2021

Publications 2021 

Neugebauer F, Noti F, van Gool S, Roten L, Baldinger SH, Seiler J, Madaffari A, Servatius H, Ryser A, Tanner H, Reichlin T, Haeberlin A. Leadless atrioventricular synchronous pacing in an outpatient setting: Early lessons learned on factors affecting atrioventricular synchrony. Heart Rhythm. 2021 Dec 29:S1547-5271(21)02517-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.12.025

Servatius H, Küffer T, Baldinger SH, Asatryan B, Seiler J, Tanner H, Novak J, Lam A, Noti F, Haeberlin A, Madaffari A, Sweda R, Mühl A, Branca M, Dütschler S, Erdoes G, Stüber F, Theiler L, Reichlin T, Roten L. Dexmedetomidine versus propofol for operator-directed nurse-administered procedural sedation during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A randomized controlled study. Heart Rhythm. 2021 Dec 28:S1547-5271(21)02520-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.12.028

Guo X, Franco OH, Laine JE. Accelerated ageing in the COVID-19 pandemic: A dilemma for healthy ageing. Maturitas. 2021 Dec 27;S0378-5122(21)00352-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.12.009

Okuno T, Tomii D, Heg D, Lanz J, Praz F, Stortecky S, Reineke D, Windecker S, Pilgrim T. Five-year outcomes of mild paravalvular regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. EuroIntervention. 2021 Dec 22;EIJ-D-21-00784. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00784

Brusa J, Lutz E, Schönhoff F, Weiss S, Schmidli J, Makaloski V. One-year outcome of postoperative stroke and nerve injury after supraclavicular revascularization of the left subclavian artery for proximal landing zone extension in thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Ann Vasc Surg. 2021 Dec 22;S0890-5096(21)00964-X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2021.12.009

Fischer K, Linder OL, Erne SA, Stark AW, Obrist SJ, Bernhard B, Guensch DP, Huber AT, Kwong RY, Gräni C. Reproducibility and its confounders of CMR feature tracking myocardial strain analysis in patients with suspected myocarditis. Eur Radiol. 2021 Dec 21; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-08416-5

Fudim M, Wojdyla DM, Alexander JH, Goodman SG, Mehran R, Windecker S, Aronson R, Vinereanu D, Halvorsen S, Bahit MC, Granger CB, Lopes RD. Efficacy and Safety of Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome, or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and a History of Heart Failure: Insights From the AUGUSTUS Trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Dec 21;10(24):e023143. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.023143

Grisotto G, Farago JS, Taneri PE, Wehrli F, Roa-Díaz ZM, Minder B, Glisic M, Gonzalez-Jaramillo V, Voortman T, Marques-Vidal P, Franco OH, Muka T. Dietary factors and onset of natural menopause: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Maturitas, 2021 Dec 21, 159:15-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.12.008

Greutmann M, Ruperti J, Schwitz F, Haag N, Santos Lopes B, Meier L, Babic D, Valsangiacomo Buechel E, Kellenberger C, Bonassin F, Attenhofer Jost C, Schwerzmann M, Wustmann K, Tobler D. High Variability of Right Ventricular Volumes and Function in Adults with Severe Pulmonary Regurgitation Late After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair. Am J Cardiol. 2021 Dec 20;S0002-9149(21)01150-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.11.022

Allard L, Bernhard B, Windecker S, Valgimigli M, Gräni C. Left ventricular thrombus in ischaemic heart disease: diagnosis, treatment and gaps of knowledge. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2021 Dec 20;qcab097. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcab097

Levis A, Egli N, Jenni H, Hautz WE, Daley JI, Haenggi M. Use of a disposable vascular pressure device to guide balloon inflation of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta: a bench study. Sci Rep. 2021 Dec 15;11(1):24055. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03502-6

Koell B, Orban M, Weimann J, Kassar M, Karam N, Neuss M, Petrescu A, Iliadis C, Unterhuber M, Adamo M, Giannini C, Melica B, Ludwig S, Massberg S, Praz F, Pfister R, Thiele H, Stephan von Bardeleben R, Baldus S, Butter C, Lurz P, Windecker S, Metra M, Petronio AS, Hausleiter J, Lubos E, Kalbacher D; EuroSMR Investigators. Outcomes Stratified by Adapted Inclusion Criteria After Mitral Edge-to-Edge Repair. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Dec 14;78(24):2408-2421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.10.011

Koppe-Schmeißer F, Schwaderlapp M, Schmeißer J, Dopheide JF, Münzel T, Daiber A, Espinola-Klein C. Influence of Peripheral Transluminal Angioplasty Alongside Exercise Training on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease. J Clin Med. 2021 Dec 13;10(24):5851. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10245851

Gonzalez-Jaramillo N, Marcin T, Matter S, Eser P, Berlin C, Bano A, Heg D, Franco OH, Windecker S, Räber L, Wilhelm M. Clinical outcomes and cardiac rehabilitation in underrepresented groups after percutaneous coronary intervention: an observational study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2021 Dec 11:zwab204. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwab204

Panagides V, Del Val D, Abdel-Wahab M, Mangner N, Durand E, Ihlemann N, Urena M, Pellegrini C, Giannini F, Gasior T, Wojakowski W, Landt M, Auffret V, Sinning JM, Cheema AN, Nombela-Franco L, Chamandi C, Campelo-Parada F, Munoz-Garcia E, Herrmann HC, Testa L, Won-Keun K, Castillo JC, Alperi A, Tchetche D, Bartorelli AL, Kapadia S, Stortecky S, Amat-Santos I, Wijeysundera HC, Lisko J, Gutiérrez-Ibanes E, Serra V, Salido L, Alkhodair A, Livi U, Chakravarty T, Lerakis S, Vilalta V, Regueiro A, Romaguera R, Kappert U, Barbanti M, Masson JB, Maes F, Fiorina C, Miceli A, Kodali S, Ribeiro HB, Mangione JA, Sandoli de Brito F Jr, Actis Dato GM, Rosato F, Ferreira MC, Correia de Lima V, Colafranceschi AS, Abizaid A, Marino MA, Esteves V, Andrea J, Godinho RR, Alfonso F, Eltchaninoff H, Søndergaard L, Himbert D, Husser O, Latib A, Le Breton H, Servoz C, Pascual I, Siddiqui S, Olivares P, Hernandez-Antolin R, Webb JG, Sponga S, Makkar R, Kini AS, Boukhris M, Gervais P, Linke A, Crusius L, Holzhey D, Rodés-Cabau J. Perivalvular Extension of Infective Endocarditis after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 11:ciab1004. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab1004

Alijla F, Buttia C, Reichlin T, Razvi S, Minder B, Wilhelm M, Muka T, Franco OH, Bano A. Association of diabetes with atrial fibrillation types: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2021 Dec 7;20(1):230. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-021-01423-2

Bartkowiak J, Reineke D, Tomii D, Brugger N, Pilgrim T, Terbeck S, Khan JM, Windecker S, Lanz J, Praz F. Electrosurgical Laceration and Stabilization of MitraClip Followed by Valve Implantation for Iatrogenic Mitral Stenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Dec 7;S1936-8798(21)01895-1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2021.10.011

Rodríguez-Fernández JM, Danies E, Hoertel N, Galanter W, Saner H, Franco OH. Telemedicine Readiness Across Medical Conditions in a US National Representative Sample of Older Adults. J Appl Gerontol. 2021 Dec 2:7334648211056231. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648211056231

Nydegger A, Novak U, Kronig MN, Legros M, Zeerleder S, Banz Y, Bacher U, Pabst T. Transformed Lymphoma Is Associated with a Favorable Response to CAR-T-Cell Treatment in DLBCL Patients. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Dec 2;13(23):6073. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13236073

Sundararaman SS, Peters LJF, Nazir S, Marquez AB, Bouma JE, Bayasgalan S, Döring Y, van der Vorst EPC. PCSK9 Imperceptibly Affects Chemokine Receptor Expression In Vitro and In Vivo. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Dec 1;22(23):13026. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222313026

Bernhard B, Erdoes G, Radojewski P, Jung S, Schroth G, Gräni C. Extended Imaging Protocols to Elucidate Sources of Cardiovascular Embolism in the Work-up of Ischemic Stroke. Clin Neuroradiol. 2021 Dec;31(4):897-900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-021-01103-4

Echeverría LE, Gómez-Ochoa SA, Rojas LZ, García-Rueda KA, López-Aldana P, Muka T, Morillo CA. Cardiovascular Biomarkers and Diastolic Dysfunction in Patients With Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Nov 29;8:751415. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.751415

Mohrez Y, Gloekler S, Schnupp S, Allakkis W, Liu XX, Fuerholz M, Brachmann J, Windecker S, Achenbach S, Meier B, Kleinecke C. Clinical benefit of left atrial appendage closure in octogenarians. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2021 Nov 28;18(11):886-896. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2021.11.003.

Femiano R, Werner C, Wilhelm M, Eser P. Validation of open-source step-counting algorithms for wrist-worn tri-axial accelerometers in cardiovascular patients. Gait Posture. 2021 Nov 27;92:206-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.11.035

Scutelnic A, Mattle HP, Branca M, Jung S, Reichlin T, Fischer U, Schankin CJ. Migraine and Atrial Fibrillation: a Systematic Review. Eur J Neurol. 2021 Nov 26; https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15198

Rojas LZ, Gómez-Ochoa SA, Echeverría LE, Bautista-Niño PK, Hunziker L, Eisenga MF, Muka T. Circulating DHEA-S levels and major cardiovascular outcomes in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy: A prospective cohort study. Int J Cardiol. 2021 Nov 25;S0167-5273(21)01870-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.11.054

Otsuka T, Bär S, Losdat S, Kavaliauskaite R, Ueki Y, Zanchin C, Lanz J, Praz F, Häner J, Siontis GCM, Zanchin T, Stortecky S, Pilgrim T, Windecker S, Räber L. Effect of Timing of Staged Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Nov 24;e023129. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.121.023129

Mathys A, Bacher U, Banz Y, Legros M, Taleghani BM, Novak U, Pabst T. Outcome of patients with mantle cell lymphoma after autologous stem cell transplantation in the pre-CAR T-cell era Letter. Hematol Oncol. 2021 Nov 24. https://doi.org/10.1002/hon.2952

Valgimigli M, Cao D, Angiolillo DJ, Bangalore S, Bhatt DL, Ge J, Hermiller J, Makkar RR, Neumann F-J, Saito S, Picon H, Toelg R, Maksoud A, Chehab BM, Choi JW, Campo G, De la Torre Hernandez JM, Kunadian V, Sardella G, Thiele H, Varenne O, Vranckx P, Windecker S, Zhou Y, Krucoff MW, Ruster K, Zheng Y, Mehran R, XIENCE 90 and XIENCE 28 Investigators. Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Patients at High Bleeding Risk Undergoing PCI. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Nov 23;78(21):2060–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.08.074

Iglesias JF, Degrauwe S, Cimci M, Chatelain Q, Roffi M, Windecker S, Pilgrim T. Differential Effects of Newer-Generation Ultrathin-Strut Versus Thicker-Strut Drug-Eluting Stents in Chronic and Acute Coronary Syndromes. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Nov 22;14(22):2461–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2021.09.028

Praz F, Muraru D, Kreidel F, Lurz P, Hahn RT, Delgado V, Senni M, von Bardeleben RS, Nickenig G, Hausleiter J, Mangieri A, Zamorano JL, Prendergast BD, Maisano F. Transcatheter treatment for tricuspid valve disease. EuroIntervention. 2021 Nov 19;17(10):791–808. https://doi.org/10.4244/eij-d-21-00695

Nanchen D, Carballo D, Bilz S, Rickli H, Koskinas KC, Mach F, Mueller C, Crljenica C, Rossi M, Reichert N, Sudano I. Effectiveness, Adherence, and Safety of Evolocumab in a Swiss Multicenter Prospective Observational Study. Adv Ther. 2021 Nov 18; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-021-01962-w

Harrell CR, Volarevic A, Djonov VG, Jovicic N, Volarevic V. Mesenchymal Stem Cell: A Friend or Foe in Anti-Tumor Immunity. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Nov 18;22(22):12429. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222212429

Demirel C, Okuno T, Lanz J, Windecker S, Pilgrim T. Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for the Treatment of Paravalvular Leak Due to Ring Dehiscence. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Nov 17;S1936-8798(21)01759-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2021.09.015

Raut S, Katona É, Riches-Duit A, Coxon C, Muszbek L, Schroeder V, Rigsby P. An international collaborative study to assign value for Total Factor XIII-B Subunit Antigen to the WHO 1st International Standard for Factor XIII Plasma, (02/206): Communication from the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Factor XIII and Fibrinogen. J Thromb Haemost. 2021 Nov 16; https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.15596

Asatryan B, Asimaki A, Landstrom AP, Khanji MY, Odening KE, Cooper LT, Marchlinski FE, Gelzer AR, Semsarian C, Reichlin T, Owens AT, Chahal CAA. Inflammation and Immune Response in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: State-of-the-Art Review. Circulation. 2021 Nov 16;144(20):1646–55. https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.121.055890

Räber L, Häner JD, Lüscher TF, Moccetti M, Roffi M, Stortecky S, Muller O, Garcia-Garcia HM, Waksman R, Siegrist P. A prospective, multicentre first-in-man study of the polymer-free ultrathin-strut BIOrapid stent (BIOVITESSE). EuroIntervention. 2021 Nov 15;EIJ-D-21-00537. EuroIntervention (pcronline.com)

Graf JR, Forster S, Bruehl FK, Banz Y, Hallal M, Brodard J, Bacher VU, Allam R, Schürch CM, Bonadies N. Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications of Caspase-1 and PD-L1 Co-Expression Patterns in Myelodysplastic Syndromes. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Nov 15;13(22):5712. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13225712

I D, Okuno T, Heg D, Gräni C, Lanz J, Praz F, Stortecky S, Windecker S, Pilgrim T, Reineke D. Sinus of Valsalva Dimension and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: SOV dilatation in TAVI patients. Am Heart J. 2021 Nov 14;S0002-8703(21)00447-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2021.11.004

Castaneda AB, Petty LE, Scholz M, Jansen R, Weiss S, Zhang X, Schramm K, Beutner F, Kirsten H, Schminke U, Hwang S-J, Marzi C, Dhana K, Seldenrijk A, Krohn K, Homuth G, Wolf P, Peters MJ, Dörr M, Peters A, van Meurs JBJ, Uitterlinden AG, Kavousi M, Levy D, Herder C, Grootheest G, Waldenberger M, Meisinger C, Rathmann W, Thiery J, Polak J, Koenig W, Seissler J, Bis JC, Franceshini N, Giambartolomei C, Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Subclinical Working Group, Hofman A, Franco OH, Penninx BWJH, Prokisch H, Völzke H, Loeffler M, O’Donnell CJ, Below JE, Dehghan A, de Vries PS. Associations of carotid intima media thickness with gene expression in whole blood and genetically predicted gene expression across 48 tissues. Hum Mol Genet. 2021 Nov 12;ddab236. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddab236

Bano A, Rodondi N, Beer JH, Moschovitis G, Kobza R, Aeschbacher S, Baretella O, Muka T, Stettler C, Franco OH, Conte G, Sticherling C, Zuern CS, Conen D, Kühne M, Osswald S, Roten L, Reichlin T, of the Swiss‐Investigators. Association of Diabetes With Atrial Fibrillation Phenotype and Cardiac and Neurological Comorbidities: Insights From the Swiss-AF Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Nov 10;e021800. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.121.021800

Babic D, Hämmerli R, Santos Lopes B, Attenhofer Jost C, Tobler D, Schwerzmann M, Hasse B, Bonassin Tempesta F, Greutmann M. Impact of a structured patient education programme on early diagnosis of prosthetic pulmonary valve endocarditis. Cardiol Young. 2021 Nov 10;1–6. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047951121004510

Vermathen M, von Tengg-Kobligk H, Hungerbühler MN, Vermathen P, Ruprecht N. 1H HR-MAS NMR Based Metabolic Profiling of Lung Cancer Cells with Induced and De-Induced Cisplatin Resistance to Reveal Metabolic Resistance Adaptations. Molecules. 2021 Nov 9;26(22):6766. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26226766

Seferović PM, Polovina M, Adlbrecht C, Bělohlávek J, Chioncel O, Goncalvesová E, Milinković I, Grupper A, Halmosi R, Kamzola G, Koskinas KC, Lopatin Y, Parkhomenko A, Põder P, Ristić AD, Šakalyt G, Trbušić M, Tundybayeva M, Vrtovec B, Yotov YT, Miličić D, Ponikowski P, Metra M, Rosano G, Coats AJ. Navigating between Scylla and Charybdis: challenges and strategies for implementing guideline-directed medical treatment in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 Nov 9; https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.2378

Laissue JA, Barré S, Bartzsch S, Blattmann H, Bouchet AM, Djonov VG, Haberthür D, Hlushchuk R, Kaser-Hotz B, Laissue PP, LeDuc G, Reding SO, Serduc R. Tolerance of Normal Rabbit Facial Bones and Teeth to Synchrotron X-Ray Microbeam Irradiation. Radiat Res. 2021 Nov 9; https://doi.org/10.1667/rade-21-00032.1

Bello C, Heinisch PP, Mihalj M, Carrel T, Luedi MM. Indoleamine-2,3-Dioxygenase as a Perioperative Marker of the Immune System. Front Physiol. 2021 Nov 8;12:766511. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.766511

Colomé N, Abian J, Aloria K, Arizmendi JM, Barceló-Batllori S, Braga-Lagache S, Burlet-Schiltz O, Carrascal M, Casal JI, Chicano-Gálvez E, Chiva C, Clemente LF, Elortza F, Estanyol JM, Fernandez-Irigoyen J, Fernández-Puente P, Fidalgo MJ, Froment C, Fuentes M, Fuentes-Almagro C, Gay M, Hainard A, Heller M, Hernández ML, Ibarrola N, Iloro I, Kieselbach T, Lario A, Locard-Paulet M, Marina-Ramírez A, Martín L, Morato-López E, Muñoz J, Navajas R, Odena MA, Odriozola L, de Oliveira E, Paradela A, Pasquarello C, de Los Rios V, Ruiz-Romero C, Sabidó E, Sánchez Del Pino M, Sancho J, Santamaría E, Schaeffer-Reiss C, Schneider J, de la Torre C, Valero ML, Vilaseca M, Wu S, Wu L, Ximénez de Embún P, Canals F, Corrales FJ, ProteoRed-ISCIII, EuPA. Multi-laboratory experiment PME11 for the standardization of phosphoproteome analysis. J Proteomics. 2021 Nov 7;251:104409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104409

Galea R, De Marco F, Meneveau N, Aminian A, Anselme F, Gräni C, Huber AT, Teiger E, Iriart X, Babongo Bosombo F, Heg D, Franzone A, Vranckx P, Fischer U, Pedrazzini G, Bedogni F, Räber L, Valgimigli M. Amulet or Watchman Device for Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Primary Results of the SWISS-APERO Randomized Clinical Trial. Circulation. 2021 Nov 6; https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.121.057859

Tokarska-Schlattner M, Kay L, Perret P, Isola R, Attia S, Lamarche F, Tellier C, Cottet-Rousselle C, Uneisi A, Hininger-Favier I, Foretz M, Dubouchaud H, Ghezzi C, Zuppinger C, Viollet B, Schlattner U. Role of Cardiac AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in a Non-pathological Setting: Evidence From Cardiomyocyte-Specific, Inducible AMP-Activated Protein Kinase α1α2-Knockout Mice. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Nov 5;9:731015. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.731015

Pahud de Mortanges A, Salvador D, Laimer M, Muka T, Wilhelm M, Bano A. The Role of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Atherosclerosis: A Narrative Mini-Review. Front Pharmacol. 2021 Nov 5;12:751214. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.751214

He Y-Y, Xie X-M, Zhang H-D, Ye J, Gencer S, van der Vorst EPC, Döring Y, Weber C, Pang X-B, Jing Z-C, Yan Y, Han Z-Y. Identification of Hypoxia Induced Metabolism Associated Genes in Pulmonary Hypertension. Front Pharmacol. 2021 Nov 5;12:753727. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.753727

Shrestha NR, Uranw S, Karki P, Bastola S, Mahato R, Sherpa K, Dhungana S, Gurung K, Pandey N, Agrawal K, Bartkowiak J, Shah P, Rothenbühler M, Pilgrim T. Prevalence of latent structural heart disease in Nepali schoolchildren. Cardiol Young. 2021 Nov 4;1–3. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047951121004479

De Marinis D, Obrist D. Data Assimilation by Stochastic Ensemble Kalman Filtering to Enhance Turbulent Cardiovascular Flow Data From Under-Resolved Observations. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Nov 2;8:742110. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.742110

Gu SZ, Costopoulos C, Huang Y, Bourantas C, Woolf A, Sun C, Teng Z, Losdat S, Räber L, Samady H, Bennett MR. High-intensity statin treatment is associated with reduced plaque structural stress and remodelling of artery geometry and plaque architecture. European Heart Journal Open, 2021 Nov; 1(3), oeab039, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oeab039

Belch JJF, Brodmann M, Baumgartner I, Binder CJ, Casula M, Heiss C, Kahan T, Parini P, Poredos P, Catapano AL, Tokgözoğlu L. Lipid-lowering and anti-thrombotic therapy in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Vasa. 2021 Nov 1;50(6):401–11. https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a000969

Zheng S, Carugo D, Mosayyebi A, Turney B, Burkhard F, Lange D, Obrist D, Waters S, Clavica F. Fluid mechanical modeling of the upper urinary tract. WIREs Mech Dis. 2021 Nov;13(6):e1523. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsbm.1523

Wright MD, Romanelli P, Bravin A, Le Duc G, Brauer-Krisch E, Requardt H, Bartzsch S, Hlushchuk R, Laissue J-A, Djonov V. Non-conventional Ultra-High Dose Rate (FLASH) Microbeam Radiotherapy Provides Superior Normal Tissue Sparing in Rat Lung Compared to Non-conventional Ultra-High Dose Rate (FLASH) Radiotherapy. Cureus. 2021 Nov;13(11):e19317. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19317

Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Franco OH. Public trust, misinformation and COVID-19 vaccination willingness in Latin America and the Caribbean: today’s key challenges. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2021 Nov 3;3:100073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2021.100073

Rössler J, Baumgartner I, Kremer Hovinga JA. EHA Endorsement of the Second International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia. Hemasphere. 2021 Nov 1;5(11):e647. https://doi.org/10.1097/hs9.0000000000000647

Mihalj M, Mosbahi S, Schmidli J, Heinisch PP, Reineke D, Schoenhoff F, Kadner A, Schefold JC, Räber L, Potapov EV, Luedi MM. Providing safe perioperative care in cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2021 Oct 30;35(3):321–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpa.2021.01.002

Niederseer D, Walser R, Schmied C, Dela F, Gräni C, Bohm P, Müller E, Niebauer J. Effects of a 12-Week Recreational Skiing Program on Cardio-Pulmonary Fitness in the Elderly: Results from the Salzburg Skiing in the Elderly Study (SASES). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 29;18(21):11378. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111378

Atef H, Muka T. Reduced-Exertion High-Intensity Interval Training as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Insomnia. Front Psychiatry. 2021 Oct 29;12:754171. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.754171

Wolf TG, Anderegg AL, Haberthür D, Khoma OZ, Schumann S, Boemke N, Wierichs RJ, Hlushchuk R. Internal morphology of 101 mandibular canines of a Swiss-German population by means of micro-CT: An ex vivo study. Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 28;11(1):21281. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00758-w

Asami M, Bernhard B, Demirel C, Okuno T, Stortecky S, Heg D, Tomii D, Reineke D, Praz F, Lanz J, Windecker S, Gräni C, Pilgrim T. Clinical outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with porcelain aorta. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2021 Oct 28;S1934-5925(21)00451-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2021.10.006

Echeverría LE, Rojas LZ, Gómez-Ochoa SA, Rueda-Ochoa OL, Sosa-Vesga CD, Muka T, Januzzi JL, Marcus R, Morillo CA. Cardiovascular biomarkers as predictors of adverse outcomes in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy. PLoS One. 2021 Oct 28;16(10):e0258622. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258622

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