Publications 2016

Here you will find publications of the DZHK in chronological order (newest on top). For more publications, please also check out the websites of the individual research institutions that participate in the DZHK.

Clinical Utility of Novel Biomarkers in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Stiermaier, T., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. Annals of translational medicine 4, 491, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28149853  

Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase and Cardiovascular Disease. Ndrepepa, G. & Kastrati, A. Annals of translational medicine 4, 481, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28149843  

Real-Time Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Deep Venous Flow During Muscular Exercise-Preliminary Experience. Joseph, A. A., Merboldt, K. D., Voit, D., Dahm, J. & Frahm, J. Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy 6, 473-481, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28123969  

Protective Aptitude of Annexin A1 in Arterial Neointima Formation in Atherosclerosis-Prone Mice. de Jong, R. J., Paulin, N., Lemnitzer, P., Viola, J. R., Winter, C., Ferraro, B., Grommes, J., Weber, C., Reutelingsperger, C., Drechsler, M. & Soehnlein, O. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28062503 

Room for Depressed and Exhausted Mood as a Risk Predictor for All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Beyond the Contribution of the Classical Somatic Risk Factors in Men. Ladwig, K. H., Baumert, J., Marten-Mittag, B., Lukaschek, K., Hamimatunnisa, J., Xioayan, F., Ronel, J., Meisinger, C., Peters, A. & Investigators, f. t. K. Atherosclerosis, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021915016315246 

Hypertension in Germany. Neuhauser, H., Diederichs, C., Boeing, H., Felix, S. B., Junger, C., Lorbeer, R., Meisinger, C., Peters, A., Volzke, H., Weikert, C., Wild, P. & Dorr, M. Deutsches Arzteblatt international 113, 809-815, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28073425 

Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Modulate Monocytes Trafficking in Coxsackievirus B3-Induced Myocarditis. Miteva, K., Pappritz, K., El-Shafeey, M., Dong, F., Ringe, J., Tschöpe, C. & Van Linthout, S. Stem cells translational medicine, (2016). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sctm.16-0353/full

High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I and Nt-Probnp as Predictors of Incident Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: The Finrisk Study. Tynkkynen, J., Hernesniemi, J. A., Laatikainen, T., Havulinna, A. S., Salo, P., Blankenberg, S., Zeller, T. & Salomaa, V. Journal of neurology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28039523  

Cross-Talk between Lipid and Protein Carbonylation in a Dynamic Cardiomyocyte Model of Mild Nitroxidative Stress. Griesser, E., Vemula, V., Raulien, N., Wagner, U., Reeg, S., Grune, T. & Fedorova, M. Redox biology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231716304529  

First Evidence of Complete Resorption 4 Years after Bioresorbable Scaffold Implantation in the Setting of St-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Gori, T. & Munzel, T. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28040446  

Challenging the 99th Percentile: A Lower Troponin Cutoff Leads to Low Mortality of Chest Pain Patients. Sörensen, N. A., Neumann, J. T., Ojeda, F., Schwemer, T., Renne, T., Schnabel, R. B., Zeller, T., Karakas, M., Blankenberg, S. & Westermann, D. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527316348185  

Quality of Life after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Prospective Data from Gary (German Aortic Valve Registry). Lange, R., Beckmann, A., Neumann, T., Krane, M., Deutsch, M. A., Landwehr, S., Kotting, J., Welz, A., Zahn, R., Cremer, J., Figulla, H. R., Schuler, G., Holzhey, D. M., Funkat, A. K., Heusch, G., Sack, S., Pasic, M., Meinertz, T., Walther, T., Kuck, K. H. et al. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, 2541-2554, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28007203  

Mirnas in Ancient Tissue Specimens of the Tyrolean Iceman. Keller, A., Kreis, S., Leidinger, P., Maixner, F., Ludwig, N., Backes, C., Galata, V., Guerriero, G., Fehlmann, T., Franke, A., Meder, B., Zink, A. & Meese, E. Molecular biology and evolution, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28025275  

Results of Mitral Valve Repair with an Adjustable Annuloplasty Ring 2 Years after Implantation. Sundermann, S. H., Czesla, M., Kempfert, J., Walther, T., Nataf, P., Raanani, E., Jacobs, S., Alfieri, O., Maisano, F. & Falk, V. Heart and vessels, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28012074  

Profiling and Validation of Circulating Micrornas for Cardiovascular Events in Patients Presenting with St-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Jakob, P., Kacprowski, T., Briand-Schumacher, S., Heg, D., Klingenberg, R., Stahli, B. E., Jaguszewski, M., Rodondi, N., Nanchen, D., Raber, L., Vogt, P., Mach, F., Windecker, S., Volker, U., Matter, C. M., Luscher, T. F. & Landmesser, U. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28011706  

Pulmonary Hypertension in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Plea for Proper Phenotyping and Further Researchdagger. Hoeper, M. M., Lam, C. S., Vachiery, J. L., Bauersachs, J., Gerges, C., Lang, I. M., Bonderman, D., Olsson, K. M., Gibbs, J. S., Dorfmuller, P., Guazzi, M., Galie, N., Manes, A., Handoko, M. L., Vonk-Noordegraaf, A., Lankeit, M., Konstantinides, S., Wachter, R., Opitz, C. & Rosenkranz, S. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28011705  

Knock out of the Nadph Oxidase Nox4 Has No Impact on Life Span in Mice. Rezende, F., Schurmann, C., Schutz, S., Harenkamp, S., Herrmann, E., Seimetz, M., Weissmann, N. & Schroder, K. Redox biology 11, 312-314, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28038425  

Optical Coherence Tomography to Evaluate Plaque Burden and Morphology in Patients with Takotsubo Syndrome. Eitel, I., Stiermaier, T., Graf, T., Moller, C., Rommel, K. P., Eitel, C., Schuler, G., Thiele, H. & Desch, S. Journal of the American Heart Association 5, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28007746  

Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Body Mass Index, and the Adverse Outcomes of Adiposity. Wahl, S., Drong, A., Lehne, B., Loh, M., Scott, W. R., Kunze, S., Tsai, P. C., Ried, J. S., Zhang, W., Yang, Y., Tan, S., Fiorito, G., Franke, L., Guarrera, S., Kasela, S., Kriebel, J., Richmond, R. C., Adamo, M., Afzal, U., Ala-Korpela, M. et al. Nature, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28002404  

Biventricular Endomyocardial Biopsy in Patients with Suspected Myocarditis: Feasibility, Complication Rate and Additional Diagnostic Value. Stiermaier, T., Fohrenbach, F., Klingel, K., Kandolf, R., Boudriot, E., Sandri, M., Linke, A., Rommel, K. P., Desch, S., Schuler, G., Thiele, H. & Lurz, P. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28040278  

Midregional Proadrenomedullin and Growth Differentiation Factor-15 Are Not Influenced by Obesity in Heart Failure Patients. Sinning, C., Ojeda, F., Wild, P. S., Schnabel, R. B., Schwarzl, M., Ohdah, S., Lackner, K. J., Pfeiffer, N., Michal, M., Blettner, M., Munzel, T., Kempf, T., Wollert, K. C., Kuulasmaa, K., Blankenberg, S., Salomaa, V., Westermann, D. & Zeller, T. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28004184  

Regionale Unterschiede in Der Prävalenz Von Kardiovaskulären Risikofaktoren Bei Männern Und Frauen in Deutschland. Diederichs, C., Neuhauser, H., Kroll, L., Lange, C., Mensink, G., Dornquast, C., Heidemann, C., Scheidt-Nave, C. & Busch, M. Bundesgesundheitsbl. . http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00103-016-2493-6  

Association of Atopic Dermatitis with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diseases. Standl, M., Tesch, F., Baurecht, H., Rodriguez, E., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Gieger, C., Peters, A., Wang-Sattler, R., Prehn, C., Adamski, J., Kronenberg, F., Schulz, H., Koletzko, S., Schikowski, T., von Berg, A., Lehmann, I., Berdel, D., Heinrich, J., Schmitt, J. & Weidinger, S. The Journal of investigative dermatology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28011146  

Letter by El-Battrawy Et Al Regarding Article, "Takotsubo-Like Myocardial Dysfunction in Ischemic Stroke: A Hospital-Based Registry and Systematic Literature Review". El-Battrawy, I., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, (2016). http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/early/2016/12/20/STROKEAHA.116.015815.long  

Response by Crotti Et Al to Letter Regarding Article, “Genetic Modifiers for the Long-Qt Syndrome: How Important Is the Role of Variants in the 3′ Untranslated Region of Kcnq1?”. Crotti, L., Lahtinen, A. M., Spazzolini, C., Mastantuono, E., Monti, M. C., Morassutto, C., Parati, G., Heradien, M., Goosen, A., Lichtner, P., Meitinger, T., Brink, P. A., Kontula, K., Swan, H. & Schwartz, P. J. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, (2016). http://circgenetics.ahajournals.org/content/9/6/581  

Genome-Wide Trans-Ethnic Meta-Analysis Identifies Seven Genetic Loci Influencing Erythrocyte Traits and a Role for Rbpms in Erythropoiesis. van Rooij, F. J., Qayyum, R., Smith, A. V., Zhou, Y., Trompet, S., Tanaka, T., Keller, M. F., Chang, L. C., Schmidt, H., Yang, M. L., Chen, M. H., Hayes, J., Johnson, A. D., Yanek, L. R., Mueller, C., Lange, L., Floyd, J. S., Ghanbari, M., Zonderman, A. B., Jukema, J. W. et al. American journal of human genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28017375  

Cardiac Computed Tomography : A New Player in the Imaging Portfolio for Myocardial Fibrosis. Noutsias, M., Mavrogeni, S., Spillmann, F. & Tschope, C. Herz, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27995266  

An Exploratory Propensity-Score Matched Comparison of Second-Generation and First-Generation Baroreflex Activation Therapy Systems. Wachter, R., Halbach, M., Bakris, G. L., Bisognano, J. D., Haller, H., Beige, J., Kroon, A. A., Nadim, M. K., Lovett, E. G., Schafer, J. E. & De Leeuw, P. W. J Am Soc Hypertens, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1933171116306027  

Malondialdehyde Epitopes Are Sterile Mediators of Hepatic Inflammation in Hypercholesterolemic Mice. Busch, C. J., Hendrikx, T., Weismann, D., Jackel, S., Walenbergh, S. M., Rendeiro, A. F., Weisser, J., Puhm, F., Hladik, A., Goderle, L., Papac-Milicevic, N., Haas, G., Millischer, V., Subramaniam, S., Knapp, S., Bennett, K. L., Bock, C., Reinhardt, C., Shiri-Sverdlov, R. & Binder, C. J. Hepatology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27981604  

The Link between Angiogenesis and Endothelial Metabolism. Potente, M. & Carmeliet, P. Annu Rev Physiol, (2016). http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-physiol-021115-105134  

Targeting Loxl2 for Cardiac Interstitial Fibrosis and Heart Failure Treatment. Yang, J., Savvatis, K., Kang, J. S., Fan, P., Zhong, H., Schwartz, K., Barry, V., Mikels-Vigdal, A., Karpinski, S., Kornyeyev, D., Adamkewicz, J., Feng, X., Zhou, Q., Shang, C., Kumar, P., Phan, D., Kasner, M., Lopez, B., Diez, J., Wright, K. C. et al. Nature communications 7, 13710, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27966531  

Metabolic Profiling of Pregnancy: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence. Wang, Q., Wurtz, P., Auro, K., Makinen, V. P., Kangas, A. J., Soininen, P., Tiainen, M., Tynkkynen, T., Jokelainen, J., Santalahti, K., Salmi, M., Blankenberg, S., Zeller, T., Viikari, J., Kahonen, M., Lehtimaki, T., Salomaa, V., Perola, M., Jalkanen, S., Jarvelin, M. R. et al. BMC Med 14, 205, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27955712  

Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair in Heart Failure. Orban, M., Orban, M., Braun, D., Nabauer, M., Massberg, S. & Hausleiter, J. Minerva cardioangiologica, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27958694  

DNA Methylation Signatures of Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation Are Associated with Complex Diseases. Ligthart, S., Marzi, C., Aslibekyan, S., Mendelson, M. M., Conneely, K. N., Tanaka, T., Colicino, E., Waite, L. L., Joehanes, R., Guan, W., Brody, J. A., Elks, C., Marioni, R., Jhun, M. A., Agha, G., Bressler, J., Ward-Caviness, C. K., Chen, B. H., Huan, T., Bakulski, K. et al. Genome biology 17, 255, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27955697  

Mberhappily (N)Ever After: Aging in the Context of Oxidative Stress, Proteostasis Loss and Cellular Senescence. Höhn, A., Weber, D., Jung, T., Ott, C., Hugo, M., Kochlik, B., Kehm, R., König, J., Grune, T. & Pedro Castro, J. Redox biology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231716303512  

Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase and Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Ndrepepa, G., Xhepa, E., Colleran, R., Braun, S., Cassese, S., Fusaro, M., Laugwitz, K. L. & Kastrati, A. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 465, 17-21, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27939920  

Reply To: Diabetes Mellitus and Takotsubo Syndrome: Dissecting the Paradox. El-Battrawy, I., Bill, V., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27989578  

Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Accelerates Relaxation and Ca2+ Transient Decay and Desensitizes Myofilaments in Healthy and Mybpc3-Targeted Knock-in Cardiomyopathic Mice. Friedrich, F. W., Flenner, F., Nasib, M., Eschenhagen, T. & Carrier, L. Frontiers in physiology 7, 607, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27994558  

Optimal Periprocedural Antithrombotic Therapy in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Giacoppo, D. & Kastrati, A. Cardiovasc Revasc Med, (2016). http://www.cardiorevascmed.com/article/S1553-8389(16)30303-7/abstract  

Pooling and Expanding Registries of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia to Assess Gaps in Care and Improve Disease Management and Outcomes: Rationale and Design of the Global Eas Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Studies Collaboration. Collaboration, E. A. S. F. H. S., Vallejo-Vaz, A. J., Akram, A., Kondapally Seshasai, S. R., Cole, D., Watts, G. F., Hovingh, G. K., Kastelein, J. J., Mata, P., Raal, F. J., Santos, R. D., Soran, H., Freiberger, T., Abifadel, M., Aguilar-Salinas, C. A., Alnouri, F., Alonso, R., Al-Rasadi, K., Banach, M., Bogsrud, M. P. et al. Atherosclerosis. Supplements 22, 1-32, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27939304  

Impact of the Mica-129met/Val Dimorphism on Nkg2d-Mediated Biological Functions and Disease Risks. Isernhagen, A., Malzahn, D., Bickeböller, H. & Dressel, R. Frontiers in immunology, (2016). http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00588/full  

Epigenetics and Control of Rnas. Maatz, H., van Heesch, S., Kreuchwig, F., Faber, A., Adami, E., Hubner, N. & Heinig, M. Methods in molecular biology 1488, 217-237, (2017). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27933526  

Interactions of Calcium Fluctuations During Cardiomyocyte Contraction with Real-Time Camp Dynamics Detected by Fret. Sprenger, J. U., Bork, N. I., Herting, J., Fischer, T. H. & Nikolaev, V. O. PloS one 11, e0167974, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27930744  

Postprocedural Radial Artery Occlusion Rate Using a Sheathless Guiding Catheter for Left Ventricular Endomyocardial Biopsy Performed by Transradial Approach. Kherad, B., Kohncke, C., Spillmann, F., Post, H., Noutsias, M., Pieske, B., Krackhardt, F. & Tschope, C. BMC cardiovascular disorders 16, 253, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27931184  

Incidence, Laboratory Detection and Prognostic Relevance of Hypoxic Hepatitis in Cardiogenic Shock. Jung, C., Fuernau, G., Eitel, I., Desch, S., Schuler, G., Kelm, M., Adams, V. & Thiele, H. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27928583  

Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase-C Suppresses Camp Formation in Human Heart Failure. Abu-Taha, I. H., Heijman, J., Hippe, H. J., Wolf, N. M., El-Armouche, A., Nikolaev, V. O., Schafer, M., Wurtz, C., Neef, S., Voigt, N., Baczko, I., Varro, A., Muller, M., Meder, B., Katus, H. A., Spiger, K., Vettel, C., Lehmann, L. H., Backs, J., Skolnik, E. Y. et al. Circulation, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27927712  

Pim1 Overexpressing Ckit+ Cardiac Stem Cells in Cardiac Regeneration: Preconditioning as Next-Generation Stem Cell Therapy? Hinkel, R. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, 2465-2466, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27908352  

Multiethnic Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Ectopic Fat Depots Identifies Loci Associated with Adipocyte Development and Differentiation. Chu, A. Y., Deng, X., Fisher, V. A., Drong, A., Zhang, Y., Feitosa, M. F., Liu, C. T., Weeks, O., Choh, A. C., Duan, Q., Dyer, T. D., Eicher, J. D., Guo, X., Heard-Costa, N. L., Kacprowski, T., Kent, J. W., Jr., Lange, L. A., Liu, X., Lohman, K., Lu, L. et al. Nature genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27918534  

Hypoxia Inducible Factor Stabilization Improves Defective Ischemia-Induced Angiogenesis in a Rodent Model of Chronic Kidney Disease. Schellinger, I. N., Cordasic, N., Panesar, J., Buchholz, B., Jacobi, J., Hartner, A., Klanke, B., Jakubiczka-Smorag, J., Burzlaff, N., Heinze, E., Warnecke, C., Raaz, U., Willam, C., Tsao, P. S., Eckardt, K. U., Amann, K. & Hilgers, K. F. Kidney international, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27927598  

Micrornas in Cardiovascular Disease - Clinical Application. Schulte, C., Karakas, M. & Zeller, T. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27914211  

Systematic Ajmaline Challenge in Patients with Long Qt 3 Syndrome Caused by the Most Common Mutation: A Multicentre Study. Hohmann, S., Rudic, B., Konrad, T., Duncker, D., Konig, T., Tulumen, E., Rostock, T., Borggrefe, M. & Veltmann, 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, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27915266  

Selective Pressure-Regulated Retroinfusion for Gene Therapy Application in Ischemic Heart Disease. Hinkel, R. & Kupatt, C. Methods in molecular biology 1521, 249-260, (2017). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27910055  

Epigenetic Control of Microsomal Prostaglandin E Synthase-1 by Hdac Mediated Recruitment of P300. Fork, C., Vasconez, A. E., Janetzko, P., Angioni, C., Schreiber, Y., Ferreiros, N., Geisslinger, G., Leisegang, M. S., Steinhilber, D. & Brandes, R. P. Journal of lipid research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27913583  

A Laboratory Critical Incident and Error Reporting System for Experimental Biomedicine. Dirnagl, U., Przesdzing, I., Kurreck, C. & Major, S. PLoS biology 14, e2000705, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27906976  

Interventional Therapies in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock. de Waha, S., Desch, S., Fuernau, G., Poss, J., Ledwoch, J., Jobs, A., Eitel, I. & Thiele, H. Herz, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27909767  

Rapid Functional Cardiac Imaging after Gadolinium Injection: Evaluation of a Highly Accelerated Sequence with Sparse Data Sampling and Iterative Reconstruction. Budjan, J., Haubenreisser, H., Henzler, T., Sudarski, S., Schmidt, M., Doesch, C., Akin, I., Borggrefe, M., Messner, N. M., Schoenberg, S. O., Attenberger, U. I. & Papavassiliu, T. Scientific reports 6, 38236, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27905543  

Exercise Training Improves Exercise Capacity and Quality of Life after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Randomized Pilot Trial. Pressler, A., Christle, J. W., Lechner, B., Grabs, V., Haller, B., Hettich, I., Jochheim, D., Mehilli, J., Lange, R., Bleiziffer, S. & Halle, M. American heart journal 182, 44-53, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27914499  

MicroRNA-210 Enhances Fibrous Cap Stability in Advanced Atherosclerotic Lesions. Eken, S. M., Jin, H., Chernogubova, E., Li, Y., Simon, N., Sun, C., Korzunowicz, G., Busch, A., Backlund, A., Osterholm, C., Razuvaev, A., Renne, T., Eckstein, H. H., Pelisek, J., Eriksson, P., Gonzalez Diez, M., Matic Perisic, L. P., Schellinger, I. N., Raaz, U., Leeper, N. J., Hansson, G. K., Paulsson-Berne, G., Hedin, U. & Maegdefessel, L. Circulation Research (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27895035

Oral Thrombin Inhibitor Aggravates Platelet Adhesion and Aggregation During Arterial Thrombosis. Petzold, T., Thienel, M., Konrad, I., Schubert, I., Regenauer, R., Hoppe, B., Lorenz, M., Eckart, A., Chandraratne, S., Lennerz, C., Kolb, C., Braun, D., Jamasbi, J., Brandl, R., Braun, S., Siess, W., Schulz, C. & Massberg, S. Science translational medicine, (2016). http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/8/367/367ra168  

High-Sensitivity Troponin T and Mortality after Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Ndrepepa, G., Colleran, R., Braun, S., Cassese, S., Hieber, J., Fusaro, M., Kufner, S., Ott, I., Byrne, R. A., Husser, O., Hengstenberg, C., Laugwitz, K. L., Schunkert, H. & Kastrati, A. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, 2259-2268, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27884243  

Repression of Telomere-Associated Genes by Microglia Activation in Neuropsychiatric Disease. Kronenberg, G., Uhlemann, R., Schoner, J., Wegner, S., Boujon, V., Deigendesch, N., Endres, M. & Gertz, K. European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27896432  

Circulating Angiopoietin-2 and Its Soluble Receptor Tie-2 Concentrations Are Related to Renal Function in Two Population-Based Cohorts. Hennings, A., Hannemann, A., Rettig, R., Dorr, M., Nauck, M., Volzke, H., Lerch, M. M., Lieb, W. & Friedrich, N. PloS one 11, e0166492, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27893762  

Impact of Clinical Presentation on Early Vascular Healing after Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Implantation. Baquet, M., Brenner, C., Wenzler, M., Eickhoff, M., David, J., Brunner, S., Theiss, H., Massberg, S., Guagliumi, G. & Mehilli, J. Journal of interventional cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27896843  

Reducing Rbm20 Activity Improves Diastolic Dysfunction and Cardiac Atrophy. Hinze, F., Dieterich, C., Radke, M. H., Granzier, H. & Gotthardt, M. Journal of molecular medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27889803  

Strategies to Overcome Misdiagnosis of Type 1 Myocardial Infarction Using High Sensitive Cardiac Troponin Assays von Jeinsen, B. & Keller, T. Diagnosis 3, 189-198, (2016). https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/dx.2016.3.issue-4/dx-2016-0022/dx-2016-0022.xml  

T2-Weighted Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Delineate Ischemic Myocardium at Risk: Fact or Fiction? Stiermaier, T., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. Revista espanola de cardiologia, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27890444  

Metabolic Health in Relation to Body Size: Changes in Prevalence over Time between 1997-99 and 2008-11 in Germany. Truthmann, J., Mensink, G. B., Bosy-Westphal, A., Scheidt-Nave, C. & Schienkiewitz, A. PloS one 11, e0167159, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27880828  

A Principal Component Meta-Analysis on Multiple Anthropometric Traits Identifies Novel Loci for Body Shape. Ried, J. S., Jeff, M. J., Chu, A. Y., Bragg-Gresham, J. L., van Dongen, J., Huffman, J. E., Ahluwalia, T. S., Cadby, G., Eklund, N., Eriksson, J., Esko, T., Feitosa, M. F., Goel, A., Gorski, M., Hayward, C., Heard-Costa, N. L., Jackson, A. U., Jokinen, E., Kanoni, S., Kristiansson, K. et al. Nature communications 7, 13357, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27876822  

Apixaban for Treatment of Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (Atticus Randomized Trial): Rationale and Study Design. Geisler, T., Poli, S., Meisner, C., Schreieck, J., Zuern, C. S., Nagele, T., Brachmann, J., Jung, W., Gahn, G., Schmid, E., Baezner, H., Keller, T., Petzold, G. C., Schrickel, J. W., Liman, J., Wachter, R., Schon, F., Schabet, M., Lindner, A., Ludolph, A. C. et al. International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881833  

The Influence of Sex on Microvascular Function. Orphal, D. & Gori, T. Clin Hemorh Microcirc, (2016). http://content.iospress.com/articles/clinical-hemorheology-and-microcirculation/ch168103  

Multiethnic Exome-Wide Association Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis. Natarajan, P., Bis, J. C., Bielak, L. F., Cox, A. J., Dorr, M., Feitosa, M. F., Franceschini, N., Guo, X., Hwang, S. J., Isaacs, A., Jhun, M. A., Kavousi, M., Li-Gao, R., Lyytikainen, L. P., Marioni, R. E., Schminke, U., Stitziel, N. O., Tada, H., van Setten, J., Smith, A. V. et al. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27872105  

Towards a Tissue-Engineered Contractile Fontan-Conduit: The Fate of Cardiac Myocytes in the Subpulmonary Circulation. Biermann, D., Eder, A., Arndt, F., Seoudy, H., Reichenspurner, H., Mir, T., Riso, A., Kozlik-Feldmann, R., Peldschus, K., Kaul, M. G., Schuler, T., Krasemann, S., Hansen, A., Eschenhagen, T. & Sachweh, J. S. PloS one 11, e0166963, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27875570  

Titin-Truncating Variants Affect Heart Function in Disease Cohorts and the General Population. Schafer, S., de Marvao, A., Adami, E., Fiedler, L. R., Ng, B., Khin, E., Rackham, O. J., van Heesch, S., Pua, C. J., Kui, M., Walsh, R., Tayal, U., Prasad, S. K., Dawes, T. J., Ko, N. S., Sim, D., Chan, L. L., Chin, C. W., Mazzarotto, F., Barton, P. J. et al. Nature genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27869827  

Myocardial T1-Mapping at 3t Using Saturation-Recovery: Reference Values, Precision and Comparison with Molli. Weingartner, S., Messner, N. M., Budjan, J., Lossnitzer, D., Mattler, U., Papavassiliu, T., Zollner, F. G. & Schad, L. R. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 18, 84, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27855705  

Cisplatin-Related Cerebral Infarction in Testicular Germ Cell Cancer: Short Report of Three Cases and Pathomechanism. Lange, J., Audebert, H. J., Endres, M. & Rocco, A. Clin Neurol Neurosurg, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303846716304061  

Endothelial Dysfunction in Takotsubo Syndrome. El-Battrawy, I., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(16)32807-8/abstract  

The Advantageous Role of Annexin A1 in Cardiovascular Disease. de Jong, R. J., Leoni, G., Drechsler, M. & Soehnlein, O. Cell adhesion & migration, 0, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27860536  

The New Esc Guidelines for Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2016. Oeing, C. U., Tschöpe, C. & Pieske, B. Herz, (2016). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00059-016-4496-3  

Finding Ms. Or Mr. Right: Which Mirna to Target in Af? Molina, C. E. & Voigt, N. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022282816304114  

Implantation of a Mitraclip between Two Previously Implanted Mitraclips to Treat Recurrent Severe Mitral Regurgitation. Lesevic, H., Sonne, C., Kasel, A. M., Breuer, D., Kastrati, A., Schunkert, H. & Ott, I. J Cardiol Cases, (2016). http://www.journalofcardiologycases.com/article/S1878-5409(16)30074-3/abstract  

Predictors of Mortality in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. El-Battrawy, I., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. European journal of heart failure, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27860089  

Effect of Evolocumab on Progression of Coronary Disease in Statin-Treated Patients: The Glagov Randomized Clinical Trial. Nicholls, S. J., Puri, R., Anderson, T., Ballantyne, C. M., Cho, L., Kastelein, J. J., Koenig, W., Somaratne, R., Kassahun, H., Yang, J., Wasserman, S. M., Scott, R., Ungi, I., Podolec, J., Ophuis, A. O., Cornel, J. H., Borgman, M., Brennan, D. M. & Nissen, S. E. Jama, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846344  

A DNA Methylation Biomarker of Alcohol Consumption. Liu, C., Marioni, R. E., Hedman, A. K., Pfeiffer, L., Tsai, P. C., Reynolds, L. M., Just, A. C., Duan, Q., Boer, C. G., Tanaka, T., Elks, C. E., Aslibekyan, S., Brody, J. A., Kuhnel, B., Herder, C., Almli, L. M., Zhi, D., Wang, Y., Huan, T., Yao, C. et al. Molecular psychiatry, (2016). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27843151  

Myocardial Ischemia Detection with Single-Phase Ct Perfusion in Symptomatic Patients Using High-Pitch Helical Image Acquisition Technique. Bischoff, B., Deseive, S., Rampp, M., Todica, A., Wermke, M., Martinoff, S., Massberg, S., Reiser, M. F., Becker, H. C. & Hausleiter, J. The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27848163  

[Ecs Guidelines 2016 - Dyslipidaemias]. Sinning, D. & Landmesser, U. Herz, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27844136  

The Incidence of Hypertension and Its Risk Factors in the German Adult Population: Results from the German National Health Interview and Examination Survey 1998 and the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults 2008-2011. Diederichs, C. & Neuhauser, H. Journal of hypertension, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846042  

Intralipid Protects the Heart in Late Pregnancy against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Via Caveolin2/Stat3/Gsk-3beta Pathway. Li, J., Ruffenach, G., Kararigas, G., Cunningham, C. M., Motayagheni, N., Barakai, N., Umar, S., Regitz-Zagrosek, V. & Eghbali, M. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27847332  

Antecedent Hypertension and Myocardial Injury in Patients with Reperfused St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Reinstadler, S. J., Stiermaier, T., Eitel, C., Saad, M., Metzler, B., de Waha, S., Fuernau, G., Desch, S., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 18, 80, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832796  

Comprehensive Endovascular Treatment of Multiple Arterial Emboli Involving Lima Graft, Distal Aorta and Upper and Lower Extremities in a Patient with Subacute Cerebral Hemorrhage. Langwieser, N., Laugwitz, K. L. & Ibrahim, T. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00392-016-1050-5  

Biomarkers for Characterization of Heart Failure - Distinction of Heart Failure with Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction. Sinning, C., Kempf, T., Schwarzl, M., Lanfermann, S., Ojeda, F., Schnabel, R. B., Zengin, E., Wild, P. S., Lackner, K. J., Munzel, T., Blankenberg, S., Wollert, K. C., Zeller, T. & Westermann, D. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27838133  

Catalytic Iron in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock — a Biomarker Substudy of the Iabp-Shock Ii-Trial. Fuernau, G., Traeder, F., Lele, S. S., M.M., R., Mukhopadhyay, B., de Waha, S., Desch, S., Eitel, I., Schuler, G., Adams, V. & Thiele, H. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(16)33518-5/abstract  

Hyperthermia Influences the Effects of Sodium Channel Blocking Drugs in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes. El-Battrawy, I., Lang, S., Zhao, Z., Akin, I., Yucel, G., Meister, S., Patocskai, B., Behnes, M., Rudic, B., Tulumen, E., Liebe, V., Tiburcy, M., Dworacek, J., Zimmermann, W. H., Utikal, J., Wieland, T., Borggrefe, M. & Zhou, X. B. PloS one 11, e0166143, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27829006  

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cardiac Strain Pattern Following Transplantation of Human Tissue Engineered Heart Muscles. Qin, X., Riegler, J., Tiburcy, M., Zhao, X., Chour, T., Ndoye, B., Nguyen, M., Adams, J., Ameen, M., Denney, T. S., Yang, P. C., Nguyen, P., Zimmermann, W. H. & Wu, J. C. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging, (2016). http://circimaging.ahajournals.org/content/9/11/e004731.abstract  

Epigenetic Signatures at Aqp3 and Socs3 Engage in Low-Grade Inflammation across Different Tissues. Marzi, C., Holdt, L. M., Fiorito, G., Tsai, P. C., Kretschmer, A., Wahl, S., Guarrera, S., Teupser, D., Spector, T. D., Iacoviello, L., Sacerdote, C., Strauch, K., Lee, S., Thasler, W. E., Peters, A., Thorand, B., Wolf, P., Prokisch, H., Tumino, R., Gieger, C. et al. PloS one 11, e0166015, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27824951  

Gene-Gene Interaction Analyses for Atrial Fibrillation. Lin, H., Mueller-Nurasyid, M., Smith, A. V., Arking, D. E., Barnard, J., Bartz, T. M., Lunetta, K. L., Lohman, K., Kleber, M. E., Lubitz, S. A., Geelhoed, B., Trompet, S., Niemeijer, M. N., Kacprowski, T., Chasman, D. I., Klarin, D., Sinner, M. F., Waldenberger, M., Meitinger, T., Harris, T. B. et al. Scientific reports 6, 35371, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27824142  

Cmr First-Pass Perfusion for Suspected Inducible Myocardial Ischemia. Hendel, R. C., Friedrich, M. G., Schulz-Menger, J., Zemmrich, C., Bengel, F., Berman, D. S., Camici, P. G., Flamm, S. D., Le Guludec, D., Kim, R., Lombardi, M., Mahmarian, J., Sechtem, U. & Nagel, E. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 9, 1338-1348, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832901  

Factors Associated with Fatal Outcome in Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Retrospective Analysis of the Berlin Pres Study. Siebert, E., Bohner, G., Liebig, T., Endres, M. & Liman, T. G. Journal of neurology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27815684  

Response to Prof. Dr. Med. Gunther Wiesner, Prof. Dr. Med. Peter Tassani-Prell, and Dr. Patrick Mayr : Deep Sedation Versus General Anaesthesia in Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Reconstruction Using the Mitraclip System. de Waha, S., Desch, S., Eitel, I. & Thiele, H. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00392-016-1049-y  

Chronic Activation of Hepatic Nrf2 Has No Major Effect on Fatty Acid and Glucose Metabolism in Adult Mice. Brachs, S., Winkel, A. F., Polack, J., Tang, H., Brachs, M., Margerie, D., Brunner, B., Jahn-Hoffmann, K., Ruetten, H., Spranger, J. & Schmoll, D. PloS one. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/authors?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0166110  

Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Predicts All-Cause Morbidity and Mortality in Stable Coronary Heart Disease. Hagstrom, E., Held, C., Stewart, R. A., Aylward, P. E., Budaj, A., Cannon, C. P., Koenig, W., Krug-Gourley, S., Mohler, E. R., 3rd, Steg, P. G., Tarka, E., Ostlund, O., White, H. D., Siegbahn, A., Wallentin, L. & Investigators, S. Clinical chemistry, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27811204  

Cardiac Repair in Guinea Pigs with Human Engineered Heart Tissue from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Weinberger, F., Breckwoldt, K., Pecha, S., Kelly, A., Geertz, B., Starbatty, J., Yorgan, T., Cheng, K. H., Lessmann, K., Stolen, T., Scherrer-Crosbie, M., Smith, G., Reichenspurner, H., Hansen, A. & Eschenhagen, T. Science translational medicine 8, 363ra148, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27807283  

Mechanistic Pathways of Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease. Regitz-Zagrosek, V. & Kararigas, G. Physiological reviews 97, 1-37, (2017). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27807199  

Mir-19b Regulates Ventricular Action Potential Duration in Zebrafish. Benz, A., Kossack, M., Auth, D., Seyler, C., Zitron, E., Juergensen, L., Katus, H. A. & Hassel, D. Scientific reports 6, 36033, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27805004  

Influence of Roi Definition on the Heart-to-Mediastinum Ratio in Planar 123i-Mibg Imaging. Klene, C., Jungen, C., Okuda, K., Kobayashi, Y., Helberg, A., Mester, J., Meyer, C. & Nakajima, K. Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27804071  

Clinical Outcomes of Femoral Closure Compared to Radial Compression Devices Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Ferari Study. Fastner, C., Behnes, M., Unsal, M., El-Battrawy, I., Ansari, U., Mashayekhi, K., Hoffmann, U., Lang, S., Kuschyk, J., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. Heart and vessels, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27803954  

4-Hydroxynonenal (Hne) Modified Proteins in Metabolic Diseases. Castro, J. P., Grune, T. & Siems, W. Free radical biology & medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27815191  

The Veleti Ii Trial (Sealing Moderate Coronary Saphenous Vein Graft Lesions with Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents): Local Mechanical Intervention Fails to Stop Atheroprogression in Saphenous Vein Grafts. Mehilli, J. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 9, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27815345  

Cmr First-Pass Perfusion for Suspected Inducible Myocardial Ischemia. Hendel, R. C., Friedrich, M. G., Schulz-Menger, J., Zemmrich, C., Bengel, F., Berman, D. S., Camici, B. G., Flamm, S. D., Le Guludec, D., Kim, R., Lombardi, M., Mahmarian, J., Sechtem, U. & Nagel, E. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 9, 1338-1348, (2016). http://imaging.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=2580554  

Clinical Evaluation of Three-Dimensional Late Enhancement Mri. Bratis, K., Henningsson, M., Grigoratos, C., Omodarme, M. D., Chasapides, K., Botnar, R. & Nagel, E. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27801994  

Reply to the Editor- Implantation of Permanent Devices in Patients with Takotsubo Syndrome. Stiermaier, T., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society 13, e329, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27498278  

Inducible Cardiomyocyte-Specific Deletion of Cam Kinase Ii Protects from Pressure Overload-Induced Heart Failure. Kreusser, M. M., Lehmann, L. H., Wolf, N., Keranov, S., Jungmann, A., Grone, H. J., Muller, O. J., Katus, H. A. & Backs, J. Basic research in cardiology 111, 65, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27683174  

Inhibition of Cardiac Camkii to Cure Heart Failure: Step by Step Towards Translation? Cuello, F. & Lorenz, K. Basic research in cardiology 111, 66, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27683175

Immediate Rule-out of Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Electrocardiogram and Baseline High-Sensitivity Troponin I. Neumann, J. T., Sorensen, N. A., Ojeda, F., Schwemer, T., Lehmacher, J., Gonner, S., Jarsetz, N., Keller, T., Schaefer, S., Renne, T., Landmesser, U., Clemmensen, P., Makarova, N., Schnabel, R. B., Zeller, T., Karakas, M., Pickering, J. W., Than, M., Parsonage, W., Greenslade, J. et al. Clinical chemistry, (2016). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27903616  

Pcsk9 Genetic Variants and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Mendelian Randomisation Study. Schmidt, A. F., Swerdlow, D. I., Holmes, M. V., Patel, R. S., Fairhurst-Hunter, Z., Lyall, D. M., Hartwig, F. P., Horta, B. L., Hypponen, E., Power, C., Moldovan, M., van Iperen, E., Hovingh, G. K., Demuth, I., Norman, K., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Demuth, J., Bertram, L., Liu, T., Coassin, S. et al. The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27908689  

Micro RNA Assays for Acute Coronary Syndromes. Samani, O. S. & Meder, B. Diagnosis, (2016). https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/dx.2016.3.issue-4/dx-2016-0025/dx-2016-0025.xml

Antiplatelet Therapies in Patients with an Indication for Anticoagulation. Ullrich, H. & Gori, T. Clin Hemorh Microcirc, (2016). http://content.iospress.com/articles/clinical-hemorheology-and-microcirculation/ch168104  

Applications and Limitations of Mouse Models for Understanding Human Atherosclerosis. von Scheidt, M., Zhao, Y., Kurt, Z., Pan, C., Zeng, L., Yang, X., Schunkert, H. & Lusis, A. J. Cell metabolism, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27916529  

Simultaneous Non-Invasive Epicardial and Endocardial Mapping in Patients with Brugada Syndrome: New Insights into Arrhythmia Mechanisms. Rudic, B., Chaykovskaya, M., Tsyganov, A., Kalinin, V., Tülümen, E., Papavassiliu, T., Dösch, C., Liebe, V., Kuschyk, J., Röger, S., El-Battrawy, I., Akin, I., Yakovleva, M., Zaklyazminskaya, E., Shestak, A., Kim, S., Chmelevsky, M. & Borggrefe, M. Journal of the American Heart Association, (2016). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27930354  

Ballooning Pattern and Related Outcome in Takotsubo Syndrome. El-Battrawy, I., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. Am J Cardiol, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27889046  

Regional Differences in the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease. Dornquast, C., Kroll, L. E., Neuhauser, H. K., Willich, S. N., Reinhold, T. & Busch, M. A. Deutsches Arzteblatt international 113, 704-711, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27866565  

Ventricular Function and Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling after Palliation of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Comparative Study with Fontan Patients with Lv Morphology. Logoteta, J., Ruppel, C., Hansen, J. H., Fischer, G., Becker, K., Kramer, H. H. & Uebing, A. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27816303  

Disappearing Scaffolds, Dissolving Expectations. Byrne, R. A. & Kastrati, A. Lancet, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27806898  

Higher Serum Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Is Related to Higher Risk of Heart Failure in the Epic-Potsdam Study. Wirth, J., Atzler, D., di Giuseppe, R., Cordts, K., Menzel, J., Böger, R. H., Boeing, H., Weikert, C. & Schwedhelm, E. Amino Acids, (2016). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00726-016-2348-3  

Radiation Dose Levels of Retrospectively Ecg-Gated Coronary Ct Angiography Using 70-Kvp Tube Voltage in Patients with High or Irregular Heart Rates. Meyer, M., Haubenreisser, H., Schoepf, U. J., Vliegenthart, R., Ong, M. M., Doesch, C., Sudarski, S., Borggrefe, M., Schoenberg, S. O. & Henzler, T. Academic radiology, (2016). http://www.academicradiology.org/article/S1076-6332(16)30179-9/abstract?cc=y=  

Individualized Vs. Group Exercise in Improving Quality of Life and Physical Activity in Patients with Cardiac Disease and Low Exercise Capacity: Results from the Doppelherz Trial. Christle, J. W., Schlumberger, A., Haller, B., Gloeckl, R., Halle, M. & Pressler, A. Disability and rehabilitation, 1-6, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27793077  

Cd70 Limits Atherosclerosis and Promotes Macrophage Function. Winkels, H., Meiler, S., Smeets, E., Lievens, D., Engel, D., Spitz, C., Burger, C., Rinne, P., Beckers, L., Dandl, A., Reim, S., Ahmadsei, M., Van den Bossche, J., Holdt, L. M., Megens, R. T., Schmitt, M., de Winther, M., Biessen, E. A., Borst, J., Faussner, A. et al. Thrombosis and haemostasis, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27786334  

Prevalence of Arterial Stiffness and the Risk of Myocardial Diastolic Dysfunction in Women. Seeland, U., Brecht, A., Nauman, A. T., Oertelt-Prigione, S., Ruecke, M., Knebel, F., Stangl, V. & Regitz-Zagrosek, V. Bioscience reports 36, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27653526  

Kommentar Zu Den 2015‑Leitlinien Der Europäischen Gesellschaft Für Kardiologie (Esc) Zum Management Des Akuten Koronarsyndroms Ohne St‑Hebungen (Nste-Acs). Mehilli, J., Hamm, C. W., Landmesser, U. & Massberg, S. Der Kardiologe. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12181-016-0094-0  

Atrial Fibrillation in Women: Treatment. Ko, D., Rahman, F., Martins, M. A., Hylek, E. M., Ellinor, P. T., Schnabel, R. B., Benjamin, E. J. & Christophersen, I. E. Nature reviews. Cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27786235  

Management of Antithrombotic Therapy after Bleeding in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and/or Atrial Fibrillation: Expert Consensus Paper of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis. Halvorsen, S., Storey, R. F., Rocca, B., Sibbing, D., Ten Berg, J., Grovel, E. L., Weiss, T. W., Collet, J. P., Andreotti, F., Gulba, D. C., Lip, G. Y., Husted, S., Vilahur, G., Morais, J., Verheugt, F. W., Lanas, A., Al-Shahi Salman, R., Steg, P. G., Huber, K. & Thrombosis, E. W. G. o. European heart journal, (2016). http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/10/27/eurheartj.ehw454.long  

Disulfide-Activated Protein Kinase G I[Alpha] Regulates Cardiac Diastolic Relaxation and Fine-Tunes the Frank-Starling Response. Scotcher, J., Prysyazhna, O., Boguslavskyi, A., Kistamas, K., Hadgraft, N., Martin, E. D., Worthington, J., Rudyk, O., Cutillas, P. R., Cuello, F., Shattock, M. J., Marber, M. S., Conte, M. R., Greenstein, A., Greensmith, D. J., Venetucci, L., Timms, J. F. & Eaton, P. Nature communications, ("=!&). http://search.proquest.com/openview/00cd1bf9ad4b8e1f60cd6bc31631ed91/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=546298  

Macroautophagy Is Impaired in Old Murine Brain Tissue as Well as in Senescent Human Fibroblasts. Ott, C., König, J., Höhn, A., Jung, T. & Grune, T. Redox biology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231716302105  

Microrna-Based Therapy of Gata2-Deficient Vascular Disease. Hartmann, D., Fiedler, J., Sonnenschein, K., Just, A., Pfanne, A., Zimmer, K., Remke, J., Foinquinos, A., Butzlaff, M., Schimmel, K., Maegdefessel, L., Hilfiker-Kleiner, D., Lachmann, N., Schober, A., Froese, N., Heineke, J., Bauersachs, J., Batkai, S. & Thum, T. Circulation, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27780851  

Fractional Flow Reserve Derived by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography : A Sophisticated Analysis Method for Detecting Hemodynamically Significant Coronary Stenosis. Baumann, S., Becher, T., Schoepf, U. J., Lossnitzer, D., Henzler, T., Akin, I., Borggrefe, M. & Renker, M. Herz, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27783095  

Reduced Autophagy Leads to an Impaired Ferritin Turnover in Senescent Fibroblasts. Ott, C., Konig, J., Hohn, A., Jung, T. & Grune, T. Free radical biology & medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27789294  

Local Electrical Dyssynchrony During Atrial Fibrillation: Theoretical Considerations and Initial Catheter Ablation Results. Kuklik, P., Schaffer, B., Hoffmann, B. A., Ganesan, A. N., Schreiber, D., Moser, J. M., Akbulak, R. O., Sultan, A., Steven, D., Maesen, B., Schotten, U., Meyer, C. & Willems, S. PloS one 11, e0164236, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27780243  

Release Kinetics of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponins I and T and Troponin T Upstream Open Reading Frame Peptide (Tntuorf) in Clinically Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction. Liebetrau, C., Gaede, L., Wolter, J. S., Homann, J., Meyer, A., Dorr, O., Nef, H. M., Troidl, C., Hamm, C. W., Mollmann, H., Richards, A. M. & Pemberton, C. J. Biomarkers : biochemical indicators of exposure, response, and susceptibility to chemicals, 1-24, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27775442  

Sumoylation-Independent Activation of Calcineurin-Nfat-Signaling Via Sumo2 Mediates Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy. Bernt, A., Rangrez, A. Y., Eden, M., Jungmann, A., Katz, S., Rohr, C., Muller, O. J., Katus, H. A., Sossalla, S. T., Williams, T., Ritter, O., Frank, D. & Frey, N. Scientific reports 6, 35758, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27767176  

Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africans - Is the Burden in Today's Africa Similar to African Migrants in Europe? The Rodam Study. Agyemang, C., Meeks, K., Beune, E., Owusu-Dabo, E., Mockenhaupt, F. P., Addo, J., de Graft Aikins, A., Bahendeka, S., Danguah, I., Schulze, M. B., Spranger, J., Burr, T., Agyei-Baffour, P., Amoah, S. K., Galbete, C., Henneman, C., Klipstein-Grobusch, K., Nicolaou, M., Adeyemo, A., van Straalen, J. et al. BMC Med 14, 166, (2016). http://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-016-0709-0  

The Role of Perivascular Adipose Tissue in Obesity-Induced Vascular Dysfunction. Xia, N. & Li, H. British journal of pharmacology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27761903  

Refractoriness in Human Atria: Time and Voltage Dependence of Sodium Channel Availability. Skibsbye, L., Jespersen, T., Christ, T., Maleckar, M. M., van den Brink, J., Tavi, P. & Koivumaki, J. T. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27773652  

Surgical Management of Driveline Infections in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Pieri, M., Scandroglio, A. M., Muller, M., Pergantis, P., Kretzschmar, A., Kaufmann, F., Falk, V., Krabatsch, T., Arlt, G., Potapov, E. & Kukucka, M. Journal of cardiac surgery, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27766677  

The Assessment of Ischaemic Burden: Validation of a Functional Jeopardy Score against Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Imaging. Hussain, S. T., Morton, G., De Silva, K., Jogiya, R., Schuster, A., Paul, M., Perera, D. & Nagel, E. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27766423  

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Local and Remote Vascular Remodelling after Experimental Stroke. Yanev, P., Seevinck, P. R., Rudrapatna, U. S., Bouts, M. J. R. J., van der Toorn, A., Gertz, K., Kronenberg, G., Endres, M., van Tilborg, G. A. & Dijkhuizen, R. M. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, (2016). http://jcb.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/10/18/0271678X16674737.abstract  

High-Resolution Myocardial T1 Mapping Using Single-Shot Inversion-Recovery Fast Low-Angle Shot Mri with Radial Undersampling and Iterative Reconstruction. Wang, X., Joseph, A. A., Kalentev, O., Merboldt, K. D., Voit, D., Roeloffs, V. B., van Zalk, M. & Frahm, J., (2016). http://www.birpublications.org/doi/abs/10.1259/bjr.20160255  

Branch-Specific Microtubule Destabilization Mediates Axon Branch Loss During Neuromuscular Synapse Elimination. Brill, M. S., Kleele, T., Ruschkies, L., Wang, M., Marahori, N. A., Reuter, M. S., Hausrat, T. J., Weigand, E., Fisher, M., Ahles, A., Engelhardt, S., Bishop, D. L., Kneussel, M. & Misgeld, T. Neuron, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27773584  

Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Risk: A Review Focused on Women with Heart Disease Undergoing Fertility Treatment. Rossberg, N., Stangl, K. & Stangl, V. European journal of preventive cardiology, (2016). http://cpr.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/10/12/2047487316673143.abstract  

Antisera against Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Cross-React with Specific Brain Proteins of the Common Marmoset Monkey and Other Nonhuman Primate Species. Reuss, B., Asif, A. R., Almamy, A., Schwerk, C., Schroten, H., Ishikawa, H., Drummer, C. & Behr, R. Brain research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27765579  

Immunbiologische Aspekte Der Stammzell- Und Engineered-Heart-Tissue-Transplantation. Guenther, S. P. W., Schrepfer, S., Reichenspurner, H. & Deuse, T. Z Herz- Thorax- Gefäßchir, 1-5, (2016). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00398-016-0113-2  

Egender - from E-Learning to E-Research: A Web-Based Interactive Knowledge-Sharing Platform for Sex- and Gender-Specific Medical Education. Seeland, U., Nauman, A. T., Cornelis, A., Ludwig, S., Dunkel, M., Kararigas, G. & Regitz-Zagrosek, V. Biol Sex Diff 7, 39. https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-016-0101-y  

Integrating Topics of Sex and Gender into Medical Curricula - Lessons from the International Community. Miller, V. J., Kararigas, G., Seeland, U., Regitz-Zagrosek, V., Kublickiene, K., Einstein, G., Casanova, R. & Legato, M. J. Biol Sex Diff 7, 44, (2016). https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-016-0093-7  

Artery Tertiary Lymphoid Organs: Powerhouses of Atherosclerosis Immunity. Yin, C., Mohanta, S. K., Srikakulapu, P., Weber, C. & Habenicht, A. J. Frontiers in immunology 7, 387, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27777573  

Biventricular Support Using 2 Heartmate 3 Pumps. Potapov, E. V., Kukucka, M., Falk, V. & Krabatsch, T. J Heart Lung Transplant 35, 1268-1270, (2016). http://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(16)30253-4/abstract

Recalibration of the Acc/Aha Risk Score in Two Population-Based German Cohorts. de Las Heras Gala, T., Geisel, M. H., Peters, A., Thorand, B., Baumert, J., Lehmann, N., Jockel, K. H., Moebus, S., Erbel, R., Meisinger, C., Mahabadi, A. A., Koenig, W., Group, K. S. & the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study, G. PloS one 11, e0164688, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27732641  

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coronary Artery Disease: Genetic Analyses Do Not Support a Causal Relation. Jansen, H., Willenborg, C., Lieb, W., Zeng, L., Ferrario, P. G., Loley, C., König, I. R., Erdmann, J., Samani, N. J. & Schunkert, H. J Rheumatol, (2016). http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2016/10/06/jrheum.151444.abstract  

Titin Forms Circles: Regulation by Heart Failure and the Rna-Binding Protein Rbm20. Jae, N. & Dimmeler, S. Circulation research 119, 966-968, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27737936  

N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine Inhibits Sulfur Mustard-Induced and Trpa1-Dependent Calcium Influx. Stenger, B., Popp, T., John, H., Siegert, M., Tsoutsoulopoulos, A., Schmidt, A., Muckter, H., Gudermann, T., Thiermann, H. & Steinritz, D. Archives of toxicology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27738742  

Coronary Artery Ectasia Are Frequently Observed in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valves with and without Dilatation of the Ascending Aorta. Meindl, C., Achatz, B., Huber, D., Baessler, A., Hubauer, U., Meisinger, C., Hengstenberg, C., Erdmann, J., Buchner, S., Maier, L., Schunkert, H., Debl, K. & Fischer, M. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 9, (2016). http://circinterventions.ahajournals.org/content/9/10/e004092.long  

No Association of Coronary Artery Disease with X-Chromosomal Variants in Comprehensive International Meta-Analysis. Loley, C., Alver, M., Assimes, T. L., Bjonnes, A., Goel, A., Gustafsson, S., Hernesniemi, J., Hopewell, J. C., Kanoni, S., Kleber, M. E., Lau, K. W., Lu, Y., Lyytikainen, L. P., Nelson, C. P., Nikpay, M., Qu, L., Salfati, E., Scholz, M., Tukiainen, T., Willenborg, C. et al. Scientific reports 6, 35278, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27731410  

Pathophysiological Aldosterone Levels Modify the Secretory Activity of Cardiac Progenitor Cells. Wenzel, K., Samal, R., Hammer, E., Dhople, V. M., Gross, S., Volker, U., Felix, S. B. & Konemann, S. Molecular and cellular endocrinology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27742487  

Relation of Early and Late Stages of Glucose Metabolism Disturbances with Left Ventricular Geometry and Function: Are Sugar Kisses Bad for the Heart? Markus, M. R. & Dorr, M. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 9, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27729372

Fast Comprehensive Single-Sequence Four-Dimensional Pediatric Knee Mri with T2 Shuffling. Bao, S., Tamir, J. I., Young, J. L., Tariq, U., Uecker, M., Lai, P., Chen, W., Lustig, M. & Vasanawala, S. S. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27726251

Bimodal Antagonism of Pka Signalling by Arhgap36. Eccles, R. L., Czajkowski, M. T., Barth, C., Muller, P. M., McShane, E., Grunwald, S., Beaudette, P., Mecklenburg, N., Volkmer, R., Zuhlke, K., Dittmar, G., Selbach, M., Hammes, A., Daumke, O., Klussmann, E., Urbe, S. & Rocks, O. Nature communications 7, 12963, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27713425  

The Gut Microbiome as Therapeutic Target in Central Nervous System Diseases: Implications for Stroke. Winek, K., Dirnagl, U. & Meisel, A. Neurotherapeutics, (2016). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13311-016-0475-x  

Concomitant Implantation of Impella(R) on Top of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation May Improve Survival of Patients with Cardiogenic Shock. Pappalardo, F., Schulte, C., Pieri, M., Schrage, B., Contri, R., Soeffker, G., Greco, T., Lembo, R., Mullerleile, K., Colombo, A., Sydow, K., De Bonis, M., Wagner, F., Reichenspurner, H., Blankenberg, S., Zangrillo, A. & Westermann, D. European journal of heart failure, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27709750  

Metabolic Fingerprints of Circulating Igf-I and the Igf-I/Igfbp-3 Ratio: A Multi-Fluid Metabolomics Study. Knacke, H., Pietzner, M., Do, K. T., Romisch-Margl, W., Kastenmuller, G., Volker, U., Volzke, H., Krumsiek, J., Artati, A., Wallaschofski, H., Nauck, M., Suhre, K., Adamski, J. & Friedrich, N. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, jc20162588, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27710242  

S100a4 Protects the Myocardium against Ischemic Stress. Doroudgar, S., Quijada, P., Konstandin, M., Ilves, K., Broughton, K., Khalafalla, F. G., Casillas, A., Nguyen, K., Gude, N., Toko, H., Ornelas, L., Thuerauf, D. J., Glembotski, C. C., Sussman, M. A. & Volkers, M. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27721024  

Nt-Probnp Predicts Cardiovascular Death in the General Population Independent of Left Ventricular Mass and Function: Insights from a Large Population-Based Study with Long-Term Follow-Up. Dietl, A., Stark, K., Zimmermann, M. E., Meisinger, C., Schunkert, H., Birner, C., Maier, L. S., Peters, A., Heid, I. M. & Luchner, A. PloS one 11, e0164060, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27711172  

Chemical Hybridization of Glucagon and Thyroid Hormone Optimizes Therapeutic Impact for Metabolic Disease. Finan, B., Clemmensen, C., Zhu, Z., Stemmer, K., Gauthier, K., Muller, L., De Angelis, M., Moreth, K., Neff, F., Perez-Tilve, D., Fischer, K., Lutter, D., Sanchez-Garrido, M. A., Liu, P., Tuckermann, J., Malehmir, M., Healy, M. E., Weber, A., Heikenwalder, M., Jastroch, M. et al. Cell, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27720451  

Impact of Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation on the Prognosis of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. El-Battrawy, I., Lang, S., Ansari, U., Behnes, M., Hillenbrand, D., Schramm, K., Fastner, C., Zhou, X., Bill, V., Hoffmann, U., Papavassiliu, T., Elmas, E., Haghi, D., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. 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, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27702871  

Cryoballoon Vs. Radiofrequency Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Observational Studies. Buiatti, A., von Olshausen, G., Barthel, P., Schneider, S., Luik, A., Kaess, B., Laugwitz, K. L. & Hoppmann, P. 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, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27702864  

Inhibition of Net Release Fails to Reduce Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Mice. Braster, Q., Silvestre Roig, C., Hartwig, H., Beckers, L., den Toom, M., Doring, Y., Daemen, M. J., Lutgens, E. & Soehnlein, O. PloS one 11, e0163922, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27701440  

Camp-Dependent Protein Kinase a (Pka) Regulates Angiogenesis by Modulating Tip Cell Behavior in a Notch-Independent Manner. Nedvetsky, P. I., Zhao, X., Mathivet, T., Aspalter, I. M., Stanchi, F., Metzger, R. J., Mostov, K. E. & Gerhardt, H. Development 143, 3582-3590, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27702786  

Takotsubo Syndrome and Embolic Events. El-Battrawy, I., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. Heart Fail Clin 12, 543-550, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27638024

A Randomised Trial on Platelet Function-Guided De-Escalation of Antiplatelet Treatment in Acs Patients Undergoing Pci. Rationale and Design of the Testing Responsiveness to Platelet Inhibition on Chronic Antiplatelet Treatment for Acute Coronary Syndromes (Tropical-Acs) Trial. Sibbing, D., Aradi, D., Jacobshagen, C., Gross, L., Trenk, D., Geisler, T., Orban, M., Gori, T., Hadamitzky, M., Merkely, B., Kiss, R. G., Komocsi, A., Dezsi, C. A., Thalmeier, A., Low, A., Holdt, L., Teupser, D., Ince, H., Felix, S. B., Parma, R. et al. Thrombosis and haemostasis 117, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27652610 

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. C., Wang, M., Meyer, T., Tsao, P. S., Connolly, A. J., Couture, L. A., Gold, J. D., Zimmermann, W. H. & Wu, J. C. Circulation research 117, 720-730, (2015). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26291556  

Plasma Carotenoids, Tocopherols, and Retinol in the Age-Stratified (35–74 Years) General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study in Six European Countries. Stuetz, W., Weber, D., Dolle, M. E. T., Jansen, E., Grubeck-Loebenstein, B., Fiegl, S., Toussaint, O., Bernhardt, J., Gonos, E. S., Franceschi, C., Sikora, E., Moreno-Villanueva, M., Breusing, N., Grune, T. & Bürkle, A. Nutrients 8, 614, (2016). http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/8/10/614/htm  

Real-Time Mri of Swallowing: Intraoral Pressure Reduction Supports Larynx Elevation. Olthoff, A., Joseph, A. A., Weidenmuller, M., Riley, B. & Frahm, J. NMR in biomedicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27687293  

Association of Periodontal Destruction and Diabetes with Mortality. Kebede, T. G., Holtfreter, B., Kocher, T., Meisel, P., Dietrich, T., Biffar, R., Dorr, M., Volzke, H. & Pink, C. Journal of dental research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27680027  

A Simple, Non-Invasive Score to Predict Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Kallenberger, S. M., Schmid, C., Wiedmann, F., Mereles, D., Katus, H. A., Thomas, D. & Schmidt, C. PloS one 11, e0163621, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27680490  

Bifurcation Intervention with a Two-Stent Strategy: Can One Size Fit All? Colleran, R., Byrne, R. A. & Kastrati, A. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27680609  

Enhanced Cardiac Tbc1d10c Expression Lowers Heart Rate and Enhances Exercise Capacity and Survival. Volland, C., Bremer, S., Hellenkamp, K., Hartmann, N., Dybkova, N., Khadjeh, S., Kutschenko, A., Liebetanz, D., Wagner, S., Unsold, B., Didie, M., Toischer, K., Sossalla, S., Hasenfuss, G. & Seidler, T. Scientific reports 6, 33853, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27667030  

Hypothesis: Irisin Is a Metabolic Trigger for the Activation of the Neurohormonal Axis Governing Puberty Onset. Wahab, S., Shahab, M. & Behr, E. R. Med Hypotheses 95, 1-4, (2016). http://www.medical-hypotheses.com/article/S0306-9877(16)30457-1/abstract  

Off-Pump Implantation of the Heartmate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device through Bilateral Thoracotomy Approach. Potapov, E. V., Kukucka, M., Falk, V. & Krabatsch, T. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, (2016). http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)31146-1/abstract?cc=y=  

52 Genetic Loci Influencing Myocardial Mass. van der Harst, P., van Setten, J., Verweij, N., Vogler, G., Franke, L., Maurano, M. T., Wang, X., Mateo Leach, I., Eijgelsheim, M., Sotoodehnia, N., Hayward, C., Sorice, R., Meirelles, O., Lyytikainen, L. P., Polasek, O., Tanaka, T., Arking, D. E., Ulivi, S., Trompet, S., Muller-Nurasyid, M. et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, 1435-1448, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27659466  

Gynecological Practice Represents the Ideal Setting for Early Opportunistic Cardiovascular Prevention: A Cross-Sectional Survey in an Urban Female Population. Oertelt-Prigione, S., Ruecke, M., Seeland, U. & Regitz-Zagrosek, V. Journal of women's health, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27673723  

Reduction of Apoptosis and Preservation of Mitochondrial Integrity under Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Is Mediated by Estrogen Receptor Β. Schubert, C., Raparelli, V., Westphal, C., Dworatzek, E., Petrov, G., Kararigas, G. & Regitz-Zagrosek, V. Biol Sex Diff 7, (2016). https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-016-0104-8  

Cathepsin G Controls Arterial but Not Venular Myeloid Cell Recruitment. Ortega-Gomez, A., Salvermoser, M., Roissant, J., Pick, R., Brauner, J., Lemnitzer, P., Tilgner, J., de Jong, R., Megens, R. T. A., Jamasbi, J., Döring, Y., Pham, C. T., Scheiermann, C., Siess, W., Drechsler, M., Weber, C., Grommes, J., Zarbock, J., Walzog, B. & Soehnlein, O. Circulation, (2016). http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2016/09/21/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.024790.long  

Biophysical Tools to Assess the Interaction of Pf4 with Polyanions. Delcea, M. & Greinacher, A. Thrombosis and haemostasis 116, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27658429  

Reduced Bone Stiffness in Women Is Associated with Clinical Attachment and Tooth Loss: The Study of Health in Pomerania. Silveira, J. L., Albers, M., Vargas, D. M., Santa Helena, E. T., Cordova, C. M., Hannemann, A., Wallaschofski, H., Meisel, P., Pink, C., Samietz, S., Schmidt, C. O., Holtfreter, B., Volzke, H., Dorr, M., Kocher, T. & Markus, M. R. Journal of dental research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655623  

Genomic Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease. Abraham, G., Havulinna, A. S., Bhalala, O. G., Byars, S. G., De Livera, A. M., Yetukuri, L., Tikkanen, E., Perola, M., Schunkert, H., Sijbrands, E. J., Palotie, A., Samani, N. J., Salomaa, V., Ripatti, S. & Inouye, M. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655226  

Endothelial Cell Senescence and Thrombosis: Ageing Clots. Bochenek, M. L., Schutz, E. & Schafer, K. Thrombosis research 147, 36-45, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27669126  

Right Insular Infarction and Mortality after Ischaemic Stroke. Hanne, L., Brunecker, P., Grittner, U., Endres, M., Villringer, K., Fiebach, J. B. & Ebinger, M. European journal of neurology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27647694   

Axial Tubule Junctions Control Rapid Calcium Signaling in Atria. Brandenburg, S., Kohl, T., Williams, G. S., Gusev, K., Wagner, E., Rog-Zielinska, E. A., Hebisch, E., Dura, M., Didie, M., Gotthardt, M., Nikolaev, V. O., Hasenfuss, G., Kohl, P., Ward, C. W., Lederer, W. J. & Lehnart, S. E. The Journal of clinical investigation, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27643434  

Antiarrhythmic Effects of Dantrolene in Human Diseased Cardiomyocytes. Hartmann, N., Pabel, S., Herting, J., Schatter, F., Renner, A., Gummert, J., Schotola, H., Danner, B. C., Maier, L. S., Frey, N., Hasenfuss, G., Fischer, T. H. & Sossalla, S. Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27650424  

Association between Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Subsequent Infective Endocarditis and in-Hospital Death. Regueiro, A., Linke, A., Latib, A., Ihlemann, N., Urena, M., Walther, T., Husser, O., Herrmann, H. C., Nombela-Franco, L., Cheema, A. N., Le Breton, H., Stortecky, S., Kapadia, S., Bartorelli, A. L., Sinning, J. M., Amat-Santos, I., Munoz-Garcia, A., Lerakis, S., Gutierrez-Ibanes, E., Abdel-Wahab, M. et al. Jama 316, 1083-1092, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27623462  

Ca(2+)-Currents in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Effects of Two Different Culture Conditions. Uzun, A. U., Mannhardt, I., Breckwoldt, K., Horvath, A., Johannsen, S. S., Hansen, A., Eschenhagen, T. & Christ, T. Frontiers in pharmacology 7, 300, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27672365  

Skeletal Muscle Alterations Are Exacerbated in Heart Failure with Reduced Compared with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Mediated by Circulating Cytokines? Seiler, M., Bowen, T. S., Rolim, N., Dieterlen, M. T., Werner, S., Hoshi, T., Fischer, T., Mangner, N., Linke, A., Schuler, G., Halle, M., Wisloff, U. & Adams, V. Circulation. Heart failure 9, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27609832   

Blood Rna Expression Profiles Undergo Major Changes During the Seventh Decade. Gheorghe, M., Schurmann, C., Peters, M. J., Uitterlinden, A., Hofman, A., Biffar, R., Homuth, G., Volker, U., van Meurs, J. B. & Raz, V. Oncotarget (2016). http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/index.php?journal=oncotarget&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=12098&path%5B%5D=38286  

Can Erythrocytes Release Biologically Active No? Benz, P. M. & Fleming, I. Cell communication and signaling : CCS 14, 22, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27639852  

Black-Blood Native T1 Mapping: Blood Signal Suppression for Reduced Partial Voluming in the Myocardium. Weingartner, S., Messner, N. M., Zollner, F. G., Akcakaya, M. & Schad, L. R. Magnetic resonance in medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27634050  

Rna Therapeutics for Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases: Promises and Challenges. Lucas, T. & Dimmeler, S. Circulation research 119, 794-797, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27635083  

Is Stimulation of Cardiomyocyte Renewal a Facette of Reversible Catecholamine Toxicity? Eschenhagen, T. Circulation research 119, 779-781, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27635079  

Six Versus Twelve Months Clopidogrel Therapy after Drug-Eluting Stenting in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: An Isar-Safe Study Subgroup Analysis. Lohaus, R., Michel, J., Mayer, K., Lahmann, A. L., Byrne, R. A., Wolk, A., Ten Berg, J. M., Neumann, F. J., Han, Y., Adriaenssens, T., Tolg, R., Seyfarth, M., Maeng, M., Zrenner, B., Jacobshagen, C., Wohrle, J., Kufner, S., Morath, T., Ibrahim, T., Bernlochner, I. et al. Scientific reports 6, 33054, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27624287

Biodegradable-Polymer Drug-Eluting Stents: Back to the Future? Cassese, S., Xhepa, E. & Kastrati, A. Heart, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27628493  

Nox2 Amplifies Acetaldehyde-Mediated Cardiomyocyte Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy. Brandt, M., Garlapati, V., Oelze, M., Sotiriou, E., Knorr, M., Kroller-Schon, S., Kossmann, S., Schonfelder, T., Morawietz, H., Schulz, E., Schultheiss, H. P., Daiber, A., Munzel, T. & Wenzel, P. Scientific reports 6, 32554, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27624556  

Comparison of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography-Derived Vs Invasive Fractional Flow Reserve Assessment: Meta-Analysis with Subgroup Evaluation of Intermediate Stenosis. Baumann, S., Renker, M., Hetjens, S., Fuller, S. R., Becher, T., Lossnitzer, D., Lehmann, R., Akin, I., Borggrefe, M., Lang, S., Wichmann, J. L. & Schoepf, U. J. Academic radiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27639627  

Uptake of Citrate-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles into Atherosclerotic Lesions in Mice Occurs Via Accelerated Transcytosis through Plaque Endothelial Cells. Poller, W., Ramberger, E., Bohm-Sturm, P., Muller, S., Moller, K., Lowa, N., Wiekhorst, F., Wagner, S., Taupitz, M., Schellenberger, E., Baumann, G., Stangl, K., Stangl, V. & Ludwig, A. Nano Research, (2016). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12274-016-1220-9  

The Analysis of Heterotaxy Patients Reveals New Loss-of-Function Variants of Grk5. Lessel, D., Muhammad, T., Casar Tena, T., Moepps, B., Burkhalter, M. D., Hitz, M. P., Toka, O., Rentzsch, A., Schubert, S., Schalinski, A., Bauer, U. M., Kubisch, C., Ware, S. M. & Philipp, M. Scientific reports 6, 33231, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27618959  

Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein (Vasp)-Dependent and -Independent Pathways Regulate Thrombin-Induced Activation of Rap1b in Platelets. Benz, P. M., Laban, H., Zink, J., Gunther, L., Walter, U., Gambaryan, S. & Dib, K. Cell communication and signaling : CCS 14, 21, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27620165  

Dicer Generates a Regulatory Microrna Network in Smooth Muscle Cells That Limits Neointima Formation During Vascular Repair. Zahedi, F., Nazari-Jahantigh, M., Zhou, Z., Subramanian, P., Wei, Y., Grommes, J., Offermanns, S., Steffens, S., Weber, C. & Schober, A. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27622243  

Trans-Ancestry Meta-Analyses Identify Rare and Common Variants Associated with Blood Pressure and Hypertension. Surendran, P., Drenos, F., Young, R., Warren, H., Cook, J. P., Manning, A. K., Grarup, N., Sim, X., Barnes, D. R., Witkowska, K., Staley, J. R., Tragante, V., Tukiainen, T., Yaghootkar, H., Masca, N., Freitag, D. F., Ferreira, T., Giannakopoulou, O., Tinker, A., Harakalova, M. et al. Nature genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27618447  

Identification of Novel Antigens Contributing to Autoimmunity in Cardiovascular Diseases. Muller, A. M., Bockstahler, M., Hristov, G., Weiss, C., Fischer, A., Korkmaz-Icoz, S., Giannitsis, E., Poller, W., Schultheiss, H. P., Katus, H. A. & Kaya, Z. Clinical immunology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27634429  

Meta-Analysis Identifies Common and Rare Variants Influencing Blood Pressure and Overlapping with Metabolic Trait Loci. Liu, C., Kraja, A. T., Smith, J. A., Brody, J. A., Franceschini, N., Bis, J. C., Rice, K., Morrison, A. C., Lu, Y., Weiss, S., Guo, X., Palmas, W., Martin, L. W., Chen, Y. I., Surendran, P., Drenos, F., Cook, J. P., Auer, P. L., Chu, A. Y., Giri, A. et al. Nature genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27618448  

The Genetics of Blood Pressure Regulation and Its Target Organs from Association Studies in 342,415 Individuals. Ehret, G. B., Ferreira, T., Chasman, D. I., Jackson, A. U., Schmidt, E. M., Johnson, T., Thorleifsson, G., Luan, J., Donnelly, L. A., Kanoni, S., Petersen, A. K., Pihur, V., Strawbridge, R. J., Shungin, D., Hughes, M. F., Meirelles, O., Kaakinen, M., Bouatia-Naji, N., Kristiansson, K., Shah, S. et al. Nature genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27618452  

Gender Differences in Appropriate Shocks and Mortality among Patients with Primary Prophylactic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Conen, D., Arendacka, B., Rover, C., Bergau, L., Munoz, P., Wijers, S., Sticherling, C., Zabel, M. & Friede, T. PloS one 11, e0162756, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27618617   

Predicting 10-Year Risk of Fatal Cardiovascular Disease in Germany: An Update Based on the Score-Deutschland Risk Charts. Rucker, V., Keil, U., Fitzgerald, A. P., Malzahn, U., Prugger, C., Ertl, G., Heuschmann, P. U. & Neuhauser, H. PloS one 11, e0162188, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27612145  

Generation of Functional Cardiomyocytes from the Synoviocytes of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Via Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Lee, J., Jung, S. M., Ebert, A. D., Wu, H., Diecke, S., Kim, Y., Yi, H., Park, S. H. & Ju, J. H. Scientific reports 6, 32669, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27609119  

The a-Kinase Anchoring Protein (Akap) Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3beta Interaction Protein (Gskip) Regulates Beta-Catenin through Its Interactions with Both Protein Kinase a (Pka) and Gsk3beta. Dema, A., Schroter, M. F., Perets, E., Skroblin, P., Moutty, M. C., Deak, V. A., Birchmeier, W. & Klussmann, E. The Journal of biological chemistry 291, 19618-19630, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27484798  

Endomyocardial Proteomic Signature Corresponding to the Response of Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy to Immunoadsorption Therapy. Gourav, B., Dorr, M., Sappa, P. K., Ameling, S., Dhople, V., Steil, L., Klingel, K., Empen, K., Beug, D., Volker, U., Felix, S. B. & Hammer, E. Journal of proteomics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27616206  

Characterization of the Metabolic Profile Associated with Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Population-Based Data. Vogt, S., Wahl, S., Kettunen, J., Breitner, S., Kastenmuller, G., Gieger, C., Suhre, K., Waldenberger, M., Kratzsch, J., Perola, M., Salomaa, V., Blankenberg, S., Zeller, T., Soininen, P., Kangas, A. J., Peters, A., Grallert, H., Ala-Korpela, M. & Thorand, B. International journal of epidemiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27605587  

Angiopoietin-2, Its Soluble Receptor Tie-2, and Metabolic Syndrome Components in a Population-Based Sample. Lorbeer, R., Baumeister, S. E., Dorr, M., Nauck, M., Grotevendt, A., Schlesinger, S., Teumer, A., Volzke, H., Grabe, H. J., Wallaschofski, H., Vasan, R. S. & Lieb, W. Obesity, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27601273  

Local Multi-Channel Rf Surface Coil Versus Body Rf Coil Transmission for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance at 3 Tesla: Which Configuration Is Winning the Game? Weinberger, O., Winter, L., Dieringer, M. A., Els, A., Oezerdem, C., Rieger, J., Kuehne, A., Cassara, A. M., Pfeiffer, H., Wetterling, F. & Niendorf, T. PloS one 11, e0161863, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27598923  

Transaortic Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Experience from the Kiel Study. Petzina, R., Lutter, G., Wolf, C., Kuhl, C., Freitag-Wolf, S., Panholzer, B., Bramlage, P., Frey, N., Cremer, J. & Frank, D. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27600910  

Antiarrhythmic Gene Therapy - Will Biologics Replace Catheters, Drugs and Devices? Lugenbiel, P., Schweizer, P. A., Katus, H. A. & Thomas, D. European journal of pharmacology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27593579  

Development of Nonfibrotic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in an Ang Ii-Induced Chronic Ovine Hypertension Model. Klatt, N., Scherschel, K., Schad, C., Lau, D., Reitmeier, A., Kuklik, P., Muellerleile, K., Yamamura, J., Zeller, T., Steven, D., Baldus, S., Schaffer, B., Jungen, C., Eickholt, C., Wassilew, K., Schwedhelm, E., Willems, S. & Meyer, C. Physiological reports 4, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27613823  

Adenosine-to-Inosine Rna Editing Controls Cathepsin S Expression in Atherosclerosis by Enabling Hur-Mediated Post-Transcriptional Regulation. Stellos, K., Gatsiou, A., Stamatelopoulos, K., Perisic Matic, L., John, D., Lunella, F. F., Jae, N., Rossbach, O., Amrhein, C., Sigala, F., Boon, R. A., Furtig, B., Manavski, Y., You, X., Uchida, S., Keller, T., Boeckel, J. N., Franco-Cereceda, A., Maegdefessel, L., Chen, W. et al. Nature medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27595325   

Letter by Baumann Et Al Regarding Article, "Fractional Flow Reserve and Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography: A Review and Critical Analysis". Baumann, S., Tesche, C., Schoepf, U. J., Akin, I., Borggrefe, M. & Renker, M. Circulation research 119, e106-107, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27587413  

Gut Microbiota Promote Angiotensin Ii-Induced Arterial Hypertension and Vascular Dysfunction. Karbach, S. H., Schonfelder, T., Brandao, I., Wilms, E., Hormann, N., Jackel, S., Schuler, R., Finger, S., Knorr, M., Lagrange, J., Brandt, M., Waisman, A., Kossmann, S., Schafer, K., Munzel, T., Reinhardt, C. & Wenzel, P. Journal of the American Heart Association 5, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27577581

[Op.7d.01] Safety and Blood Pressure Effects of Second- Versus First-Generation System for Administering Baroreflex Activation Therapy. Wachter, R., Halbach, M., Bakris, G., Bisognano, J., Haller, H., Beige, J., Kroon, A. A., Nadim, M., Lovett, E., Schafer, J. & de Leeuw, P. W. Journal of hypertension 34 Suppl 2, e94, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27508843  

Influence of Electrode Positioning on Accuracy and Reproducibility of Electrical Velocimetry Cardiac Output Measurements. Trinkmann, F., Berger, M., Michels, J. D., Doesch, C., Weiss, C., Schoenberg, S. O., Akin, I., Borggrefe, M., Papavassiliu, T. & Saur, J. Physiological measurement 37, 1422-1435, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27480359  

Monocytes Chat with Atherosclerotic Lesions. Soehnlein, O. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 36, 1720-1721, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27559145  

Joint Statement of the European Association for the Study of Obesity and the European Society of Hypertension: Obesity and Heart Failure. Jordan, J., Toplak, H., Grassi, G., Yumuk, V., Kotsis, V., Engeli, S., Cuspidi, C., Nilsson, P. M., Finer, N. & Doehner, W. Journal of hypertension 34, 1678-1688, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27488547  

Ghrelin and Hormonal Markers under Exercise Training in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Results from the Ex-Dhf Pilot Study. Trippel, T., Holzendorf, V., Halle, M., Gelbrich, G., Nolte, K., Duvinage, A., Schwarz, S., Rutscher, T., Wiora, J., Wachter, R., Herrmann-Lingen, C., Duengen, H. D., Hasenfuss, G. & Pieske, B. ESC Heart Failure, (2016). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ehf2.12109/abstract   

Prognostic Usefulness of the Ballooning Pattern in Patients with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Stiermaier, T., Möller, C., Graf, T., Eitel, C., Desch, S., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. The American Journal of Cardiology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002914916314461  

Cardiac Contractility Modulation in Heart Failure Patients: Randomized Comparison of Signal Delivery through One Vs. Two Ventricular Leads. Roger, S., Said, S., Kloppe, A., Lawo, T., Emig, U., Rousso, B., Gutterman, D., Borggrefe, M. & Kuschyk, J. Journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27590412  

Crispr/Cas9-Mediated Knockout of P22phox Leads to Loss of Nox1 and Nox4, but Not Nox5 Activity. Prior, K. K., Leisegang, M. S., Josipovic, I., Lowe, O., Shah, A. M., Weissmann, N., Schroder, K. & Brandes, R. P. Redox biology 9, 287-295, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27614387  

Maternal Cardiac Deceleration Capacity: A Novel Insight into Maternal Autonomic Function in Pregnancies Complicated by Hypertensive Disorders and Intrauterine Growth Restriction. Casati, D., Stampalija, T., Ferrazzi, E., Alberti, A. M., Scebba, I., Paganelli, A., Di Martino, D., Muggiasca, M. L. & Bauer, A. European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology 206, 6-11, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27612213  

Left Ventricular Assist Devices-Current State and Perspectives. Prinzing, A., Herold, U., Berkefeld, A., Krane, M., Lange, R. & Voss, B. Journal of thoracic disease 8, E660-666, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27621895  

Prognostic Usefulness of the Ballooning Pattern in Patients with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Stiermaier, T., Möller, C., Graf, T., Eitel, C., Desch, S., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. The American Journal of Cardiology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002914916314461  

Cardiac Contractility Modulation in Heart Failure Patients: Randomized Comparison of Signal Delivery through One Vs. Two Ventricular Leads. Roger, S., Said, S., Kloppe, A., Lawo, T., Emig, U., Rousso, B., Gutterman, D., Borggrefe, M. & Kuschyk, J. Journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27590412  

Late Outcomes after Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Rationale and Design of Focus, a Prospective Observational Multicenter Cohort Study. Konstantinides, S. V., Barco, S., Rosenkranz, S., Lankeit, M., Held, M., Gerhardt, F., Bruch, L., Ewert, R., Faehling, M., Freise, J., Ghofrani, H. A., Grunig, E., Halank, M., Heydenreich, N., Hoeper, M. M., Leuchte, H. H., Mayer, E., Meyer, F. J., Neurohr, C., Opitz, C. et al. Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27577542  

Genotype-Phenotype Associations in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Meta-Analysis on More Than 8000 Individuals. Kayvanpour, E., Sedaghat-Hamedani, F., Amr, A., Lai, A., Haas, J., Holzer, D. B., Frese, K. S., Keller, A., Jensen, K., Katus, H. A. & Meder, B. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27576561  

Disulfide Hmgb1 Derived from Platelets Coordinates Venous Thrombosis in Mice. Stark, K., Philippi, V., Stockhausen, S., Busse, J., Antonelli, A., Miller, M., Schubert, I., Hoseinpour, P., Chandraratne, S., von Bruhl, M. L., Gartner, F., Lorenz, M., Agresti, A., Coletti, R., Antoine, D. J., Heermann, R., Jung, K., Reese, S., Laitinen, I., Schwaiger, M. et al. Blood, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27574188  

Antiplatelet Strategies in Elderly People: Still a Long Way to Go. Sibbing, D. & Massberg, S. Lancet, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27581529  

Cystatin C and Cardiovascular Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study. van der Laan, S. W., Fall, T., Soumare, A., Teumer, A., Sedaghat, S., Baumert, J., Zabaneh, D., van Setten, J., Isgum, I., Galesloot, T. E., Arpegard, J., Amouyel, P., Trompet, S., Waldenberger, M., Dorr, M., Magnusson, P. K., Giedraitis, V., Larsson, A., Morris, A. P., Felix, J. F. et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, 934-945, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27561768    

Principles of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking and Echocardiographic Speckle Tracking for Informed Clinical Use. Pedrizzetti, G., Claus, P., Kilner, P. J. & Nagel, E. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 18, 51, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27561421  

[Invasive Treatment of Hypertension : Update 2016]. Menne, J. & Wachter, R. Der Internist, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27558391  

A Pan-Coronary Artery Angiographic Study of the Association between Diabetes Mellitus and Progression or Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis. Iijima, R., Ndrepepa, G., Kujath, V., Harada, Y., Kufner, S., Schunkert, H., Nakamura, M. & Kastrati, A. Heart and vessels, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27557547  

Natural Killer Cell Reduction and Uteroplacental Vasculopathy. Golic, M., Haase, N., Herse, F., Wehner, A., Vercruysse, L., Pijnenborg, R., Balogh, A., Saether, P. C., Dissen, E., Luft, F. C., Przybyl, L., Park, J. K., Alnaes-Katjavivi, P., Staff, A. C., Verlohren, S., Henrich, W., Muller, D. N. & Dechend, R. Hypertension, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27550919  

Adverse Events Following International Normalized Ratio Reversal in Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Laible, M., Jenetzky, E., Beynon, C., Muller, O. J., Sander, P., Schuler, S., Purrucker, J., Mohlenbruch, M., Steiner, T., Veltkamp, R., Ringleb, P. A. & Rizos, T. Cerebrovascular diseases 42, 446-454, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536779

Smoking and Clopidogrel Response Revisited: Hemoglobin Levels Explaining the Smoker's Paradox. Sibbing, D. & Gross, L. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, 1691-1693, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27539688   

Viral Vector-Based Targeting of Mir-21 in Cardiac Non-Myocyte Cells Reduces Pathologic Remodeling of the Heart. Ramanujam, D., Sassi, Y., Laggerbauer, B. & Engelhardt, S. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27545313  

A Reference Panel of 64,976 Haplotypes for Genotype Imputation. McCarthy, S., Das, S., Kretzschmar, W., Delaneau, O., Wood, A. R., Teumer, A., Kang, H. M., Fuchsberger, C., Danecek, P., Sharp, K., Luo, Y., Sidore, C., Kwong, A., Timpson, N., Koskinen, S., Vrieze, S., Scott, L. J., Zhang, H., Mahajan, A., Veldink, J. et al. Nature genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27548312  

Drug-Coated Balloon Versus Plain Balloon Angioplasty for the Treatment of Femoropopliteal Artery Disease: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials. Giacoppo, D., Cassese, S., Harada, Y., Colleran, R., Michel, J., Fusaro, M., Kastrati, A. & Byrne, R. A. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, 1731-1742, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27539695  

Moving toward the Optimal Test for the Assessment of Myocardial Ischemia. Nagel, E. Journal of the American Heart Association 5, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27543304  

Deciphering Cardiac Involvement in Systemic Inflammatory Diseases: Noninvasive Tissue Characterisation Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Is Key to Improved Patients' Care. Gester, M., Peker, E., Nagel, E. & Puntmann, V. O. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27538753  

Prognostic Utility of Galectin-3 for Recurrent Cardiovascular Events During Long-Term Follow-up in Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease: Results of the Karola Study. Jansen, H., Koenig, W., Jaensch, A., Mons, U., Breitling, L. P., Scharnagl, H., Stojakovic, T., Schunkert, H., Brenner, H. & Rothenbacher, D. Clinical chemistry, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27540030  

Partial Loss of Ve-Cadherin Improves Long-Term Outcome and Cerebral Blood Flow after Transient Brain Ischemia in Mice. Gertz, K., Kronenberg, G., Uhlemann, R., Prinz, V., Marquina, R., Corada, M., Dejana, E. & Endres, M. BMC neurology 16, 144, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27538712  

[Catheter-Based Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage : Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation]. Skurk, C., Leistner, D. M., Park, J. W. & Landmesser, U. Der Internist, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27534868  

Systems Medicine as an Emerging Tool for Cardiovascular Genetics Haase, T., Bornigen, D., Muller, C. & Zeller, T. Front. Cardiovasc. Med., (2016). http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcvm.2016.00027/full  

Peptidase Inhibitor 16 Is a Membrane-Tethered Regulator of Chemerin Processing in the Myocardium. Regn, M., Laggerbauer, B., Jentzsch, C., Ramanujam, D., Ahles, A., Sichler, S., Calzada-Wack, J., Koenen, R., Braun, A., Nieswandt, B. & Engelhardt, S. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27539859  

Impact of Initial Culprit Vessel Flow on Infarct Size, Microvascular Obstruction, and Myocardial Salvage in Acute Reperfused St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Joost, A., Stiermaier, T., Eitel, C., Fuernau, G., De Waha, S., Desch, S., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. Am J Cardiol, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002914916313261  

Inhibition of Citrate Cotransporter Slc13a5/Mindy by Rnai Improves Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity and Prevents Diet-Induced Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mice. Brachs, S., Winkel, A. F., Tang, H., Birkenfeld, A. L., Brunner, B., Jahn-Hoffmann, K., Margerie, D., Ruetten, H., Schmoll, D. & Spranger, J. Molecular metabolism, (2016). http://www.molmetab.com/article/S2212-8778(16)30118-1/abstract  

Long-Term Prognostic Value of Risk Scores after Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery: A Pooled Analysis of the Isar-Left-Main and Isar-Left-Main 2 Randomized Clinical Trials. Xhepa, E., Tada, T., Kufner, S., Ndrepepa, G., Byrne, R. A., Kreutzer, J., Ibrahim, T., Tiroch, K., Valgimigli, M., Tolg, R., Cassese, S., Fusaro, M., Schunkert, H., Laugwitz, K. L., Mehilli, J. & Kastrati, A. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27515100  

Interventional Re-Opening of a Pda for Reverse Potts Shunt Circulation after Ado I Implantation in a Child. Schubert, S., Peters, B. & Berger, F. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27516058  

Association of Serum Thyrotropin with Anthropometric Markers of Obesity in the General Population. Tiller, D., Ittermann, T., Greiser, K. H., Meisinger, C., Agger, C., Hofman, A., Thuesen, B., Linneberg, A., Peeters, R., Franco, O., Heier, M., Kluttig, A., Werdan, K., Stricker, B., Schipf, S., Markus, M., Dorr, M., Volzke, H. & Haerting, J. Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27393002  

Erythrocytes Do Not Activate Purified and Platelet Soluble Guanylate Cyclases Even in Conditions Favourable for No Synthesis. Gambaryan, S., Subramanian, H., Kehrer, L., Mindukshev, I., Sudnitsyna, J., Reiss, C., Rukoyatkina, N., Friebe, A., Sharina, I., Martin, E. & Walter, U. Cell communication and signaling : CCS 14, 16, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27515066  

A Mediterranean-Style Diet, Its Components and the Risk of Heart Failure: A Prospective Population-Based Study in a Non-Mediterranean Country. Wirth, J., di Giuseppe, R., Boeing, H. & Weikert, C. European journal of clinical nutrition, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27507073 

3d-Black-Blood 3t-Mri for the Diagnosis of Thoracic Large Vessel Vasculitis: A Feasibility Study. Treitl, K. M., Maurus, S., Sommer, N. N., Kooijman-Kurfuerst, H., Coppenrath, E., Treitl, M., Czihal, M., Hoffmann, U., Dechant, C., Schulze-Koops, H. & Saam, T. European radiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27510630  

Sudden Cardiac Death Due to Deficiency of the Mitochondrial Inorganic Pyrophosphatase Ppa2. Kennedy, H., Haack, T. B., Hartill, V., Matakovic, L., Baumgartner, E. R., Potter, H., Mackay, R., Alston, C. L., O'Sullivan, S., McFarland, R., Connolly, G., Gannon, C., King, R., Mead, S., Crozier, I., Chan, W., Florkowski, C. M., Sage, M., Hofken, T., Alhaddad, B. et al. American journal of human genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27523597  

Dataset of the Associations of Aldosterone to Renin Ratio with Mr-Proanp and Mr-Proadm. Then, C., Rottenkolber, M., Lechner, A., Meisinger, C., Heier, M., Koenig, W., Peters, A., Rathmann, W., Bidlingmaier, M., Reincke, M. & Seissler, J. Data in Brief, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340916305078?np=y  

Survival, Quality of Life and Impact of Right Heart Failure in Patients with Acute Cardiogenic Shock Treated with Ecmo. Schoenrath, F., Hoch, D., Maisano, F., Starck, C. T., Seifert, B., Wenger, U., Ruschitzka, F. & Wilhelm, M. J. Heart & lung : the journal of critical care, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27515989  

A Mutation in the Glutamate-Rich Region of Rbm20 Causes Dilated Cardiomyopathy through Missplicing of Titin and Impaired Frank-Starling Mechanism. Beqqali, A., Bollen, I. A., Rasmussen, T. B., van den Hoogenhof, M. M., van Deutekom, H. W., Schafer, S., Haas, J., Meder, B., Sorensen, K. E., van Oort, R. J., Mogensen, J., Hubner, N., Creemers, E. E., van der Velden, J. & Pinto, Y. M. Cardiovascular research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27496873  

Computational Cardiology - a New Discipline of Translational Research. Meder, B., Katus, H. A. & Keller, A. Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27497711

Association of a Congenital Long Qt Syndrome Type 1 with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. El-Battrawy, I., Behnes, M., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. Clin Case Rep 4, 789-792, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525086  

Genetic Modifiers for the Long-Qt Syndrome: How Important Is the Role of Variants in the 3' Untranslated Region of Kcnq1? Crotti, L., Lahtinen, A. M., Spazzolini, C., Mastantuono, E., Monti, M. C., Morassutto, C., Parati, G., Heradien, M., Goosen, A., Lichtner, P., Meitinger, T., Brink, P. A., Kontula, K., Swan, H. & Schwartz, P. J. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics 9, 330-339, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27531917  

Intraindividual Comparison of Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Versus Drug-Eluting Metallic Stents. Cassese, S., Hoppmann, P., Kufner, S., Byrne, R. A., Wiebe, J., Colleran, R., Giacoppo, D., Harada, Y., Laugwitz, K. L., Schunkert, H., Fusaro, M. & Kastrati, A. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 9, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27512088

[Pulmonary Hypertension : What Is New in Therapy?]. Sommer, N., Hecker, M., Tello, K., Richter, M., Liebetrau, C., Weigand, M. A., Seeger, W., Ghofrani, A. & Gall, H. Der Anaesthesist, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27492004  

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd) Patients Exhibit a Blunted Parasympathetic Response to an Emotional Stressor. Meyer, T., Albrecht, J., Bornschein, G., Sachsse, U. & Herrmann-Lingen, C. Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27492189  

Apolipoprotein a-I Gene Transfer Exerts Immunomodulatory Effects and Reduces Vascular Inflammation and Fibrosis in Ob/Ob Mice. Spillmann, F., De Geest, B., Muthuramu, I., Amin, R., Miteva, K., Pieske, B., Tschope, C. & Van Linthout, S. Journal of inflammation 13, 25, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27486384  

Untreated, Uncontrolled, and Apparent Resistant Hypertension: Results of the German Health Examination Survey 2008-2011. Sarganas, G. & Neuhauser, H. K. Journal of clinical hypertension, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27481706   

Heart Failure Epidemiology and Novel Treatments in Japan: Facts and Numbers. Konishi, M., Ishida, J., Springer, J., Von Haehling, S., Akashi, Y. J., Hiroaki, S. & Anker, S. D. ESC Heart Failure, (2016). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ehf2.12103/full

Safety and Efficacy in Ablation of Premature Ventricular Contraction: Data from the German Ablation Registry. Fichtner, S., Senges, J., Hochadel, M., Tilz, R., Willems, S., Eckardt, L., Deneke, T., Lewalter, T., Dorwarth, U., Reithmann, C., Brachmann, J., Steinbeck, G., Kaab, S. & German Ablation, R. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27484499

The Akap Gskip Regulates Beta-Catenin through Both Its Interactions with Pka and Gsk3beta. Dema, A., Schroeter, M. F., Perets, E., Skroblin, P., Moutty, M. C., Deak, V. A., Birchmeier, W. & Klussmann, E. The Journal of biological chemistry, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27484798

Distinct Genetic Architectures for Syndromic and Nonsyndromic Congenital Heart Defects Identified by Exome Sequencing. Sifrim, A., Hitz, M. P., Wilsdon, A., Breckpot, J., Turki, S. H., Thienpont, B., McRae, J., Fitzgerald, T. W., Singh, T., Swaminathan, G. J., Prigmore, E., Rajan, D., Abdul-Khaliq, H., Banka, S., Bauer, U. M., Bentham, J., Berger, F., Bhattacharya, S., Bu'Lock, F., Canham, N. et al. Nature genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27479907

Mic13 Is Essential for Formation of Crista Junctions in Mammalian Cells. Anand, R., Strecker, V., Urbach, J., Wittig, I. & Reichert, A. S. PloS one 11, e0160258, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27479602

"Smoker's Paradox" in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Myocardial Infarction - a Substudy of the Iabp-Shock Ii-Trial and Registry. Saad, M., Fuernau, G., Desch, S., Eitel, I., Jung, C., Poss, J., Schneider, S., Schuler, G., Werdan, K., Zeymer, U. & Thiele, H. International journal of cardiology 222, 775-779, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27521557   

Characterization of Circular Rnas in Human, Mouse and Rat Hearts. Werfel, S., Nothjunge, S., Schwarzmayr, T., Strom, T. M., Meitinger, T. & Engelhardt, S. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 98, 103-107, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27476877  

Takotsubo Syndrome and Embolic Events. El-Battrawy, I., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. Heart Failure Clinics (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S155171361630054X   

Off-Pump Mitral Valved Stent Implantation: Comparison of Apical and Subannular Fixation Techniques. Pokorny, S., Huenges, K., Hansen, J. H., Schadow, Y., Fischer, G., Morlock, M. M., Cremer, J. & Lutter, G. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27473220  

Personalized Computer Simulation of Diastolic Function in Heart Failure. Amr, A., Kayvanpour, E., Sedaghat-Hamedani, F., Passerini, T., Mihalef, V., Lai, A., Neumann, D., Georgescu, B., Buss, S., Mereles, D., Zitron, E., Posch, A. E., Wurstle, M., Mansi, T., Katus, H. A. & Meder, B. Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27477449  

Reach of Individuals at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by Proactive Recruitment Strategies in General Practices, Job Centers, and Health Insurance. Gurtler, D., Meyer, C., Dorr, M., Braatz, J., F., W., John, U., Freyer-Adam, J. & Ulbricht, S. International journal of behavioral medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27469997#  

The Role of Quality Control in Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Library Preparation. Nietsch, R., Haas, J., Lai, A., Oehler, D., Mester, S., Frese, K. S., Sedaghat-Hamedani, F., Kayvanpour, E., Keller, A. & Meder, B. Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27475404  

Analysis with the Exome Array Identifies Multiple New Independent Variants in Lipid Loci. Kanoni, S., Masca, N. G., Stirrups, K. E., Varga, T. V., Warren, H. R., Scott, R. A., Southam, L., Zhang, W., Yaghootkar, H., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Couto Alves, A., Strawbridge, R. J., Lataniotis, L., Hashim, N. A., Besse, C., Boland, A., Braund, P. S., Connell, J. M., Dominiczak, A., Farmaki, A. E. et al. Human molecular genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27466198  

Surgical Treatment of Mediastinitis with Omentoplasty in Ventricular Assist Device Patients: Report of Referral Center Experience. Pieri, M., Muller, M., Scandroglio, A. M., Pergantis, P., Kretzschmar, A., Kaufmann, F., Falk, V., Krabatsch, T., Arlt, G., Kukucka, M. & Potapov, E. ASAIO journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27465093  

Environmental Stressors and Cardio-Metabolic Disease: Part I-Epidemiologic Evidence Supporting a Role for Noise and Air Pollution and Effects of Mitigation Strategies. Munzel, T., Sorensen, M., Gori, T., Schmidt, F. P., Rao, X., Brook, J., Chen, L. C., Brook, R. D. & Rajagopalan, S. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27460892  

Environmental Stressors and Cardio-Metabolic Disease: Part Ii-Mechanistic Insights. Munzel, T., Sorensen, M., Gori, T., Schmidt, F. P., Rao, X., Brook, F. R., Chen, L. C., Brook, R. D. & Rajagopalan, S. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27460891  

Human Endomyocardial Biopsy Specimen-Derived Stromal Cells Modulate Angiotensin Ii-Induced Cardiac Remodeling. Miteva, K., Van Linthout, S., Pappritz, K., Muller, I., Spillmann, F., Haag, M., Stachelscheid, H., Ringe, J., Sittinger, M. & Tschope, C. Stem cells translational medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27460853  

Weight Loss Partially Restores Glucose-Driven Betatrophin Response in Humans. Maurer, L., Brachs, S., Decker, A. M., Brachs, M., Leupelt, V., Jumpertz von Schwartzenberg, R., Ernert, A., Bobbert, T., Krude, H., Spranger, J. & Mai, K. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, jc20161788, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27459526

Constitutive Gitr Activation Reduces Atherosclerosis by Promoting Regulatory Cd4+ T-Cell Responses. Meiler, S., Smeets, E., Winkels, H., Shami, A., Pascutti, F. M., Nolte, M. A., Beckers, L., Weber, C., Gerdes, N. & Lutgens, E. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27444204   

The Cardiovascular Markers Copeptin and High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein Decrease Following Specific Therapy for Primary Aldosteronism. Remde, H., Dietz, A., Emeny, R., Riester, A., Peters, A., de Las Heras Gala, T., Then, C., Seissler, J., Beuschlein, F., Reincke, M. & Quinkler, M. Journal of hypertension, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27442789  

Mesenchymal Stem Cells Attenuate Inflammatory Processes in the Heart and Lung Via Inhibition of Tnf Signaling. Martire, A., Bedada, F. B., Uchida, S., Poling, J., Kruger, M., Warnecke, H., Richter, M., Kubin, T., Herold, S. & Braun, T. Basic research in cardiology 111, 54, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27435289  

Perfusion Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients with Angiographic Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease. Hussain, S. T., Chiribiri, A., Morton, G., Bettencourt, N., Schuster, A., Paul, M., Perera, D. & Nagel, E. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 18, 44, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27430288  

Oral Supplementation with L-Homoarginine in Young Volunteers. Atzler, D., Schonhoff, M., Cordts, K., Ortland, I., Hoppe, J., Hummel, F. C., Gerloff, C., Jaehde, U., Jagodzinski, A., Boger, R. H., Choe, C. U. & Schwedhelm, E. British journal of clinical pharmacology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27434056  

The Use of Echocardiography Post Heart Transplantation. Dandel, M. & Hetzer, R. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, (2016). http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14779072.2016.1214574  

Altered Relation of the Renin-Aldosterone System and Vasoactive Peptides in Type 2 Diabetes: The Kora F4 Study. Then, C., Rottenkolber, M., Lechner, A., Meisinger, C., Heier, M., Koenig, W., Peters, A., Rathmann, W., Bidlingmaier, M., Reincke, M. & Seissler, J. Atherosclerosis, (2016). http://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150(16)31206-0/abstract  

On the Use of Harrell’s C for Clinical Risk Prediction Via Random Survival Forests. Schmid, M., Wright, M. N. & Ziegler, A. Expert Systems with Applications, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957417416303633  

A Novel De Novo Tbx5 Mutation in a Patient with Holt–Oram Syndrome Leading to a Dramatically Reduced Biological Function. Dressen, M., Lahm, H., Lahm, A., Wolf, K., Doppler, S., Deutsch, M.-A., Cleuziou, J., Pabst von Ohain, J., Schon, P., Ewert, P., Malcic, I., Lange, R. & Krane, M. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine (2016). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mgg3.234/abstract

Changes of Myocardial Gene Expression and Protein Composition in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy after Immunoadsorption with Subsequent Immunoglobulin Substitution. Ameling, S., Bhardwaj, G., Hammer, E., Beug, D., Steil, L., Reinke, Y., Weitmann, K., Grube, M., Trimpert, C., Klingel, K., Kandolf, R., Hoffmann, W., Nauck, M., Dorr, M., Empen, K., Felix, S. B. & Volker, U. Basic research in cardiology 111, 53, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27412778  

A Genome-Wide Association Meta-Analysis on Apolipoprotein a-Iv Concentrations. Lamina, C., Friedel, S., Coassin, S., Rueedi, R., Yousri, N. A., Seppala, I., Gieger, C., Schonherr, S., Forer, L., Erhart, G., Kollerits, B., Marques-Vidal, P., Ried, J., Waeber, G., Bergmann, S., Dahnhardt, D., Stockl, A., Kiechl, S., Raitakari, O. T., Kahonen, M. et al. Human molecular genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27412012

J-Wave Syndromes Expert Consensus Conference Report: Emerging Concepts and Gaps in Knowledge: Endorsed by the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (Aphrs), the European Heart Rhythm Association (Ehra), the Heart Rhythm Society (Hrs), and the Latin American Society of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology (Sociedad Latinoamericana De Estimulacion Cardiaca Y Electrofisiologia [Solaece]). Antzelevitch, C., Yan, G. X., Ackerman, M. J., Borggrefe, M., Corrado, D., Guo, J., Gussak, I., Hasdemir, C., Horie, M., Huikuri, H., Ma, C., Morita, H., Nam, G. B., Sacher, F., Shimizu, W., Viskin, S. & Wilde, A. A. Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27423412

Free-Breathing Sparse Sampling Cine Mr Imaging with Iterative Reconstruction for the Assessment of Left Ventricular Function and Mass at 3.0 T. Sudarski, S., Henzler, T., Haubenreisser, H., Dosch, C., Zenge, M. O., Schmidt, M., Nadar, M. S., Borggrefe, M., Schoenberg, S. O. & Papavassiliu, T. Radiology, 151002, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27399326    

The Nadph Oxidase Nox2 Mediates Vitamin D-Induced Vascular Regeneration in Male Mice. Leisegang, M. S., Babelova, A., Sze Ka Wong, M., Helfinger, V., Weissmann, N., Brandes, R. P. & Schroder, K. Endocrinology, en20161257, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27399878  

Mutant Desmin Substantially Perturbs Mitochondrial Morphology, Function and Maintenance in Skeletal Muscle Tissue. Winter, L., Wittig, I., Peeva, V., Eggers, B., Heidler, J., Chevessier, F., Kley, R. A., Barkovits, K., Strecker, V., Berwanger, C., Herrmann, H., Marcus, K., Kornblum, C., Kunz, W. S., Schroder, R. & Clemen, C. S. Acta neuropathologica, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27393313  

Wars2 Is a Determinant of Angiogenesis. Wang, M., Sips, P., Khin, E., Rotival, M., Sun, X., Ahmed, R., Widjaja, A. A., Schafer, S., Yusoff, P., Choksi, P. K., Ko, N. S., Singh, M. K., Epstein, D., Guan, Y., Houstek, J., Mracek, T., Nuskova, H., Mikell, B., Tan, J., Pesce, F. et al. Nature communications 7, 12061, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27389904  

T1 Mapping in Characterizing Myocardial Disease: A Comprehensive Review. Puntmann, V. O., Peker, E., Chandrashekhar, Y. & Nagel, E. Circulation research 119, 277-299, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27390332  

The Architecture of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy. Pires, R. H., Felix, S. B. & Delcea, M. Nanoscale, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27387552  

S100a6 Regulates Endothelial Cell Cycle Progression by Attenuating Antiproliferative Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription 1 Signaling. Lerchenmuller, C., Heissenberg, J., Damilano, F., Bezzeridis, V. J., Kramer, I., Bochaton-Piallat, M. L., Hirschberg, K., Busch, M., Katus, H. A., Peppel, K., Rosenzweig, A., Busch, H., Boerries, M. & Most, P. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27386938  

Catheter Ablation in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. Kirchhof, P. & Calkins, H. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27389907  

Interventional Cardiology: Polymer-Free Drug-Eluting Stents - a Safe and Effective Option for Acs. Harada, Y. & Kastrati, A. Nature reviews. Cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27383076  

The Transcriptomes of Novel Marmoset Monkey Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Reflect Distinct Genomic Features. Debowski, K., Drummer, C., Lentes, J., Cors, M., Dressel, R., Lingner, T., Salinas-Riester, G., Fuchs, S., Sasaki, E. & Behr, R. Scientific reports 6, 29122, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27385131  

Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Ventricle: Impact of the Distinctly Load Dependency of Its Size, Geometry and Performance. Dandel, M. & Hetzer, R. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(16)31367-5/abstract?cc=y=  

The Predictive Value of Different Equations for Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease – Results from the Atherogene Study. Waldeyer, C., Karakas, M., Scheurle, C., Ojeda, F., Schnabel, R. B., Zeller, T., Zengin, E., Westermann, D., Schrage, B., Bickel, C., Rupprecht, H. J., Lackner, K., Blankenberg, S., Seiffert, M. & Sinning, C. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527316314310  

Screening and Validation of Lncrnas and Circrnas as Mirna Sponges. Militello, G., Weirick, T., John, D., Doring, C., Dimmeler, S. & Uchida, S. Briefings in bioinformatics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27373735

Preprocedural but Not Periprocedural High-Sensitive Troponin T (Hstnt) Levels Predict Outcome in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (Tavi). Kohler, W. M., Freitag-Wolf, S., Lambers, M., Lutz, M., Niemann, P. M., Petzina, R., Lutter, G., Bramlage, P., Frey, N. & Frank, D. Cardiovascular therapeutics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27380819

Plasma Fibroblast Growth Factor 23: Clinical Correlates and Association with Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in the Framingham Heart Study. Haring, R., Enserro, D., Xanthakis, V., Mitchell, G. F., Benjamin, E. J., Hamburg, N. M., Sullivan, L., Nauck, M., Wallaschofski, H. & Ramachandran, V. S. Journal of the American Heart Association, (2016). http://jaha.ahajournals.org/content/5/7/e003486.abstract

Further Insights in the Most Common Scn5a Mutation Causing Overlapping Phenotype of Long Qt Syndrome, Brugada Syndrome, and Conduction Defect. Veltmann, C., Barajas-Martinez, H., Wolpert, C., Borggrefe, M., Schimpf, R., Pfeiffer, R., Caceres, G., Burashnikov, E., Antzelevitch, C. & Hu, D. Journal of the American Heart Association 5, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27381756

Cardiac Amyloid Load: A Prognostic and Predictive Biomarker in Patients with Light-Chain Amyloidosis. Kristen, A. V., Brokbals, E., Aus dem Siepen, F., Bauer, R., Hein, S., Aurich, M., Riffel, J., Behrens, H. M., Kruger, S., Schirmacher, P., Katus, H. A. & Rocken, C. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, 13-24, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27364045

Current and Cumulative Night Shift Work and Subclinical Atherosclerosis: Results of the Gutenberg Health Study. Jankowiak, S., Backe, E., Liebers, F., Schulz, A., Hegewald, J., Garthus-Niegel, S., Nubling, M., Blankenberg, S., Pfeiffer, N., Lackner, K. J., Beutel, M., Blettner, M., Munzel, T., Wild, P. S., Seidler, A., Letzel, S. & Latza, U. International archives of occupational and environmental health, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27379667

Five-Year Follow-up of Polymer-Free Sirolimus- and Probucol-Eluting Stents Versus New Generation Zotarolimus-Eluting Stents in Patients Presenting with St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Colleran, R., Kufner, S., Harada, Y., Giacoppo, D., Cassese, S., Repp, J., Wiebe, J., Lohaus, R., Lahmann, A., Schneider, S., Ibrahim, T., Laugwitz, K. L., Kastrati, A., Byrne, R. A., Intracoronary, S., Angiographic Results: Test Efficacy of, S. & Probucol-Eluting Versus Zotarolimus-Eluting Stents, I. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27377301

Culprit Lesion Location and Outcome in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Myocardial Infarction: A Substudy of the Iabp-Shock Ii-Trial. Fuernau, G., Fengler, K., Desch, S., Eitel, I., Neumann, F. J., Olbrich, H. G., de Waha, A., de Waha, S., Richardt, G., Hennersdorf, M., Empen, K., Hambrecht, R., Jung, C., Bohm, M., Poss, J., Strasser, R. H., Schneider, S., Ouarrak, T., Schuler, G., Werdan, K. et al. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27378612

Liver and Cholestatic Parameters as Prognostic Biomarkers of in-Hospital Mace in Patients with Stemi. Huseynov, A., Baumann, S., Becher, T., Koepp, J., Lang, S., Jabbour, C., Behnes, M., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. European journal of clinical investigation, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27369447

Zooming in on Micrornas for Refining Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Secondary Prevention. Santovito, D. & Weber, C. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27371715

Measurement of Extracellular Volume and Transit Time Heterogeneity Using Contrast-Enhanced Myocardial Perfusion Mri in Patients after Acute Myocardial Infarction. Kunze, K. P., Rischpler, C., Hayes, C., Ibrahim, T., Laugwitz, K. L., Haase, A., Schwaiger, M. & Nekolla, S. G. Magnetic resonance in medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27364875

Effect of Rosuvastatin or Its Combination with Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Circulating Cd34+ Progenitor Cells and on Endothelial Colony Formation in Patients with Mixed Dyslipidaemia. Chantzichristos, V. G., Agouridis, A. P., Moutzouri, E., Stellos, K., Elisaf, M. S. & Tselepis, A. D. Atherosclerosis, (2016). http://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150(16)30290-8/fulltext

Stimulators of the Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase: Promising Functional Insights from Rare Coding Atherosclerosis-Related Gucy1a3 Variants. Wobst, J., von Ameln, S., Wolf, B., Wierer, M., Dang, T. A., Sager, H. B., Tennstedt, S., Hengstenberg, C., Koesling, D., Friebe, A., Braun, S. L., Erdmann, J., Schunkert, H. & Kessler, T. Basic research in cardiology 111, 51, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27342234

Cardiac Involvement in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Detection by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Schmacht, L., Traber, J., Grieben, U., Utz, W., Dieringer, M. A., Kellman, P., Blaszczyk, E., von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, F., Spuler, S. & Schulz-Menger, J. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 9, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27363857

Nitroglycerin Induces DNA Damage and Vascular Cell Death in the Setting of Nitrate Tolerance. Mikhed, Y., Fahrer, J., Oelze, M., Kroller-Schon, S., Steven, S., Welschof, P., Zinssius, E., Stamm, P., Kashani, F., Roohani, S., Kress, J. M., Ullmann, E., Tran, L. P., Schulz, E., Epe, B., Kaina, B., Munzel, T. & Daiber, A. Basic research in cardiology 111, 52, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27357950

Complying with the National Institutes of Health Guidelines and Principles for Rigor and Reproducibility: Refutations. Daugherty, A., Hegele, R. A., Mackman, N., Rader, D. J., Schmidt, A. M. & Weber, C. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 36, 1303-1304, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335467

Smoking Fruit Flies – Impact of Cigarette Smoke Exposure on the Airway Epithelium of Drosophila Melanogaster. Bhandari, A., Roeder, T. & Erdmann, J. Pneumologie, (2016). https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0036-1584634  

[Assessment of Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy]. Attanasio, P., Blaschke, F., Pieske, B., Tschope, C. & Haverkamp, W. Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift 141, 1035-1039, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27404936

Renal Denervation for Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias: Data from an International Multicenter Registry. Ukena, C., Mahfoud, F., Ewen, S., Bollmann, A., Hindricks, G., Hoffmann, B. A., Linz, D., Musat, D., Pavlicek, V., Scholz, E., Thomas, D., Willems, S., Bohm, M. & Steinberg, J. S. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27364940

Extending Laboratory Automation to the Wards: Effect of an Innovative Pneumatic Tube System on Diagnostic Samples and Transport Time. Suchsland, J., Winter, T., Greiser, A., Streichert, T., Otto, B., Mayerle, J., Runge, S., Kallner, A., Nauck, M. & Petersmann, A. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27362964

Circulating Micrornas Strongly Predict Cardiovascular Death in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease-Results from the Large Atherogene Study. Karakas, M., Schulte, C., Appelbaum, S., Ojeda, F., Lackner, K. J., Munzel, T., Schnabel, R. B., Blankenberg, S. & Zeller, T. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27357355

Characteristics and Long-Term Outcome of Right Ventricular Involvement in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Becher, T., El-Battrawy, I., Baumann, S., Fastner, C., Behnes, M., Lossnitzer, D., Elmas, E., Hoffmann, U., Papavassiliu, T., Kuschyk, J., Dosch, C., Roger, S., Hillenbrand, D., Schramm, K., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. International journal of cardiology 220, 371-375, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527316312517

Effect of Escitalopram on All-Cause Mortality and Hospitalization in Patients with Heart Failure and Depression: The Mood-Hf Randomized Clinical Trial. Angermann, C. E., Gelbrich, G., Stork, S., Gunold, H., Edelmann, F., Wachter, R., Schunkert, H., Graf, T., Kindermann, I., Haass, M., Blankenberg, S., Pankuweit, S., Prettin, C., Gottwik, M., Bohm, M., Faller, H., Deckert, J., Ertl, G., Investigators, M.-H. S. & Committee, M. Jama 315, 2683-2693, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27367876

[Therapy Forms for Advanced Heart Failure]. Kopp Fernandes, L., Hummel, M., Knosalla, C. & Schonrath, F. Der Kardiologe, (2016). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12181-016-0063-7

Association of Novel Metrics of Particulate Matter with Vascular Markers of Inflammation and Coagulation in Susceptible Populations -Results from a Panel Study. Ruckerl, R., Schneider, A., Hampel, R., Breitner, S., Cyrys, J., Kraus, U., Gu, J., Soentgen, J., Koenig, W. & Peters, A. Environmental research 150, 337-347, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27344265

Why the Study of the Effects of Biological Sex Is Important. Commentary. Kararigas, G., Seeland, U., Barcena de Arellano, M. L., Dworatzek, E. & Regitz-Zagrosek, V. Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita 52, 149-150, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27364386

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Thomas Willis Lecture: Is Translational Stroke Research Broken, and If So, How Can We Fix It? Dirnagl, U. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27354221 

Drug-Eluting Balloons or Stents for Bare-Metal Stent Restenosis. Wiebe, J., Colleran, R. & Kastrati, A. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, 1256-1258, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27339841

Mechanosensitive Gq/11 -Protein Coupled Receptors Mediate Myogenic Vasoconstriction. Mederos, Y. S. M., Storch, U. & Gudermann, T. Microcirculation, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27344060

Myocardial Effective Transverse Relaxation Time T2* Correlates with Left Ventricular Wall Thickness: A 7.0 T Mri Study. Huelnhagen, T., Hezel, F., Serradas Duarte, T., Pohlmann, A., Oezerdem, C., Flemming, B., Seeliger, E., Prothmann, M., Schulz-Menger, J. & Niendorf, T. Magnetic resonance in medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27342430

Novel Therapeutic Strategies Targeting Fibroblasts and Fibrosis in Heart Disease. Gourdie, R. G., Dimmeler, S. & Kohl, P. Nature reviews. Drug discovery, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27339799

Comparison and Outcome Analysis of Patients with Apical and Non-Apical Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. El-Battrawy, I., Behnes, M., Ansari, U., Hillenbrand, D., Haghi, D., Hoffmann, U., Papavassiliu, T., Elmas, E., Fastner, C., Becher, T., Baumann, S., Dosch, C., Heggemann, F., Kuschyk, J., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27341847

Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of Infective Aortic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Coxiella Burnetti. Kumpf, O., Dohmen, P., Ertmer, M., Knebel, F., Wiessner, A., Kikhney, J., Moter, A. & Treskatsch, S. Infection, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27339147

Exogenous Administration of Recombinant Mif at Physiological Concentrations Failed to Attenuate Infarct Size in a Langendorff Perfused Isolated Mouse Heart Model. Rossello, X., Burke, N., Stoppe, C., Bernhagen, J., Davidson, S. M. & Yellon, D. M. Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335054

Large-Scale Exome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Loci for White Blood Cell Traits and Pleiotropy with Immune-Mediated Diseases. Tajuddin, S. M., Schick, U. M., Eicher, J. D., Chami, N., Giri, A., Brody, J. A., Hill, W. D., Kacprowski, T., Li, J., Lyytikainen, L. P., Manichaikul, A., Mihailov, E., O'Donoghue, M. L., Pankratz, N., Pazoki, R., Polfus, L. M., Smith, A. V., Schurmann, C., Vacchi-Suzzi, C., Waterworth, D. M. et al. American journal of human genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27346689

Frequency of Miscarriage/Stillbirth and Terminations of Pregnancy among Women with Congenital Heart Disease in Germany, Hungary and Japan. Koerten, M. A., Niwa, K., Szatmari, A., Hajnalka, B., Ruzsa, Z., Nagdyman, N., Niggemeyer, E., Peters, B., Schneider, K. M., Kuschel, B., Mizuno, Y., Berger, F., Kaemmerer, H. & Bauer, U. M. Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27334027

Platelet-Related Variants Identified by Exomechip Meta-Analysis in 157,293 Individuals. Eicher, J. D., Chami, N., Kacprowski, T., Nomura, A., Chen, M. H., Yanek, L. R., Tajuddin, S. M., Schick, U. M., Slater, A. J., Pankratz, N., Polfus, L., Schurmann, C., Giri, A., Brody, J. A., Lange, L. A., Manichaikul, A., Hill, W. D., Pazoki, R., Elliot, P., Evangelou, E. et al. American journal of human genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27346686

Exome Genotyping Identifies Pleiotropic Variants Associated with Red Blood Cell Traits. Chami, N., Chen, M. H., Slater, A. J., Eicher, J. D., Evangelou, E., Tajuddin, S. M., Love-Gregory, L., Kacprowski, T., Schick, U. M., Nomura, A., Giri, A., Lessard, S., Brody, J. A., Schurmann, C., Pankratz, N., Yanek, L. R., Manichaikul, A., Pazoki, R., Mihailov, E., Hill, W. D. et al. American journal of human genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27346685

Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Activity Is a Marker of Risk but Not a Useful Target for Treatment in Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease. Wallentin, L., Held, C., Armstrong, P. W., Cannon, C. P., Davies, R. Y., Granger, C. B., Hagstrom, E., Harrington, R. A., Hochman, J. S., Koenig, W., Krug-Gourley, S., Mohler, E. R., 3rd, Siegbahn, A., Tarka, E., Steg, P. G., Stewart, R. A., Weiss, R., Ostlund, O., White, H. D. & Investigators, S. Journal of the American Heart Association 5, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27329448

Characterization, Mapping and Ablation of Complex Atrial Tachycardia: Initial Experience with a Novel Method of Ultra High-Density 3d Mapping. Schaeffer, B., Hoffmann, B. A., Meyer, C., Akbulak, R. O., Moser, J., Jularic, M., Eickholt, C., Nuhrich, J. M., Kuklik, P. & Willems, S. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27325527

Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds in a Real-World Patient Population-Results from a Mid-Term Angiographic Follow-Up. Saad, M., Abdin, A., Thiele, H., Desch, S., Ibrahimi, P., Wikstroem, G., Hoeher, M. & Henein, M. Journal of interventional cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27329969

Influence of Distance to Scene on Time to Thrombolysis in a Specialized Stroke Ambulance. Koch, P. M., Kunz, A., Ebinger, M., Geisler, F., Rozanski, M., Waldschmidt, C., Weber, J. E., Wendt, M., Winter, B., Zieschang, K., Bollweg, K., Kaczmarek, S., Endres, M. & Audebert, H. J. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27328702

The Embryological Basis of Subclinical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Captur, G., Ho, C. Y., Schlossarek, S., Kerwin, J., Mirabel, M., Wilson, R., Rosmini, S., Obianyo, C., Reant, P., Bassett, P., Cook, A. C., Lindsay, S., McKenna, W. J., Mills, K., Elliott, P. M., Mohun, T. J., Carrier, L. & Moon, J. C. Scientific reports 6, 27714, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27323879

Cardiac Troponin I: A Valuable Biomarker Indicating the Cardiac Involvement in Fabry Disease. Tanislav, C., Guenduez, D., Liebetrau, C., Giese, A. K., Eichler, S., Sieweke, N., Speth, M., Bauer, T., Hamm, C. & Rolfs, A. PloS one 11, e0157640, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27322070

Be More Sensitive, Please - Using Cardiac Troponin Assays for Diagnosing Ami. Neumann, J. T., Blankenberg, S. & Westermann, D. Heart, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27325589

Eisenmenger Syndrome and Long-Term Survival in Patients with Down Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease. Korten, M. A., Helm, P. C., Abdul-Khaliq, H., Baumgartner, H., Kececioglu, D., Schlensak, C., Bauer, U. M., Diller, G. P. & Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects, I. Heart, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27325590

A Randomized, Parallel Group, Double-Blind Study of Ticagrelor Compared with Aspirin for Prevention of Vascular Events in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Operation: Rationale and Design of the Ticagrelor in Cabg (Ticab-) Trial: An Investigator-Initiated Trial. De Waha, A., Sandner, S., von Scheidt, M., Boening, A., Koch-Buettner, K., Hammel, D., Hambrecht, R., Danner, B. C., Schondube, F. A., Goerlach, G., Fischlein, T., Schmoeckel, M., Oberhoffer, M., Schulz, R., Walther, T., Ziegelhoffer, T., Knosalla, C., Schonrath, F., Beyersdorf, F., Siepe, M. et al. American heart journal, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002870316300953

Long-Term Outcome of Patients with Virus-Negative Chronic Myocarditis or Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy after Immunosuppressive Therapy. Escher, F., Kuhl, U., Lassner, D., Poller, W., Westermann, D., Pieske, B., Tschope, C. & Schultheiss, H. P. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27312326

Subtype-Specific Promoter-Driven Action Potential Imaging for Precise Disease Modelling and Drug Testing in Hipsc-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Chen, Z., Xian, W., Bellin, M., Dorn, T., Tian, Q., Goedel, A., Dreizehnter, L., Schneider, C. M., Ward-van Oostwaard, D., Ng, J. K., Hinkel, R., Pane, L. S., Mummery, C. L., Lipp, P., Moretti, A., Laugwitz, K. L. & Sinnecker, D. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27311732

Proatherosclerotic Effect of the Alpha1-Subunit of Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase by Promoting Smooth Muscle Phenotypic Switching. Segura-Puimedon, M., Mergia, E., Al-Hasani, J., Aherrahrou, R., Stoelting, S., Kremer, F., Freyer, J., Kosling, D., Erdmann, J., Schunkert, H., de Wit, C. & Aherrahrou, Z. The American journal of pathology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27315776

Radiation Exposure and Contrast Agent Use Related to Radial Versus Femoral Arterial Access During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Pci) - Results of the Ferari Study. Becher, T., Behnes, M., Unsal, M., Baumann, S., El-Battrawy, I., Fastner, C., Kuschyk, J., Papavassiliu, T., Hoffmann, U., Mashayekhi, K., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, (2016). http://www.cardiorevascmed.com/article/S1553-8389(16)30152-X/abstract

Patients’ Knowledge About Symptoms and Adequate Behaviour During Acute Myocardial Infarction and Its Impact on Delay Time. Albarqouni, L., Smenes, K., Meinertz, T., Schunkert, H., Fang, X., Ronel, J. & Ladwig, K. H. PEC Patient Education & Counseling, (2016). http://www.pec-journal.com/article/S0738-3991(16)30271-3/abstract

Differential Transcriptional Regulation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1alpha by Arsenite under Normoxia and Hypoxia: Involvement of Nrf2. Al Taleb, Z., Petry, A., Chi, T. F., Mennerich, D., Gorlach, A., Dimova, E. Y. & Kietzmann, T. Journal of molecular medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27286880

[Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Europe and the United States - Treat to Target or Fire and Forget?]. Pfetsch, V., Sanin, V. & Koenig, W. Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift 141, 857-862, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27305301

Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm for Blood Flow Obstructions in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device. Scandroglio, A. M., Kaufmann, F., Pieri, M., Kretzschmar, A., Muller, M., Pergantis, P., Dreysse, S., Falk, V., Krabatsch, T. & Potapov, E. V. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, 2758-2768, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27282897 

Management of Arrhythmias in Patients with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Is the Implantation of Permanent Devices Necessary? Stiermaier, T., Rommel, K. P., Eitel, C., Moller, C., Graf, T., Desch, S., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298201

Endophenotype Network Models: Common Core of Complex Diseases. Ghiassian, S. D., Menche, J., Chasman, D. I., Giulianini, F., Wang, R., Ricchiuto, P., Aikawa, M., Iwata, H., Muller, C., Zeller, T., Sharma, A., Wild, P., Lackner, K., Singh, S., Ridker, P. M., Blankenberg, S., Barabasi, A. L. & Loscalzo, J. Scientific reports 6, 27414, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27278246

The Cytosolic Nadph Oxidase Subunit Noxo1 Promotes an Endothelial Stalk Cell Phenotype. Brandes, R. P., Harenkamp, S., Schurmann, C., Josipovic, I., Rashid, B., Rezende, F., Lowe, O., Moll, F., Epah, J., Eresch, J., Nayak, A., Kopaliani, I., Penski, C., Mittelbronn, M., Weissmann, N. & Schroder, K. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27283741

Regional Variability of Lifestyle Factors and Hypertension with Prediabetes and Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Population-Based Kora-F4 and Ship-Trend Studies in Germany. Stockl, D., Ruckert-Eheberg, I. M., Heier, M., Peters, A., Schipf, S., Krabbe, C., Volzke, H., Tamayo, T., Rathmann, W. & Meisinger, C. PloS one 11, e0156736, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27275745

Ticagrelor Versus Prasugrel in Patients with High on-Clopidogrel Treatment Platelet Reactivity after Pci: The Isar-Adapt-Pf Study. Bernlochner, I., Mayer, K., Orban, M., Morath, T., Jaitner, J., Rossner, L., Gross, L., Laugwitz, K. L., Kastrati, A. & Sibbing, D. Platelets, 1-9, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27275651

The Cytoprotective Capacity of Processed Human Cardiac Extracellular Matrix. Kappler, B., Anic, P., Becker, M., Bader, A., Klose, K., Klein, O., Oberwallner, B., Choi, Y. H., Falk, V. & Stamm, C. Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine 27, 120, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27272902

Therapeutic Hypothermia Impacts Leukocyte Kinetics after Cardiac Arrest. Dufner, M. C., Andre, F., Stiepak, J., Zelniker, T., Chorianopoulos, E., Preusch, M., Katus, H. A. & Leuschner, F. Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy 6, 199-207, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27280083

Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A New Step Forward to Optimized Reperfusion? Alfonso, F., Cuesta, J., Bastante, T., Rivero, F., Garcia-Guimaraes, M., Alvarado, T., Benedicto, A., Cortese, B., Byrne, R. & Kastrati, A. Journal of thoracic disease 8, E417-423, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293870

Distilling Complexity to Advance Cardiac Tissue Engineering. Ogle, B. M., Bursac, N., Domian, I., Huang, N. F., Menasche, P., Murry, C. E., Pruitt, B., Radisic, M., Wu, J. C., Wu, S. M., Zhang, J., Zimmermann, W.-H. & Vunjak-Novakovic, G. Science translational medicine 8, (2016). http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/8/342/342ps13

Left Ventricular Long Axis Strain: A New Prognosticator in Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy? Riffel, J. H., Keller, M. G. P., Rost, F., Arenja, N., Andre, F., aus dem Siepen, F., Fritz, T., Ehlermann, P., Taeger, T., Frankenstein, L., Meder, B., Katus, H. A. & Buss, S. J. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 18, (2016). http://jcmr-online.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12968-016-0255-0

Removing Batch Effects from Longitudinal Gene Expression - Quantile Normalization Plus Combat as Best Approach for Microarray Transcriptome Data. Muller, C., Schillert, A., Rothemeier, C., Tregouet, D. A., Proust, C., Binder, H., Pfeiffer, N., Beutel, M., Lackner, K. J., Schnabel, R. B., Tiret, L., Wild, P. S., Blankenberg, S., Zeller, T. & Ziegler, A. PloS one, (2016). http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/authors?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0156594

Differentiation of Functional Endothelial Cells from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: A Novel, Highly Efficient and Cost Effective Method. Liu, X., Qi, J., Xu, X., Zeisberg, M., Guan, K. & Zeisberg, E. M. Differentiation, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301468115300748

Nuclear Translocation of the Cardiac L-Type Calcium Channel C-Terminus Is Regulated by Sex and 17β-Estradiol. Mahmoodzadeh, S., Haase, H., Sporbert, A., Rharass, T., Panakova, D. & Morano, I. JMCC, (2016). http://www.jmmc-online.com/article/S0022-2828%2816%2930151-1/abstract

Endothelial Rage Exacerbates Acute Postischaemic Cardiac Inflammation. Ziegler, T., Horstkotte, M., Lange, P., Ng, J., Bongiovanni, D., Hinkel, R., Laugwitz, K. L., Sperandio, M., Horstkotte, J. & Kupatt, C. Thrombosis and haemostasis, (2016). https://th.schattauer.de/en/contents/archive/issue/special/manuscript/25896.html

[Computed Tomography in Patients with Chronic Stable Angina : Fractional Flow Reserve Measurement]. Renker, M., Schoepf, U. J., Becher, T., Krampulz, N., Kim, W., Rolf, A., Mollmann, H., Hamm, C. W., Henzler, T., Borggrefe, M., Akin, I. & Baumann, S. Herz, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27255115

Omentin-1 and Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke: Results from the Epic-Potsdam Cohort Study. Menzel, J., di Giuseppe, R., Biemann, R., Wittenbecher, C., Aleksandrova, K., Pischon, T., Fritsche, A., Schulze, M. B., Boeing, H., Isermann, B. & Weikert, C. Atherosclerosis, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002191501630243X

Galectin-3 Binding Protein Plasma Levels Are Associated with Long-Term Mortality in Coronary Artery Disease Independent of Plaque Morphology. Gleissner, C. A., Erbel, C., Linden, F., Domschke, G., Akhavanpoor, M., Doesch, A. O., Buss, S. J., Giannitsis, E., Katus, H. A. & Korosoglou, G. Atherosclerosis, (2016). http://www.atherosclerosis-journal.com/article/S0021-9150%2816%2930242-8/abstract

Surgical Experience and Long-Term Results of Baroreflex Activation Therapy for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction. Weaver, F. A., Abraham, W. T., Little, W. C., Butter, C., Ducharme, A., Halbach, M., Klug, D., Lovett, E. G., Madershahian, N., Muller-Ehmsen, J., Schafer, J. E., Senni, M., Swarup, V., Wachter, R. & Zile, M. R. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, (2016). http://www.semthorcardiovascsurg.com/article/S1043-0679%2816%2930045-4/addons

A Genomic Approach to Therapeutic Target Validation Identifies a Glucose-Lowering Glp1r Variant Protective for Coronary Heart Disease. Scott, R. A., Freitag, D. F., Li, L., Chu, A. Y., Surendran, P., Young, R., Grarup, N., Stancakova, A., Chen, Y., Varga, T. V., Yaghootkar, H., Luan, J., Zhao, J. H., Willems, S. M., Wessel, J., Wang, S., Maruthur, N., Michailidou, K., Pirie, A., van der Lee, S. J. et al. Science translational medicine 8, 341ra376, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27252175

Cardiomyocyte-Derived Cxcl12 Is Not Involved in Cardiogenesis but Plays a Crucial Role in Myocardial Infarction. Muhlstedt, S., Ghadge, S. K., Duchene, J., Qadri, F., Jarve, A., Vilianovich, L., Popova, E., Pohlmann, A., Niendorf, T., Boye, P., Ozcelik, C. & Bader, M. Journal of molecular medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27251706

Heart Failure Epidemiology 2000-2013: Insights from the German Federal Health Monitoring System. Christ, M., Stork, S., Dorr, M., Heppner, H. J., Muller, C., Wachter, R., Riemer, U. & Trend, H. F. G. P. European journal of heart failure, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27246139

Stent Polymers: Do They Make a Difference? Rizas, K. D. & Mehilli, J. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 9, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27193905

The Prevalence and Significance of the Early Repolarization Pattern in Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome Families. Mellor, G., Nelson, C. P., Robb, C., Raju, H., Wijeyeratne, Y., Hengstenberg, C., Reinhard, W., Papadakis, M., Sharma, S., Samani, N. J. & Behr, E. R. Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology 9, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27255966

[Physical Training in Cardiology – the Intensity Is Crucial]. Halle, M. & Hambrecht, R. Der Kardiologe 10, 170-175, (2016). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12181-016-0057-5

Anp System Activity Predicts Variability of Fat Mass Reduction and Insulin Sensitivity During Weight Loss. Brachs, M., Wiegand, S., Leupelt, V., Ernert, A., Kintscher, U., Jumpertz von Schwarzenberg, R., Decker, A. M., Bobbert, T., Hubner, N., Chen, W., Krude, H., Spranger, J. & Mai, K. Metabolism: clinical and experimental 65, 935-943, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27173472

Electrophysiological Characterization of the Archaeal Transporter Ncx_Mj Using Solid Supported Membrane Technology. Barthmes, M., Liao, J., Jiang, Y., Bruggemann, A. & Wahl-Schott, C. The Journal of general physiology 147, 485-496, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27241699

Estradiol Modulates Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Phosphorylation and Contractility in Skeletal Muscle of Female Mice. Lai, S., Collins, B. C., Colson, B. A., Kararigas, G. & Lowe, D. A. American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 310, E724-733, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26956186  

Bioresorbable Coronary Scaffold Thrombosis: Multicenter Comprehensive Analysis of Clinical Presentation, Mechanisms, and Predictors. Puricel, S., Cuculi, F., Weissner, M., Schmermund, A., Jamshidi, P., Nyffenegger, T., Binder, H., Eggebrecht, H., Munzel, T., Cook, S. & Gori, T. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, 921-931, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26916481  

Identification of Serum Metabolites Associated with Incident Hypertension in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam Study. Dietrich, S., Floegel, A., Weikert, C., Pischon, T., Boeing, H. & Drogan, D. Hypertension, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27245178

Reduced Risk of Myocardial Infarct and Revascularization Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Compared with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Charytan, D. M., Desai, M., Mathur, M., Stern, N. M., Brooks, M. M., Krzych, L. J., Schuler, G. C., Kaehler, J., Rodriguez-Granillo, A. M., Hueb, W., Reeves, B. C., Thiele, H., Rodriguez, A. E., Buszman, P. P., Buszman, P. E., Maurer, R. & Winkelmayer, W. C. Kidney international, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27259368

Proteomic Analysis of Short-Term Preload-Induced Eccentric Cardiac Hypertrophy. Mohamed, B. A., Asif, A. R., Schnelle, M., Qasim, M., Khadjeh, S., Lbik, D., Schott, P., Hasenfuss, G. & Toischer, K. Journal of translational medicine 14, 149, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27234427

Long-Term Excess Mortality in Takotsubo Syndrome: Is It Justified to Charge Takotsubo for the Excess Long-Term Mortality?: Reply. Stiermaier, T., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. European journal of heart failure, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27241281

Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1 Alpha Is Decreased in Women with Migraine with Aura. Liman, T. G., Neeb, L., Rosinski, J., Reuter, U. & Endres, M. Headache, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27238143

In Permanent Atrial Fibrillation Phosphodiesterase3 Reduces Force Responses to 5-Ht but Neither Pde3 nor Pde4 Influence Abolished 5-Ht-Evoked Arrhythmias. Berk, E., Christ, T., Schwarz, S., Ravens, U., Knaut, M. & Kaumann, A. J. British journal of pharmacology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27238373

Clinical Correlates of Sex Hormones in Women: The Study of Health in Pomerania. Kische, H., Gross, S., Wallaschofski, H., Volzke, H., Dorr, M., Nauck, M. & Haring, R. Metabolism Clinical and Experimental, (2016). http://www.metabolismjournal.com/article/S0026-0495%2816%2930032-4/abstract

The Time-of-Day of Myocardial Infarction Onset Affects Healing through Oscillations in Cardiac Neutrophil Recruitment. Schloss, M. J., Horckmans, M., Nitz, K., Duchene, J., Drechsler, M., Bidzhekov, K., Scheiermann, C., Weber, C., Soehnlein, O. & Steffens, S. EMBO Mol Med, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27226028

Regulation of Gap Junction Channels and Hemichannels by Phosphorylation and Redox Changes: A Revision. Pogoda, K., Kameritsch, P., Retamal, M. A. & Vega, J. L. BMC cell biology 17 Suppl 1, 11, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27229925

Processing and Transcriptome Expansion at the Mrna 3' End in Health and Disease: Finding the Right End. Ogorodnikov, A., Kargapolova, Y. & Danckwardt, S. Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27220521

Multislice Computed Tomography-Guided Surgical Repair of Acquired Posterior Left Ventricular Aneurysms: Demonstration of Mitral Valve and Left Ventricular Reverse Remodelling. Solowjowa, N., Penkalla, A., Dandel, M., Novikov, A., Pasic, M., Weng, Y., Falk, V. & Knosalla, C. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27222112

[Impact of Lipid Metabolism Parameters on the Development and Progression of Coronary Artery Disease : An Update]. Sinning, D., Leistner, D. M. & Landmesser, U. Herz, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27215419

Assessment of Ventriculo-Vascular Properties in Repaired Coarctation Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance-Derived Aortic, Left Atrial and Left Ventricular Strain. Shang, Q., Sarikouch, S., Patel, S., Schuster, A., Steinmetz, M., Ou, P., Danford, D. A., Beerbaum, P. & Kutty, S. European radiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27215582

Inhibition of Cardiac Kir Current (Ik1) by Protein Kinase C Critically Depends on Pkcbeta and Kir2.2. Scherer, D., Seyler, C., Xynogalos, P., Scholz, E. P., Thomas, D., Backs, J., Andrassy, M., Volkers, M., Karle, C. A., Katus, H. A. & Zitron, E. PloS one 11, e0156181, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27214373

Prognostic Value of Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Coronary Artery Disease. Ndrepepa, G., Colleran, R., Luttert, A., Braun, S., Cassese, S., Kufner, S., Hieber, J., Fusaro, M., Laugwitz, K. L., Schunkert, H. & Kastrati, A. Clinical biochemistry, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27220059

Cd74-Downregulation of Placental Macrophage-Trophoblastic Interactions in Preeclampsia. Przybyl, L., Haase, N., Golic, M., Rugor, J., Solano, M. E., Arck, P. C., Gauster, M., Huppertz, B., Emontzpohl, C., Stoppe, C., Bernhagen, J., Leng, L., Bucala, R., Schulz, H., Heuser, A., Weedon-Fekjaer, S., Johnsen, G. M., Peetz, D., Luft, F. C., Staff, A. C. et al. Circulation research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27199465

Growth Differentiation Factor 15, Its 12-Month Relative Change, and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Total Mortality in Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease: 10-Year Follow-up of the Karola Study. Dallmeier, D., Brenner, H., Mons, U., Rottbauer, W., Koenig, W. & Rothenbacher, D. Clinical chemistry, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27197673

Jmjd8 Regulates Angiogenic Sprouting and Cellular Metabolism by Interacting with Pyruvate Kinase M2 in Endothelial Cells. Boeckel, J. N., Derlet, A., Glaser, S. F., Luczak, A., Lucas, T., Heumuller, A. W., Kruger, M., Zehendner, C. M., Kaluza, D., Doddaballapur, A., Ohtani, K., Treguer, K. & Dimmeler, S. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27199445

Nt-Probnp and Diastolic Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Marfan Syndrome. Gehle, P., Robinson, P. N., Heinzel, F., Edelmann, F., Yigitbasi, M., Berger, F., Falk, V., Pieske, B. & Wellnhofer, E. IJC Heart & Vasculature, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906716300239

Comparison of Cox Model Methods in a Low-Dimensional Setting with Few Events. Ojeda, F. M., Muller, C., Bornigen, D., Tregouet, D. A., Schillert, A., Heinig, M., Zeller, T. & Schnabel, R. B. Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27224515

Subclinical Impairment of Lung Function Is Related to Mild Cardiac Dysfunction and Manifest Heart Failure in the General Population. Baum, C., Ojeda, F. M., Wild, P. S., Rzayeva, N., Zeller, T., Sinning, C. R., Pfeiffer, N., Beutel, M., Blettner, M., Lackner, K., Blankenberg, S., Munzel, T., Rabe, K. F., Schnabel, R. B. & investigators, f. t. G. H. S. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016752731630938X

Cerebral Embolization During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The Bravo-3 Mri Study. Van Belle, E., Hengstenberg, C., Lefevre, T., Kupatt, C., Debry, N., Husser, O., Pontana, F., Kuchcinski, G., Deliargyris, E. N., Mehran, R., Bernstein, D., Anthopoulos, P., Dangas, G. D. & Investigators, B.-M. S. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27208464

Mechanisms of Micrornas in Atherosclerosis. Schober, A. & Weber, C. Annual review of pathology 11, 583-616, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27193456

Human Engineered Heart Tissue: Analysis of Contractile Force. Mannhardt, I., Breckwoldt, K., Letuffe-Breniere, D., Schaaf, S., Schulz, H., Neuber, C., Benzin, A., Werner, T., Eder, A., Schulze, T., Klampe, B., Christ, T., Hirt, M. N., Hubner, N., Moretti, A., Eschenhagen, T. & Hansen, A. Stem Cell Reports, (2016). http://www.cell.com/stem-cell-reports/abstract/S2213-6711%2816%2930036-4

Expiration-Triggered Sinus Arrhythmia Predicts Outcome in Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Sinnecker, D., Dommasch, M., Steger, A., Berkefeld, A., Hoppmann, P., Muller, A., Gebhardt, J., Barthel, P., Hnatkova, K., Huster, K. M., Laugwitz, K. L., Malik, M. & Schmidt, G. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, 2213-2220, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27173032

Targeting Vascular (Endothelial) Dysfunction. Daiber, A., Steven, S., Weber, A., Shuvaev, V. V., Muzykantov, V. R., Laher, I., Li, H., Lamas, S. & Munzel, T. British journal of pharmacology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27187006

Aav9-Mediated Gene Transfer of Desmin Ameliorates Cardiomyopathy in Desmin-Deficient Mice. Heckmann, M. B., Bauer, R., Jungmann, A., Winter, L., Rapti, K., Strucksberg, K. H., Clemen, C. S., Li, Z., Schroder, R., Katus, H. A. & Muller, O. J. Gene therapy, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27101257

Troponin I and Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in the General Population: The Biomarcare Consortium. Blankenberg, S., Salomaa, V., Makarova, N., Ojeda, F., Wild, P., Lackner, K. J., Jorgensen, T., Thorand, B., Peters, A., Nauck, M., Petersmann, A., Vartiainen, E., Veronesi, G., Brambilla, P., Costanzo, S., Iacoviello, L., Linden, G., Yarnell, J., Patterson, C. C., Everett, B. M. et al. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27174290

Cha2ds2-Vasc Score and Blood Biomarkers to Identify Patients with Atrial High-Rate Episodes and Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Wakula, P., Neumann, B., Kienemund, J., Thon-Gutschi, E., Stojakovic, T., Manninger, M., Scherr, D., Scharnagl, H., Kapl, M., Pieske, B. & Heinzel, F. R. 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, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27170001

Marathon Performance but Not Bmi Affects Post-Marathon Pro-Inflammatory and Cartilage Biomarkers. Mundermann, A., Geurts, J., Hugle, T., Nickel, T., Schmidt-Trucksass, A., Halle, M. & Hanssen, H. Journal of sports sciences, 1-8, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27167978

The Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Determines Cholesterol Homeostasis by Regulating Ampk and Srebp Activity. Mangels, N., Awwad, K., Wettenmann, A., Dos Santos, L. R., Fromel, T. & Fleming, I. Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27179554

Communication through Gap Junctions in the Endothelium. Schmidt, K., Windler, R. & de Wit, C. Advances in Pharmacology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054358916300278

Sex-Based Differences in Outcomes with Bivalirudin or Unfractionated Heparin for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results from the Bravo 3 Randomized Trial. Asgar, A., Chandrasekhar, J., Mikhail, G., Webb, J., Lefevre, T., Tamburino, C., Hildick-Smith, D., Hambrecht, R., Van Belle, E., Widder, J., Dumonteil, N., Hink, U., Jeger, R., Linke, A., Dellargyris, E., Gao, P., Mehran, R., Hengstenberg, C., Anthopoulos, P., Dangas, G. et al. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27152677

Right Ventricular Long Axis Strain—Validation of a Novel Parameter in Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Using Standard Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Arenja, N., Riffel, J. H., Djiokou, C. N., Andre, F., Fritz, T., Halder, M., Thomas, Z., Kristen, A. V., Korosoglou, G., Katus, H. A. & Buss, S. J. European Journal of Radiology, (2016). http://www.ejradiology.com/article/S0720-048X%2816%2930138-3/abstract

Troponin I Assay for Identification of a Significant Coronary Stenosis in Patients with Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction and Wide Qrs Complex. von Jeinsen, B., Tzikas, S., Pioro, G., Palapies, L., Zeller, T., Bickel, C., Lackner, K. J., Baldus, S., Blankenberg, S., Muenzel, T., Zeiher, A. M. & Keller, T. PloS one 11, e0154724, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27148734

Serum Microrna-1233 Is a Specific Biomarker for Diagnosing Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Kessler, T., Erdmann, J., Vilne, B., Bruse, P., Kurowski, V., Diemert, P., Schunkert, H. & Sager, H. B. Journal of translational medicine 14, 120, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27150028

Inhibition of Chymotryptic-Like Standard Proteasome Activity Exacerbates Doxorubicin-Induced Cytotoxicity in Primary Cardiomyocytes. Spur, E. M., Althof, N., Respondek, D., Klingel, K., Heuser, A., Overkleeft, H. S. & Voigt, A. Toxicology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27155237

The Impact of Genome-Wide Association Studies on the Pathophysiology and Therapy of Cardiovascular Disease. Kessler, T., Vilne, B. & Schunkert, H. EMBO Molecular Medicine, (2016). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.15252/emmm.201506174/abstract

Essential Role for Premature Senescence of Myofibroblasts in Myocardial Fibrosis. Meyer, K., Hodwin, B., Ramanujam, D., Engelhardt, S. & Sarikas, A. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, 2018-2028, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27126529

Microrna Regulation of Macrophages in Human Pathologies. Wei, Y. & Schober, A. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27137182

Novel Pathomechanisms of Cardiomyocyte Dysfunction in a Model of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Primessnig, U., Schonleitner, P., Holl, A., Pfeiffer, S., Bracic, T., Rau, T., Kapl, M., Stojakovic, T., Glasnov, T., Leineweber, K., Wakula, P., Antoons, G., Pieske, B. & Heinzel, F. R. European journal of heart failure, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27135883

Homoarginine Predicts Mortality in Treatment-Naive Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Atzler, D., Cracowski, J.-L., Cordts, K., Boger, R. H., Humbert, M. & Schwedhelm, E. International journal of cardiology 217, 12-15, (2016). http://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273%2816%2930867-1/abstract

Coding and Non-Coding Variants in the Shox2 Gene in Patients with Early-Onset Atrial Fibrillation. Hoffmann, S., Clauss, S., Berger, I. M., Weiss, B., Montalbano, A., Roth, R., Bucher, M., Klier, I., Wakili, R., Seitz, H., Schulze-Bahr, E., Katus, H. A., Flachsbart, F., Nebel, A., Guenther, S. P., Bagaev, E., Rottbauer, W., Kaab, S., Just, S. & Rappold, G. A. Basic research in cardiology 111, 36, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27138930

Steroidal and Nonsteroidal Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists Cause Differential Cardiac Gene Expression in Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy. Grune, J., Benz, V., Brix, S., Salatzki, J., Blumrich, A., Hoft, B., Klopfleisch, R., Foryst-Ludwig, A., Kolkhof, P. & Kintscher, U. Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 67, 402-411, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26859196

Circulating Irisin Concentrations Are Associated with a Favourable Lipid Profile in the General Population. Oelmann, S., Nauck, M., Volzke, H., Bahls, M. & Friedrich, N. PloS one 11, e0154319, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27128661

The Significance of the Late Na+ Current for Arrhythmia Induction and the Therapeutic Antiarrhythmic Potential of Ranolazine. Mason, F. E. & Sossalla, S. Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27130298

Pafah1b1 and the Lncrna Nonhsat073641 Maintain an Angiogenic Phenotype in Human Endothelial Cells. Josipovic, I., Fork, C., Preussner, J., Prior, K. K., Iloska, D., Vasconez, A. E., Labocha, S., Angioni, C., Thomas, D., Ferreiros, N., Looso, M., Pullamsetti, S. S., Geisslinger, G., Steinhilber, D., Brandes, R. P. & Leisegang, M. S. Acta physiologica, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27124368

Myoscape Controls Cardiac Calcium Cycling and Contractility Via Regulation of L-Type Calcium Channel Surface Expression. Eden, M., Meder, B., Volkers, M., Poomvanicha, M., Domes, K., Branchereau, M., Marck, P., Will, R., Bernt, A., Rangrez, A., Busch, M., German Mouse Clinic, C., Hrabe de Angelis, M., Heymes, C., Rottbauer, W., Most, P., Hofmann, F. & Frey, N. Nature communications 7, 11317, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27122098

Long-Term Clinical Impact of Polymer-Free Sirolimus-Eluting Stents in Unselected Patients. Sinha, N., Rai, H., Cassese, S., Kumar, S., Kapoor, A. & Kastrati, A. Coronary artery disease, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27124380

A Biobank for Long-Term and Sustainable Research in the Field of Congenital Heart Disease in Germany. Pickardt, T., Niggemeyer, E., Bauer, U. M., Abdul-Khaliq, H. & Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects, I. Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27132144

Profiling and Validation of the Circular Rna Repertoire in Adult Murine Hearts. Jakobi, T., Czaja-Hasse, L. F., Reinhardt, R. & Dieterich, C. Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27132142

Right Ventricular Thrombus Formation in a Patient with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Following Radiofrequency Ablation. Kemmer, S., Lesevic, H., Reents, T., Schunkert, H. & Burgdorf, C. Clinical Case Reports, (2016). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ccr3.537/full

Mismatch between Cardiac Perfusion, Sympathetic Innervation, and Left Ventricular Electroanatomical Map in a Patient with Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia. Jungen, C., von Gogh, G., Schmitt, C., Kuklik, P., Hoffmann, B., Nakajima, K., Willems, S., Mester, J. & Meyer, C. The American journal of case reports 17, 280-282, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27109542

Comparison of the Effects of a Truncating and a Missense Mybpc3 Mutation on Contractile Parameters of Engineered Heart Tissue. Wijnker, P. J., Friedrich, F. W., Dutsch, A., Reischmann, S., Eder, A., Vollert-Mannhardt, I., Mearini, G., Eschenhagen, T., van der Velden, J. & Carrier, L. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27108529

Prediction of Appropriate Shocks Using 24-Hour Holter Variables and T-Wave Alternans Following First Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation in Patients with Ischemic or Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Seegers, J., Bergau, L., Exposito, P. M., Bauer, A., Fischer, T., Luthje, L., Hasenfuss, G., Friede, T. & Zabel, M. Am J Cardiol, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002914916304970

Regulation of Beta-Cell Function and Mass by the Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase. Oetjen, E. Archiv der Pharmazie, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27100796

Antiphospholipid Antibodies in a Large Population-Based Cohort: Genome-Wide Associations and Effects on Monocyte Gene Expression. Muller-Calleja, N., Rossmann, H., Muller, C., Wild, P., Blankenberg, S., Pfeiffer, N., Binder, H., Beutel, M. E., Manukyan, D., Zeller, T. & Lackner, K. J. Thrombosis and haemostasis 116, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27098658

Aav9-Mediated Gene Transfer of Desmin Ameliorates Cardiomyopathy in Desmin-Deficient Mice. Heckmann, M. B., Bauer, R., Jungmann, A., Winter, L., Rapti, K., Strucksberg, K. H., Clemen, C. S., Li, Z., Schroder, R., Katus, H. A. & Muller, O. J. Gene therapy, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27101257

Akap18:Pka-Riialpha Structure Reveals Crucial Anchor Points for Recognition of Regulatory Subunits of Pka. Gotz, F., Roske, Y., Schulz, M. S., Autenrieth, K., Bertinetti, D., Faelber, K., Zuhlke, K., Kreuchwig, A., Kennedy, E., Krause, G., Daumke, O., Herberg, F. W., Heinemann, U. & Klussmann, E. The Biochemical journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27102985

Impaired Endothelial Shear Stress Induces Podosome Assembly Via Vegf up-Regulation. Fey, T., Schubert, M., Schneider, H., Fein, E., Kleinert, E., Pohl, U. & Dendorfer, A. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27103579

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine. Pane, L. S., My, I. & Moretti, A. Regenerative Medicine - from Protocol to Patient (Book), 51-75, (2016). http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-27610-6_3

Amp-Activated Protein Kinase Alpha1-Sensitive Activation of Ap-1 in Cardiomyocytes. Voelkl, J., Alesutan, I., Primessnig, U., Feger, M., Mia, S., Jungmann, A., Castor, T., Viereck, R., Stockigt, F., Borst, O., Gawaz, M., Schrickel, J. W., Metzler, B., Katus, H. A., Muller, O. J., Pieske, B., Heinzel, F. R. & Lang, F. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27106803

Challenges to the Translation of Basic Science Findings to Atrial Fibrillation Therapies. Heijman, J. & Dobrev, D. Future cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27091233

Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Concomitant Sinus Bradycardia-Insights from the German Ablation Registry. Zylla, M. M., Brachmann, J., Lewalter, T., Hoffmann, E., Kuck, K. H., Andresen, D., Willems, S., Hochadel, M., Senges, J., Katus, H. A. & Thomas, D. Journal of electrocardiology 49, 117-123, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26806120

Cross-Linking Gpvi-Fc by Anti-Fc Antibodies Potentiates Its Inhibition of Atherosclerotic Plaque- and Collagen-Induced Platelet Activation. Jamasbi, J., Megens, R. T. A., Bianchini, M., Uhland, K., Munch, G., Ungerer, M., Sherman, S., Faussner, A., Brandl, R., John, C., Buchner, J., Weber, C., Lorenz, R., Elia, N. & Siess, W. JACC: Basic to Translational Science 1, 131-142, (2016). http://passthrough.fw-notify.net/download/543238/http://basictranslational.onlinejacc.org/content/btr/1/3/131.full.pdf

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 87, 822-829, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26708019

Cathelicidin Regulates Myeloid Cell Accumulation in Adipose Tissue and Promotes Insulin Resistance During Obesity. Braster, Q., Silvestre-Roig, C., Hartwig, H., Kusters, P., Aarts, S., den Toom, M., Gallo, R. L., Weber, C., Lutgens, E. & Soehnlein, O. Thrombosis and haemostasis 115, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26939624

Comprehensive Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Suspected Myocarditis: The Myoracer-Trial. Lurz, P., Luecke, C., Eitel, I., Fohrenbach, F., Frank, C., Grothoff, M., de Waha, S., Rommel, K. P., Lurz, J. A., Klingel, K., Kandolf, R., Schuler, G., Thiele, H. & Gutberlet, M. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, 1800-1811, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081020

Human Validation of Genes Associated with a Murine Atherosclerotic Phenotype. Pasterkamp, G., van der Laan, S. W., Haitjema, S., Asl, H. F., Siemelink, M. A., Bezemer, T., van Setten, J., Dichgans, M., Malik, R., Worrall, B. B., Schunkert, H., Samani, N. J., de Kleijn, D. P., Markus, H. S., Hoefer, I. E., Michoel, T., de Jager, S. C., Bjorkegren, J. L., den Ruijter, H. M. & Asselbergs, F. W. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27079880

[Cardiovascular Risk of Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Treatment of Hormone-Dependent Prostate Cancer : Differences between Gnrh Antagonists and Gnrh Agonists]. Tschope, C., Kherad, B., Spillmann, F., Schneider, C. A., Pieske, B. & Krackhardt, F. Herz, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27083586

Association of Progression or Regression of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis with Long-Term Prognosis. Ndrepepa, G., Iijima, R., Kufner, S., Braun, S., Cassese, S., Byrne, R. A., Sorges, J., Schulz-Schupke, S., Hoppmann, P., Fussaro, M., Laugwitz, K. L., Schunkert, H. & Kastrati, A. American heart journal, (2016). http://www.ahjonline.com/article/S0002-8703%2816%2930020-5/abstract

How to Keep on Going: Editorial Comment on the Long-Term Effects of a Randomized Trial Comparing Aerobic Interval Versus Continuous Training in Coronary Artery Disease Patients: One-Year Data from the Saintex-Cad Study. Krankel, N. European journal of preventive cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27081165

Synchronization of Endothelial Dll4-Notch Dynamics Switch Blood Vessels from Branching to Expansion. Ubezio, B., Blanco, R. A., Geudens, I., Stanchi, F., Mathivet, T., Jones, M. L., Ragab, A., Bentley, K. & Gerhardt, H. eLife 5, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27074663

Differences in the Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Typical and Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome - Data from the International Takotsubo Registry. Ghadri, J. R., Cammann, V. L., Napp, L. C., Jurisic, S., Diekmann, J., Bataiosu, D. R., Seifert, B., Jaguszewski, M., Sarcon, A., Neumann, C. A., Geyer, V., Prasad, A., Bax, J. J., Ruschitzka, F., Luscher, T. F., Templin, C. & Registry, f. t. I. T. I. JAMA Cardiol., (2016). https://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2513300#

Calibrating Random Forests for Probability Estimation. Dankowski, T. & Ziegler, A. Statistics in medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27074747

Cachexia and Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Chronic Heart Failure: What Is the Chicken and What the Egg? Bahls, M. & Felix, S. B. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27071817

Hide and Seek: Protein-Coding Sequences inside "Non-Coding" Rnas. Oehler, D. & Haas, J. Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27071812

Do Little Interactions Get Lost in Dark Random Forests? Wright, M. N., Ziegler, A. & Konig, I. R. BMC bioinformatics 17, 145, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27029549

[Rehabilitation in Heart Failure]. Reibis, R. K., Schlitt, A., Glatz, J., Langheim, E. H., Guha, M., Halle, M., Boscheri, A., Hegeler-Molkewehrum, C. & Voller, H. Die Rehabilitation 55, 115-129, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27070986

[Percutaneous Implantable Transcatheter Pacemaker]. Meyer, C., Jungen, C., Gosau, N., Hoffmann, B., Eickholt, C. & Willems, S. Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift 141, 574-577, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27078248

Rotigotine's Effect on Plm-Associated Blood Pressure Elevations in Restless Legs Syndrome. Bauer, A., Cassel, W., Benes, H., Kesper, K., Rye, D., Sica, D., Winkelman, J. W., Bauer, L., Grieger, F., Joeres, L., Moran, K., Schollmayer, E., Whitesides, J., Carney, H. C., Walters, A. S., Oertel, W. & Trenkwalder, C. Neurology, (2016). http://www.neurology.org/content/early/2016/04/13/WNL.0000000000002649.short?rss=1

Low Homoarginine Levels in the Prognosis of Patients with Acute Chest Pain. Atzler, D., Baum, C., Ojeda, F., Keller, T., Cordts, K., Schnabel, R. B., Choe, C. U., Lackner, K. J., Munzel, T., Boger, R. H., Blankenberg, S., Schwedhelm, E. & Zeller, T. Journal of the American Heart Association 5, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27076564

M1 Signature Mediators in Atheroma-Derived Single Cell Secretome of Symptomatic Plaques. Insight ... Inflammatory Pathways Activated within Instable Plaques Which Promote a Pro-Inflammatory M1 Macrophage Polarisation. Steffens, S. Thrombosis and haemostasis 115, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27052888

Scanning and Resetting the Phase of a Spinned Spiral Wave Using Periodic Far Field Pulses. Shajahan, T. K., Berg, S., Luther, S., Krinski, V. & Bittihn, P. New J. Phys. 18, (2016). http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/18/4/043012/meta

Risk Factors for Heart Failure Are Associated with Alterations of the Lv End-Diastolic Pressure-Volume Relationship in Non-Heart Failure Individuals: Data from a Large-Scale, Population-Based Cohort. Schwarzl, M., Ojeda, F., Zeller, T., Seiffert, M., Becher, P. M., Munzel, T., Wild, P. S., Blettner, M., Lackner, K. J., Pfeiffer, N., Beutel, M. E., Blankenberg, S. & Westermann, D. European heart journal, (2016). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27055814

Atrial Fibrillation in Women: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Presentation, and Prognosis. Ko, D., Rahman, F., Schnabel, R. B., Yin, X., Benjamin, E. J. & Christophersen, I. E. Nature reviews. Cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27053455

Circulating Exosomal Micrornas Predict Functional Recovery after Mitraclip Repair of Severe Mitral Regurgitation. Kasner, M., Gast, M., Galuszka, O., Stroux, A., Rutschow, S., Wang, X., Dohmen, P., Skurk, C., Landmesser, U., Poller, W. & Gross, M. International journal of cardiology, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527316307021

Dyrk1a Regulates the Cardiomyocyte Cell Cycle Via D-Cyclin Dependent Rb/E2f-Signaling. Hille, S., Dierck, F., Kuhl, C., Sosna, J., Adam-Klages, S., Adam, D., Lullmann-Rauch, R., Frey, N. & Kuhn, C. Cardiovascular research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27056896

Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase (Map3k12) Modulators: A Patent Review (2010-2015). Oetjen, E. & Lemcke, T. Expert opinion on therapeutic patents, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27043251

The Combined Effects of Ranolazine and Dronedarone on Human Atrial and Ventricular Electrophysiology. Hartmann, N., Mason, F. E., Braun, I., Pabel, S., Voigt, N., Schotola, H., Fischer, T. H., Dobrev, D., Danner, B. C., Renner, A., Gummert, J., Belardinelli, L., Frey, N., Maier, L. S., Hasenfuss, G. & Sossalla, S. JMCC, (2016). http://www.jmmc-online.com/article/S0022-2828%2816%2930059-1/abstract

Association of Type D Personality with Cognitive Functioning in Individuals with and without Cardiovascular Disease — the Gutenberg Health Study. Unterrainer, J., Michal, M., Rahm, B., Hadzibegovic, J., Wild, P. S., Schulz, A., Munzel, T., Blettner, M., Lackner, K., Pfeiffer, N., Blankenberg, S., Denollet, J. & Beutel, M. E. International journal of cardiology 214, 256-261, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527316306337

Aortic Annulus to Left Coronary Distance as a Predictor for Persistent Left Bundle Branch Block after Tavi. Hein-Rothweiler, R., Jochheim, D., Rizas, K., Egger, A., Theiss, H., Bauer, A., Massberg, S. & Mehilli, J. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27038099

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Myocardial Feature Tracking: Concepts and Clinical Applications. Schuster, A., Hor, K. N., Kowallick, J. T., Beerbaum, P. & Kutty, S. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 9, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27009468

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., von Haehling, S., Anker, S. D., Joebges, M. & Doehner, W. Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle 7, 60-67, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27066319

Searching for a Relevant Definition of Sarcopenia: Results from the Cross-Sectional Epidos Study. Scherbakov, N. & Doehner, W. Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle 7, 100-101, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27065221

Prospective Evaluation of 18f-Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake in Postischemic Myocardium by Simultaneous Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Prognostic Marker of Functional Outcome. Rischpler, C., Dirschinger, R. J., Nekolla, S. G., Kossmann, H., Nicolosi, S., Hanus, F., van Marwick, S., Kunze, K. P., Meinicke, A., Gotze, K., Kastrati, A., Langwieser, N., Ibrahim, T., Nahrendorf, M., Schwaiger, M. & Laugwitz, K. L. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 9, e004316, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27056601

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Diabetic Patients: The Method of Choice? Nagel, E. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 9, e004699, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27059505

Diagnostic Yield of Sequencing Familial Hypercholesterolemia Genes in Patients with Severe Hypercholesterolemia. Khera, A. V., Won, H. H., Peloso, G. M., Lawson, K. S., Bartz, T. M., Deng, X., van Leeuwen, E. M., Natarajan, P., Emdin, C. A., Bick, A. G., Morrison, A. C., Brody, J. A., Gupta, N., Nomura, A., Kessler, T., Duga, S., Bis, J. C., van Duijn, C. M., Cupples, L. A., Psaty, B. et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27050191

Vagus Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Heart Failure: The Inovate-Hf Trial. Gold, M. R., Van Veldhuisen, D. J., Hauptman, P. J., Borggrefe, M., Kubo, S. H., Lieberman, R. A., Milasinovic, G., Berman, B. J., Djordjevic, S., Neelagaru, S., Schwartz, P. J., Starling, R. C. & Mann, D. L. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27058909

High on-Treatment Platelet Reactivity and Outcomes after Percutaneous Endovascular Procedures in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease. Bernlochner, I., Jaitner, J., Fries, V., Dommasch, M., Mayer, K., Ott, I., Langwieser, N., Fusaro, M., Laugwitz, K. L., Kastrati, A. & Ibrahim, T. VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten 45, 155-161, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27058802

Coding Variation in Angptl4, Lpl, and Svep1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease. Myocardial Infarction, G. & Investigators, C. A. E. C. The New England journal of medicine 374, 1134-1144, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26934567

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Distribution of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in a Large Population-Based German Cohort. Manukyan, D., Rossmann, H., Schulz, A., Zeller, T., Pfeiffer, N., Binder, H., Munzel, T., Beutel, M. E., Muller-Calleja, N., Wild, P. S. & Lackner, K. J. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27028736

Defects in Trpm7 Channel Function Deregulate Thrombopoiesis through Altered Cellular Mg(2+) Homeostasis and Cytoskeletal Architecture. Stritt, S., Nurden, P., Favier, R., Favier, M., Ferioli, S., Gotru, S. K., van Eeuwijk, J. M., Schulze, H., Nurden, A. T., Lambert, M. P., Turro, E., Burger-Stritt, S., Matsushita, M., Mittermeier, L., Ballerini, P., Zierler, S., Laffan, M. A., Chubanov, V., Gudermann, T., Nieswandt, B. et al. Nature communications 7, 11097, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27020697

Ccr5+T-Bet+Foxp3+ Effector Cd4 T Cells Drive Atherosclerosis. Li, J., McArdle, S., Gholami, A., Kimura, T., Wolf, D., Gerhardt, T., Miller, J., Weber, C. & Ley, K. Circulation research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27021296

Pulmonary Targeting of Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors by Next-Generation Sequencing-Guided Screening of Random Capsid Displayed Peptide Libraries. Korbelin, J., Sieber, T., Michelfelder, S., Lunding, L., Spies, E., Hunger, A., Alawi, M., Rapti, K., Indenbirken, D., Muller, O. J., Pasqualini, R., Arap, W., Kleinschmidt, J. A. & Trepel, M. Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27018516

Hypoxia-Induced Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition Is Associated with Rasal1 Promoter Hypermethylation in Human Coronary Endothelial Cells. Xu, X., Tan, X., Hulshoff, M. S., Wilhelmi, T., Zeisberg, M. & Zeisberg, E. M. FEBS Letters, (2016). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1873-3468.12158/abstract

Statins and Risk of Poststroke Hemorrhagic Complications. Scheitz, J. F., MacIsaac, R. L., Abdul-Rahim, A. H., Siegerink, B., Bath, P. M., Endres, M., Lees, K. R., Nolte, C. H. & collaboration, V. Neurology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27016519

Atrial-Selective Potassium Channel Blockers Voigt, N. & Dobrev, D. Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877918216300120

Mir-223-Igf-Ir Signaling in Hypoxia- and Load-Induced Right Ventricular Failure: A Novel Therapeutic Approach. Shi, L., Kojonazarov, B., Elgheznawy, A., Popp, R., Dahal, B. K., Bohm, M., Pullamsetti, S. S., Ghofrani, H. A., Godecke, A., Jungmann, A., Katus, H. A., Muller, O. J., Schermuly, R. T., Fisslthaler, B., Seeger, W. & Fleming, I. Cardiovascular research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27013635

Essential Light Chain S195 Phosphorylation Is Required for Cardiac Adaptation under Physical Stress. Scheid, L. M., Mosqueira, M., Hein, S., Kossack, M., Juergensen, L., Mueller, M., Meder, B., Fink, R. H., Katus, H. A. & Hassel, D. Cardiovascular research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27013636

The Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone Calnexin Is a Nadph Oxidase Nox4 Interacting Protein. Prior, K. K., Wittig, I., Leisegang, M. S., Groenendyk, J., Weissmann, N., Michalak, M., Jansen-Durr, P., Shah, A. M. & Brandes, R. P. The Journal of biological chemistry 291, 7045-7059, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26861875

Serum Matrix Metalloproteinases as Quantitative Biomarkers for Myocardial Fibrosis and Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Stratification in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Munch, J., Avanesov, M., Bannas, P., Saring, D., Kramer, E., Mearini, G., Carrier, L., Suling, A., Lund, G. & Patten, M. Journal of cardiac failure, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27018569

Common and Rare Genetic Variation in Ccr2, Ccr5, or Cx3cr1 and Risk of Atherosclerotic Coronary Heart Disease and Glucometabolic Traits. Golbus, J. R., Stitziel, N. O., Zhao, W., Xue, C., Farrall, M., McPherson, R., Erdmann, J., Deloukas, P., Watkins, H., Schunkert, H., Samani, N. J., Saleheen, D., Kathiresan, S. & Reilly, M. P. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27013693

Genome-Wide Study for Circulating Metabolites Identifies 62 Loci and Reveals Novel Systemic Effects of Lpa. Kettunen, J., Demirkan, A., Wurtz, P., Draisma, H. H., Haller, T., Rawal, R., Vaarhorst, A., Kangas, A. J., Lyytikainen, L. P., Pirinen, M., Pool, R., Sarin, A. P., Soininen, P., Tukiainen, T., Wang, Q., Tiainen, M., Tynkkynen, T., Amin, N., Zeller, T., Beekman, M. et al. Nature communications 7, 11122, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27005778

Immunochip Analysis Identifies Association of the Rad50/Il13 Region with Human Longevity. Flachsbart, F., Ellinghaus, D., Gentschew, L., Heinsen, F. A., Caliebe, A., Christiansen, L., Nygaard, M., Christensen, K., Blanche, H., Deleuze, J. F., Derbois, C., Galan, P., Buning, C., Brand, S., Peters, A., Strauch, K., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Hoffmann, P., Nothen, M. M., Lieb, W. et al. Aging cell, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27004735

Effects of Renal Denervation on Renal Artery Function in Humans: Preliminary Study. Doltra, A., Hartmann, A., Stawowy, P., Goubergrits, L., Kuehne, T., Wellnhofer, E., Gebker, R., Schneeweis, C., Schnackenburg, B., Esler, M., Fleck, E. & Kelle, S. PloS one 11, e0150662, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27003912

Durability of Bioprostheses for the Tricuspid Valve in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease. Burri, M., Vogt, M. O., Horer, J., Cleuziou, J., Kasnar-Samprec, J., Kuhn, A., Lange, R. & Schreiber, C. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27005978

Impact of Common Β1-Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms on the Interaction with Agonistic Autoantibodies in Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Bornholz, B., Hanzen, B., Reinke, Y., Felix, S. B. & Boege, F. International journal of cardiology 214, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527316304430

Epidemiologic Research Topics in Germany: A Keyword Network Analysis of 2014 Dgepi Conference Presentations. Peter, R. S., Brehme, T., Volzke, H., Muche, R., Rothenbacher, D. & Buchele, G. European journal of epidemiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26994764

Randomized Trial of Polymer-Free Sirolimus- and Probucol-Eluting Stents Versus Durable Polymer Zotarolimus-Eluting Stents: Five-Year Results of the Isar-Test 5 Trial. Kufner, S., Sorges, J., Mehilli, J., Cassese, S., Repp, J., Wiebe, J., Lohaus, R., Lahmann, A., Rheude, T., Ibrahim, T., Massberg, S., Laugwitz, K. L., Kastrati, A., Byrne, R. A. & Investigators, I.-T. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27017366

Asymmetric Dimethylarginine, Related Arginine Derivatives and Incident Atrial Fibrillation. Schnabel, R. B., Maas, R., Wang, N., Yin, X., Larson, M. G., Levy, D., Ellinor, P. T., Lubitz, S. A., McManus, D., Magnani, J. W., Atzler, D., Böger, R. H., Schwedhelm, E., Ramachandran, V. S. & Benjamin, E. J. American heart journal, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002870316000892

Association of Plasma Abeta40 Peptides, but Not Abeta42, with Coronary Artery Disease and Diabetes Mellitus. Roeben, B., Maetzler, W., Vanmechelen, E., Schulte, C., Heinzel, S., Stellos, K., Godau, J., Huber, H., Brockmann, K., Wurster, I., Gaenslen, A., Gruner, E., Niebler, R., Eschweiler, G. W., Berg, D. & team, T. s. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27003209

Response to Letter Regarding Article, "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 133, e440-441, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26976923

High Levels of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Are Associated with Aortic Wall Thickness in the General Population. Ittermann, T., Lorbeer, R., Dorr, M., Schneider, T., Quadrat, A., Hesselbarth, L., Wenzel, M., Lehmphul, I., Kohrle, J., Mensel, B. & Volzke, H. European radiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26973144

Association of Smoking with Myocardial Injury and Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Mechanical Reperfusion for St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Reinstadler, S. J., Eitel, C., Fuernau, G., de Waha, S., Desch, S., Mende, M., Metzler, B., Schuler, G., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26976354

Epigenetic Regulation of Diacylglycerol Kinase Alpha Promotes Radiation-Induced Fibrosis. Weigel, C., Veldwijk, M. R., Oakes, C. C., Seibold, P., Slynko, A., Liesenfeld, D. B., Rabionet, M., Hanke, S. A., Wenz, F., Sperk, E., Benner, A., Rosli, C., Sandhoff, R., Assenov, Y., Plass, C., Herskind, C., Chang-Claude, J., Schmezer, P. & Popanda, O. Nature communications 7, 10893, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26964756

Estimating Absolute-Phase Maps Using Espirit and Virtual Conjugate Coils. Uecker, M. & Lustig, M. Magnetic resonance in medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26970093

Optogenetic Light Crafting Tools for the Control of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Richter, C., Christoph, J., Lehnart, S. E. & Luther, S. Methods in molecular biology 1408, 293-302, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26965131

The Factor in Edhf: Cytochrome P450 Derived Lipid Mediators and Vascular Signaling. Fleming, I. Vascular pharmacology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26975734

Relaxin Treatment in an Ang-Ii-Based Transgenic Preeclamptic-Rat Model. Haase, N., Golic, M., Herse, F., Rugor, J., Linz, D., Solano, M. E., Muller, D. N. & Dechend, R. PloS one 11, e0150743, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26963382

Model-Based Reconstruction for Real-Time Phase-Contrast Flow Mri: Improved Spatiotemporal Accuracy. Tan, Z., Roeloffs, V., Voit, D., Joseph, A. A., Untenberger, M., Merboldt, K. D. & Frahm, J. Magnetic resonance in medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26949221

Genome-Wide Association Study for Incident Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Heart Disease in Prospective Cohort Studies: The Charge Consortium. Dehghan, A., Bis, J. C., White, C. C., Smith, A. V., Morrison, A. C., Cupples, L. A., Trompet, S., Chasman, D. I., Lumley, T., Volker, U., Buckley, B. M., Ding, J., Jensen, M. K., Folsom, A. R., Kritchevsky, S. B., Girman, C. J., Ford, I., Dorr, M., Salomaa, V., Uitterlinden, A. G. et al. PloS one 11, e0144997, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950853

Gut Microbiota Impact on Stroke Outcome: Fad or Fact? Winek, K., Meisel, A. & Dirnagl, U. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26945017

Impact of the Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Surface Area on on-Treatment Platelet Reactivity. Gross, L., Sibbing, D., Eickhoff, M., Baquet, M., Orban, M., Krieg, A., Grujic, K., Theiss, H. D., Brunner, S., Teupser, D., Holdt, L., Massberg, S. & Mehilli, J. Platelets, 1-6, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26940818

Happy Heart Syndrome: Role of Positive Emotional Stress in Takotsubo Syndrome. Ghadri, J. R., Sarcon, A., Diekmann, J., Bataiosu, D. R., Cammann, V. L., Jurisic, S., Napp, L. C., Jaguszewski, M., Scherff, F., Brugger, P., Jancke, L., Seifert, B., Bax, J. J., Ruschitzka, F., Luscher, T. F., Templin, C. & Inter, T. A. K. C.-i. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26935270

Plasma Microrna-21 for the Early Prediction of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Major Cardiac Surgery. Gaede, L., Liebetrau, C., Blumenstein, J., Troidl, C., Dorr, O., Kim, W. K., Gottfried, K., Voss, S., Berkowitsch, A., Walther, T., Nef, H., Hamm, C. W. & Mollmann, H. Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26940124

Cyp2c19 in Acs Patients: Could Genotyping Have a Role in Medically Managed Patients or Beyond? Sibbing, D., Gross, L. & Massberg, S. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, 948-950, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26916484

Cardiomyocyte-Specific Overexpression of Oestrogen Receptor Beta Improves Survival and Cardiac Function after Myocardial Infarction in Female and Male Mice. Schuster, I., Mahmoodzadeh, S., Dworatzek, E., Jaisser, F., Messaoudi, S., Morano, I. & Regitz-Zagrosek, V. Clinical science 130, 365-376, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26608078

Bioresorbable Coronary Scaffold Thrombosis: Multicenter Comprehensive Analysis of Clinical Presentation, Mechanisms, and Predictors. Puricel, S., Cuculi, F., Weissner, M., Schmermund, A., Jamshidi, P., Nyffenegger, T., Binder, H., Eggebrecht, H., Munzel, T., Cook, S. & Gori, T. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, 921-931, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26916481

Angiopoietin-2-Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Compromise and Increased Stroke Size Are Rescued by Ve-Ptp-Dependent Restoration of Tie2 Signaling. Gurnik, S., Devraj, K., Macas, J., Yamaji, M., Starke, J., Scholz, A., Sommer, K., Di Tacchio, M., Vutukuri, R., Beck, H., Mittelbronn, M., Foerch, C., Pfeilschifter, W., Liebner, S., Peters, K. G., Plate, K. H. & Reiss, Y. Acta neuropathologica, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26932603

Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Technology Benefits from Healthy Skepticism. Cassese, S. & Kastrati, A. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, 932-935, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26916482

Prognostic Value of Undetectable Hs Troponin T in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome. Vafaie, M., Slagman, A., Mockel, M., Hamm, C., Huber, K., Muller, C., Vollert, J. O., Blankenberg, S., Katus, H. A., Liebetrau, C., Giannitsis, E. & Searle, J. The American journal of medicine 129, 274-282 e272, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26524709

Are the Associations of Cardiac Acceleration and Deceleration Capacities with Fine Metal Particulate in Welders Mediated by Inflammation? Umukoro, P. E., Wong, J. Y., Cavallari, J. M., Fang, S. C., Lu, C., Lin, X., Mittleman, M. A., Schmidt, G. & Christiani, D. C. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 58, 232-237, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26949872

Long-Term Metal Pm2.5 Exposures Decrease Cardiac Acceleration and Deceleration Capacities in Welders. Umukoro, P. E., Fan, T., Zhang, J., Cavallari, J. M., Fang, S. C., Lu, C., Lin, X., Mittleman, M. A., Schmidt, G. & Christiani, D. C. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 58, 227-231, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26949871

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 65, 803-817, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26631737

Combined Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance as Translational Tool in Cardiology. Schwaiger, M. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 9, e004549, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26926271

Efficacy, High Procedural Safety and Rapid Optimization of Cryoballoon Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in the Hands of a New Operator. Scholz, E., Lungenbiel, P., Schweizer, P. A., Xynogalos, P., Seyler, C., Zietron, E., Becker, R., Katus, H. A. & Thomas, D. JAFIB, (2016). http://www.jafib.com/published.php?type=full&id=1341&is=2016-02-29&f=full

Recent Developments and Controversies in the Treatment of Resistant Hypertension. Kuhl, C., Frey, N. & Frank, D. Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association 124, 178-186, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27008634

Solid Right Ventricular Compression by Intraventricular Septum-Hematoma Induced after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. El-Battrawy, I., Akin, I., Munz, B., Leistner, D. M., Behnes, M., Henzler, T., Haubenreisser, H., Papavassiliu, T., Borggrefe, M. & Lehmann, R. Case Reports in Cardiology 2016, (2016). http://www.hindawi.com/journals/cric/2016/6218723/abs/

Mr Imaging of Coronary Arteries and Plaques. Dweck, M. R., Puntman, V., Vesey, A. T., Fayad, Z. A. & Nagel, E. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 9, 306-316, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26965732

Intestinal Congestion and Right Ventricular Dysfunction: A Link with Appetite Loss, Inflammation, and Cachexia in Chronic Heart Failure. Valentova, M., Von Haehling, S., Bauditz, J., Doehner, W., Ebner, N., Bekfani, T., Elsner, S., Sliziuk, V., Scherbakov, N., Murin, J., Anker, S. D. & Sandek, A. European heart journal, (2016). http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/02/09/eurheartj.ehw008.article-info

Mitral Valve Insufficiency. Rudolph, V. & Lutter, G. Aktuel Kardiol 5, 59-62, (2016). www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0041-110953 

Blood Flow Drives Lumen Formation by Inverse Membrane Blebbing During Angiogenesis in Vivo. Gebala, V., Collins, R., Geudens, I., Phng, L. K. & Gerhardt, H. Nature cell biology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26928868

[Exercise Training in the Therapy of Heart Diseases : Current Evidence and Future Options]. Schwarz, S., Boscheri, A., Christle, J., Duvinage, A., Esefeld, K., Fricke, H., Pitsch, N., Pressler, A., Weichenberger, M. & Halle, M. Herz, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26914583

Distribution of Mirna Expression across Human Tissues. Ludwig, N., Leidinger, P., Becker, K., Backes, C., Fehlmann, T., Pallasch, C., Rheinheimer, S., Meder, B., Stahler, C., Meese, E. & Keller, A. Nucleic acids research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26921406

Computational Detection of Stage-Specific Transcription Factor Clusters During Heart Development. Zeidler, S., Meckbach, C., Tacke, R., Raad, F. S., Roca, A., Uchida, S., Zimmermann, W. H., Wingender, E. & Gultas, M. Front. Genet., (2016). http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2016.00033/full

Transcoronary Gradients of Vascular Mirnas and Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Characteristics. Leistner, D. M., Boeckel, J. N., Reis, S. M., Thome, C. E., De Rosa, R., Keller, T., Palapies, L., Fichtlscherer, S., Dimmeler, S. & Zeiher, A. M. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26916800

The Selective Jak1/3-Inhibitor R507 Mitigates Obliterative Airway Disease Both with Systemic Administration and Aerosol Inhalation. Deuse, T., Hua, X., Stubbendorff, M., Spin, J. M., Neofytou, E., Taylor, V., Chen, Y., Park, G., Fink, J. B., Renne, T., Kiefmann, M., Kiefmann, R., Reichenspurner, H., Robbins, R. C. & Schrepfer, S. Transplantation, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26910327

Shock Index as a Predictor of Myocardial Damage and Clinical Outcome in St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Reinstadler, S. J., Fuernau, G., Eitel, C., de Waha, S., Desch, S., Metzler, B., Schuler, G., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26902549

Serum Androgen Concentrations and Subclinical Measures of Cardiovascular Disease in Men and Women. Kische, H., Gross, S., Wallaschofski, H., Volzke, H., Dorr, M., Nauck, M., Felix, S. B. & Haring, R. Atherosclerosis 247, 193-200, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26926599

Right Ventricular Imaging in 25 Seconds: Evaluating the Use of Sparse Sampling Cine with Iterative Reconstruction for Volumetric Analysis of the Right Ventricle. Haubenreisser, H., Henzler, T., Sudarski, S., Zenge, M. O., Schmidt, M., Nadar, M. S., Borggrefe, M., Schoenberg, S. O. & Papavassiliu, T. Investigative radiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26895192

Diplopia on Vorapaxar: An Unexpected Side Effect Emerging Only at Second Glance. Gross, L. & Sibbing, D. Thrombosis and haemostasis 115, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26887901

Platelet Function Testing in Patients on Antiplatelet Medications. Gross, L., Aradi, D. & Sibbing, D. Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26886395

Structure-Based Design of Peptidic Inhibitors of the Interaction between Cc Chemokine Ligand 5 (Ccl5) and Human Neutrophil Peptides 1 (Hnp1). Wichapong, K., Alard, J. E., Ortega-Gomez, A., Weber, C., Hackeng, T. M., Soehnlein, O. & Nicolaes, G. A. Journal of medicinal chemistry, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26871718

Cardiogenic Shock: How Long Does the Storm Last? Kastrati, A., Colleran, R. & Ndrepepa, G. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, 748-750, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26892408

Association of Increased Cd8 and Persisting Crp Levels with Restenosis in Hiv Patients after Coronary Stenting: The Isar Hiv Study. Schneider, S., Spinner, C. D., Cassese, S., Promny, D., Hapfelmeier, A., Byrne, R. A., Baumann, M., Jager, H., Steinlechner, E., Laugwitz, K. L. & Kastrati, A. Aids, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26891035

The Brain Renin-Angiotensin System Plays a Crucial Role in Regulating Body Weight in Diet-Induced Rat Obesity. Winkler, M., Schuchard, J., Stolting, I., Vogt, F. M., Barkhausen, J., Thorns, C., Bader, M. & Raasch, W. British journal of pharmacology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26892671

Long Noncoding Rna Chast Promotes Cardiac Remodeling. Viereck, J., Kumarswamy, R., Foinquinos, A., Xiao, K., Avramopoulos, P., Kunz, M., Dittrich, M., Maetzig, T., Zimmer, K., Remke, J., Just, A., Fendrich, J., Scherf, K., Bolesani, E., Schambach, A., Weidemann, F., Zweigerdt, R., de Windt, L. J., Engelhardt, S., Dandekar, T. et al. Science translational medicine 8, 326ra322, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26888430

Comparison of Characteristics of Patients ≤ 45 Years Versus >45 Years with St-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (from the Aida Stemi Cmr Substudy). Reinstadler, S. J., Eitel, C., Thieme, M., Metzler, B., Poess, J., Desch, S., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. Am J Cardiol, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002914916302181

Impact of Pcsk9 Inhibition on Coronary Atheroma Progression: Rationale and Design of Glagov (Global Assessment of Plaque Regression with a Pcsk9 Antibody as Measured by Intravascular Ultrasound). Puri, R., Nissen, S. E., Somaratne, R., Cho, L., Kastelein, J. J. P., Ballantyne, C. M., Koenig, W., Anderson, T. J., Yang, J., Kassahun, H., Wasserman, S. H., Scott, R., Borgman, M. & Nicholls, S. J. American heart journal 10.1016/j.ahj.2016.01.019, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000287031600051X

Relation of Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase to Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes. Ndrepepa, G., Braun, S., Cassese, S., Fusaro, M., Laugwitz, K. L., Schunkert, H. & Kastrati, A. Am J Cardiol, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000291491630217X

Combined Implantation of Dual-Chamber Icd and Optimizer through a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava. Fastenrath, F., Roger, S., Akin, I., Borggrefe, M. & Kuschyk, J. Anatolian journal of cardiology 16, 138-140, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26898253

Deep Characterization of Blood Cell Mirnomes by Ngs. Schwarz, E. C., Backes, C., Knorck, A., Ludwig, N., Leidinger, P., Hoxha, C., Schwar, G., Grossmann, T., Muller, S. C., Hart, M., Haas, J., Galata, V., Muller, I., Fehlmann, T., Eichler, H., Franke, A., Meder, B., Meese, E., Hoth, M. & Keller, A. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26874686

Differential Regulation of Aldose Reductase Expression During Macrophage Polarization Depends on Hyperglycemia. Erbel, C., Rupp, G., Domschke, G., Linden, F., Akhavanpoor, M., Doesch, A. O., Katus, H. A. & Gleissner, C. A. Innate immunity, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26873505

Analyzing the Release of Copeptin from the Heart in Acute Myocardial Infarction Using a Transcoronary Gradient Model. Boeckel, J. N., Oppermann, J., Anadol, R., Fichtlscherer, S., Zeiher, A. M. & Keller, T. Scientific reports 6, 20812, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26864512

Classification of Adamts Binding Sites: The First Step toward Selective Adamts7 Inhibitors. Muller, M., Kessler, T., Schunkert, H., Erdmann, J. & Tennstedt, S. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26872430

The Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone Calnexin Is a Nadph Oxidase Nox4 Interacting Protein. Prior, K. K., Wittig, I., Leisegang, M. S., Groenendyk, J., Weissmann, N., Michalak, M., Jansen-Durr, P., Shah, A. M. & Brandes, R. P. The Journal of biological chemistry, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26861875

Micrornas as Biomarkers for Acute Atrial Remodeling in Marathon Runners (the Mirathon Study - a Sub-Study of the Munich Marathon Study). Clauss, S., Wakili, R., Hildebrand, B., Kaab, S., Hoster, E., Klier, I., Martens, E., Hanley, A., Hanssen, H., Halle, M. & Nickel, T. PloS one 11, e0148599, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26859843

Epigenetic Suppression of Inos Expression in Human Endothelial Cells: A Potential Role of Ezh2-Mediated H3k27me3. Dreger, H., Ludwig, A., Weller, A., Baumann, G., Stangl, V. & Stangl, K. Genomics, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26853880

The Trafficking of the Water Channel Aquaporin-2 in Renal Principal Cells—a Potential Target for Pharmacological Intervention in Cardiovascular Diseases. Vukicevic, T., Schulz, M., Faust, D. & Klussmann, E. Front. Pharmacol, (2016). http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2016.00023/full

High Spatial Resolution Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance at 7.0 Tesla in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - First Experiences: Lesson Learned from 7.0 Tesla. Prothmann, M., von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, F., Topper, A., Dieringer, M. A., Shahid, E., Graessl, A., Rieger, J., Lysiak, D., Thalhammer, C., Huelnhagen, T., Kellman, P., Niendorf, T. & Schulz-Menger, J. PloS one 11, e0148066, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26863618

Intestinal Congestion and Right Ventricular Dysfunction: A Link with Appetite Loss, Inflammation, and Cachexia in Chronic Heart Failure. Valentova, M., Von Haehling, S., Bauditz, J., Doehner, W., Ebner, N., Bekfani, T., Elsner, S., Sliziuk, V., Scherbakov, N., Murin, J., Anker, S. D. & Sandek, A. European heart journal, (2016). http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/02/09/eurheartj.ehw008.article-info

Reply to the Letter Regarding the Article "Incidence, Determinants and Prognostic Relevance of Cardiogenic Shock in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy". Stiermaier, T., Thiele, H. & Eitel, I. European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26858020

Predictors of Permanent Pacemaker Implantations and New-Onset Conduction Abnormalities with the Sapien 3 Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Heart Valve. Husser, O., Pellegrini, C., Kessler, T., Burgdorf, C., Thaller, H., Mayr, N. P., Kasel, A. M., Kastrati, A., Schunkert, H. & Hengstenberg, C. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, 244-254, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26847116

Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography: A Clinical Perspective. Polte, C. L., Burck, I., Gjertsson, P., Lomsky, M., Nekolla, S. G. & Nagel, E. Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports, (2016). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12410-016-9371-3

Micrornas as a Diagnostic Tool for Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation. Weckbach, L. T., Grabmaier, U., Clauss, S. & Wakili, R. Current opinion in pharmacology 27, 24-30, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26852213

[Typical Atrial Flutter : Diagnosis and Therapy]. Thomas, D., Eckardt, L., Estner, H. L., Kuniss, M., Meyer, C., Neuberger, H. R., Sommer, P., Steven, D., Voss, F. & Bonnemeier, H. Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26846223

A New Animal Model for Investigation of Mechanical Unloading in Hypertrophic and Failing Hearts: Combination of Transverse Aortic Constriction and Heterotopic Heart Transplantation. Schaefer, A., Schneeberger, Y., Stenzig, J., Biermann, D., Jelinek, M., Reichenspurner, H., Eschenhagen, T., Ehmke, H. & Schwoerer, A. P. PloS one 11, e0148259, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26841021

Analysis of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor-Mediated Decline in Contractile Force in Rat Engineered Heart Tissue. Jacob, F., Yonis, A. Y., Cuello, F., Luther, P., Schulze, T., Eder, A., Streichert, T., Mannhardt, I., Hirt, M. N., Schaaf, S., Stenzig, J., Force, T., Eschenhagen, T. & Hansen, A. PloS one 11, e0145937, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26840448

Endothelial Dicer Promotes Atherosclerosis and Vascular Inflammation by Mirna-103-Mediated Suppression of Klf4. Hartmann, P., Zhou, Z., Natarelli, L., Wei, Y., Nazari-Jahantigh, M., Zhu, M., Grommes, J., Steffens, S., Weber, C. & Schober, A. Nature communications 7, 10521, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26837267

Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Paired Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Samples at Term and near Term Delivery. Blohm, M. E., Arndt, F., Sandig, J., Diehl, W., Zeller, T., Mueller, G. C., Schlesner, C., Mir, T. S., Blankenberg, S., Hecher, K., Singer, D. & Weil, J. Early human development 94, 7-12, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26851448

Effects of Different Weight Loss Intervention Programmes in Health Clubs - an Observational Multicenter Study. Wanjek, M., Senner, V., Scharhag-Rosenberger, F. & Halle, M. European journal of sport science, 1-9, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26835870

S-Glutathiolation Impairs Phosphoregulation and Function of Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C in Human Heart Failure. Stathopoulou, K., Wittig, I., Heidler, J., Piasecki, A., Richter, F., Diering, S., van der Velden, J., Buck, F., Donzelli, S., Schroder, E., Wijnker, P. J., Voigt, N., Dobrev, D., Sadayappan, S., Eschenhagen, T., Carrier, L., Eaton, P. & Cuello, F. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839380

Genetic Associations at 53 Loci Highlight Cell Types and Biological Pathways Relevant for Kidney Function. Pattaro, C., Teumer, A., Gorski, M., Chu, A. Y., Li, M., Mijatovic, V., Garnaas, M., Tin, A., Sorice, R., Li, Y., Taliun, D., Olden, M., Foster, M., Yang, Q., Chen, M. H., Pers, T. H., Johnson, A. D., Ko, Y. A., Fuchsberger, C., Tayo, B. et al. Nature communications 7, 10023, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26831199

Neutrophils Orchestrate Post-Myocardial Infarction Healing by Polarizing Macrophages Towards a Reparative Phenotype. Horckmans, M., Ring, L., Duchene, J., Santovito, D., Schloss, M. J., Drechsler, M., Weber, C., Soehnlein, O. & Steffens, S. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26843276

Current Therapy and Outcome of Eisenmenger Syndrome: Data of the German National Register for Congenital Heart Defects. Diller, G.-P., Korten, M.-A., Bauer, U. M., Miera, O., Tutarel, O., Kaemmerer, H., Berger, F., Baumgartner, H. & Investigators, a. G. C. N. f. C. H. D. European heart journal, (2015).

Blood Oxygenation Level-Dependent Cmr-Derived Measures in Critical Limb Ischemia and Changes with Revascularization. Bajwa, A., Wesolowski, R., Patel, A., Saha, P., Ludwinski, F., Ikram, M., Albayati, M., Smith, A., Nagel, E. & Modarai, B. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, 420-431, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26821631

New Loci for Body Fat Percentage Reveal Link between Adiposity and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk. Lu, Y., Day, F. R., Gustafsson, S., Buchkovich, M. L., Na, J., Bataille, V., Cousminer, D. L., Dastani, Z., Drong, A. W., Esko, T., Evans, D. M., Falchi, M., Feitosa, M. F., Ferreira, T., Hedman, A. K., Haring, R., Hysi, P. G., Iles, M. M., Justice, A. E., Kanoni, S. et al. Nature communications 7, 10495, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26833246

Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis Uncovers Novel Loci Influencing Circulating Leptin Levels. Kilpelainen, T. O., Carli, J. F., Skowronski, A. A., Sun, Q., Kriebel, J., Feitosa, M. F., Hedman, A. K., Drong, A. W., Hayes, J. E., Zhao, J., Pers, T. H., Schick, U., Grarup, N., Kutalik, Z., Trompet, S., Mangino, M., Kristiansson, K., Beekman, M., Lyytikainen, L. P., Eriksson, J. et al. Nature communications 7, 10494, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26833098

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. American heart journal 172, 160-169, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26856228

Stem Cell Mechanobiology: 3d Micropillars Guide the Mechanobiology of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 3/2016). Palankar, R., Glaubitz, M., Martens, U., Medvedev, N., von der Ehe, M., Felix, S. B., Munzenberg, M. & Delcea, M. Advanced healthcare materials 5, 334, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26844680

Tolerability and Feasibility of Beta-Blocker Titration in Hfpef Versus Hfref: Insights from the Cibis-Eld Trial. Edelmann, F., Musial-Bright, L., Gelbrich, G., Trippel, T., Radenovic, S., Wachter, R., Inkrot, S., Loncar, G., Tahirovic, E., Celic, V., Veskovic, J., Zdravkovic, M., Lainscak, M., Apostolovic, S., Neskovic, A. N., Pieske, B., Dungen, H. D., Investigators, C.-E. & Project Multicenter Trials in the Competence Network Heart, F. JACC. Heart failure 4, 140-149, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26682793

Micrornas as Biomarkers for Acute Atrial Remodeling in Marathon Runners (the Mirathon Study - a Sub-Study of the Munich Marathon Study). Clauss, S., Wakili, R., Hildebrand, B., Kaab, S., Hoster, E., Klier, I., Martens, E., Hanley, A., Hanssen, H., Halle, M. & Nickel, T. PloS one 11, e0148599, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26859843

Foxo1 Couples Metabolic Activity and Growth State in the Vascular Endothelium. Wilhelm, K., Happel, K., Eelen, G., Schoors, S., Oellerich, M. F., Lim, R., Zimmermann, B., Aspalter, I. M., Franco, C. A., Boettger, T., Braun, T., Fruttiger, M., Rajewsky, K., Keller, C., Bruning, J. C., Gerhardt, H., Carmeliet, P. & Potente, M. Nature, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26735015

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Severe Prinzmetal-Type Coronary Artery Spasm Causing Recurrent St-Segment Elevation and Reversible Obstruction of a Bioresorbable Scaffold. Gori, T., Sechtem, U. & Munzel, T. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, 195-197, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793962  

Selective Phosphorylation of Pka Targets after Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Stimulation Impairs Myofilament Function in Mybpc3-Targeted Hcm Mouse Model. Najafi, A., Sequeira, V., Helmes, M., Bollen, I. A., Goebel, M., Regan, J. A., Carrier, L., Kuster, D. W. & van der Velden, J. Cardiovascular research, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26825555

The Multiple Proarrhythmic Roles of Cardiac Calcium-Handling Abnormalities: Triggered Activity, Conduction Abnormalities, Beat-to-Beat Variability, and Adverse Remodelling. Heijman, J., Schirmer, I. & Dobrev, D. 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, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26826138

Genome-Wide Association Study and Targeted Metabolomics Identifies Sex-Specific Association of Cps1 with Coronary Artery Disease. Hartiala, J. A., Tang, W. H., Wang, Z., Crow, A. L., Stewart, A. F., Roberts, R., McPherson, R., Erdmann, J., Willenborg, C., Hazen, S. L. & Allayee, H. Nature communications 7, 10558, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26822151

The Persisting Gender Gap in Hypertension Management and Control in Germany: 1998 and 2008-2011. Sarganas, G. & Neuhauser, H. K. Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26818655

Bifurcations, Chaos, and Sensitivity to Parameter Variations in the Sato Cardiac Cell Model. Otte, S., Berg, S., Luther, S. & Parlitz, U. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1007570416300016

Left Atrial Appendage Morphology, Echocardiographic Characterization, Procedural Data and in-Hospital Outcome of Patients Receiving Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Implantation: A Prospective Observational Study. Fastner, C., Behnes, M., Sartorius, B., Yildiz, M., Mashayekhi, K., El-Battrawy, I., Lehmann, R., Baumann, S., Becher, T., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. BMC cardiovascular disorders 16, 25, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26822890

Dnmt1 and Hdac2 Cooperate to Facilitate Aberrant Promoter Methylation in Inorganic Phosphate-Induced Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Tan, X., Xu, X., Zeisberg, M. & Zeisberg, E. M. PloS one 11, e0147816, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26815200

Inhibition of Camkii Attenuates Progressing Disruption of Ca Homeostasis Upon Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Human Heart Failure. Fischer, T. H., Kleinwachter, A., Herting, J., Eiringhaus, J., Hartmann, N., Renner, A., Gummert, J., Haverich, A., Schmitto, J. D. & Sossalla, S. Artificial organs, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26816346

Thrombus Aspiration in Patients with St-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Presenting Late after Symptom Onset. Desch, S., Stiermaier, T., de Waha, S., Lurz, P., Gutberlet, M., Sandri, M., Mangner, N., Boudriot, E., Woinke, M., Erbs, S., Schuler, G., Fuernau, G., Eitel, I. & Thiele, H. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 9, 113-122, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793952

Biodegradable Polymers Influence the Effect of Atorvastatin on Human Coronary Artery Cells. Strohbach, A., Begunk, R., Petersen, S., Felix, S. B., Sternberg, K. & Busch, R. International journal of molecular sciences 17, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26805825

Influence of Essential Amino Acids on Muscle Mass and Muscle Strength in Patients with Cerebral Stroke During Early Rehabilitation: Protocol and Rationale of a Randomized Clinical Trial (Amino-Stroke Study). Scherbakov, N., Ebner, N., Sandek, A., Meisel, A., Haeusler, K. G., von Haehling, S., Anker, S. D., Dirnagl, U., Joebges, M. & Doehner, W. BMC neurology 16, 10, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793971

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, 1-13, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2679471

From Single Variants to Protein Cascades: Multiscale Modeling of Single Nucleotide Variant Sets in Genetic Disorders. Mueller, S. C., Sommer, B., Backes, C., Haas, J., Meder, B., Meese, E. & Keller, A. The Journal of biological chemistry 291, 1582-1590, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26601959

Veno-Venous Double Lasso Pull-and-Push Technique for Transseptal Retrieval of an Embolized Watchman Occluder. Fastner, C., Lehmann, R., Behnes, M., Sartorius, B., Borggrefe, M. & Akin, I. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1553838916300033

Programmed Ventricular Stimulation for Risk Stratification in the Brugada Syndrome: A Pooled Analysis. Sroubek, J., Probst, V., Mazzanti, A., Delise, P., Castro Hevia, J., Ohkubo, K., Zorzi, A., Champagne, J., Kostopoulou, A., Yin, X., Napolitano, C., Milan, D. J., Wilde, A., Sacher, F., Borggrefe, M., Ellinor, P. T., Theodorakis, G., Nault, I., Corrado, D., Watanabe, I. et al. Circulation, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26797467

Molecular Multimodality Imaging: Has a Long-Standing Dream Come True? Joner, M., Giacoppo, D. & Kastrati, A. European heart journal, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26802135

Mendelian Randomization for the Identification of Causal Pathways in Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease. Jansen, H., Lieb, W. & Schunkert, H. Cardiovascular drugs and therapy / sponsored by the International Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26791863

Outcome of Surgical or Endovascular Treatment of Giant Intracranial Aneurysms, with Emphasis on Age, Aneurysm Location, and Unruptured Aneuryms - a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Dengler, J., Maldaner, N., Glasker, S., Endres, M., Wagner, M., Malzahn, U., Heuschmann, P. U., Vajkoczy, P. & Giant Intracranial Aneurysm Study, G. Cerebrovascular diseases 41, 187-198, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26764969

Microvascular Ischemia in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: New Insights from High-Resolution Combined Quantification of Perfusion and Late Gadolinium Enhancement. Villa, A. D., Sammut, E., Zarinabad, N., Carr-White, G., Lee, J., Bettencourt, N., Razavi, R., Nagel, E. & Chiribiri, A. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 18, 4, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26767610

Sex-Specific Differences in Genetic and Nongenetic Determinants of Mean Platelet Volume: Results from the Gutenberg Health Study. Panova-Noeva, M., Schulz, A., Hermanns, M. I., Grossmann, V., Pefani, E., Spronk, H. M., 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 127, 251-259, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26518434

High Inorganic Phosphate Causes Dnmt1 Phosphorylation and Subsequent Fibrotic Fibroblast Activation. Tan, X., Xu, X., Zeisberg, E. M. & Zeisberg, M. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26774342

Histone Acetylation and Histone Acetyltransferases Show Significant Alterations in Human Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Han, Y., Tanios, F., Reeps, C., Zhang, J., Schwamborn, K., Eckstein, H. H., Zernecke, A. & Pelisek, J. Clinical epigenetics 8, 3, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26767057

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 113, E155-164, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26715748

One-Year Clinical Outcome after Ablation with a Novel Multipolar Irrigated Ablation Catheter for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Potential Implications for Clinical Use. Wakili, R., Siebermair, J., Fichtner, S., Sinner, M. F., Klocker, E., Olesch, L., Hilberath, J. N., Sarai, S., Clauss, S., Sattler, S., Kaab, S. & Estner, H. L. 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, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26759125

Update on Myocarditis and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy: Reemergence of Endomyocardial Biopsy. Dominguez, F., Kuhl, U., Pieske, B., Garcia-Pavia, P. & Tschope, C. Revista espanola de cardiologia, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26795929

1-Year Outcomes of Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Scaffolds Versus Everolimus-Eluting Stents : A Propensity-Matched Comparison of the Ghost-Eu and Xience V USA Registries. Tamburino, C., Capranzano, P., Gori, T., Latib, A., Lesiak, M., Nef, H., Caramanno, G., Naber, C., Mehilli, J., Di Mario, C., Sabate, M., Munzel, T., Colombo, A., Araszkiewicz, A., Wiebe, J., Geraci, S., Jensen, C., Mattesini, A., Brugaletta, S. & Capodanno, D. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936879815017574

Bias in High-Throughput Analysis of Mirnas and Implications for Biomarker Studies. Backes, C., Sedaghat-Hamedani, F., Frese, K., Hart, M., Ludwig, N., Meder, B., Meese, E. & Keller, A. Analytical chemistry, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26760198  

One-Year Clinical Outcome after Ablation with a Novel Multipolar Irrigated Ablation Catheter for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Potential Implications for Clinical Use. Wakili, R., Siebermair, J., Fichtner, S., Sinner, M. F., Klocker, E., Olesch, L., Hilberath, J. N., Sarai, S., Clauss, S., Sattler, S., Kaab, S. & Estner, H. L. 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, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26759125

Early Repolarization Pattern Is the Strongest Predictor of Arrhythmia Recurrence in Patients with Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation: Results from a Single Centre Long-Term Follow-up over 20 Years. Siebermair, J., Sinner, M. F., Beckmann, B. M., Laubender, R. P., Martens, E., Sattler, S., Fichtner, S., Estner, H. L., Kaab, S. & Wakili, R. 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, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26759124

The Importance of Thrombin in Cerebral Injury and Disease. Krenzlin, H., Lorenz, V., Danckwardt, S., Kempski, O. & Alessandri, B. International journal of molecular sciences 17, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26761005

The Histone Demethylase Phf8 Is Essential for Endothelial Cell Migration. Gu, L., Hitzel, J., Moll, F., Kruse, C., Malik, R. A., Preussner, J., Looso, M., Leisegang, M. S., Steinhilber, D., Brandes, R. P. & Fork, C. PloS one 11, e0146645, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26751588

Predictive Value of Depressive Symptoms for All-Cause Mortality: Findings from the Prime Belfast Study Examining the Role of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk Markers. Hughes, M. F., Patterson, C. C., Appleton, K. M., Blankenberg, S., Woodside, J. V., Donnelly, M., Linden, G., Zeller, T., Esquirol, Y. & Kee, F. Psychosomatic medicine, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26761713

Normative Values for Carotid Intima Media Thickness and Its Progression: Are They Transferrable Outside of Their Cohort of Origin? Liao, X., Norata, G. D., Polak, J. F., Stehouwer, C. D., Catapano, A., Rundek, T., Ezhov, M., Sander, D., Thompson, S. G., Lorenz, M. W., group, P.-I. s., Balakhonova, T., Safarova, M., Grigore, L., Empana, J. P., Lin, H. J., McLachlan, S., Bokemark, L., Ronkainen, K., Schminke, U. et al. European journal of preventive cardiology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26746227

Microstructured Nickel-Titanium Thin Film Leaflets for Hybrid Tissue Engineered Heart Valves Fabricated by Magnetron Sputter Deposition. Loger, K., Engel, A., Haupt, J., de Miranda, R. L., Lutter, G. & Quandt, E. Cardiovascular engineering and technology, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26743538

Myocardial Tissue Engineering for Cardiac Repair. Pecha, S., Eschenhagen, T. & Reichenspurner, H. J Heart Lung Transplant, (2016). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053249816000024

A Genome-Wide Analysis of DNA Methylation and Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution in Three Study Populations: Kora F3, Kora F4, and the Normative Aging Study. Panni, T., Mehta, A. J., Schwartz, J. D., Baccarelli, A. A., Just, A. C., Wolf, K., Wahl, S., Cyrys, J., Kunze, S., Strauch, K., Waldenberger, M. & Peters, A. Environmental health perspectives, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26731791

T1-Mapping and Outcome in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy. Puntmann, V. O., Carr-White, G., Jabbour, A., Yu, C.-Y., Gebker, R., Kelle, S., Hinojar, R., Doltra, A., Varma, N., Child, N., Rogers, T., Suna, G., Arroyo Ucar, E., Goodman, B., Khan, S., Dabir, D., Herrmann, E., Zeiher, A. M. & Nagel, E. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 9, 40-50, (2016). http://imaging.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=2480414

Knock-out of Nexilin in Mice Leads to Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Endomyocardial Fibroelastosis. Aherrahrou, Z., Schlossarek, S., Stoelting, S., Klinger, M., Geertz, B., Weinberger, F., Kessler, T., Aherrahrou, R., Moreth, K., Bekeredjian, R., Hrabe de Angelis, M., Just, S., Rottbauer, W., Eschenhagen, T., Schunkert, H., Carrier, L. & Erdmann, J. Basic research in cardiology 111, 6, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26659360

Liquefaction Necrosis of Mitral Annulus Calcification. Bigvava, T., Schnackenburg, B., Nasser, S. B., Gebker, R., Berger, A., Pieske, B. & Kelle, S. International journal of cardiology 202, 59-61, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26386922

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Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Young Onset Stroke Identifies a Locus on Chromosome 10q25 near Habp2. Cheng, Y. C., Stanne, T. M., Giese, A. K., Ho, W. K., Traylor, M., Amouyel, P., Holliday, E. G., Malik, R., Xu, H., Kittner, S. J., Cole, J. W., O'Connell, J. R., Danesh, J., Rasheed, A., Zhao, W., Engelter, S., Grond-Ginsbach, C., Kamatani, Y., Lathrop, M., Leys, D. et al. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26732560

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Renal Denervation Improves Exercise Blood Pressure: Insights from a Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial. Fengler, K., Heinemann, D., Okon, T., Rohnert, K., Stiermaier, T., von Roder, M., Besler, C., Muller, U., Hollriegel, R., Schuler, G., Desch, S. & Lurz, P. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26728060

Comprehensive Multilevel in Vivo and in Vitro Analysis of Heart Rate Fluctuations in Mice by Ecg Telemetry and Electrophysiology. Fenske, S., Probstle, R., Auer, F., Hassan, S., Marks, V., Pauza, D. H., Biel, M. & Wahl-Schott, C. Nature protocols 11, 61-86, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26658468

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Analyzing Illumina Gene Expression Microarray Data Obtained from Human Whole Blood Cell and Blood Monocyte Samples. Teumer, A., Schurmann, C., Schillert, A., Schramm, K., Ziegler, A. & Prokisch, H. Methods in molecular biology 1368, 85-97, (2016). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26614070

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