, 843-851, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26044310

Baroreflex Activation Therapy for the Treatment of Heart Failure with a Reduced Ejection Fraction: Safety and Efficacy in Patients with and without Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Zile, M. R., Abraham, W. T., Weaver, F. A., Butter, C., Ducharme, A., Halbach, M., Klug, D., Lovett, E. G., Muller-Ehmsen, J., Schafer, J. E., Senni, M., Swarup, V., Wachter, R. & Little, W. C. European journal of heart failure, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26011593

Epigenetic Regulation of Angiogenesis by Jarid1b-Induced Repression of Hoxa5. Fork, C., Gu, L., Hitzel, J., Josipovic, I., Hu, J., SzeKa Wong, M., Ponomareva, Y., Albert, M., Schmitz, S. U., Uchida, S., Fleming, I., Helin, K., Steinhilber, D., Leisegang, M. S. & Brandes, R. P. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023081

Human Engineered Heart Tissue as a Model System for Drug Testing. Eder, A., Vollert, I., Hansen, A. & Eschenhagen, T. Advanced drug delivery reviews, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26026976

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Neuropeptide Y as an Indicator of Successful Alterations in Sympathetic Nervous Activity after Renal Sympathetic Denervation. Dorr, O., Ewen, S., Liebetrau, C., Mollmann, H., Gaede, L., Linz, D., Hohl, M., Troidl, C., Bauer, T., Bohm, M., Hamm, C., Mahfoud, F. & Nef, H. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26008896

Cardiomyocytes, Endothelial Cells and Cardiac Fibroblasts: S100a1's Triple Action in Cardiovascular Pathophysiology. Rohde, D., Busch, M., Volkert, A., Ritterhoff, J., Katus, H. A., Peppel, K. & Most, P. Future cardiology 11, 309-321, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26021637

Chemokines and Micrornas in Atherosclerosis. Hartmann, P., Schober, A. & Weber, C. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26001902

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Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter Constituents and the Incidence of Coronary Events in 11 European Cohorts. Wolf, K., Stafoggia, M., Cesaroni, G., Andersen, Z. J., Beelen, R., Galassi, C., Hennig, F., Migliore, E., Penell, J., Ricceri, F., Sorensen, M., Turunen, A. W., Hampel, R., Hoffmann, B., Kalsch, H., Laatikainen, T., Pershagen, G., Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Sacerdote, C., Vineis, P. et al. Epidemiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25978793

Association between Muscular Strength and Inflammatory Markers among Elderly Persons with Cardiac Disease: Results from the Kora-Age Study. Volaklis, K. A., Halle, M., Koenig, W., Oberhoffer, R., Grill, E., Peters, A., Strasser, B., Heier, M., Emeny, R., Schulz, H., Ladwig, K. H., Meisinger, C. & Thorand, B. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25967155

Endothelial Cells Suppress Monocyte Activation through Secretion of Extracellular Vesicles Containing Antiinflammatory Micrornas. Njock, M. S., Cheng, H. S., Dang, L. T., Nazari-Jahantigh, M., Lau, A. C., Boudreau, E., Roufaiel, M., Cybulsky, M. I., Schober, A. & Fish, J. E. Blood 125, 3202-3212, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838349

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Associations between Short-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter and Ultrafine Particles and Myocardial Infarction in Augsburg, Germany. Wolf, K., Schneider, A., Breitner, S., Meisinger, C., Heier, M., Cyrys, J., Kuch, B., von Scheidt, W., Peters, A. & Group, K. S. International journal of hygiene and environmental health, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26013401

Trends in Antihypertensive Medication Use and Blood Pressure Control among Adults with Hypertension in Germany. Sarganas, G., Knopf, H., Grams, D. & Neuhauser, H. K. American journal of hypertension, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25968124

Association between Chronic Stress and Blood Pressure: Findings from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults 2008-2011. Hassoun, L., Herrmann-Lingen, C., Hapke, U., Neuhauser, H., Scheidt-Nave, C. & Meyer, T. Psychosomatic medicine, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25967356

Microsphere Skimming in the Porcine Coronary Arteries: Implications for Flow Quantification. Sinclair, M., Lee, J., Schuster, A., Chiribiri, A., van den Wijngaard, J., van Horssen, P., Siebes, M., Spaan, J. A., Nagel, E. & Smith, N. Microvascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25963318

Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Paclitaxel-Eluting Balloon for the Treatment of Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis: 3-Year Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Kufner, S., Cassese, S., Valeskini, M., Neumann, F. J., Schulz-Schupke, S., Hoppmann, P., Fusaro, M., Schunkert, H., Laugwitz, K. L., Kastrati, A., Byrne, R. A., Intracoronary, S. & Angiographic Results: Drug Eluting Stent In-Stent Restenosis: 3 Treatment Approaches, I. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26003022

Diastolic Pressure-Volume Quotient (Dpvq) as a Novel Echocardiographic Index for Estimation of Lv Stiffness in Hfpef. Kasner, M., Sinning, D., Burkhoff, D. & Tschope, C. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25956143

Predictive Value of Galectin-3 for Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure in the Population-Based Finrisk 1997 Cohort. Jagodzinski, A., Havulinna, A. S., Appelbaum, S., Zeller, T., Jousilahti, P., Skytte-Johanssen, S., Hughes, M. F., Blankenberg, S. & Salomaa, V. Int J Cardiol 192, 33-39, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25985013

Atherosclerosis: Recent Trials, New Targets and Future Directions. Ladeiras-Lopes, R., Agewall, S., Tawakol, A., Staels, B., Stein, E., Mentz, R. J., Leite-Moreira, A., Zannad, F. & Koenig, W. Int J Cardiol 192, 72-81, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26002254

Upregulation of K2p3.1 K+ Current Causes Action Potential Shortening in Patients with Chronic Atrial Fibrillation. Schmidt, C., Wiedmann, F., Voigt, N., Zhou, X. B., Heijman, J., Lang, S., Albert, V., Kallenberger, S., Ruhparwar, A., Szabo, G., Kallenbach, K., Karck, M., Borggrefe, M., Biliczki, P., Ehrlich, J. R., Baczko, I., Lugenbiel, P., Schweizer, P. A., Donner, B. C., Katus, H. A. et al. Circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25951834

Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Are Targets for Allogeneic and Autologous Natural Killer (Nk) Cells and Killing Is Partly Mediated by the Activating Nk Receptor Dnam-1. Kruse, V., Hamann, C., Monecke, S., Cyganek, L., Elsner, L., Hubscher, D., Walter, L., Streckfuss-Bomeke, K., Guan, K. & Dressel, R. PloS one 10, e0125544, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25950680

Atlantic: Another Reason to Investigate the Disconnect between Stent Thrombosis and Mortality? Aradi, D. & Sibbing, D. Thrombosis and haemostasis 114, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25947260

Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Predict Mortality in Patients Undergoing Oral Anticoagulation: Results from the Thrombeval Study Program. Michal, M., Prochaska, J. H., Keller, K., Gobel, S., Coldewey, M., Ullmann, A., Schulz, A., Lamparter, H., Munzel, T., Reiner, I., Beutel, M. E. & Wild, P. S. Int J Cardiol 187, 614-619, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25863736

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Immunobiology of Fibrin-Based Engineered Heart Tissue. Conradi, L., Schmidt, S., Neofytou, E., Deuse, T., Peters, L., Eder, A., Hua, X., Hansen, A., Robbins, R. C., Beygui, R. E., Reichenspurner, H., Eschenhagen, T. & Schrepfer, S. Stem cells translational medicine, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25947338

The Use of Non-Invasive Ecg Imaging for Examination of Patient with Brugada Syndrome. Chaykovskaya, M., Rudic, B., Tsyganov, A., Zaklyazminskaya, E., Yakovleva, M. & Borggrefe, M. Heart Rhythm Case Reports, (2015). http://www.heartrhythmcasereports.com/article/S2214-0271%2815%2900110-4/abstract

Dicer Cleavage by Calpain Determines Platelet Microrna Levels and Function in Diabetes. Elgheznawy, A., Shi, L., Hu, J., Wittig, I., Laban, H., Pircher, J., Mann, A. W., Provost, P., Randriamboavonjy, V. & Fleming, I. Circulation research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25944670

Positive Association between Adipose Tissue and Bone Stiffness. Berg, R. M., Wallaschofski, H., Nauck, M., Rettig, R., Markus, M. R., Laqua, R., Friedrich, N. & Hannemann, A. Calcified Tissue International, (2015). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00223-015-0008-3

Targeting the Adaptive Immune System: New Strategies in the Treatment of Atherosclerosis. Zarzycka, B., Nicolaes, G. A. & Lutgens, E. Expert review of clinical pharmacology 8, 297-313, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25843158

Cell Specific Eqtl Analysis without Sorting Cells. Westra, H. J., Arends, D., Esko, T., Peters, M. J., Schurmann, C., Schramm, K., Kettunen, J., Yaghootkar, H., Fairfax, B. P., Andiappan, A. K., Li, Y., Fu, J., Karjalainen, J., Platteel, M., Visschedijk, M., Weersma, R. K., Kasela, S., Milani, L., Tserel, L., Peterson, P. et al. PLoS genetics 11, e1005223, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25955312

Associations between Serum Sex Hormone Concentrations and Whole Blood Gene Expression Profiles in the General Population. Haring, R., Schurmann, C., Homuth, G., Steil, L., Volker, U., Volzke, H., Keevil, B. G., Nauck, M. & Wallaschofski, H. PloS one 10, e0127466, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26001193

The Impact of Therapeutic Hypothermia on on-Treatment Platelet Reactivity and Clinical Outcome in Cardiogenic Shock Patients Undergoing Primary Pci for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results from the Isar-Shock Registry. Orban, M., Mayer, K., Morath, T., Bernlochner, I., Hadamitzky, M., Braun, S., Schulz, S., Hoppmann, P., Hausleiter, J., Tiroch, K., Mehilli, J., Schunkert, H., Massberg, S., Laugwitz, K. L., Sibbing, D. & Kastrati, A. Thrombosis research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25976448

Skeletal Muscle Weakness Is Related to Insulin Resistance in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure. Doehner, W., Turhan, G., Leyva, F., Rauchhaus, M., Sandek, A., Jankowska, E. A., von Haehling, S. & Anker, S. D. ESC Heart Failure 2, 85-89, (2015). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ehf2.12035/full

In Vivo Model with Targeted Camp Biosensor Reveals Changes in Receptor-Microdomain Communication in Cardiac Disease. Sprenger, J. U., Perera, R. K., Steinbrecher, J. H., Lehnart, S. E., Maier, L. S., Hasenfuss, G. & Nikolaev, V. O. Nature communications 6, 6965, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25917898

Impact of Dabigatran Versus Phenprocoumon on Adp Induced Platelet Aggregation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation with or without Concomitant Clopidogrel Therapy (the Dabi-Adp-1 and Dabi-Adp-2 Trials). Martischnig, A. M., Mehilli, J., Pollak, J., Petzold, T., Fiedler, A. K., Mayer, K., Schulz-Schupke, S., Sibbing, D., Massberg, S., Kastrati, A. & Sarafoff, N. BioMed Research International, (2015). www.downloads.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/aip/798486.pdf    

Prevention of Weight Gain after at Receptor Blockade in Diet-Induced Rat Obesity Is at Least Partially Related to an Angiotensin(1-7)/Mas-Dependent Mechanism. Schuchard, J., Winkler, M., Stolting, I., Schuster, F., Vogt, F. M., Barkhausen, J., Thorns, C., Santos, R. A., Bader, M. & Raasch, W. British journal of pharmacology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25906670

Neurochondrin Is an Atypical Riialpha-Specific a-Kinase Anchoring Protein. Hermann, J. S., Skroblin, P., Bertinetti, D., Hanold, L. E., von der Heide, E. K., Wagener, E. M., Zenn, H. M., Klussmann, E., Kennedy, E. J. & Herberg, F. W. Biochimica et biophysica acta, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25916936

Prolonged Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after Drug-Eluting Stenting: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials. Cassese, S., Byrne, R. A., Ndrepepa, G., Schunkert, H., Fusaro, M. & Kastrati, A. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25903112

Association of Circulating Irisin and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Capacity in Healthy Volunteers: Results of the Study of Health in Pomerania. Kerstholt, N., Ewert, R., Nauck, M., Spielhagen, T., Bollmann, T., Stubbe, B., Felix, S. B., Wallaschofski, H., Glaser, S. & Friedrich, N. BMC pulmonary medicine 15, 41, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25898830

Lqt1-Phenotypes in Hipsc: Are We Measuring the Right Thing? Christ, T., Horvath, A. & Eschenhagen, T. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112, E1968, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25795242

Polymers for Cardiovascular Stent Coatings. Strohbach, A. & Busch, R. International Journal of Polymer Science, (2015). http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijps/aa/782653/abs/

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Retinal Vein Occlusion: The Gutenberg Health Study. Ponto, K. A., Elbaz, H., Peto, T., Laubert-Reh, D., Binder, H., Wild, P. S., Lackner, K., Pfeiffer, N. & Mirshahi, A. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25894549

Impact of Smoking and Smoking Cessation on Cardiovascular Events and Mortality among Older Adults: Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data from Prospective Cohort Studies of the Chances Consortium. Mons, U., Muezzinler, A., Gellert, C., Schottker, B., Abnet, C. C., Bobak, M., de Groot, L., Freedman, N. D., Jansen, E., Kee, F., Kromhout, D., Kuulasmaa, K., Laatikainen, T., O'Doherty, M. G., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Orfanos, P., Peters, A., van der Schouw, Y. T., Wilsgaard, T., Wolk, A. et al. Bmj 350, h1551, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25896935

Matched Comparison of Two Different Biological Prostheses for Complete Supra-Annular Aortic Valve Replacement. Fiegl, K., Deutsch, M. A., Rondak, I. C., Lange, R. & Guenzinger, R. The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25893918

Bleeding and Stent Thrombosis on P2y12-Inhibitors: Collaborative Analysis on the Role of Platelet Reactivity for Risk Stratification after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Aradi, D., Kirtane, A., Bonello, L., Gurbel, P. A., Tantry, U. S., Huber, K., Freynhofer, M. K., Ten Berg, J., Janssen, P., Angiolillo, D. J., Siller-Matula, J. M., Marcucci, R., Patti, G., Mangiacapra, F., Valgimigli, M., Morel, O., Palmerini, T., Price, M. J., Cuisset, T., Kastrati, A. et al. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25896078

Genetic Variants Associated with Celiac Disease and the Risk for Coronary Artery Disease. Jansen, H., Willenborg, C., Schlesinger, S., Ferrario, P. G., Konig, I. R., Erdmann, J., Samani, N. J., Lieb, W. & Schunkert, H. Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25893417

Dual Atrioventricular Nodal Non-Re-Entrant Tachycardia. Peiker, C., Pott, C., Eckardt, L., Kelm, M., Shin, D. I., Willems, S. & Meyer, C. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888570

Right Atrial Volume Is Increased in Corrected Tetralogy of Fallot and Correlates with the Incidence of Supraventricular Arrhythmia: A Cmr Study. Sohns, J. M., Rosenberg, C., Zapf, A., Unterberg-Buchwald, C., Staab, W., Schuster, A., Kowallick, J. T., Hosch, O., Nguyen, T. T., Fasshauer, M., Paul, T., Lotz, J. & Steinmetz, M. Pediatric cardiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25862665

Atherosclerosis - a Matter of Unresolved Inflammation. Viola, J. & Soehnlein, O. Seminars in immunology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25865626

Decreased Prevalence of Cardiac Arrhythmias During and after Vigorous and Prolonged Exercise in Healthy Male Marathon Runners Grabs, V., Peres, T., Zelger, O., Haller, B., Pressler, A., Braun, S., Halle, M. & Scherr, J. Am Heart J, (2015). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002870315002331

The Other Side of the Raas - Aldosterone Improves Migration of Cardiac Progenitor Cells. Konemann, S., Wenzel, K., Ameling, S., Grube, K., Hammer, E., Konemann, R., Samal, R., Volker, U. & Felix, S. B. Journal of cellular physiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25854326

Advanced Echocardiography in Adult Zebrafish Reveals Delayed Recovery of Heart Function after Myocardial Cryoinjury. Hein, S. J., Lehmann, L. H., Kossack, M., Juergensen, L., Fuchs, D., Katus, H. A. & Hassel, D. PloS one 10, e0122665, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25853735

Mitral Annular Plane Systolic Excursion Is an Easy Tool for Fibrosis Detection by Late Gadolinium Enhancement Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Doesch, C., Sperb, A., Sudarski, S., Lossnitzer, D., Rudic, B., Tulumen, E., Heggemann, F., Schimpf, R., Schoenberg, S. O., Borggrefe, M. & Papavassiliu, T. Archives of cardiovascular diseases, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25863428

Myocardial Infarction: A Critical Role of Macrophages in Cardiac Remodeling. Weinberger, T. & Schulz, C. Front. Physiol., (2015). http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2015.00107/abstract

Exercise Controls Non-Coding Rnas. Uchida, S. & Dimmeler, S. Cell metabolism 21, 511-512, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25863242

Myocardial Feature Tracking Reduces Observer-Dependence in Low-Dose Dobutamine Stress Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Schuster, A., Paul, M., Bettencourt, N., Hussain, S. T., Morton, G., Kutty, S., Bigalke, B., Chiribiri, A., Perera, D., Nagel, E. & Beerbaum, P. PloS one 10, e0122858, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25848764

Macrophages Retain Hematopoietic Stem Cells in the Spleen Via Vcam-1. Dutta, P., Hoyer, F. F., Grigoryeva, L. S., Sager, H. B., Leuschner, F., Courties, G., Borodovsky, A., Novobrantseva, T., Ruda, V. M., Fitzgerald, K., Iwamoto, Y., Wojtkiewicz, G., Sun, Y., Da Silva, N., Libby, P., Anderson, D. G., Swirski, F. K., Weissleder, R. & Nahrendorf, M. The Journal of experimental medicine 212, 497-512, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25800955

Engineering Cardiovascular Regeneration. Vollert, I., Eder, A., Hansen, A. & Eschenhagen, T. Current Stem Cell Reports, (2015). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40778-015-0010-8

Insular Cortex Lesions, Cardiac Troponin, and Detection of Previously Unknown Atrial Fibrillation in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Insights from the Troponin Elevation in Acute Ischemic Stroke Study. Scheitz, J. F., Erdur, H., Haeusler, K. G., Audebert, H. J., Roser, M., Laufs, U., Endres, M. & Nolte, C. H. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25835563

Noninvasive Molecular Ultrasound Monitoring of Vessel Healing after Intravascular Surgical Procedures in a Preclinical Setup. Curaj, A., Wu, Z., Fokong, S., Liehn, E. A., Weber, C., Burlacu, A., Lammers, T., van Zandvoort, M. & Kiessling, F. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838431

Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Susceptibility Loci for Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus. Kunz, M., Konig, I. R., Schillert, A., Kruppa, J., Ziegler, A., Grallert, H., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Lieb, W., Franke, A., Ranki, A., Panelius, J., Koskenmies, S., Hasan, T., Kere, J., Ronn, A. C., Simon, J. C., Schmidt, E., Wenzel, J., Tuting, T., Landsberg, J. et al. Experimental dermatology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25827949

Deciphering Unexplained Familial Dyslipidemias: Do We Have the Tools? Schunkert, H. & Bourier, F. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics 8, 250-252, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25901036

Long-Term Outcome of Patients with Severe Biventricular Heart Failure and Severe Mitral Regurgitation after Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair. Orban, M., Braun, D., Orban, M., Grebmer, C., Sibbing, D., Thaler, R., Tittus, J., Wimbauer, F., Lesevic, H., Sonne, C., Mehilli, J., Ott, I., Nabauer, M., Massberg, S., Boekstegers, P. & Hausleiter, J. Journal of interventional cardiology 28, 164-171, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25858050

Activated Clotting Time During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Test for All Seasons or a Mind Tranquilizer? Ndrepepa, G. & Kastrati, A. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 8, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25873733

[Ventricular Long-Term Support with Implantable Continuous Flow Pumps : On the Way to a Gold Standard in the Therapy of Terminal Heart Failure]. Krabatsch, T., Potapov, E., Soltani, S., Dandel, M., Falk, V. & Knosalla, C. Herz 40, 231-239, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25822421

Shared Genetic Aetiology of Coronary Artery Disease and Atherosclerotic Stroke-2015. Kessler, T., Erdmann, J., Dichgans, M. & Schunkert, H. Current atherosclerosis reports 17, 498, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25690589

Sex Differences in Urine Metabolites Related with Risk of Diabetes Using Nmr Spectroscopy: Results of the Study of Health in Pomerania. Friedrich, N., Budde, K., Suhre, K., Volker, U., John, U., Felix, S. B., Kroemer, H. K., Grabe, H. J., Volzke, H., Nauck, M. & Wallaschofski, H. Metabolomics, (2015). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11306-015-0795-6

Phosphorylation-Dependent Association of Pde3a1 with Serca2 and Its Regulation of Serca2 Activity in Human Myocardium. Ahmad, F., Shen, W., Vandeput, F., Szabo-Fresnais, N., Krall, J., Degerman, E., Goetz, F., Klussmann, E., Movsesian, M. & Manganiello, V. The FASEB Journal 29, (2015). http://www.fasebj.org/content/29/1_Supplement/728.24.short

Calcium Handling Abnormalities as a Target for Atrial Fibrillation Therapeutics: How Close to Clinical Implementation? Heijman, J., Voigt, N., Ghezelbash, S., Schirmer, I. & Dobrev, D. Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25830486

Genetic Variants of Lipase Activity in Chronic Pancreatitis. Kirsten, H., Scholz, M., Kovacs, P., Grallert, H., Peters, A., Strauch, K., Frank, J., Rietschel, M., Nothen, M. M., Witt, H. & Rosendahl, J. Gut, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25814649

Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Contributes to the Cardiogenic Potential of Adult Resident Progenitor Cells in Failing Murine Heart. Samal, R., Ameling, S., Dhople, V., Sappa, P. K., Wenzel, K., Volker, U., Felix, S. B., Hammer, E. & Konemann, S. PloS one 10, e0120360, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25799225

Ischemic Stroke and Heart Failure: Facts and Numbers. Scherbakov, N., Haeusler, K. G. & Doehner, W. ESC Heart Failure 2, 1-4, (2015). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ehf2.12026/abstract

High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide as Predictors of Vascular Events in Primary Prevention: Impact of Statin Therapy. Everett, B. M., Zeller, T., Glynn, R. J., Ridker, P. M. & Blankenberg, S. Circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25825410

Regulation of Atherosclerotic Plaque Inflammation. Back, M., Weber, C. & Lutgens, E. Journal of internal medicine, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25823439

Long Noncoding Rnas in Diabetic Retinopathy. Jae, N. & Dimmeler, S. Circulation research 116, 1104-1106, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25814678

[Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases through Sport and Physical Activity : A Question of Intensity?]. Wernhart, S., Dinic, M., Pressler, A. & Halle, M. Herz, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25804555

Nox1 Supports the Metabolic Remodeling of Hepg2 Cells. Bertram, K., Valcu, C. M., Weitnauer, M., Linne, U. & Gorlach, A. PloS one 10, e0122002, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25806803

Mrpl44 Mutations Cause a Slowly Progressive Multisystem Disease with Childhood-Onset Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Distelmaier, F., Haack, T. B., Catarino, C. B., Gallenmuller, C., Rodenburg, R. J., Strom, T. M., Baertling, F., Meitinger, T., Mayatepek, E., Prokisch, H. & Klopstock, T. Neurogenetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25797485

Regulation of the Endothelial Apelin/Apj System by Hemodynamic Fluid Flow. Busch, R., Strohbach, A., Pennewitz, M., Lorenz, F., Bahls, M., Busch, M. C. & Felix, S. B. Cellular signalling 27, 1286-1296, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25817266

Distribution, Genetic and Cardiovascular Determinants of Fviii:C - Data from the Population-Based Gutenberg Health Study. Hermanns, M. I., Grossmann, V., Spronk, H. M., Schulz, A., Junger, C., Laubert-Reh, D., Mazur, J., Gori, T., Zeller, T., Pfeiffer, N., Beutel, M., Blankenberg, S., Munzel, T., Lackner, K. J., Ten Cate-Hoek, A. J., Ten Cate, H. & Wild, P. S. Int J Cardiol 187, 166-174, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25828346

Vascular Stat3 Promotes Angiogenesis and Neuroplasticity Long-Term after Stroke. Hoffmann, C. J., Harms, U., Rex, A., Szulzewsky, F., Wolf, S. A., Grittner, U., Lattig-Tunnemann, G., Sendtner, M., Kettenmann, H., Dirnagl, U., Endres, M. & Harms, C. Circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25794850

Interval Exercise Training Increases Maximal and Submaximal Exercise Performance in Heart Failure with Biventricular Assist Device Therapy. Christle, J. W., Boscheri, A., Pressler, A., Grinninger, C., Schramm, R., Hagl, C. M. & Halle, M. Int J Cardiol 187, 104-105, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25828324

Prevalence Trends in Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors. Volzke, H., Ittermann, T., Schmidt, C. O., Baumeister, S. E., Schipf, S., Alte, D., Biffar, R., John, U. & Hoffmann, W. Deutsches Arzteblatt international 112, 185-192, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25837860

Vascular Stat3 Promotes Angiogenesis and Neuroplasticity Long-Term after Stroke. Hoffmann, C. J., Harms, U., Rex, A., Szulzewsky, F., Wolf, S. A., Grittner, U., Lattig-Tunnemann, G., Sendtner, M., Kettenmann, H., Dirnagl, U., Endres, M. & Harms, C. Circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25794850

Lqt1-Phenotypes in Hipsc: Are We Measuring the Right Thing? Christ, T., Horvath, A. & Eschenhagen, T. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25795242

Renal Impairment and Worsening of Renal Function in Acute Heart Failure: Can New Therapies Help? The Potential Role of Serelaxin. Schmieder, R. E., Mitrovic, V. & Hengstenberg, C. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25787721

Chemokines Control Mobilization, Recruitment, and Fate of Monocytes in Atherosclerosis. Drechsler, M., Duchene, J. & Soehnlein, O. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25792446

Non-Viral Generation of Marmoset Monkey Ips Cells by a Six-Factor-in-One-Vector Approach. Debowski, K., Warthemann, R., Lentes, J., Salinas-Riester, G., Dressel, R., Langenstroth, D., Gromoll, J., Sasaki, E. & Behr, R. PloS one 10, e0118424, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785453

Prevalence of M4 Macrophages within Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques Is Associated with Features of Plaque Instability. Erbel, C., Wolf, A., Lasitschka, F., Linden, F., Domschke, G., Akhavanpoora, M., Doesch, A. O., Katus, H. A. & Gleissner, C. A. Int J Cardiol, (2015). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527315003903

Prognosis after Revascularization for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the Crystal Ball. Byrne, R. A. & Kastrati, A. European heart journal, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25784753

Cardiovascular Risk Factor Distribution and Subjective Risk Estimation in Urban Women – the Befri Study: A Randomized Cross-Sectional Study. Oertelt-Prigione, S., Seeland, U., Kendel, F., Rucke, M., Floel, A., Gaissmaier, W., Heim, C., Schnabel, R., Stangl, V. & Regitz-Zagrosek, V. BMC medicine 13, (2015). http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/13/52/abstract#

Atrial Fibrillation Complicated by Heart Failure Induces Distinct Remodeling of Calcium Cycling Proteins. Lugenbiel, P., Wenz, F., Govorov, K., Schweizer, P. A., Katus, H. A. & Thomas, D. PloS one 10, e0116395, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25775120

Angiopoietin-2: A Multifaceted Cytokine That Functions in Both Angiogenesis and Inflammation. Scholz, A., Plate, K. H. & Reiss, Y. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25773744

Regulation of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Atpase 2 (Serca2) Activity by Phosphodiesterase 3a (Pde3a) in Human Myocardium: Phosphorylation-Dependent Interaction of Pde3a1 with Serca2. Ahmad, F., Shen, W., Vandeput, F., Szabo-Fresnais, N., Krall, J., Degerman, E., Goetz, F., Klussmann, E., Movsesian, M. & Manganiello, V. The Journal of biological chemistry 290, 6763-6776, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25593322

Light to Moderate Alcohol Consumption Is Associated with Lower Risk of Aortic Valve Sclerosis: The Study of Health in Pomerania (Ship). Markus, M. R., Lieb, W., Stritzke, J., Siewert, U., Troitzsch, P., Koch, M., Dorr, M., Felix, S. B., Volzke, H., Schunkert, H. & Baumeister, S. E. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol., (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25767276

Frequency and Clinical Correlates of Somatic Ying Yang 1 Mutations in Sporadic Insulinomas. Lichtenauer, U. D., Di Dalmazi, G., Slater, E. P., Wieland, T., Kuebart, A., Schmittfull, A., Schwarzmayr, T., Diener, S., Wiese, D., Thasler, W. E., Reincke, M., Meitinger, T., Schott, M., Fassnacht, M., Bartsch, D. K., Strom, T. M. & Beuschlein, F. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, jc20151100, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763608

Circulating Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Concentrations and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Community. Kaess, B. M., Preis, S. R., Lieb, W., Beiser, A. S., Yang, Q., Chen, T. C., Hengstenberg, C., Erdmann, J., Schunkert, H., Seshadri, S., Vasan, R. S. & CardioGram. Journal of the American Heart Association 4, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25762803

Antisense-Mediated Exon Skipping: A Therapeutic Strategy for Titin-Based Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Gramlich, M., Pane, L. S., Zhou, Q., Chen, Z., Murgia, M., Schotterl, S., Goedel, A., Metzger, A., Brade, T., Parrotta, E., Schaller, M., Gerull, B., Thierfelder, L., Aartsma-Rus, A., Labeit, S., Atherton, J. J., McGaughran, J., Harvey, R. P., Sinnecker, D., Mann, M. et al. EMBO Molecular Medicine, (2015). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.15252/emmm.201505047/full

Nutritional or Pharmacological Activation of Hca Ameliorates Neuroinflammation. Offermanns, S. & Schwaninger, M. Trends in molecular medicine, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25766751

Is the Adiposity-Associated Fto Gene Variant Related to All-Cause Mortality Independent of Adiposity? Meta-Analysis of Data from 169,551 Caucasian Adults. Zimmermann, E., Angquist, L. H., Mirza, S. S., Zhao, J. H., Chasman, D. I., Fischer, K., Qi, Q., Smith, A. V., Thinggaard, M., Jarczok, M. N., Nalls, M. A., Trompet, S., Timpson, N. J., Schmidt, B., Jackson, A. U., Lyytikainen, L. P., Verweij, N., Mueller-Nurasyid, M., Vikstrom, M., Marques-Vidal, P. et al. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25752329

[New Therapy Concepts for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.]. Tschope, C. & Pieske, B. Herz, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25737289

Amyloid-Beta (1-40) and the Risk of Death from Cardiovascular Causes in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease. Stamatelopoulos, K., Sibbing, D., Rallidis, L. S., Georgiopoulos, G., Stakos, D., Braun, S., Gatsiou, A., Sopova, K., Kotakos, C., Varounis, C., Tellis, C. C., Kastritis, E., Alevizaki, M., Tselepis, A. D., Alexopoulos, P., Laske, C., Keller, T., Kastrati, A., Dimmeler, S., Zeiher, A. M. et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 65, 904-916, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25744007

Covered Stents for Endovascular Repair of Iatrogenic Injuries of Iliac and Femoral Arteries. Kufner, S., Cassese, S., Groha, P., Byrne, R. A., Schunkert, H., Kastrati, A., Ott, I. & Fusaro, M. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, (2015). http://www.cardiorevascmed.com/article/S1553-8389%2815%2900062-7/abstract

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Role of Sgc-Dependent No Signalling and Myocardial Infarction Risk. Wobst, J., Kessler, T., Dang, T. A., Erdmann, J. & Schunkert, H. Journal of molecular medicine, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25733135

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Analysis for Genetic Modifiers of Disease Severity in Patients with Long Qt Syndrome Type 2. Kolder, I. C., Tanck, M. W., Postema, P. G., Barc, J., Sinner, M. F., Zumhagen, S., Husemann, A., Stallmeyer, B., Koopmann, T. T., Hofman, N., Pfeufer, A., Lichtner, P., Meitinger, T., Beckmann, B. M., Myerburg, R. J., Bishopric, N. H., Roden, D. M., Kaab, S., Wilde, A. A., Schott, J. J. et al. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25737393

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A Meta-Analysis of Gene Expression Signatures of Blood Pressure and Hypertension. Huan, T., Esko, T., Peters, M. J., Pilling, L. C., Schramm, K., Schurmann, C., Chen, B. H., Liu, C., Joehanes, R., Johnson, A. D., Yao, C., Ying, S. X., Courchesne, P., Milani, L., Raghavachari, N., Wang, R., Liu, P., Reinmaa, E., Dehghan, A., Hofman, A. et al. PLoS genetics 11, e1005035, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785607

Bnp and Haematological Parameters Are Markers of Severity of Ebstein's Anomaly: Correlation with Cmr and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing. Hosch, O., Ngyuen, T. T., Lauerer, P., Schuster, A., Kutty, S., Staab, W., Unterberg-Buchwald, C., Sohns, J. M., Paul, T., Lotz, J. & Steinmetz, M. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25736309

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Development of Recommendations to Continue Anticoagulation with One of the Two Types of Oral Anticoagulants Based on the Identification of Patients' Preference. Zolfaghari, S., Harenberg, J., Frolich, L., Weiss, C., Wehling, M., Wild, P., Prochaska, J., Beyer-Westendorf, J., Koscielny, J. & Lip, G. Y. Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis 41, 166-177, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25703522

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Metabolic Response to Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Mahler, A., Steiniger, J., Bock, M., Klug, L., Parreidt, N., Lorenz, M., Zimmermann, B. F., Krannich, A., Paul, F. & Boschmann, M. Am J Clin Nutr 101, 487-495, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25733633

The Association between Physical Activity, Sitting Time, Sleep Duration, and Sleep Quality as Correlates of Presenteeism. Guertler, D., Vandelanotte, C., Short, C., Alley, S., Schoeppe, S. & Duncan, M. J. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 57, 321-328, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25742538

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Myocardial Infarction and Inflammation: Lost in the Biomarker Labyrinth. Hristov, M. & Weber, C. Circulation research 116, 781-783, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25722440

Entropy Rate Maps of Complex Excitable Dynamics in Cardiac Monolayers. Schlemmer, A., Berg, S., Shajahan, T. K., Luther, S. & Parlitz, U. Entropy 17, 950-967, (2015). http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/17/3/950

Bivalirudin Versus Heparin in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Lange, P., Greif, M., Bongiovanni, D., Thaumann, A., Nabauer, M., Bischoff, B., Helbig, S., Becker, C., Schmitz, C., D'Anastasi, M., Mehilli, J., Boekstegers, P., Massberg, S. & Kupatt, C. Can J Cardiol, (2015). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0828282X15001543

Anticoagulant Reversal, Blood Pressure Levels, and Anticoagulant Resumption in Patients with Anticoagulation-Related Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Kuramatsu, J. B., Gerner, S. T., Schellinger, P. D., Glahn, J., Endres, M., Sobesky, J., Flechsenhar, J., Neugebauer, H., Juttler, E., Grau, A., Palm, F., Rother, J., Michels, P., Hamann, G. F., Huwel, J., Hagemann, G., Barber, B., Terborg, C., Trostdorf, F., Bazner, H. et al. Jama 313, 824-836, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25710659

Endothelial P53 Deletion Improves Angiogenesis and Prevents Cardiac Fibrosis and Heart Failure Induced by Pressure Overload in Mice. Gogiraju, R., Xu, X., Bochenek, M. L., Steinbrecher, J. H., Lehnart, S. E., Wenzel, P., Kessel, M., Zeisberg, E. M., Dobbelstein, M. & Schafer, K. Journal of the American Heart Association 4, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25713289

W(H)Ither Human Cardiac and Body Magnetic Resonance at Ultrahigh Fields? Technical Advances, Practical Considerations, Applications, and Clinical Opportunities. Niendorf, T., Paul, K., Oezerdem, C., Graessl, A., Klix, S., Huelnhagen, T., Hezel, F., Rieger, J., Waiczies, H., Frahm, J., Nagel, A. M., Oberacker, E. & Winter, L. NMR in biomedicine, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25706103

Adamts-7 Inhibits Re-Endothelialization of Injured Arteries and Promotes Vascular Remodeling Via Cleavage of Thrombospondin-1. Kessler, T., Zhang, L., Liu, Z., Yin, X., Huang, Y., Wang, Y., Fu, Y., Mayr, M., Ge, Q., Xu, Q., Zhu, Y., Wang, X., Schmidt, K., de Wit, C., Erdmann, J., Schunkert, H., Aherrahrou, Z., Kong, W. & for the German Mouse Clinic, C. Circulation, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25712208

Structural Valve Deterioration 4 Years after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Imaging and Pathohistological Findings. Deutsch, M. A., Mayr, N. P., Assmann, G., Will, A., Krane, M., Piazza, N., Bleiziffer, S. & Lange, R. Circulation 131, 682-685, (2015). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25691705

Letter Regarding Article by Han Et Al, "Study Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Patient Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells". Christ, T., Koivumaki, J. T. & Eschenhagen, T. Cardiovascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25691543

A Comparative Analysis of Bupivacaine and Ropivacaine Effects on Human Cardiac Scn5a Channels. Schwoerer, A. P., Scheel, H. & Friederich, P. Anesthesia and analgesia, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25692452

Microdomain Switch of Cgmp-Regulated Phosphodiesterases Leads to Anp-Induced Augmentation of Beta-Adrenoceptor-Stimulated Contractility in Early Cardiac Hypertrophy. Perera, R. K., Sprenger, J., Steinbrecher, J. H., Hubscher, D., Lehnart, S. E., Abesser, M., Schuh, K., El-Armouche, A. & Nikolaev, V. O. Circulation research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25688144

Does Cellular Sex Matter? Dimorphic Transcriptional Differences between Female and Male Endothelial Cells. Lorenz, M., Koschate, J., Kaufmann, K., Kreye, C., Mertens, M., Kuebler, W. M., Baumann, G., Gossing, G., Marki, A., Zakrzewicz, A., Mieville, C., Benn, A., Horbelt, D., Wratil, P. R., Stangl, K. & Stangl, V. Atherosclerosis, (2015). http://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150%2815%2900108-2/abstract

Long Noncoding Rnas in Cardiovascular Diseases. Uchida, S. & Dimmeler, S. Circulation research 116, 737-750, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25677520

Sarcomeric Cardiomyopathies: From Bedside to Bench and Back. Hasenfuss, G. Cardiovascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25681397

New Genetic Loci Link Adipose and Insulin Biology to Body Fat Distribution. Shungin, D., Winkler, T. W., Croteau-Chonka, D. C., Ferreira, T., Locke, A. E., Magi, R., Strawbridge, R. J., Pers, T. H., Fischer, K., Justice, A. E., Workalemahu, T., Wu, J. M., Buchkovich, M. L., Heard-Costa, N. L., Roman, T. S., Drong, A. W., Song, C., Gustafsson, S., Day, F. R., Esko, T. et al. Nature 518, 187-196, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25673412

Pots Following Traumatic Stress: Interacting Central and Intracardiac Neural Control? Meyer, C., Muhlsteff, J., Eickholt, C., Kelm, M., Zahiragic, L. & Ziegler, D. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, (2015). http://www.jdcjournal.com/article/S1056-8727%2815%2900050-1/abstract

Assessing Large-Vessel Endothelial Permeability Using near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging. Lundeberg, E., Van Der Does, A. M., Kenne, E., Soehnlein, O. & Lindbom, L. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25675996

Genetic Studies of Body Mass Index Yield New Insights for Obesity Biology. Locke, A. E., Kahali, B., Berndt, S. I., Justice, A. E., Pers, T. H., Day, F. R., Powell, C., Vedantam, S., Buchkovich, M. L., Yang, J., Croteau-Chonka, D. C., Esko, T., Fall, T., Ferreira, T., Gustafsson, S., Kutalik, Z., Luan, J., Magi, R., Randall, J. C., Winkler, T. W. et al. Nature 518, 197-206, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25673413

Sex Differences in Correlates of Intermediate Phenotypes and Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease in the General Population. Schnabel, R. B., Wild, P. S., Prochaska, J. H., Ojeda, F. M., Zeller, T., Rzayeva, N., Ebrahim, A., Lackner, K. J., Beutel, M. E., Pfeiffer, N., Sinning, C. R., Oertelt-Prigione, S., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Binder, H., Munzel, T. & Blankenberg, S. Front Cardiovasc Med, (2015). http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/129716/abstract

Inspiration Is the Major Regulator of Human Csf Flow. Dreha-Kulaczewski, S., Joseph, A. A., Merboldt, K. D., Ludwig, H. C., Gartner, J. & Frahm, J. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 35, 2485-2491, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25673843

Stroke-Related Sarcopenia: Specific Characteristics. Scherbakov, N., Sandek, A. & Doehner, W. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25676847

Molecular Variants of Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase Affecting Cardiovascular Risk. Wobst, J., Rumpf, P. M., Dang, T. A., Segura-Puimedon, M., Erdmann, J. & Schunkert, H. Circulation Journal, (2015). https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/circj/advpub/0/advpub_CJ-15-0025/_article

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pediatric Patients ≤ 18 Years with Suspected Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (Arvc): A Correlation to Genetics. Staab, W., Lauerer, P., Fasshauer, M., Krause, U. J., Sohns, J. M., Schuster, A., Unterberg-Buchwald, C., Paul, T., Lotz, J. & Steinmetz, M. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2015). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1532-429X-17-S1-P269

Lv Rotational Mechanics in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Compared to Healthy Individuals: Experience from the European Cmr Registry. Ochs, A., Schuster, A., Riffel, J., Duchting, J., Thome, S., Andre, F., Seitz, S. A., Galuschky, C., Mahrholdt, H., Bruder, O., Korosoglou, G., Katus, H. A. & Buss, S. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2015). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1532-429X-17-S1-Q69

Myocardial Adaptation in Response to Marathon Training: Do Short-Term Benefits Translate into Long-Term Prognosis? Mohlenkamp, S. & Halle, M. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 8, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25673648

Nox4 Supports Proper Capillary Growth in Exercise and Retina Neo-Vascularization. Vogel, J., Kruse, C., Zhang, M. & Schroder, K. The Journal of physiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25652847

Time Trends in Incidence of Pathological and Etiological Stroke Subtypes During 16 Years: The Erlangen Stroke Project. Kolominsky-Rabas, P. L., Wiedmann, S., Weingartner, M., Liman, T. G., Endres, M., Schwab, S., Buchfelder, M. & Heuschmann, P. U. Neuroepidemiology 44, 24-29, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25659352

Changes of Sleep-Stage Transitions Due to Ageing and Sleep Disorder. Schlemmer, A., Parlitz, U., Luther, S., Wessel, N. & Penzel, T. Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences 373, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25548271

Dissecting the Roles of Micrornas in Coronary Heart Disease Via Integrative Genomic Analyses. Huan, T., Rong, J., Tanriverdi, K., Meng, Q., Bhattacharya, A., McManus, D. D., Joehanes, R., Assimes, T. L., McPherson, R., Samani, N. J., Erdmann, J., Schunkert, H., Courchesne, P., Munson, P. J., Johnson, A. D., O'Donnell, C. J., Zhang, B., Larson, M. G., Freedman, J. E., Levy, D. et al. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2015). http://atvb.ahajournals.org/content/early/2015/02/05/ATVBAHA.114.305176.abstract

Thymosin-Beta4-Mediated Therapeutic Neovascularization: Role of the Pi3k/Akt Pathway. Trenkwalder, T., Deindl, E., Bongiovanni, D., Lee, S., Schunkert, H., Kupatt, C. & Hinkel, R. Expert opinion on biological therapy, 1-11, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25652683

Assessment of Global Longitudinal Strain Using Standardized Myocardial Deformation Imaging: A Modality Independent Software Approach. Riffel, J. H., Keller, M. G., Aurich, M., Sander, Y., Andre, F., Giusca, S., Aus dem Siepen, F., Seitz, S., Galuschky, C., Korosoglou, G., Mereles, D., Katus, H. A. & Buss, S. J. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25643953

Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Ii Couples Wnt Signaling with Histone Deacetylase 4 and Mediates Dishevelled-Induced Cardiomyopathy. Zhang, M., Hagenmueller, M., Riffel, J. H., Kreusser, M. M., Bernhold, E., Fan, J., Katus, H. A., Backs, J. & Hardt, S. E. Hypertension 65, 335-344, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25489064

Calibration of Blood Pressure Data after Replacement of the Standard Mercury Sphygmomanometer by an Oscillometric Device and Concurrent Change of Cuffs. Neuhauser, H. K., Ellert, U., Thamm, M. & Adler, C. Blood pressure monitoring 20, 39-42, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25144600

Preventing Leptin Resistance by Blocking Angiotensin Ii At1 Receptors in Diet-Induced Obese Rats. Muller-Fielitz, H., Lau, M., Geissler, C., Werner, L., Winkler, M. & Raasch, W. British journal of pharmacology 172, 857-868, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25258168

The Toxic Effect of R350p Mutant Desmin in Striated Muscle of Man and Mouse. Clemen, C. S., Stockigt, F., Strucksberg, K. H., Chevessier, F., Winter, L., Schutz, J., Bauer, R., Thorweihe, J. M., Wenzel, D., Schlotzer-Schrehardt, U., Rasche, V., Krsmanovic, P., Katus, H. A., Rottbauer, W., Just, S., Muller, O. J., Friedrich, O., Meyer, R., Herrmann, H., Schrickel, J. W. et al. Acta neuropathologica 129, 297-315, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25394388

Economic Implications of Intra-Aortic Balloon Support for Myocardial Infarction with Cardiogenic Shock: An Analysis from the Iabp-Shock Ii-Trial. Schuster, A., Faulkner, M., Zeymer, U., Ouarrak, T., Eitel, I., Desch, S., Hasenfuss, G. & Thiele, H. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25637294

Small Rnas Make Big Impact in Cardiac Repair. Krane, M., Deutsch, M. A., Doppler, S., Lange, R. & Wu, S. M. Circulation research 116, 393-395, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25634967

Targets for Therapy in Sarcomeric Cardiomyopathies. Tardiff, J. C., Carrier, L., Bers, D. M., Poggesi, C., Ferrantini, C., Coppini, R., Maier, L. S., Ashrafian, H., Huke, S. & van der Velden, J. Cardiovascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25634554

Research Priorities in Sarcomeric Cardiomyopathies. van der Velden, J., Ho, C. Y., Tardiff, J., Olivotto, I., Knollmann, B. C. & Carrier, L. Cardiovascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25631582

Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Novel Loci Associated with Optic Disc Morphology. Springelkamp, H., Mishra, A., Hysi, P. G., Gharahkhani, P., Hohn, R., Khor, C. C., Cooke Bailey, J. N., Luo, X., Ramdas, W. D., Vithana, E., Koh, V., Yazar, S., Xu, L., Forward, H., Kearns, L. S., Amin, N., Iglesias, A. I., Sim, K. S., van Leeuwen, E. M., Demirkan, A. et al. Genetic epidemiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25631615

High Throughput Phenotyping of Left and Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy in Calcineurin Transgene Mice. Moreth, K., Afonso, L. C., Fuchs, H., Gailus-Durner, V., Katus, H. A., Bekeredjian, R., Lehman, L. & Hrabe de Angelis, M. The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25627778

Regulation of Beta1 Integrin-Klf2-Mediated Angiogenesis by Ccm Proteins. Renz, M., Otten, C., Faurobert, E., Rudolph, F., Zhu, Y., Boulday, G., Duchene, J., Mickoleit, M., Dietrich, A. C., Ramspacher, C., Steed, E., Manet-Dupe, S., Benz, A., Hassel, D., Vermot, J., Huisken, J., Tournier-Lasserve, E., Felbor, U., Sure, U., Albiges-Rizo, C. et al. Developmental cell 32, 181-190, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25625207

Modeling Sarcomeric Cardiomyopathies in the Dish - from Human Heart Samples to Ipsc Cardiomyocytes. Eschenhagen, T., Mummery, C. & Knollmann, B. C. Cardiovascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25618410

Epigenetic Balance of Aberrant Rasal1 Promoter Methylation and Hydroxymethylation Regulates Cardiac Fibrosis. Xu, X., Tan, X., Tampe, B., Nyamsuren, G., Liu, X., Maier, L. S., Sossalla, S., Kalluri, R., Zeisberg, M., Hasenfuss, G. & Zeisberg, E. M. Cardiovascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25616414

[Prevalence and Risk Factors of Atrial Fibrillation in Germany : Data from the Gutenberg Health Study.]. Schnabel, R. B., Johannsen, S. S., Wild, P. S. & Blankenberg, S. Herz, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25604071

Quality of Oral Anticoagulation with Phenprocoumon in Regular Medical Care and Its Potential for Improvement in a Telemedicine-Based Coagulation Service Inverted Question Mark Results from the Prospective, Multi-Center, Observational Cohort Study Thrombeval. Prochaska, J. H., Gobel, S., Keller, K., Coldewey, M., Ullmann, A., Lamparter, H., Junger, C., Al-Bayati, Z., Baer, C., Walter, U., Bickel, C., Ten Cate, H., Munzel, T. & Wild, P. S. BMC medicine 13, 14, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25616558

Reducing Radiation Exposure During Invasive Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Implementing a Simple Four-Step Protocol. Seiffert, M., Ojeda, F., Mullerleile, K., Zengin, E., Sinning, C., Waldeyer, C., Lubos, E., Schafer, U., Sydow, K., Blankenberg, S. & Westermann, D. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25608615

Wearable Sensors in Syncope Management. Meyer, C., Carvalho, P., Brinkmeyer, C., Kelm, M., Couceiro, R. & Muhlsteff, J. Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research 21, 276-282, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25608536

Functional Comparison of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell- and Blood-Derived Gpiibiiia Deficient Platelets. Orban, M., Goedel, A., Haas, J., Sandrock-Lang, K., Gartner, F., Jung, C. B., Zieger, B., Parrotta, E., Kurnik, K., Sinnecker, D., Wanner, G., Laugwitz, K. L., Massberg, S. & Moretti, A. PloS one 10, e0115978, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25607928

Thymosin Beta4 Attenuates Microcirculatory and Hemodynamic Destabilization in Sepsis. Bongiovanni, D., Ziegler, T., D'Almeida, S., Zhang, T., Ng, J. K., Dietzel, S., Hinkel, R. & Kupatt, C. Expert opinion on biological therapy, 1-8, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25604254

A Potential Life-Threatening Complication after Implantation of a Bioresorbable Scaffold for Coronary Stenting within a Mechanically Stressed Region. Schinke, K., Langwieser, N., Laugwitz, K. L. & Ibrahim, T. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25600113

Psoriasis and Cardiometabolic Traits: Modest Association but Distinct Genetic Architectures. Koch, M., Baurecht, H., Ried, J. S., Rodriguez, E., Schlesinger, S., Volks, N., Gieger, C., Ruckert, I. M., Heinrich, L., Willenborg, C., Smith, C., Peters, A., Thorand, B., Koenig, W., Lamina, C., Jansen, H., Kronenberg, F., Seissler, J., Thiery, J., Rathmann, W. et al. The Journal of investigative dermatology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25599394

Animal- and in Silico Models for the Study of Sarcomeric Cardiomyopathies. Duncker, D. J., Bakkers, J., Brundel, B. J., Robbins, J., Tardiff, J. C. & Carrier, L. Cardiovascular research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25600962

Progress on Nme (Ndp Kinase/Nm23/Awd) Gene Family-Related Functions Derived from Animal Model Systems: Studies on Development, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer Metastasis Exemplified. Hsu, T., Steeg, P. S., Zollo, M., Wieland, T., On behalf of the steering committee on Nme-related, r. & the organizers of the International Congresses of the, N. D. P. K. N. a. G. F. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25585611

Endocardial Fibroelastosis Is Caused by Aberrant Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition. Xu, X., Friehs, I., Zhong Hu, T., Melnychenko, I., Tampe, B., Alnour, F., Iascone, M., Kalluri, R., Zeisberg, M., Del Nido, P. J. & Zeisberg, E. M. Circulation research, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25587097

Pre- and Post-Conditional Inhibition of Prolyl-4-Hydroxylase Domain Enzymes Protects the Heart from an Ischemic Insult. Vogler, M., Zieseniss, A., Hesse, A. R., Levent, E., Tiburcy, M., Heinze, E., Burzlaff, N., Schley, G., Eckardt, K. U., Willam, C. & Katschinski, D. M. Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25578858

Metabolic Response to Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Mahler, A., Steininger, J., Bock, M., Klug, L., Parreidt, N., Lorenz, M., Zimmermann, B. F., Krannich, A., Friedemann, P. & Boschmann, M. Am J Clin Nutr, (2015). http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2015/01/14/ajcn.113.075309.abstract

DNA Methylation of Lipid-Related Genes Affects Blood Lipid Levels. Pfeifferm, L., Wahl, S., Pilling, L. C., Reischl, E., Sandling, J. K., Kunze, S., Holdt, L. M., Kretschmer, A., Schramm, K., Adamski, J., Klopp, N., Illig, T., Hedman, A. K., Roden, M., Hernandez, D. G., Singleton, A. B., Thasler, W. E., Grallert, H., Gieger, C., Herder, C. et al. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25583993

Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Acting across Multiple Tissues Are Enriched in Inherited Risk for Coronary Artery Disease. Foroughi Asl, H., Talukdar, H. A., Kindt, A. S., Jain, R. K., Ermel, R., Ruusalepp, A., Nguyen, K. H., Dobrin, R., Reilly, D. F., Consortium, C. A., Schunkert, H., Samani, N. J., Braenne, I., Erdmann, J., Melander, O., Qi, J., Ivert, T., Skogsberg, J., Schadt, E. E., Michoel, T. et al. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25578447

Scnt-Derived Escs with Mismatched Mitochondria Trigger an Immune Response in Allogeneic Hosts. Deuse, T., Wang, D., Stubbendorff, M., Itagaki, R., Grabosch, A., Greaves, L. C., Alawi, M., Grunewald, A., Hu, X., Hua, X., Velden, J., Reichenspurner, H., Robbins, R. C., Jaenisch, R., Weissman, I. L. & Schrepfer, S. Cell stem cell 16, 33-38, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25465116

Force-Interval Relationship Predicts Mortality in Survivors of Myocardial Infarction with Atrial Fibrillation. Sinnecker, D., Barthel, P., Huster, K. M., Muller, A., Gebhardt, J., Dommasch, M., Schneider, S., Steger, A., Laugwitz, K.-L., Malik, M. & Schmidt, G. Int J Cardiol, (2015). http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273%2815%2900043-1/abstract

Is There a Male-Specific Effect on Hypertension? Dankowski, T., Schillert, A., Teumer, A., Blankenberg, S., Dorr, M., Franke, A., Lieb, W., Konig, I. R. & Ziegler, A. Human genetics, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25560766

Endovascular Therapy for Steno-Occlusive Subclavian and Innominate Artery Disease – Safety and Efficacy at a Single Center with >20 Years’ Experience – Bradaric, C., Kuhs, K., Groha, P., Dommasch, M., Langwieser, N., Haller, B., Ott, I., Fusaro, M., Theiss, W., von Beckerath, N., Kastrati, A., Laugwitz, K.-L. & Ibrahim, T. Circulation Journal, (2015). https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/circj/advpub/0/advpub_CJ-14-0855/_article

Assessment of DNA Synthesis in Islet-1(+) Cells in the Adult Murine Heart. Weinberger, F., Mehrkens, D., Starbatty, J., Nicol, P. & Eschenhagen, T. Biochemical and biophysical research communications 456, 294-297, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25450620

C-Terminal Agrin Fragment (Caf) Reflects Renal Function in Patients Suffering from Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock. Drey, M., Behnes, M., Kob, R., Lepiorz, D., Hettwer, S., Bollheimer, C., Sieber, C. C., Bertsch, T. & Hoffmann, U. Clin. Lab., (2015).  

Proteome Analysis of Heart Biopsies Using a Trizol-Based Protein Extraction. Pop, C., Ameling, S., Empen, K., Rudebusch, J., Dhople, V. M., Felix, S. B., Loghin, F., Volker, U. & Hammer, E. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 438, 246-247, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25195007

Induction of Tet3-Dependent Epigenetic Remodeling by Low-Dose Hydralazine Attenuates Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease. Tampe, B., Tampe, D., Zeisberg, E. M., Muller, G. A., Bechtel-Walz, W., Koziolek, M., Kalluri, R. & Zeisberg, M. EBioMedicine 2, 19-36, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25717475

Cysteinyl Leukotriene 1 Receptors as Novel Mechanosensors Mediating Myogenic Tone Together with Angiotensin Ii Type 1 Receptors-Brief Report. Storch, U., Blodow, S., Gudermann, T. & Mederos, Y. S. M. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 35, 121-126, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25395620

Heme Oxygenase-1 Gene Promoter Microsatellite Polymorphism Is Associated with Progressive Atherosclerosis and Incident Cardiovascular Disease. Pechlaner, R., Willeit, P., Summerer, M., Santer, P., Egger, G., Kronenberg, F., Demetz, E., Weiss, G., Tsimikas, S., Witztum, J. L., Willeit, K., Iglseder, B., Paulweber, B., Kedenko, L., Haun, M., Meisinger, C., Gieger, C., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Peters, A., Willeit, J. et al. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 35, 229-236, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25359861

Occurrence of the Jak2 V617f Mutation in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease. Muendlein, A., Kinz, E., Gasser, K., Leiherer, A., Rein, P., Saely, C. H., Grallert, H., Peters, A., Fraunberger, P., Drexel, H. & Lang, A. H. American journal of hematology 90, E17-21, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25345590

Laminar Shear Stress Inhibits Endothelial Cell Metabolism Via Klf2-Mediated Repression of Pfkfb3. Doddaballapur, A., Michalik, K. M., Manavski, Y., Lucas, T., Houtkooper, R. H., You, X., Chen, W., Zeiher, A. M., Potente, M., Dimmeler, S. & Boon, R. A. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 35, 137-145, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25359860

Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Stents: An Immature Technology in Need of Mature Application. Byrne, R. A. & Kastrati, A. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 8, 198-200, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25616925

Inflammatory Role and Prognostic Value of Platelet Chemokines in Acute Coronary Syndrome. Blanchet, X., Cesarek, K., Brandt, J., Herwald, H., Teupser, D., Kuchenhoff, H., Karshovska, E., Mause, S. F., Siess, W., Wasmuth, H., Soehnlein, O., Koenen, R. R., Weber, C. & von Hundelshausen, P. Thrombosis and haemostasis 112, 1277-1287, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25183015

L-Homoarginine and Cardiovascular Disease. Atzler, D., Schwedhelm, E. & Choe, C. U. Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care 18, 83-88, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25474016