The Association of Periodontitis and Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease in a Prospective Population-Based Cross-Sectional Cohort Study
Jacobi N, Walther C, Borof K, Heydecke G, Seedorf U, Lamprecht R, Beikler T, Debus E, Waldeyer C, Blankenberg S, Schnabel R, Aarabi G, Behrendt C
J CLIN MED. 2021;10(10):1-8.

Spontaneous echo contrast, left atrial appendage thrombus and stroke in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Linder M, Voigtländer L, Schneeberger Y, Bhadra O, Grundmann D, Demal T, Goßling A, Ludwig S, Schäfer A, Waldschmidt L, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Schäfer U, Westermann D, Schofer N, Conradi L, Seiffert M
EuroIntervention. 2021;16(13):1114-1122.

Early results of a real-world series with two transapical transcatheter mitral valve replacement devices
Ludwig S, Kalbacher D, Schofer N, Schäfer A, Koell B, Seiffert M, Schirmer J, Schäfer U, Westermann D, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Lubos E, Conradi L
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2021;110(3):411-420.

Prognostic value of the H2 FPEF score in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Ludwig S, Pellegrini C, Gossling A, Rheude T, Voigtländer L, Bhadra O, Linder M, Kalbacher D, Koell B, Waldschmidt L, Schirmer J, Seiffert M, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Conradi L, Joner M, Schofer N
ESC heart failure. 2021;8(1):461-470.

Procedural volume and outcomes in patients undergoing VA-ECMO support
Becher P, Goßling A, Schrage B, Twerenbold R, Fluschnik N, Seiffert M, Bernhardt A, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
CRIT CARE. 2020;24(1):291.

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with adult congenital heart disease listed for heart and heart‒lung transplantation in the Eurotransplant region
Becher P, Schrage B, Weimann J, Smits J, Magnussen C, Reichenspurner H, Goßling A, Rodrigus I, Dumfarth J, de Pauw M, François K, van Caenegem O, Ancion A, Van Cleemput J, Milicic D, Moza A, Schenker P, Röhrich L, Schönrath F, Thul J, Steinmetz M, Schmack B, Ruhparwar A, Warnecke G, Rojas S, Sandhaus T, Haneya A, Eifert S, Welp H, Ablonczy L, Wagner F, Westermann D, Bernhardt A, Knappe D, Blankenberg S, Kirchhof P, Zengin E, Sinning C
J HEART LUNG TRANSPL. 2020;39(11):1238-1249.

Risk prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiopulmonary support: The ECMO-ACCEPTS score
Becher P, Twerenbold R, Schrage B, Schmack B, Sinning C, Fluschnik N, Schwarzl M, Waldeyer C, Seiffert M, Clemmensen P, Neumann J, Bernhardt A, Zeymer U, Thiele H, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
J CRIT CARE. 2020;56:100-105.

Feasibility, safety, and resource utilisation of active mobilisation of patients on extracorporeal life support: a prospective observational study
Braune S, Bojes P, Mecklenburg A, Angriman F, Soeffker G, Warnke K, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Kubik M, Reichenspurner H, Kluge S
ANN INTENSIVE CARE. 2020;10(1):161.

Two-year outcomes among stable high-risk patients following acute MI. Insights from a global registry in 25 countries
Brieger D, Pocock S, Blankenberg S, Chen J, Cohen M, Granger C, Grieve R, Nicolau J, Simon T, Westermann D, Yasuda S, Gregson J, Rennie K, Hedman K, Sundell K, Goodman S
INT J CARDIOL. 2020;311:7-14.

Association of high-sensitivity troponin T and I with the severity of stable coronary artery disease in patients with chronic kidney disease
Brunner F, Kröger F, Blaum C, Goßling A, Lorenz T, van Erckelens E, Brätz J, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Waldeyer C, Seiffert M
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2020;313:81-87.

Temporal relations between atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke and their prognostic impact on mortality
Camen S, Ojeda F, Niiranen T, Gianfagna F, Vishram-Nielsen J, Costanzo S, Söderberg S, Vartiainen E, Donati M, Løchen M, Pasterkamp G, Magnussen C, Kee F, Jousilahti P, Hughes M, Kontto J, Mathiesen E, Koenig W, Palosaari T, Blankenberg S, de Gaetano G, Jørgensen T, Zeller T, Kuulasmaa K, Linneberg A, Salomaa V, Iacoviello L, Schnabel R
EUROPACE. 2020;22(4):522-529.

Cardiac Troponin I and Incident Stroke in European Cohorts: Insights From the BiomarCaRE Project
Camen S, Palosaari T, Reinikainen J, Sprünker N, Niiranen T, Gianfagna F, Vishram-Nielsen J, Costanzo S, Söderberg S, Palmieri L, Ferrario M, Peters A, Vartiainen E, Donati M, Donfrancesco C, Borchini R, Börschel C, Giampaoli S, Di Castelnuovo A, Magnussen C, Kee F, Koenig W, Blankenberg S, de Gaetano G, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Rospleszcz S, Jørgensen T, Zeller T, Kuulasmaa K, Linneberg A, Salomaa V, Iacoviello L, Schnabel R
STROKE. 2020;51(9):2770-2777.

Switching to Impella 5.0 decreases need for transfusion in patients undergoing temporary mechanical circulatory support
Castro L, Zipfel S, Braunsteiner J, Schaefer A, Sill B, Söffker G, Kluge S, Lubos E, Rybczinski M, Grahn H, Schrage B, Becher P, Barten M, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Bernhardt A
J CRIT CARE. 2020;57:253-258.

Subclinical Cardiac Microdamage, Motor Severity, and Cognition in Parkinson's Disease
Choe C, Niemann L, Englisch C, Petersen E, Buhmann C, Pötter-Nerger M, Blankenberg S, Gerloff C, Schwedhelm E, Zeller T
MOVEMENT DISORD. 2020;35(10):1863-1868.

Reply to: "N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Parkinson's Disease"
Choe C, Petersen E, Pötter-Nerger M, Buhmann C, Blankenberg S, Gerloff C, Schwedhelm E, Zeller T
MOVEMENT DISORD. 2020;35(10):1888.

Meta-analysis of up to 622,409 individuals identifies 40 novel smoking behaviour associated genetic loci
Erzurumluoglu A, Liu M, Jackson V, Barnes D, Datta G, Melbourne C, Young R, Batini C, Surendran P, Jiang T, Adnan S, Afaq S, Agrawal A, Altmaier E, Antoniou A, Asselbergs F, Baumbach C, Bierut L, Bertelsen S, Boehnke M, Bots M, Brazel D, Chambers J, Chang-Claude J, Chen C, Corley J, Chou Y, David S, de Boer R, de Leeuw C, Dennis J, Dominiczak A, Dunning A, Easton D, Eaton C, Elliott P, Evangelou E, Faul J, Foroud T, Goate A, Gong J, Grabe H, Haessler J, Haiman C, Hallmans G, Hammerschlag A, Harris S, Hattersley A, Heath A, Hsu C, Iacono W, Kanoni S, Kapoor M, Kaprio J, Kardia S, Karpe F, Kontto J, Kooner J, Kooperberg C, Kuulasmaa K, Laakso M, Lai D, Langenberg C, Le N, Lettre G, Loukola A, Luan J, Madden P, Mangino M, Marioni R, Marouli E, Marten J, Martin N, McGue M, Michailidou K, Mihailov E, Moayyeri A, Moitry M, Müller-Nurasyid M, Naheed A, Nauck M, Neville M, Nielsen S, North K, Perola M, Pharoah P, Pistis G, Polderman T, Posthuma D, Poulter N, Qaiser B, Rasheed A, Reiner A, Renström F, Rice J, Rohde R, Rolandsson O, Samani N, Samuel M, Schlessinger D, Scholte S, Scott R, Sever P, Shao Y, Shrine N, Smith J, Starr J, Stirrups K, Stram D, Stringham H, Tachmazidou I, Tardif J, Thompson D, Tindle H, Tragante V, Trompet S, Turcot V, Tyrrell J, Vaartjes I, van der Leij A, van der Meer P, Varga T, Verweij N, Völzke H, Wareham N, Warren H, Weir D, Weiss S, Wetherill L, Yaghootkar H, Yavas E, Jiang Y, Chen F, Zhan X, Zhang W, Zhao W, Zhao W, Zhou K, Amouyel P, Blankenberg S, Caulfield M, Chowdhury R, Cucca F, Deary I, Deloukas P, Di Angelantonio E, Ferrario M, Ferrières J, Franks P, Frayling T, Frossard P, Hall I, Hayward C, Jansson J, Jukema J, Kee F, Männistö S, Metspalu A, Munroe P, Nordestgaard B, Palmer C, Salomaa V, Sattar N, Spector T, Strachan D, van der Harst P, Zeggini E, Saleheen D, Butterworth A, Wain L, Abecasis G, Danesh J, Tobin M, Vrieze S, Liu D, Howson J
MOL PSYCHIATR. 2020;25(10):2392-2409.

Assessment of causality of natriuretic peptides and atrial fibrillation and heart failure: a Mendelian randomization study in the FINRISK cohort
Geelhoed B, Börschel C, Niiranen T, Palosaari T, Havulinna A, Fouodo C, Scheinhardt M, Blankenberg S, Jousilahti P, Kuulasmaa K, Zeller T, Salomaa V, Schnabel R
EUROPACE. 2020;22(10):1463-1469.

Gender-specific reference values for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and I in well-phenotyped healthy individuals and validity of high-sensitivity assay designation
Giannitsis E, Mueller-Hennessen M, Zeller T, Schuebler A, Aurich M, Biener M, Vafaie M, Stoyanov K, Ochs M, Riffel J, Mereles D, Blankenberg S, Katus H
Clinical biochemistry. 2020;78:18-24.

Performance of the ESC 0/1-h and 0/3-h Algorithm for the Rapid Identification of Myocardial Infarction Without ST-Elevation in Patients With Diabetes
Haller P, Boeddinghaus J, Neumann J, Sörensen N, Hartikainen T, Goßling A, Nestelberger T, Twerenbold R, Lehmacher J, Keller T, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Mueller C, Westermann D
DIABETES CARE. 2020;43(2):460-467.

Clinical application of the 4th Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction
Hartikainen T, Sörensen N, Haller P, Goßling A, Lehmacher J, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Neumann J
EUR HEART J. 2020;41(23):2209-2216.

Rationale and Design of the Hamburg City Health Study
Jagodzinski A, Johansen C, Koch-Gromus U, Aarabi G, Adam G, Anders S, Augustin M, der Kellen R, Beikler T, Behrendt C, Betz C, Bokemeyer C, Borof K, Briken P, Busch C, Büchel C, Brassen S, Debus E, Eggers L, Fiehler J, Gallinat J, Gellißen S, Gerloff C, Girdauskas E, Gosau M, Graefen M, Härter M, Harth V, Heidemann C, Heydecke G, Huber T, Hussein Y, Kampf M, von dem Knesebeck O, Konnopka A, König H, Kromer R, Kubisch C, Kühn S, Loges S, Löwe B, Lund G, Meyer C, Nagel L, Nienhaus A, Pantel K, Petersen E, Püschel K, Reichenspurner H, Sauter G, Scherer M, Scherschel K, Schiffner U, Schnabel R, Schulz H, Smeets R, Sokalskis V, Spitzer M, Terschüren C, Thederan I, Thoma T, Thomalla G, Waschki B, Wegscheider K, Wenzel J, Wiese S, Zyriax B, Zeller T, Blankenberg S
EUR J EPIDEMIOL. 2020;35(2):169-181.

Impact f pre- and post-procedural renal dysfunction on long-term outcomes in patients undergoing MitraClip Implantation: A retrospective analysis from two German high-volume centres
Kalbacher D, Daubmann A, Tigges E, Hünlich M, Wiese S, Conradi L, Schirmer J, Beuthner B, Reichenspurner H, Wegscheider K, Danner B, Tichelbäcker T, Hasenfuß G, Schäfer U, Blankenberg S, Puls M, Schillinger W, Lubos E
INT J CARDIOL. 2020;300:87-92.

Predictive Value of Serial ECGs in Patients with Suspected Myocardial Infarction
Lehmacher J, Neumann J, Sörensen N, Goßling A, Haller P, Hartikainen T, Clemmensen P, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
J CLIN MED. 2020;9(7):.

Association of Cardiac Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in Confirmed COVID-19 Autopsy Cases
Lindner D, Fitzek A, Bräuninger H, Aleshcheva G, Edler C, Meissner K, Scherschel K, Kirchhof P, Escher F, Schultheiss H, Blankenberg S, Püschel K, Westermann D
JAMA Cardiol. 2020;5(11):1281-1285.

TAVR for low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis: Prognostic impact of aortic valve calcification
Ludwig S, Goßling A, Waldschmidt L, Linder M, Bhadra O, Voigtländer L, Schäfer A, Deuschl F, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Schäfer U, Westermann D, Seiffert M, Conradi L, Schofer N
AM HEART J. 2020;225:138-148.

Screening for transcatheter mitral valve replacement: a decision tree algorithm
Ludwig S, Ruebsamen N, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Kalbacher D, Schaefer A, Koell B, Westermann D, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Schäfer U, Conradi L, Lubos E
EuroIntervention. 2020;16(3):251-258.

Sex-Specific Outcomes in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Neumann J, Goßling A, Sörensen N, Blankenberg S, Magnussen C, Westermann D
J CLIN MED. 2020;9(7):.

Temporal trends in incidence and outcome of acute coronary syndrome
Neumann J, Goßling A, Sörensen N, Blankenberg S, Magnussen C, Westermann D
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2020;109(9):1186-1192.

Cardio-Renal Biomarker Soluble Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor Is Associated With Cardiovascular Death and Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Independent of Troponin, C-Reactive Protein, and Renal Function
Nikorowitsch J, Borchardt T, Appelbaum S, Ojeda F, Lackner K, Schnabel R, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Karakas M
J AM HEART ASSOC. 2020;9(8):e015452.

Head-to-Head Comparison of the Incremental Predictive Value of The Three Established Risk Markers, Hs-troponin I, C-Reactive Protein, and NT-proBNP, in Coronary Artery Disease
Nikorowitsch J, Ojeda F, Lackner K, Schnabel R, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Karakas M
Biomolecules. 2020;10(3):.

PRediction of acute coronary syndrome in acute ischemic StrokE (PRAISE) - protocol of a prospective, multicenter trial with central reading and predefined endpoints
Nolte C, von Rennenberg R, Litmeier S, Scheitz J, Leistner D, Blankenberg S, Dichgans M, Katus H, Petzold G, Pieske B, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Wegscheider K, Zeiher A, Landmesser U, Endres M
BMC NEUROL. 2020;20(1):318.

The impact of residual mitral regurgitation after MitraClip therapy in functional mitral regurgitation
Reichart D, Kalbacher D, Rübsamen N, Tigges E, Thomas C, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Conradi L, Schäfer U, Lubos E
EUR J HEART FAIL. 2020;22(10):1840-1848.

Novel Wide-Band Dielectric Imaging System and Occlusion Tool to Guide Cryoballoon-Based Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Feasibility and First Insights
Rillig A, Rottner L, Nodorp M, Lin T, Weimann J, Münkler P, Dinshaw L, Schleberger R, Lemoine M, Nies M, Risius T, Blankenberg S, Kirchhof P, Meyer C, Reissmann B, Metzner A
CIRC-ARRHYTHMIA ELEC. 2020;13(12):e009219.

Wide-Band Dielectric Imaging and the Novel Cryoballoon-Occlusion Tool to Guide Cryoballoon-Based Pulmonary Vein Isolation
Rottner L, Sinning C, Reissmann B, Schleberger R, Dinshaw L, Münkler P, Meyer C, Blankenberg S, Rillig A, Metzner A
CIRC-ARRHYTHMIA ELEC. 2020;13(8):e008507.

TAVI in Patients with Mitral Annular Calcification and/or Mitral Stenosis
Schaefer A, Sarwari H, Schofer N, Schneeberger Y, Westermann D, Schoen G, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schäfer U, Conradi L
THORAC CARDIOV SURG. 2020 [Epub ahead of print].

Transapical mitral valve-in-ring procedure with a novel self-expandable transcatheter heart valve: first- and last-in-man report
Schaefer A, Seiffert M, Blankenberg S, Conradi L
EUR J CARDIO-THORAC. 2020;58(1):190-192.

Left Ventricular Unloading Is Associated With Lower Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Treated With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Results From an International, Multicenter Cohort Study
Schrage B, Becher P, Bernhardt A, Bezerra H, Blankenberg S, Brunner S, Colson P, Cudemus Deseda G, Dabboura S, Eckner D, Eden M, Eitel I, Frank D, Frey N, Funamoto M, Goßling A, Graf T, Hagl C, Kirchhof P, Kupka D, Landmesser U, Lipinski J, Lopes M, Majunke N, Maniuc O, McGrath D, Möbius-Winkler S, Morrow D, Mourad M, Noel C, Nordbeck P, Orban M, Pappalardo F, Patel S, Pauschinger M, Pazzanese V, Reichenspurner H, Sandri M, Schulze P, H G Schwinger R, Sinning J, Aksoy A, Skurk C, Szczanowicz L, Thiele H, Tietz F, Varshney A, Wechsler L, Westermann D
CIRCULATION. 2020;142(22):2095-2106.

Application of the SCAI classification in a cohort of patients with cardiogenic shock
Schrage B, Dabboura S, Yan I, Hilal R, Neumann J, Sörensen N, Goßling A, Becher P, Grahn H, Wagner T, Seiffert M, Kluge S, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
CATHETER CARDIO INTE. 2020;96(3):E213-E219.

Comparison of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in European Population Cohorts for Predicting Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure, Their Subsequent Onset, and Death
Schrage B, Geelhoed B, Niiranen T, Gianfagna F, Vishram-Nielsen J, Costanzo S, Söderberg S, Ojeda F, Vartiainen E, Donati M, Magnussen C, Di Castelnuovo A, Camen S, Kontto J, Koenig W, Blankenberg S, de Gaetano G, Linneberg A, Jørgensen T, Zeller T, Kuulasmaa K, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Hughes M, Iacoviello L, Salomaa V, Schnabel R
J AM HEART ASSOC. 2020;9(9):e015218.

Iron deficiency is a common disorder in general population and independently predicts all-cause mortality: results from the Gutenberg Health Study
Schrage B, Rübsamen N, Schulz A, Münzel T, Pfeiffer N, Wild P, Beutel M, Schmidtmann I, Lott R, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Lackner K, Karakas M
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2020;109(11):1352-1357.

Patient Characteristics, Treatment and Outcome in Non-Ischemic vs. Ischemic Cardiogenic Shock
Schrage B, Weimann J, Dabboura S, Yan I, Hilal R, Becher P, Seiffert M, Bernhardt A, Kluge S, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
J CLIN MED. 2020;9(4):.

Temporal trends in the presentation of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: an analysis of health insurance claims
Seiffert M, Brunner F, Remmel M, Thomalla G, Marschall U, L'Hoest H, Acar L, Debus E, Blankenberg S, Gerloff C, Behrendt C
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2020;109(12):1540-1548.

Comparison of microstructural alterations in the proximal aorta between aortic stenosis and regurgitation
Sequeira Gross T, Lindner D, Ojeda F, Neumann J, Grewal N, Kuntze T, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Westermann D, Girdauskas E
J THORAC CARDIOV SUR. 2020 [Epub ahead of print].

The ACCOST-HH Trial
Skurk C, Rottbauer W, Kessler M, Akin I, Kluge S, Burdelski C, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Landmesser U, Karakas M
EUR HEART J. 2020;41(45):4296-4298.

Differences in measurement of high-sensitivity troponin in an on-demand and batch-wise setting
Sörensen N, Neumann J, Ojeda F, Renné T, Karakas M, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Zeller T
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2020 [Epub ahead of print];2048872620924198.

Assessing palliative care need in left ventricular assist device patients and heart transplant recipients
Strangl F, Ullrich A, Oechsle K, Bokemeyer C, Blankenberg S, Knappe D, Reichenspurner H, Bernhardt A, Barten M, Rybczynski M
INTERACT CARDIOV TH. 2020;31(6):874-880.

Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals
Surendran P, Feofanova E, Lahrouchi N, Ntalla I, Karthikeyan S, Cook J, Chen L, Mifsud B, Yao C, Kraja A, Cartwright J, Hellwege J, Giri A, Tragante V, Thorleifsson G, Liu D, Prins B, Stewart I, Cabrera C, Eales J, Akbarov A, Auer P, Bielak L, Bis J, Braithwaite V, Brody J, Daw E, Warren H, Drenos F, Nielsen S, Faul J, Fauman E, Fava C, Ferreira T, Foley C, Franceschini N, Gao H, Giannakopoulou O, Giulianini F, Gudbjartsson D, Guo X, Harris S, Havulinna A, Helgadottir A, Huffman J, Hwang S, Kanoni S, Kontto J, Larson M, Li-Gao R, Lindström J, Lotta L, Lu Y, Luan J, Mahajan A, Malerba G, Masca N, Mei H, Menni C, Mook-Kanamori D, Mosen-Ansorena D, Müller-Nurasyid M, Paré G, Paul D, Perola M, Poveda A, Rauramaa R, Richard M, Richardson T, Sepúlveda N, Sim X, Smith A, Smith J, Staley J, Stanáková A, Sulem P, Thériault S, Thorsteinsdottir U, Trompet S, Varga T, Velez Edwards D, Veronesi G, Weiss S, Willems S, Yao J, Young R, Yu B, Zhang W, Zhao J, Zhao W, Zhao W, Evangelou E, Aeschbacher S, Asllanaj E, Blankenberg S, Bonnycastle L, Bork-Jensen J, Brandslund I, Braund P, Burgess S, Cho K, Christensen C, Connell J, Mutsert R, Dominiczak A, Dörr M, Eiriksdottir G, Farmaki A, Gaziano J, Grarup N, Grove M, Hallmans G, Hansen T, Have C, Heiss G, Jørgensen M, Jousilahti P, Kajantie E, Kamat M, Käräjämäki A, Karpe F, Koistinen H, Kovesdy C, Kuulasmaa K, Laatikainen T, Lannfelt L, Lee I, Lee W, Linneberg A, Martin L, Moitry M, Nadkarni G, Neville M, Palmer C, Papanicolaou G, Pedersen O, Peters J, Poulter N, Rasheed A, Rasmussen K, Rayner N, Mägi R, Renström F, Rettig R, Rossouw J, Schreiner P, Sever P, Sigurdsson E, Skaaby T, Sun Y, Sundstrom J, Thorgeirsson G, Esko T, Trabetti E, Tsao P, Tuomi T, Turner S, Tzoulaki I, Vaartjes I, Vergnaud A, Willer C, Wilson P, Witte D, Yonova-Doing E, Zhang H, Aliya N, Almgren P, Amouyel P, Asselbergs F, Barnes M, Blakemore A, Boehnke M, Bots M, Bottinger E, Buring J, Chambers J, Chen Y, Chowdhury R, Conen D, Correa A, Davey Smith G, Boer R, Deary I, Dedoussis G, Deloukas P, Di Angelantonio E, Elliott P, Felix S, Ferrières J, Ford I, Fornage M, Franks P, Franks S, Frossard P, Gambaro G, Gaunt T, Groop L, Gudnason V, Harris T, Hayward C, Hennig B, Herzig K, Ingelsson E, Tuomilehto J, Järvelin M, Jukema J, Kardia S, Kee F, Kooner J, Kooperberg C, Launer L, Lind L, Loos R, Majumder A, Laakso M, McCarthy M, Melander O, Mohlke K, Murray A, Nordestgaard B, Orho-Melander M, Packard C, Padmanabhan S, Palmas W, Polasek O, Porteous D, Prentice A, Province M, Relton C, Rice K, Ridker P, Rolandsson O, Rosendaal F, Rotter J, Rudan I, Salomaa V, Samani N, Sattar N, Sheu W, Smith B, Soranzo N, Spector T, Starr J, Sebert S, Taylor K, Lakka T, Timpson N, Tobin M, van der Harst P, van der Meer P, Ramachandran V, Verweij N, Virtamo J, Völker U, Weir D, Zeggini E, Charchar F, Wareham N, Langenberg C, Tomaszewski M, Butterworth A, Caulfield M, Danesh J, Edwards T, Holm H, Hung A, Lindgren C, Liu C, Manning A, Morris A, Morrison A, O'Donnell C, Psaty B, Saleheen D, Stefansson K, Boerwinkle E, Chasman D, Levy D, Newton-Cheh C, Munroe P, Howson J
NAT GENET. 2020;52(12):1314-1332.

Acute impact of an endurance race on cardiac function and biomarkers of myocardial injury in triathletes with and without myocardial fibrosis
Tahir E, Scherz B, Starekova J, Muellerleile K, Fischer R, Schoennagel B, Warncke M, Stehning C, Cavus E, Bohnen S, Radunski U, Blankenberg S, Simon P, Pressler A, Adam G, Patten M, Lund G
EUR J PREV CARDIOL. 2020;27(1):94-104.

Marfan Syndrome Versus Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease: Comparative Analysis of Obstetric Outcome and Pregnancy-Associated Immediate and Long-Term Aortic Complications
Toprak B, Szöcs K, Zengin-Sahm E, Sinning C, Hot A, Bannas P, Hecher K, Hüneke B, Mir T, Rybczynski M, Girdauskas E, Blankenberg S, von Kodolitsch Y
J CLIN MED. 2020;9(4):.

Decomposing the educational gradient in allostatic load across European populations. What matters the most: differentials in exposure or in susceptibility?
Veronesi G, Kee F, Hicks B, Forrest H, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Sans S, Salomaa V, Thorand B, Di Castelnuovo A, Soderberg S, Cesana G, Bobak M, De Ponti R, Iacoviello L, Palmieri L, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Ferrario M
J EPIDEMIOL COMMUN H. 2020;74(12):1008-1015.

Right heart failure before LVAD implantation predicts right heart failure after LVAD implantation - is it that easy?
Wagner T, Bernhardt A, Magnussen C, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Grahn H
J CARDIOTHORAC SURG. 2020;15(1):113.

qSOFA Score Is Useful to Assess Disease Severity in Patients With Heart Failure in the Setting of a Heart Failure Unit (HFU)
Wagner T, Sinning C, Haumann J, Magnussen C, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Grahn H
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2020;7:574768.

Contribution of cystatin C- and creatinine-based definitions of chronic kidney disease to cardiovascular risk assessment in 20 population-based and 3 disease cohorts: the BiomarCaRE project
Waldeyer C, Zeller T, Blankenberg S
BMC MED . 2020;18(1):300.

High-sensitivity troponin I and all-cause mortality in patients with stable COPD: An analysis of the COSYCONET study
Waschki B, Alter P, Zeller T, Magnussen C, Neumann J, Twerenbold R, Sinning C, Herr C, Kahnert K, Fähndrich S, Blankenberg S, Rabe K, Welte T, Jörres R, Vogelmeier C, Bals R, Watz H
EUR RESPIR J. 2020;55(2):.

Iron Metabolism Contributes to Prognosis in Coronary Artery Disease: Prognostic Value of the Soluble Transferrin Receptor Within the AtheroGene Study
Weidmann H, Bannasch J, Waldeyer C, Shrivastava A, Appelbaum S, Ojeda-Echevarria F, Schnabel R, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Karakas M
J AM HEART ASSOC. 2020;9(9):e015480.

Septic perimyocarditis due to a right-sided infective endocarditis of atypical morphology in a 33-year-old woman
Wenzel J, Schrage B, Sinning C, Blankenberg S, Zengin-Sahm E, Lubos E
Clinical case reports. 2020;8(8):1486-1488.

High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Levels and Prediction of Heart Failure: Results From the BiomarCaRE Consortium
Yan I, Börschel C, Neumann J, Sprünker N, Makarova N, Kontto J, Kuulasmaa K, Salomaa V, Magnussen C, Iacoviello L, Di Castelnuovo A, Costanzo S, Linneberg A, Söderberg S, Zeller T, Ojeda-Echevarria F, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
JACC-Heart Failure. 2020;8(5):401-411.

Advanced mapping strategies for ablation therapy in adults with congenital heart disease
Alken F, Klatt N, Muenkler P, Scherschel K, Jungen C, Akbulak R, Kahle A, Gunawardene M, Jularic M, Dinshaw L, Hartmann J, Eickholt C, Willems S, Stute F, Mueller G, Blankenberg S, Rickers C, Sinning C, Zengin-Sahm E, Meyer C
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2019;9(Suppl 2):S247-S263.

Inflammation and fibrosis in murine models of heart failure
Bacmeister L, Schwarzl M, Warnke S, Stoffers B, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Lindner D
BASIC RES CARDIOL. 2019;114(3):19.

Impella 5.0 therapy as a bridge-to-decision option for patients on extracorporeal life support with unclear neurological outcomes
Bernhardt A, Zipfel S, Reiter B, Hakmi S, Castro L, Söffker G, Kluge S, Lubos E, Rybczinski M, Grahn H, Schrage B, Becher P, Barten M, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H
EUR J CARDIO-THORAC. 2019;56(6):1031-1036.

Troponine als Biomarker bei Myokardschaden und Myokardinfarkt
Blankenberg S, Wittlinger T, Nowak B, Rupprecht H
HERZ. 2019;44(1):4-9.

Modifiable lifestyle risk factors and C-reactive protein in patients with coronary artery disease: Implications for an anti-inflammatory treatment target population
Blaum C, Brunner F, Kröger F, Braetz J, Lorenz T, Goßling A, Ojeda F, Koester L, Karakas M, Zeller T, Westermann D, Schnabel R, Blankenberg S, Seiffert M, Waldeyer C
EUR J PREV CARDIOL. 2019 [Epub ahead of print];2047487319885458.

Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Amniotic Fluid, Umbilical Arterial Blood, Umbilical Venous Blood, and Maternal Blood at Delivery, and Their Reference Values for Full-Term, Singleton, Cesarean Deliveries
Blohm M, Arndt F, Fröschle G, Langenbach N, Sandig J, Vettorazzi E, Mir T, Hecher K, Weil J, Kozlik-Feldmann R, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Singer D
FRONT PEDIATR. 2019;7:271.

Stress T1-mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and inducible myocardial ischemia
Bohnen S, Prüßner L, Vettorazzi E, Radunski U, Tahir E, Schneider J, Cavus E, Avanesov M, Stehning C, Adam G, Blankenberg S, Lund G, Muellerleile K
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2019;108(8):909-920.

Noninvasive peripheral vascular function and atrial fibrillation in the general population
Börschel C, Rübsamen N, Ojeda F, Wild P, Hoffmann B, Prochaska J, Gori T, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Münzel T, Schnabel R
J HYPERTENS. 2019;37(5):928-934.

Application of non-HDL cholesterol for population-based cardiovascular risk stratification - results from the Multinational Cardiovascular Risk Consortium
Brunner F, Waldeyer C, Ojeda F, Salomaa V, Kee F, Sans S, Thorand B, Giampaoli S, Brambilla P, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Moitry M, Iacoviello L, Veronesi G, Grassi G, Mathiesen E, Söderberg S, Linneberg A, Brenner H, Amouyel P, Ferrières J, Tamosiunas A, Nikitin Y, Drygas W, Melander O, Jöckel K, Leistner D, Shaw J, Panagiotakos D, Simons L, Kavousi M, Vasan R, Dullaart R, Wannamethee S, Risérus U, Shea S, de Lemos J, Omland T, Kuulasmaa K, Landmesser U, Blankenberg S
Lancet. 2019;394(10215):2173-2183.

Association of Circulating Metabolites With Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in a European Population: Results From the Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Europe (BiomarCaRE) Consortium
Cavus E, Karakas M, Ojeda F, Kontto J, Veronesi G, Ferrario M, Linneberg A, Jørgensen T, Meisinger C, Thorand B, Iacoviello L, Börnigen D, Woodward M, Schnabel R, Costanzo S, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Koenig W, Kuulasmaa K, Salomaa V, Blankenberg S, Zeller T
JAMA Cardiol. 2019;4(12):1270-1279.

NT-proBNP (N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide) and the Risk of Stroke: Results From the BiomarCaRE Consortium
Di Castelnuovo A, Veronesi G, Costanzo S, Zeller T, Schnabel R, de Curtis A, Salomaa V, Borchini R, Ferrario M, Giampaoli S, Kee F, Söderberg S, Niiranen T, Kuulasmaa K, de Gaetano G, Donati M, Blankenberg S, Iacoviello L
STROKE. 2019;50(3):610-617.

Common Genetic Variation in Relation to Brachial Vascular Dimensions and Flow-Mediated Vasodilation
Dörr M, Hamburg N, Müller C, Smith N, Gustafsson S, Lehtimäki T, Teumer A, Zeller T, Li X, Lind L, Raitakari O, Völker U, Blankenberg S, McKnight B, Morris A, Kähönen M, Lemaitre R, Wild P, Nauck M, Völzke H, Münzel T, Mitchell G, Psaty B, Lindgren C, Larson M, Felix S, Ingelsson E, Lyytikäinen L, Herrington D, Benjamin E, Schnabel R
Circ Genom Precis Med. 2019;12(2):e002409.

Long noncoding RNA NEAT1 modulates immune cell functions and is suppressed in early onset myocardial infarction patients
Gast M, Rauch B, Haghikia A, Nakagawa S, Haas J, Stroux A, Schmidt D, Schumann P, Weiss S, Jensen L, Kratzer A, Kraenkel N, Müller C, Börnigen D, Hirose T, Blankenberg S, Escher F, Kühl A, Kuss A, Meder B, Landmesser U, Zeller T, Poller W
CARDIOVASC RES. 2019;115(13):1886-1906.

Immune system-mediated atherosclerosis caused by deficiency of long non-coding RNA MALAT1 in ApoE-/-mice
Gast M, Rauch B, Nakagawa S, Haghikia A, Jasina A, Haas J, Nath N, Jensen L, Stroux A, Böhm A, Friebel J, Rauch U, Skurk C, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Prasanth K, Meder B, Kuss A, Landmesser U, Poller W
CARDIOVASC RES. 2019;115(2):302-314.

1000 MitraClip™ procedures: Lessons learnt from the largest single-centre experience worldwide
Kalbacher D, Ludwig S, Schofer N, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Conradi L, Blankenberg S, Lubos E
EUR HEART J. 2019;40(38):3137-3139.

Relative Telomere Length and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Koriath M, Müller C, Pfeiffer N, Nickels S, Beutel M, Schmidtmann I, Rapp S, Münzel T, Westermann D, Karakas M, Wild P, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Zeller T
Biomolecules. 2019;9(5):.

Sex-Specific Epidemiology of Heart Failure Risk and Mortality in Europe: Results From the BiomarCaRE Consortium
Magnussen C, Niiranen T, Ojeda F, Gianfagna F, Blankenberg S, Vartiainen E, Sans S, Pasterkamp G, Hughes M, Costanzo S, Donati M, Jousilahti P, Linneberg A, Palosaari T, de Gaetano G, Bobak M, den Ruijter H, Jørgensen T, Söderberg S, Kuulasmaa K, Zeller T, Iacoviello L, Salomaa V, Schnabel R
JACC-Heart Failure. 2019;7(3):204-213.

Case-matched Comparison of Cardiovascular Outcome in Loeys-Dietz Syndrome versus Marfan Syndrome
Mühlstädt K, De Backer J, von Kodolitsch Y, Kutsche K, Muiño Mosquera L, Brickwedel J, Girdauskas E, Mir T, Mahlmann A, Tsilimparis N, Staebler A, Schoof L, Seidel H, Berger J, Bernhardt A, Blankenberg S, Kölbel T, Detter C, Szöcs K, Kaemmerer H
J CLIN MED. 2019;8(12):.

Application of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Suspected Myocardial Infarction. Reply
Neumann J, Twerenbold R, Blankenberg S
NEW ENGL J MED. 2019;381(25):2483.

Application of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Suspected Myocardial Infarction
Neumann J, Twerenbold R, Ojeda F, Sörensen N, Chapman A, Shah A, Anand A, Boeddinghaus J, Nestelberger T, Badertscher P, Mokhtari A, Pickering J, Troughton R, Greenslade J, Parsonage W, Mueller-Hennessen M, Gori T, Jernberg T, Morris N, Liebetrau C, Hamm C, Katus H, Münzel T, Landmesser U, Salomaa V, Iacoviello L, Ferrario M, Giampaoli S, Kee F, Thorand B, Peters A, Borchini R, Jørgensen T, Söderberg S, Sans S, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Renné T, Lackner K, Worster A, Body R, Ekelund U, Kavsak P, Keller T, Lindahl B, Wild P, Giannitsis E, Than M, Cullen L, Mills N, Mueller C, Zeller T, Westermann D, Blankenberg S
NEW ENGL J MED. 2019;380(26):2529-2540.

Dilated cardiomyopathy: from epidemiologic to genetic phenotypes: A translational review of current literature
Reichart D, Magnussen C, Zeller T, Blankenberg S
J INTERN MED. 2019;286(4):362-372.

Transaxillary transcatheter aortic valve implantation utilizing a novel vascular closure device with resorbable collagen material: a feasibility study
Schaefer A, Schirmer J, Schofer N, Schneeberger Y, Deuschl F, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Conradi L, Schäfer U
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2019;108(7):779-786.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement in low-risk patients: a propensity score-matched analysis
Schaefer A, Schofer N, Goßling A, Seiffert M, Schirmer J, Deuschl F, Schneeberger Y, Voigtländer L, Detter C, Schaefer U, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Conradi L, Westermann D
EUR J CARDIO-THORAC. 2019;56(6):1131-1139.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation utilizing a non-occlusive balloon for predilatation
Schneeberger Y, Schaefer A, Schofer N, Silaschi M, Deuschl F, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Treede H, Schäfer U, Charitos E, Conradi L
INT J CARDIOL. 2019;275:65-69.

Prosthesis-patient mismatch after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: prevalence and prognostic impact with respect to baseline left ventricular function
Schofer N, Deuschl F, Rübsamen N, Skibowski J, Seiffert M, Voigtländer L, Schaefer A, Schneeberger Y, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Conradi L, Schäfer U
EuroIntervention. 2019;14(16):1648-1655.

Impella Support for Acute Myocardial Infarction complicated by Cardiogenic Shock: A Matched-Pair IABP-SHOCK II Trial 30-Day Mortality Analysis
Schrage B, Ibrahim K, Loehn T, Werner N, Sinning J, Pappalardo F, Pieri M, Skurk C, Lauten A, Landmesser U, Westenfeld R, Horn P, Pauschinger M, Eckner D, Twerenbold R, Nordbeck P, Salinger T, Abel P, Empen K, Busch M, Felix S, Sieweke J, Møller J, Pareek N, Hill J, MacCarthy P, Bergmann M, Henriques J, Möbius-Winkler S, Schulze P, Ouarrak T, Zeymer U, Schneider S, Blankenberg S, Thiele H, Schäfer A, Westermann D
CIRCULATION. 2019.

Neuron-Specific-Enolase as a Predictor of the Neurologic Outcome after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients on ECMO
Schrage B, Rübsamen N, Moritz Becher P, Roedl K, Söffker G, Schwarzl M, Dreher A, Schewel J, Ghanem A, Grahn H, Lubos E, Bernhardt A, Kluge S, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Spangenberg T, Westermann D
RESUSCITATION. 2019;136:14-20.

Comparative Analysis of Circulating Non-Coding RNAs Versus Protein Biomarkers in the Detection of Myocardial Injury
Schulte C, Barwari T, Joshi A, Theofilatos K, Zampetaki A, Barallobre-Barreiro J, Singh B, Sörensen N, Neumann J, Zeller T, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Marber M, Liebetrau C, Mayr M
CIRC RES. 2019;125(3):328-340.

Effect of ranolazine on plasma arginine derivatives and urinary isoprostane 8-iso-PGF2α in patients with myocardial infarction in the randomized RIMINI-Trial
Schwemer T, Deutscher N, Diermann N, Böger R, Schwedhelm E, Blankenberg S, Friedrich F
SCI REP. 2019;9(1):5708.

Effect of Ranolazine on Ischemic Myocardium IN Patients With Acute Cardiac Ischemia (RIMINI-Trial): A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial
Schwemer T, Radziwolek L, Deutscher N, Diermann N, Sehner S, Blankenberg S, Friedrich F
J CARDIOVASC PHARM T. 2019;24(1):62-69.

The DEDICATE Trial: An independent all-comers trial of transcatheter aortic valve implantation vs. surgical aortic valve replacement in patients at low to intermediate operative risk is recruiting patients
Seiffert M, Walther T, Hamm C, Falk V, Frey N, Thiele H, Hagl C, Landmesser U, Borger M, Massberg S, Reichenspurner H, Baumgartner H, Blankenberg S, Cremer J
EUR HEART J. 2019;40(4):331-333.

Diagnostic Value of Soluble Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor in Addition to High-Sensitivity Troponin I in Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Sörensen N, Dönmez G, Neumann J, Nikorowitsch J, Rübsamen N, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Zeller T, Karakas M
Biomolecules. 2019;9(3):.

Prognostic Value of a Novel and Established High-Sensitivity Troponin I Assay in Patients Presenting with Suspected Myocardial Infarction
Sörensen N, Ludwig S, Makarova N, Neumann J, Lehmacher J, Hartikainen T, Haller P, Keller T, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Zeller T, Schofer N
Biomolecules. 2019;9(9):.

Diagnostic Evaluation of a High-Sensitivity Troponin I Point-of-Care Assay
Sörensen N, Neumann J, Ojeda F, Giannitsis E, Spanuth E, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Zeller T
CLIN CHEM. 2019;65(12):1592-1601.

Predictive value of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor for mortality in patients with suspected myocardial infarction
Sörensen N, Nikorowitsch J, Neumann J, Rübsamen N, Goßling A, Hartikainen T, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Zeller T, Karakas M
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2019;108(12):1386-1393.

Effect of renal denervation procedure on left ventricular mass, myocardial strain and diastolic function by CMR on a 12-month follow-up
Tahir E, Koops A, Warncke M, Starekova J, Neumann J, Waldeyer C, Avanesov M, Lund G, Fischer R, Adam G, Blankenberg S, Wenzel U, Brunner F
JPN J RADIOL. 2019;37(9):642-650.

Impact of Myocardial Fibrosis on Left Ventricular Function Evaluated by Feature-Tracking Myocardial Strain Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Competitive Male Triathletes With Normal Ejection Fraction
Tahir E, Starekova J, Muellerleile K, Freiwald E, von Stritzky A, Münch J, Avanesov M, Weinrich J, Stehning C, Cavus E, Bohnen S, Radunski U, Blankenberg S, Adam G, Simon P, Pressler A, Patten M, Lund G
CIRC J. 2019;83(7):1553-1562.

Machine Learning to Predict the Likelihood of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Than M, Pickering J, Sandoval Y, Shah A, Tsanas A, Apple F, Blankenberg S, Cullen L, Mueller C, Neumann J, Twerenbold R, Westermann D, Beshiri A, Mills N
CIRCULATION. 2019 [Epub ahead of print].

Left ventricular geometry and function in early repolarization: results from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study
Trenkwalder T, Rübsamen N, Schmitt V, Arnold N, Kaess B, Sinning C, Zeller T, Beutel M, Schmidtmann I, Nickels S, Pfeiffer N, Leuschner A, Münzel T, Lackner K, Hengstenberg C, Blankenberg S, Wild P, Reinhard W, Schnabel R
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2019;108(10):1107-1116.

Identification of acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients using optimized highly sensitive troponin I thresholds
von Jeinsen B, Liebetrau C, Palapies L, Tzikas S, Zeller T, Bickel C, Schmidt A, Tubaro M, Lackner K, Sar F, Baldus S, Zeiher A, Blankenberg S, Gori T, Münzel T, Hamm C, Wild P, Keller T
Biomarkers. 2019;24(6):549-555.

Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Expression Increases during Myocardial Infarction and Supports Pro-Inflammatory Signaling in Cardiac Fibroblasts
Voss S, Krüger S, Scherschel K, Warnke S, Schwarzl M, Schrage B, Girdauskas E, Meyer C, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Lindner D
Biomolecules. 2019;9(2):.

Predictive value of low testosterone concentrations regarding coronary heart disease and mortality in men and women - evidence from the FINRISK97 study
Zeller T, Appelbaum S, Kuulasmaa K, Palosaari T, Blankenberg S, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Karakas M
J INTERN MED. 2019;286(3):317-325.

Pregnancy in adults with congenital heart disease
Zengin E, Mueller G, Blankenberg S, von Kodolitsch Y, Rickers C, Sinning C
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2019;9(Suppl 2):S416-S423.

Acute stimulation of the soluble guanylate cyclase does not impact on left ventricular capacitance in normal and hypertrophied porcine hearts in vivo
Alogna A, Schwarzl M, Manninger M, Hamdani N, Zirngast B, Kloth B, Steendijk P, Verderber J, Zweiker D, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Maechler H, Tschöpe C, Linke W, Marsche G, Pieske B, Post H
AM J PHYSIOL-HEART C. 2018;315(3):H669-H680.

Role of Toll-like receptors and interferon regulatory factors in different experimental heart failure models of diverse etiology: IRF7 as novel cardiovascular stress-inducible factor
Becher P, Hinrichs S, Fluschnik N, Hennigs J, Klingel K, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Lindner D
PLOS One. 2018;13(3):e0193844.

Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Cardiopulmonary Support
Becher P, Schrage B, Sinning C, Schmack B, Fluschnik N, Schwarzl M, Waldeyer C, Lindner D, Seiffert M, Neumann J, Bernhardt A, Zeymer U, Thiele H, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Twerenbold R, Westermann D
CIRCULATION. 2018;138(20):2298-2300.

Percutaneous left atrial unloading to prevent pulmonary oedema and to facilitate ventricular recovery under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy
Bernhardt A, Hillebrand M, Yildirim Y, Hakmi S, Wagner F, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Lubos E
INTERACT CARDIOV TH. 2018;26(1):4-7.

Die Gesundheitssituation in Hamburg: Stand, Studien, Register: Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS)
Blankenberg S, Adam G, Gerloff C, Jagodzinski A, Koch-Gromus U
2018. Nachhaltige StadtGesundheit Hamburg. Fehr R, Trojan A (eds.). 1. ed. München: Oekom Verlag, 115-118.

Diagnosing myocardial infarction: a highly sensitive issue
Blankenberg S, Neumann J, Westermann D
Lancet. 2018;392(10151):893-894.

Adjusted Troponin I for Improved Evaluation of Patients with Chest Pain
Boeckel J, Palapies L, Klotsche J, Zeller T, von Jeinsen B, Perret M, Kleinhaus S, Pieper L, Tzikas S, Leistner D, Bickel C, Stalla G, Lehnert H, Lindahl B, Wittchen H, Silber S, Baldus S, Maerz W, Dimmeler S, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Zeiher A, Keller T
SCI REP. 2018;8(1):8087.

Impact of age on the performance of the ESC 0/1h-algorithms for early diagnosis of myocardial infarction
Boeddinghaus J, Nestelberger T, Twerenbold R, Neumann J, Lindahl B, Giannitsis E, Sörensen N, Badertscher P, Jann J, Wussler D, Puelacher C, Rubini Giménez M, Wildi K, Strebel I, Du Fay de Lavallaz J, Selman F, Sabti Z, Kozhuharov N, Potlukova E, Rentsch K, Miró Ò, Martin-Sanchez F, Morawiec B, Parenica J, Lohrmann J, Kloos W, Buser A, Geigy N, Keller D, Osswald S, Reichlin T, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Mueller C
EUR HEART J. 2018;39(42):3780-3794.

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in the prospective, population-based, Hamburg City Health cohort study: objectives and design
Bohnen S, Avanesov M, Jagodzinski A, Schnabel R, Zeller T, Karakas M, Schneider J, Tahir E, Cavus E, Spink C, Radunski U, Ojeda F, Adam G, Blankenberg S, Lund G, Müllerleile K
J CARDIOVASC MAGN R. 2018;20(1):68.

Intake of Vitamin K Antagonists and Worsening of Cardiac and Vascular Disease: Results From the Population-Based Gutenberg Health Study
Eggebrecht L, Prochaska J, Schulz A, Arnold N, Jünger C, Göbel S, Laubert-Reh D, Binder H, Beutel M, Pfeiffer N, Blankenberg S, Lackner K, Spronk H, Ten Cate H, Münzel T, Wild P
J AM HEART ASSOC. 2018;7(17):e008650.

Anticoagulation strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation after PCI or with ACS: The end of triple therapy?
Fluschnik N, Becher P, Schnabel R, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
HERZ. 2018;43(1):20-25.

Predictive value of long-term changes of growth differentiation factor-15 over a 27-year-period for heart failure and death due to coronary heart disease
Fluschnik N, Ojeda F, Zeller T, Jørgensen T, Kuulasmaa K, Becher P, Sinning C, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
PLOS One. 2018;13(5):e0197497.

Evaluation of microribonucleic acids as potential biomarkers in the bicuspid aortic valve-associated aortopathy
Girdauskas E, Petersen J, Neumann N, Groß T, Naito S, Hillebrand M, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Zeller T
INTERACT CARDIOV TH. 2018;27(1):60-66.

Novel DNA Methylation Sites Influence GPR15 Expression in Relation to Smoking
Haase T, Müller C, Krause J, Röthemeier C, Stenzig J, Kunze S, Waldenberger M, Münzel T, Pfeiffer N, Wild P, Michal M, Marini F, Karakas M, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Zeller T
Biomolecules. 2018;8(3):74.

Precursor proadrenomedullin influences cardiomyocyte survival and local inflammation related to myocardial infarction
Hinrichs S, Scherschel K, Krüger S, Neumann J, Schwarzl M, Yan I, Warnke S, Ojeda F, Zeller T, Karakas M, Keller T, Meyer C, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Lindner D
P NATL ACAD SCI USA. 2018;115(37):E8727-E8736.

Beyond conventional secondary prevention in coronary artery disease-what to choose in the era of CANTOS, COMPASS, FOURIER, ODYSSEY and PEGASUS-TIMI 54?: A review on contemporary literature
Kalbacher D, Waldeyer C, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
Ann Transl Med. 2018;6(16):323.

Testosterone Levels and Type 2 Diabetes-No Correlation with Age, Differential Predictive Value in Men and Women
Karakas M, Schäfer S, Appelbaum S, Ojeda F, Kuulasmaa K, Brückmann B, Berisha F, Schulte Steinberg B, Jousilahti P, Blankenberg S, Palosaari T, Salomaa V, Zeller T
Biomolecules. 2018;8(3):E76.

Clinical chemistry score versus high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and T tests alone to identify patients at low or high risk for myocardial infarction or death at presentation to the emergency department
Kavsak P, Neumann J, Cullen L, Than M, Shortt C, Greenslade J, Pickering J, Ojeda F, Ma J, Clayton N, Sherbino J, Hill S, McQueen M, Westermann D, Sörensen N, Parsonage W, Griffith L, Mehta S, Devereaux P, Richards M, Troughton R, Pemberton C, Aldous S, Blankenberg S, Worster A
CAN MED ASSOC J. 2018;190(33):E974-E984.

Stratified prevention: opportunities and limitations. Report on the 1st interdisciplinary cardiovascular workshop in Augsburg
Kirchhof G, Lindner J, Achenbach S, Berger K, Blankenberg S, Fangerau H, Gimpel H, Gassner U, Kersten J, Magnus D, Rebscher H, Schunkert H, Rixen S, Kirchhof P
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2018;107(3):193-200.

Cardiac Troponins for the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Chronic Kidney Disease
Kraus D, von Jeinsen B, Tzikas S, Palapies L, Zeller T, Bickel C, Fette G, Lackner K, Drechsler C, Neumann J, Baldus S, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Wanner C, Zeiher A, Keller T
J AM HEART ASSOC. 2018;7(19):e008032.

Rat atrial engineered heart tissue: a new in vitro model to study atrial biology
Krause J, Löser A, Lemoine M, Christ T, Scherschel K, Meyer C, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Eschenhagen T, Stenzig J
BASIC RES CARDIOL. 2018;113(5):41.

Association between optical coherence tomography based retinal microvasculature characteristics and myocardial infarction in young men
Kromer R, Tigges E, Rashed N, Pein I, Klemm M, Blankenberg S
SCI REP. 2018;8(1):5615.

A flow cytometry-based assay for procoagulant platelet polyphosphate
Labberton L, Long A, Gendler S, Snozek C, Stavrou E, Nickel K, Maas C, Blankenberg S, Hernandez J, Renné T
Cytometry. Part B, Clinical cytometry. 2018;94(2):369-373.

Real-time optical coherence tomography coregistration with angiography in percutaneous coronary intervention-impact on physician decision-making: The OPTICO-integration study
Leistner D, Riedel M, Steinbeck L, Stähli B, Fröhlich G, Lauten A, Skurk C, Mochmann H, Lübking L, Rauch-Kröhnert U, Schnabel R, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Landmesser U
CATHETER CARDIO INTE. 2018;30-37.

The forkhead transcription factor Foxo3 negatively regulates natural killer cell function and viral clearance in myocarditis
Loebel M, Holzhauser L, Hartwig J, Shukla P, Savvatis K, Jenke A, Gast M, Escher F, Becker S, Bauer S, Stroux A, Beling A, Kespohl M, Pinkert S, Fechner H, Kuehl U, Lassner D, Poller W, Schultheiss H, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Papageorgiou A, Heymans S, Landmesser U, Scheibenbogen C, Skurk C
EUR HEART J. 2018;39(10):876-887.

Predictive value for cardiovascular events of common carotid intima media thickness and its rate of change in individuals at high cardiovascular risk - Results from the PROG-IMT collaboration
Lorenz M, Gao L, Ziegelbauer K, Norata G, Empana J, Schmidtmann I, Lin H, McLachlan S, Bokemark L, Ronkainen K, Amato M, Schminke U, Srinivasan S, Lind L, Okazaki S, Stehouwer C, Willeit P, Polak J, Steinmetz H, Sander D, Poppert H, Desvarieux M, Ikram M, Johnsen S, Staub D, Sirtori C, Iglseder B, Beloqui O, Engström G, Friera A, Rozza F, Xie W, Parraga G, Grigore L, Plichart M, Blankenberg S, Su T, Schmidt C, Tuomainen T, Veglia F, Völzke H, Nijpels G, Willeit J, Sacco R, Franco O, Uthoff H, Hedblad B, Suarez C, Izzo R, Zhao D, Wannarong T, Catapano A, Ducimetiere P, Espinola-Klein C, Chien K, Price J, Bergström G, Kauhanen J, Tremoli E, Dörr M, Berenson G, Kitagawa K, Dekker J, Kiechl S, Sitzer M, Bickel H, Rundek T, Hofman A, Mathiesen E, Castelnuovo S, Landecho M, Rosvall M, Gabriel R, de Luca N, Liu J, Baldassarre D, Kavousi M, de Groot E, Bots M, Yanez D, Thompson S
PLOS One. 2018;13(4):e0191172.

Gender differences and outcomes in left ventricular assist device Support: The European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support
Magnussen C, Bernhardt A, Ojeda F, Wagner F, Gummert J, de By T, Krabatsch T, Mohacsi P, Rybczynski M, Knappe D, Sill B, Deuse T, Blankenberg S, Schnabel R, Reichenspurner H
J HEART LUNG TRANSPL. 2018;37(1):61-70.

Biomarkers for heart failure: small molecules with high clinical relevance
Magnussen C, Blankenberg S
J INTERN MED. 2018;283(6):530-543.

Atrial Fibrillation Manifestations Risk Factors and Sex Differences in a Population-Based Cohort (From the Gutenberg Health Study)
Magnussen C, Ojeda F, Wild P, Sörensen N, Rostock T, Hoffmann B, Prochaska J, Lackner K, Beutel M, Blettner M, Pfeiffer N, Rzayeva N, Sinning C, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Zeller T, Schnabel R
AM J CARDIOL. 2018;122(1):76-82.

Right bundle branch block in patients with suspected myocardial infarction
Neumann J, Sörensen N, Rübsamen N, Ojeda F, Schäfer S, Keller T, Blankenberg S, Clemmensen P, Westermann D
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2018;2048872618809700.

Evaluation of a new ultra-sensitivity troponin I assay in patients with suspected myocardial infarction
Neumann J, Sörensen N, Rübsamen N, Ojeda F, Schock A, Seddighizadeh P, Zeller T, Westermann D, Blankenberg S
INT J CARDIOL. 2018.

Cross-Sectional Associations between Homoarginine, Intermediate Phenotypes, and Atrial Fibrillation in the Community-The Gutenberg Health Study
Niekamp C, Atzler D, Ojeda F, Sinning C, Lackner K, Böger R, Munzel T, Beutel M, Schmidtmann I, Pfeiffer N, Leuschner A, Blankenberg S, Wild P, Zeller T, Schwedhelm E, Schnabel R
Biomolecules. 2018;8(3):E86.

Troponin and BNP are markers for subsequent non-ischaemic congestive heart failure: the Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS)
Patterson C, Blankenberg S, Ben-Shlomo Y, Heslop L, Bayer A, Lowe G, Zeller T, Gallacher J, Young I, Yarnell J
Open Heart. 2018;5(1):e000692.

Non-coding RNAs in cardiovascular diseases: diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives
Poller W, Dimmeler S, Heymans S, Zeller T, Haas J, Karakas M, Leistner D, Jakob P, Nakagawa S, Blankenberg S, Engelhardt S, Thum T, Weber C, Meder B, Hajjar R, Landmesser U
EUR HEART J. 2018;39(29):2704-2716.

Analysis of Minimally Invasive Left Thoracotomy HVAD Implantation - A Single-Center Experience
Reichart D, Brand C, Bernhardt A, Schmidt S, Schaefer A, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Wagner F, Deuse T, Barten M
THORAC CARDIOV SURG. 2018 [Epub ahead of print].

Antikoagulation bei Vorhofflimmern
Remmel M, Blankenberg S
MMW Fortschr Med. 2018;160(Suppl 3):34-38.

Intrinsic Iron Release Is Associated with Lower Mortality in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease-First Report on the Prospective Relevance of Intrinsic Iron Release
Ruhe J, Waldeyer C, Ojeda F, Altay A, Schnabel R, Schäfer S, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Karakas M
Biomolecules. 2018;8(3):E72.

Insights from eight years of adoption experience of transcatheter mitral valve repair in Germany: observed utilisation patterns and impact on overall mitral valve procedure volumes
Schaefer A, Lubos E, Pietzsch J, Pietzsch M, Weber S, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schäfer U, Conradi L
EuroIntervention. 2018;14(9):e981-e987.

Outcomes with a latest generation self-expandable, intra-annular, re-sheathable transcatheter heart valve System: analysis of patients with impaired left ventricular function and determinants for pacemaker implantation
Schaefer A, Neumann N, Linder M, Schofer N, Schneeberger Y, Deuschl F, Schoen G, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Conradi L, Schäfer U
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2018;107(10):914-923.

Comparative analysis of balloon- versus mechanically-expandable transcatheter heart valves considering landing zone calcification
Schofer N, Deuschl F, Schön G, Seiffert M, Linder M, Schaefer A, Schirmer J, Lubos E, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Conradi L, Schäfer U
J CARDIOL. 2018;71(6):540-546.

Corrigendum to "Prognostic Impact of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist in Patients with documented Coronary Artery Disease" [Int. J. Cardiol. 257 (2018) 24-29]
Schofer N, Ludwig S, Rübsamen N, Schnabel R, Lackner K, Ruprecht H, Bickel C, Landmesser U, Blankenberg S, Zeller T
INT J CARDIOL. 2018;261:239.

Prognostic impact of Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in patients with documented coronary artery disease
Schofer N, Ludwig S, Rübsamen N, Schnabel R, Lackner K, Ruprecht H, Bickel C, Landmesser U, Blankenberg S, Zeller T
INT J CARDIOL. 2018;257:24-29.

Unloading of the Left Ventricle During Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy in Cardiogenic Shock
Schrage B, Burkhoff D, Rübsamen N, Becher P, Schwarzl M, Bernhardt A, Grahn H, Lubos E, Söffker G, Clemmensen P, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
JACC-Heart Failure. 2018;6(12):1035-1043.

Effective treatment with a new protocol using tissue-type plasminogen activator thrombolysis for pump thrombosis with the HVAD device
Schrage B, Grahn H, Wagner F, Bernhardt A, Rybczynski M, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Barten M
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2018;7(8):766-770.

Distinct Hemodynamic Changes After Interventional Mitral Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair in Different Phenotypes of Heart Failure: An Integrated Hemodynamic Analysis
Schrage B, Kalbacher D, Schwarzl M, Rübsamen N, Waldeyer C, Becher P, Tigges E, Burkhoff D, Blankenberg S, Lubos E, Schäfer U, Westermann D
J AM HEART ASSOC. 2018;7(6):e007963.

D-dimer Predicts Long-Term Cause-Specific Mortality, Cardiovascular Events and Cancer in Stable Coronary Heart Disease Patients: The LIPID Study
Simes J, Robledo K, White H, Espinoza D, Stewart R, Sullivan D, Zeller T, Hague W, Nestel P, Glasziou P, Keech A, Elliott J, Blankenberg S, Tonkin A
CIRCULATION. 2018;138(7):712-723.

Right Ventricular Index for Risk Stratification of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Sinning C, Harbaum L, Schrage B, Rübsamen N, Magnussen C, Waschki B, Kleemann W, Baaske K, Kögler M, Ojeda F, Fischer C, Benjamin N, Westermann D, Zengin E, Schäfer U, Egenlauf B, Klose H, Blankenberg S, Grünig E
RESPIRATION. 2018;96(3):249-258.

Bicuspid aortic valve and aortic coarctation in congenital heart disease-important aspects for treatment with focus on aortic vasculopathy
Sinning C, Zengin E, Kozlik-Feldmann R, Blankenberg S, Rickers C, von Kodolitsch Y, Girdauskas E
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2018;8(6):780-788.

Relations of Sex to Diagnosis and Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndrome
Sörensen N, Neumann J, Ojeda F, Schäfer S, Magnussen C, Keller T, Lackner K, Zeller T, Karakas M, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Schnabel R
J AM HEART ASSOC. 2018;7(6):.

Myocardial Fibrosis in Competitive Triathletes Detected by Contrast-Enhanced CMR Correlates With Exercise-Induced Hypertension and Competition History
Tahir E, Starekova J, Muellerleile K, von Stritzky A, Münch J, Avanesov M, Weinrich J, Stehning C, Bohnen S, Radunski U, Freiwald E, Blankenberg S, Adam G, Pressler A, Patten M, Lund G
JACC-CARDIOVASC IMAG. 2018;11(9):1260-1270.

Reply: Hospital Charges Associated With Inpatient Troponin Testing
Twerenbold R, Neumann J, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Mueller C
J AM COLL CARDIOL. 2018;72(23 Pt A):2941.

Prospective Validation of the 0/1-h Algorithm for Early Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction
Twerenbold R, Neumann J, Sörensen N, Ojeda F, Karakas M, Boeddinghaus J, Nestelberger T, Badertscher P, Rubini Giménez M, Puelacher C, Wildi K, Kozhuharov N, Breitenbuecher D, Biskup E, du Fay de Lavallaz J, Flores D, Wussler D, Miró Ò, Martín Sánchez F, Morawiec B, Parenica J, Geigy N, Keller D, Zeller T, Reichlin T, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Mueller C
J AM COLL CARDIOL. 2018;72(6):620-632.

PR interval genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 50 loci associated with atrial and atrioventricular electrical activity
van Setten J, Brody J, Jamshidi Y, Swenson B, Butler A, Campbell H, Del Greco F, Evans D, Gibson Q, Gudbjartsson D, Kerr K, Krijthe B, Lyytikäinen L, Müller C, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nolte I, Padmanabhan S, Ritchie M, Robino A, Smith A, Steri M, Tanaka T, Teumer A, Trompet S, Ulivi S, Verweij N, Yin X, Arnar D, Asselbergs F, Bader J, Barnard J, Bis J, Blankenberg S, Boerwinkle E, Bradford Y, Buckley B, Chung M, Crawford D, den Hoed M, Denny J, Dominiczak A, Ehret G, Eijgelsheim M, Ellinor P, Felix S, Franco O, Franke L, Harris T, Holm H, Ilaria G, Iorio A, Kähönen M, Kolcic I, Kors J, Lakatta E, Launer L, Lin H, Lin H, Loos R, Lubitz S, Macfarlane P, Magnani J, Leach I, Meitinger T, Mitchell B, Munzel T, Papanicolaou G, Peters A, Pfeufer A, Pramstaller P, Raitakari O, Rotter J, Rudan I, Samani N, Schlessinger D, Silva Aldana C, Sinner M, Smith J, Snieder H, Soliman E, Spector T, Stott D, Strauch K, Tarasov K, Thorsteinsdottir U, Uitterlinden A, Van Wagoner D, Völker U, Völzke H, Waldenberger M, Jan Westra H, Wild P, Zeller T, Alonso A, Avery C, Bandinelli S, Benjamin E, Cucca F, Dörr M, Ferrucci L, Gasparini P, Gudnason V, Hayward C, Heckbert S, Hicks A, Jukema J, Kääb S, Lehtimäki T, Liu Y, Munroe P, Parsa A, Polasek O, Psaty B, Roden D, Schnabel R, Sinagra G, Stefansson K, Stricker B, van der Harst P, van Duijn C, Wilson J, Gharib S, de Bakker P, Isaacs A, Arking D, Sotoodehnia N
NAT COMMUN. 2018;9(1):2904.

Systematic assessment of decision-analytic models evaluating diagnostic tests for acute myocardial infarction based on cardiac troponin assays
Veličković V, Rochau U, Conrads-Frank A, Kee F, Blankenberg S, Siebert U
Expert review of pharmacoeconomics & outcomes research. 2018;18(6):619-640.

Adherence to Mediterranean diet, high-sensitive C-reactive protein, and severity of coronary artery disease: Contemporary data from the INTERCATH cohort
Waldeyer C, Brunner F, Brätz J, Rübsamen N, Zyriax B, Blaum C, Kroeger F, Kohsiack R, Schrage B, Sinning C, Becher P, Karakas M, Zeller T, Westermann D, Sydow K, Blankenberg S, Seiffert M, Schnabel R
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2018;275:256-261.

Prognostic Value of Iron-Homeostasis Regulating Peptide Hepcidin in Coronary Heart Disease-Evidence from the Large AtheroGene Study
Zeller T, Altay A, Waldeyer C, Appelbaum S, Ojeda F, Ruhe J, Schnabel R, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Karakas M
Biomolecules. 2018;8(3):E43.

Low testosterone levels are predictive for incident atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke in men, but protective in women - results from the FINRISK study
Zeller T, Schnabel R, Appelbaum S, Ojeda F, Berisha F, Schulte-Steinberg B, Brueckmann B, Kuulasmaa K, Jousilahti P, Blankenberg S, Palosaari T, Salomaa V, Karakas M
EUR J PREV CARDIOL. 2018;25(11):1133-1139.

Adverse Outcome Prediction of Iron Deficiency in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Zeller T, Waldeyer C, Ojeda F, Schnabel R, Schäfer S, Altay A, Lackner K, Anker S, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Karakas M
Biomolecules. 2018;8(3):60.

Relation between Arterial Stiffness and Markers of Inflammation and Hemostasis - Data from the Population-based Gutenberg Health Study
Arnold N, Gori T, Schnabel R, Schulz A, Prochaska J, Zeller T, Binder H, Pfeiffer N, Beutel M, Espinola-Klein C, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Wild P
SCI REP. 2017;7(1):6346.

Cardiac Function Remains Impaired Despite Reversible Cardiac Remodeling after Acute Experimental Viral Myocarditis
Becher P, Gotzhein F, Klingel K, Escher F, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Lindner D
J IMMUNOL RES. 2017;2017:6590609.

Homocysteine concentration in coronary artery disease: Influence of three common single nucleotide polymorphisms
Bickel C, Schnabel R, Zengin-Sahm E, Lubos E, Rupprecht H, Lackner K, Proust C, Tregouet D, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Sinning C
Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD. 2017;27(2):168-175.

Standard and Novel Biomarkers
Blankenberg S, Zeller T
2017. Chronic Coronary Artery Disease. de Lemos J, Omland T (eds.). 1. ed. Elsevier Health Sciences, 98-113.

Tissue characterization by T1 and T2 mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging to monitor myocardial inflammation in healing myocarditis
Bohnen S, Radunski U, Lund G, Ojeda F, Looft Y, Senel M, Radziwolek L, Avanesov M, Tahir E, Stehning C, Schnackenburg B, Adam G, Blankenberg S, Muellerleile K
EUR HEART J-CARD IMG. 2017;18(7):744-751.

T1 mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging to detect myocarditis-Impact of slice orientation on the diagnostic performance
Bohnen S, Radunski U, Lund G, Tahir E, Avanesov M, Stehning C, Schnackenburg B, Adam G, Blankenberg S, Müllerleile K
EUR RADIOL. 2017;86:6-12.

Relations of Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Obesity to Digital Vascular Function in Three Community-Based Cohorts: A Meta-Analysis
Brant L, Wang N, Ojeda F, LaValley M, Barreto S, Benjamin E, Mitchell G, Vasan R, Palmisano J, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Wild P, Zeller T, Ribeiro A, Schnabel R, Hamburg N
J AM HEART ASSOC. 2017;6(3):.

Association of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Concentration With Cardiac Outcomes in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome
Chapman A, Lee K, McAllister D, Cullen L, Greenslade J, Parsonage W, Worster A, Kavsak P, Blankenberg S, Neumann J, Söerensen N, Westermann D, Buijs M, Verdel G, Pickering J, Than M, Twerenbold R, Badertscher P, Sabti Z, Mueller C, Anand A, Adamson P, Strachan F, Ferry A, Sandeman D, Gray A, Body R, Keevil B, Carlton E, Greaves K, Korley F, Metkus T, Sandoval Y, Apple F, Newby D, Shah A, Mills N
JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC. 2017;318(19):1913-1924.

Direct percutaneous transaxillary implantation of a novel self-expandable transcatheter heart valve for aortic stenosis
Deuschl F, Schofer N, Seiffert M, Hakmi S, Mizote I, Schaefer A, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Conradi L, Schäfer U
CATHETER CARDIO INTE. 2017;90(7):1167-1174.

Eisenmangel bei Patienten mit chronischer Herzinsuffizienz – diagnostische Algorithmen und therapeutische Optionen anhand der aktuellen Studienlage
Doehner W, Blankenberg S, Erdmann E, Ertl G, Hasenfuß G, Landmesser U, Pieske B, Schieffer B, Schunkert H, von Haehling S, Zeiher A, Anker S
DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR. 2017;142(10):752-757.

Predictors of incident heart failure in patients after an acute coronary Syndrome: The LIPID heart failure risk-prediction model
Driscoll A, Barnes E, Blankenberg S, Colquhoun D, Hunt D, Nestel P, Stewart R, West M, White H, Simes J, Tonkin A
INT J CARDIOL. 2017;248:361-368.

Longer-term oral antiplatelet use in stable post-myocardial infarction patients: Insights from the long Term rIsk, clinical manaGement and healthcare Resource utilization of stable coronary artery dISease (TIGRIS) observational study
Goodman S, Nicolau J, Requena G, Maguire A, Blankenberg S, Chen J, Granger C, Grieve R, Pocock S, Simon T, Yasuda S, Vega A, Brieger D
INT J CARDIOL. 2017;236:54-60.

Genetic invalidation of Lp-PLA2 as a therapeutic target: Large-scale study of five functional Lp-PLA2-lowering alleles
Gregson J, Freitag D, Surendran P, Stitziel N, Chowdhury R, Burgess S, Kaptoge S, Gao P, Staley J, Willeit P, Nielsen S, Caslake M, Trompet S, Polfus L, Kuulasmaa K, Kontto J, Perola M, Blankenberg S, Veronesi G, Gianfagna F, Männistö S, Kimura A, Lin H, Reilly D, Gorski M, Mijatovic V, Munroe P, Ehret G, Thompson A, Uria-Nickelsen M, Malarstig A, Dehghan A, Vogt T, Sasaoka T, Takeuchi F, Kato N, Yamada Y, Kee F, Müller-Nurasyid M, Ferrières J, Arveiler D, Amouyel P, Salomaa V, Boerwinkle E, Thompson S, Ford I, Wouter Jukema J, Sattar N, Packard C, Shafi Majumder A, Alam D, Deloukas P, Schunkert H, Samani N, Kathiresan S, Nordestgaard B, Saleheen D, Howson J, Di Angelantonio E, Butterworth A, Danesh J
EUR J PREV CARDIOL. 2017;24(5):492-504.

Structural Valve Deterioration of a Subcoronary Implanted Stentless Bioprosthesis: How to Treat?
Harmel E, Conradi L, Schäfer U, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Girdauskas E
ANN THORAC SURG. 2017;104(1):e53-e55.

Circulating Levels of Interleukin 1-Receptor Antagonist and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Meta-Analysis of Six Population-Based Cohorts
Herder C, de Las Heras Gala T, Carstensen-Kirberg M, Huth C, Zierer A, Wahl S, Sudduth-Klinger J, Kuulasmaa K, Peretz D, Ligthart S, Bongaerts B, Dehghan A, Ikram M, Jula A, Kee F, Pietilä A, Saarela O, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Meisinger C, Peters A, Roden M, Salomaa V, Koenig W, Thorand B
ARTERIOSCL THROM VAS. 2017;37(6):1222-1227.

Diagnostic accuracy study of routine echocardiography for bicuspid aortic valve: a retrospective study and meta-analysis
Hillebrand M, Koschyk D, Ter Hark P, Schüler H, Rybczynski M, Berger J, Gulati A, Bernhardt A, Detter C, Girdauskas E, Blankenberg S, von Kodolitsch Y
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2017;7(4):367-379.

Association of Repeatedly Measured High-Sensitivity-Assayed Troponin I with Cardiovascular Disease Events in a General Population from the MORGAM/BiomarCaRE Study
Hughes M, Ojeda Echevarria F, Saarela O, Jørgensen T, Zeller T, Palosaari T, O'Doherty M, Borglykke A, Kuulasmaa K, Blankenberg S, Kee F
CLIN CHEM. 2017;63(1):334-342.

Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Hypertensive Patients with Medical Treatment-Results from the Randomized TEAMSTA Protect I Trial
Jagodzinski A, Neumann J, Ojeda F, Sörensen N, Wild P, Münzel T, Zeller T, Westermann D, Blankenberg S
CLIN CHEM. 2017;63(12):1877-1885.

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 Echevarria F, Lackner K, Münzel T, Schnabel R, Blankenberg S, Zeller T
EUR HEART J. 2017;38(7):516-523.

Early diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome
Katus H, Ziegler A, Ekinci O, Giannitsis E, Stough W, Achenbach S, Blankenberg S, Brueckmann M, Collinson P, Comaniciu D, Crea F, Dinh W, Ducrocq G, Flachskampf F, Fox K, Friedrich M, Hebert K, Himmelmann A, Hlatky M, Lautsch D, Lindahl B, Lindholm D, Mills N, Minotti G, Möckel M, Omland T, Semjonow V
EUR HEART J. 2017;38(41):3049-3055.

Matrix metalloproteinase-8 and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 predict incident cardiovascular disease events and all-cause mortality in a population-based cohort
Kormi I, Nieminen M, Havulinna A, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Tervahartiala T, Sorsa T, Salomaa V, Pussinen P
EUR J PREV CARDIOL. 2017;24(11):1136-1144.

Depression screening with patient-targeted feedback in cardiology: DEPSCREEN-INFO randomised clinical trial
Löwe B, Blankenberg S, Wegscheider K, König H, Walter D, Murray A, Gierk B, Kohlmann S
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science. 2017;210(2):132-139.

Sex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts: Results From the BiomarCaRE Consortium (Biomarker for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Europe)
Magnussen C, Niiranen T, Ojeda F, Gianfagna F, Blankenberg S, Njølstad I, Vartiainen E, Sans S, Pasterkamp G, Hughes M, Costanzo S, Donati M, Jousilahti P, Linneberg A, Palosaari T, de Gaetano G, Bobak M, den Ruijter H, Mathiesen E, Jørgensen T, Söderberg S, Kuulasmaa K, Zeller T, Iacoviello L, Salomaa V, Schnabel R
CIRCULATION. 2017;136(17):1588-1597.

FEV1 and FVC predict all-cause mortality independent of cardiac function - Results from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study
Magnussen C, Ojeda F, Rzayeva N, Zeller T, Sinning C, Pfeiffer N, Beutel M, Blettner M, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Rabe K, Wild P, Schnabel R
INT J CARDIOL. 2017;234:64-68.

Factor XII Contact Activation
Naudin C, Burillo E, Blankenberg S, Butler L, Renné T
SEMIN THROMB HEMOST. 2017;43(8):814-826.

Biomarker beim akuten Koronarsyndrom
Neumann J, Blankenberg S
Kardiologie up2date. 2017;12(03):243-254.

Biomarker response and therapy prediction in renal denervation therapy - the role of MR-proadrenomedullin in a multicenter approach
Neumann J, Schwerg M, Dörr O, Mortensen K, Franzen K, Zeller T, Ojeda Echevarria F, Blankenberg S, Hamm C, Nef H, Stangl V, Möckel M, Sydow K
Biomarkers. 2017;22(3-4):225-231.

Immediate Rule-Out of Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Electrocardiogram and Baseline High-Sensitivity Troponin I
Neumann J, Sörensen N, Ojeda Echevarria F, Schwemer T, Lehmacher J, Gönner S, Jarsetz N, Keller T, Schaefer S, Renné T, Landmesser U, Clemmensen P, Makarova N, Schnabel R, Zeller T, Karakas M, Pickering J, Than M, Parsonage W, Greenslade J, Cullen L, Westermann D, Blankenberg S
CLIN CHEM. 2017;63(1):394-402.

Early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction using high-sensitivity troponin I
Neumann J, Sörensen N, Ojeda F, Renné T, Schnabel R, Zeller T, Karakas M, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
PLOS One. 2017;12(3):e0174288.

Discrimination of patients with type 2 myocardial infarction
Neumann J, Sörensen N, Rübsamen N, Ojeda F, Renné T, Qaderi V, Teltrop E, Kramer S, Quantius L, Zeller T, Karakas M, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
EUR HEART J. 2017;38(47):3514-3520.

Mean Platelet Volume and Arterial Stiffness - Clinical Relationship and Common Genetic Variability
Panova-Noeva M, Arnold N, Hermanns M, Prochaska J, Schulz A, Spronk H, Binder H, Pfeiffer N, Beutel M, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Lotz J, Münzel T, Lackner K, Ten Cate H, Wild P
SCI REP. 2017;7:40229.

Concomitant implantation of Impella(®) 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, Müllerleile K, Colombo A, Sydow K, De Bonis M, Wagner F, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Zangrillo A, Westermann D
EUR J HEART FAIL. 2017;19(3):404-412.

Aspirin Before Elective Surgery-Stop or Continue?
Plümer L, Seiffert M, Punke M, Kersten J, Blankenberg S, Zöllner C, Petzoldt M
DTSCH ARZTEBL INT. 2017;114(27-28):473-480.

Asymptomatic Cocaine Abuse　- Myocardial Tissue Characterization Using Cardiac Biomarkers and Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Radunski U, Fuger U, Bohnen S, Lund G, Stehning C, Zeller T, Tahir E, Avanesov M, Adam G, Blankenberg S, Reimer J, Muellerleile K
CIRC J. 2017;81(5):701-708.

T1 and T2 mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging techniques reveal unapparent myocardial injury in patients with myocarditis
Radunski U, Lund G, Säring D, Bohnen S, Stehning C, Schnackenburg B, Avanesov M, Tahir E, Adam G, Blankenberg S, Müllerleile K
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2017;106(1):10-17.

Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve-In-Ring and Aortic Valve-In-Valve Implantation
Reichart D, Schofer N, Deuschl F, Schaefer A, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schaefer U, Conradi L
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep. 2017;6(1):e29-e31.

Genome-Wide Association Study Implicates Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Rather Than B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Regulation of Blood Pressure in the General Population
Salo P, Havulinna A, Tukiainen T, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Kettunen J, Männikkö M, Eriksson J, Jula A, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Salomaa V, Kristiansson K, Perola M
CIRC-CARDIOVASC GENE. 2017;10(6):UNSP e001713.

Plasma levels of hepatocyte growth factor and placental growth factor predict mortality in a general Population: a prospective cohort study
Santalahti K, Havulinna A, Maksimow M, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Vehtari A, Joensuu H, Jalkanen S, Salomaa V, Salmi M
J INTERN MED. 2017;282(4):340-352.

First experience with transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation without prior balloon pre-dilatation using a latest generation repositionable and retrievable transcatheter heart valve†
Schaefer A, Harmel E, Seiffert M, Reichart D, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Schneeberger Y, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schaefer U, Conradi L
INTERACT CARDIOV TH. 2017;24(5):659-662.

Comparison of latest generation transfemoral self-expandable and balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves
Schaefer A, Linder M, Seiffert M, Schoen G, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Schneeberger Y, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schaefer U, Conradi L
INTERACT CARDIOV TH. 2017;25(6):905-911.

Safety and efficacy of the percutaneous transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve implantation using various transcatheter heart valves in 100 consecutive patients
Schäfer U, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Frerker C, Schmidt T, Kuck K, Kreidel F, Schirmer J, Mizote I, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Treede H, Conradi L
INT J CARDIOL. 2017;232:247-254.

Gender differences in clinical presentation and 1-year outcomes in atrial fibrillation
Schnabel R, Pecen L, Ojeda F, Lucerna M, Rzayeva N, Blankenberg S, Darius H, Kotecha D, Caterina R, Kirchhof P
HEART. 2017;103(13):1024-1030.

Gender-specific diagnostic performance of a new high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay for detection of acute myocardial infarction
Schofer N, Brunner F, Schlüter M, Ojeda Echevarria F, Zeller T, Baldus S, Bickel C, Lackner K, Münzel T, Tzikas S, Genth-Zotz S, Warnholtz A, Post F, Keller T, Goldmann B, Blankenberg S
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2017;6(1):60-68.

Percutaneous coronary intervention for ostial and bifurcation lesions using the Szabo technique: a single centre experience
Schrage B, Schwarzl M, Waldeyer C, Becher P, Sinning C, Schäfer U, Seiffert M, Zengin-Sahm E, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
MINERVA CARDIOANGIOL . 2017;65(4):331-335.

Radiation exposure during the implantation of bioabsorbable vascular scaffolds versus drug-eluting stents in non-complex coronary lesions: a matched-cohort study
Schrage B, Seiffert M, Müllerleile K, Zengin-Sahm E, Lubos E, Sinning C, Schäfer U, Sydow K, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
MINERVA CARDIOANGIOL . 2017;65(1):1-7.

Baseline anemia and its impact on midterm outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Seiffert M, Conradi L, Gutwein A, Schön G, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Becker N, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Treede H, Schäfer U
CATHETER CARDIO INTE. 2017;89(1):E44-E52.

Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation versus redo surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with failed aortic bioprostheses
Silaschi M, Wendler O, Seiffert M, Castro L, Lubos E, Schirmer J, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schäfer U, Treede H, MacCarthy P, Conradi L
INTERACT CARDIOV TH. 2017;24(1):63-70.

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 Echevarria F, Schnabel R, Zengin-Sahm E, Wild P, Lackner K, Munzel T, Blankenberg S, Wollert K, Zeller T, Westermann D
INT J CARDIOL. 2017;227:272-277.

Midregional proadrenomedullin and growth differentiation factor-15 are not influenced by obesity in heart failure patients
Sinning C, Ojeda F, Wild P, Schnabel R, Schwarzl M, Ohdah S, Lackner K, Pfeiffer N, Michal M, Blettner M, Munzel T, Kempf T, Wollert K, Kuulasmaa K, Blankenberg S, Salomaa V, Westermann D, Zeller T
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2017;106(6):401-410.

Challenging the 99th percentile: A lower troponin cutoff leads to low mortality of chest pain patients
Sörensen N, Neumann J, Ojeda Echevarria F, Schwemer T, Renné T, Schnabel R, Zeller T, Karakas M, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
INT J CARDIOL. 2017;232:289-293.

Acute versus Chronic Myocardial Infarction: Diagnostic Accuracy of Quantitative Native T1 and T2 Mapping versus Assessment of Edema on Standard T2-weighted Cardiovascular MR Images for Differentiation
Tahir E, Sinn M, Bohnen S, Avanesov M, Säring D, Stehning C, Schnackenburg B, Eulenburg C, Wien J, Radunski U, Blankenberg S, Adam G, Higgins C, Saeed M, Muellerleile K, Lund G
RADIOLOGY. 2017;285(1):83-91.

Implication of pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing MitraClip therapy: results from the German Transcatheter Mitral Valve Interventions (TRAMI) Registry
Tigges E, Blankenberg S, von Bardeleben R, Zürn C, Bekeredjian R, Ouarrak T, Sievert H, Nickenig G, Boekstegers P, Senges J, Schillinger W, Lubos E
EUR J HEART FAIL. 2017.

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and NT-proBNP as predictors of incident dementia and Alzheimer's disease: the FINRISK Study
Tynkkynen J, Hernesniemi J, Laatikainen T, Havulinna A, Salo P, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Salomaa V
Front Neurol. 2017;264(3):503-511.

GDF-15 predicts cardiovascular events in acute chest pain patients
Tzikas S, Palapies L, Bakogiannis C, Zeller T, Sinning C, Baldus S, Bickel C, Vassilikos V, Lackner K, Zeiher A, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Keller T
PLOS One. 2017;12(8):e0182314.

Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and cystatin C compared to the estimated glomerular filtration rate to predict risk in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction
von Jeinsen B, Kraus D, Palapies L, Tzikas S, Zeller T, Schauer A, Drechsler C, Bickel C, Baldus S, Lackner K, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Zeiher A, Keller T
INT J CARDIOL. 2017;245:6-12.

Utility of guidelines for the treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms: A medical strategy analysis
von Kodolitsch Y, Bernhardt A, Kölbel T, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Debus E, Detter C
Cardiologia Ambulatoriale. 2017;2:120-133.

Medizinische Strategie zwischen Ökonomie und Ethik
von Kodolitsch Y, Sachweh A, Conradi L, Bernhardt A, Debus E, Blankenberg S
Der Kardiologe. 2017;11(5):346-354.

Warfarin anticoagulation in acute type A aortic dissection survivors (WATAS)
von Kodolitsch Y, Wilson O, Schüler H, Larena-Avellaneda A, Kölbel T, Wipper S, Rohlffs F, Behrendt C, Debus E, Brickwedel J, Girdauskas E, Detter C, Bernhardt A, Berger J, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Ghazy T, Matschke K, Hoffmann R, Weiss N, Mahlmann A
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther. 2017;7(6):559-571.

Poor adherence to Mediterranean diet is independently associated with the severity of coronary artery disease-contemporary data from the INTERCATH study
Waldeyer C, Brunner F, Seiffert M, Kohsiack R, Waldeyer R, Schrage B, Sinning C, Karakas M, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Sydow K, Schnabel R
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2017;263:e169.

Lipoprotein(a) and the risk of cardiovascular disease in the European Population: results from the BiomarCaRE consortium
Waldeyer C, Makarova N, Zeller T, Schnabel R, Brunner F, Jørgensen T, Linneberg A, Niiranen T, Salomaa V, Jousilahti P, Yarnell J, Ferrario M, Veronesi G, Brambilla P, Signorini S, Iacoviello L, Costanzo S, Giampaoli S, Palmieri L, Meisinger C, Thorand B, Kee F, Koenig W, Ojeda F, Kontto J, Landmesser U, Kuulasmaa K, Blankenberg S
EUR HEART J. 2017;38(32):2490-2498.

Lipid Management After First Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease: Contemporary Results From an Observational Cohort Study
Waldeyer C, Seiffert M, Staebe N, Braetz J, Kohsiack R, Ojeda F, Schofer N, Karakas M, Zeller T, Sinning C, Schrage B, Westermann D, Sydow K, Blankenberg S, Brunner F, Schnabel R
CLIN THER. 2017;39(11):2311-2320.e2.

Rationale and design of the long-Term rIsk, clinical manaGement, and healthcare Resource utilization of stable coronary artery dISease in post-myocardial infarction patients (TIGRIS) study
Westermann D, Goodman S, Nicolau J, Requena G, Maguire A, Chen J, Granger C, Grieve R, Pocock S, Blankenberg S, Vega A, Yasuda S, Simon T, Brieger D
CLIN CARDIOL. 2017;40(12):1197-1204.

High-sensitivity assays for troponin in patients with cardiac disease
Westermann D, Neumann J, Sörensen N, Blankenberg S
NAT REV CARDIOL. 2017;14(8):472-483.

Large-scale genome-wide analysis identifies genetic variants associated with cardiac structure and function
Wild P, Felix J, Schillert A, Teumer A, Chen M, Leening M, Völker U, Großmann V, Brody J, Irvin M, Shah S, Pramana S, Lieb W, Schmidt R, Stanton A, Malzahn D, Smith A, Sundström J, Minelli C, Ruggiero D, Lyytikäinen L, Tiller D, Smith J, Monnereau C, Di Tullio M, Musani S, Morrison A, Pers T, Morley M, Kleber M, Aragam J, Benjamin E, Bis J, Bisping E, Broeckel U, Cheng S, Deckers J, Del Greco M F, Edelmann F, Fornage M, Franke L, Friedrich N, Harris T, Hofer E, Hofman A, Huang J, Hughes A, Kähönen M, Investigators K, Kruppa J, Lackner K, Lannfelt L, Laskowski R, Launer L, Leosdottir M, Lin H, Lindgren C, Loley C, MacRae C, Mascalzoni D, Mayet J, Medenwald D, Morris A, Müller C, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nappo S, Nilsson P, Nuding S, Nutile T, Peters A, Pfeufer A, Pietzner D, Pramstaller P, Raitakari O, Rice K, Rivadeneira F, Rotter J, Ruohonen S, Sacco R, Samdarshi T, Schmidt H, Sharp A, Shields D, Sorice R, Sotoodehnia N, Stricker B, Surendran P, Thom S, Töglhofer A, Uitterlinden A, Wachter R, Völzke H, Ziegler A, Münzel T, März W, Cappola T, Hirschhorn J, Mitchell G, Smith N, Fox E, Dueker N, Jaddoe V, Melander O, Russ M, Lehtimäki T, Ciullo M, Hicks A, Lind L, Gudnason V, Pieske B, Barron A, Zweiker R, Schunkert H, Ingelsson E, Liu K, Arnett D, Psaty B, Blankenberg S, Larson M, Felix S, Franco O, Zeller T, Vasan R, Dörr M
J CLIN INVEST. 2017;127(5):1798-1812.

Right ventricular temporal assist device for cardiac recompensation
Yan I, Grahn H, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
ESC heart failure. 2017;4(3):376-378.

Transcriptome-Wide Analysis Identifies Novel Associations With Blood Pressure
Zeller T, Schurmann C, Müller C, Kwon S, Wild P, Teumer A, Herrington D, Schillert A, Iacoviello L, Kratzer A, Jagodzinski A, Karakas M, Ding J, Neumann J, Kuulasmaa K, Gieger C, Kacprowski T, Schnabel R, Roden M, Wahl S, Rotter J, Ojeda F, Carstensen-Kirberg M, Tregouet D, Dörr M, Meitinger T, Lackner K, Wolf P, Felix S, Landmesser U, Costanzo S, Ziegler A, Liu Y, Völker U, Palmas W, Prokisch H, Guo X, Herder C, Blankenberg S, Homuth G
HYPERTENSION. 2017;70(4):743-750.

Genome-Wide Association Analysis for Severity of Coronary Artery Disease Using the Gensini Scoring System
Zeller T, Seiffert M, Müller C, Scholz M, Schäffer A, Ojeda F, Drexel H, Mündlein A, Kleber M, März W, Sinning C, Brunner F, Waldeyer C, Keller T, Saely C, Sydow K, Thiery J, Teupser D, Blankenberg S, Schnabel R
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2017;4:57.

Relations between lipoprotein(a) concentrations, LPA genetic variants, and the risk of mortality in patients with established coronary heart disease: a molecular and genetic association study
Zewinger S, Kleber M, Tragante V, McCubrey R, Schmidt A, Direk K, Laufs U, Werner C, Koenig W, Rothenbacher D, Mons U, Breitling L, Brenner H, Jennings R, Petrakis I, Triem S, Klug M, Filips A, Blankenberg S, Waldeyer C, Sinning C, Schnabel R, Lackner K, Vlachopoulou E, Nygård O, Svingen G, Pedersen E, Tell G, Sinisalo J, Nieminen M, Laaksonen R, Trompet S, Smit R, Sattar N, Jukema J, Groesdonk H, Delgado G, Stojakovic T, Pilbrow A, Cameron V, Richards A, Doughty R, Gong Y, Cooper-DeHoff R, Johnson J, Scholz M, Beutner F, Thiery J, Smith J, Vilmundarson R, McPherson R, Stewart A, Cresci S, Lenzini P, Spertus J, Olivieri O, Girelli D, Martinelli N, Leiherer A, Saely C, Drexel H, Mündlein A, Braund P, Nelson C, Samani N, Kofink D, Hoefer I, Pasterkamp G, Quyyumi A, Ko Y, Hartiala J, Allayee H, Tang W, Hazen S, Eriksson N, Held C, Hagström E, Wallentin L, Åkerblom A, Siegbahn A, Karp I, Labos C, Pilote L, Engert J, Brophy J, Thanassoulis G, Bogaty P, Szczeklik W, Kaczor M, Sanak M, Virani S, Ballantyne C, Lee V, Boerwinkle E, Holmes M, Horne B, Hingorani A, Asselbergs F, Patel R, Krämer B, Scharnagl H, Fliser D, März W, Speer T
LANCET DIABETES ENDO. 2017;5(7):534-543.

Early Detection of Symptomatic Paroxysmal Cardiac Arrhythmias by Trans-Telephonic ECG Monitoring: Impact on Diagnosis and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Anczykowski J, Willems S, Hoffmann B, Meinertz T, Blankenberg S, Patten-Hamel M
J CARDIOVASC ELECTR. 2016;27(9):1032-7.

Effect of Escitalopram on All-Cause Mortality and Hospitalization in Patients With Heart Failure and Depression: The MOOD-HF Randomized Clinical Trial
Angermann C, Gelbrich G, Störk S, Gunold H, Edelmann F, Wachter R, Schunkert H, Graf T, Kindermann I, Haass M, Blankenberg S, Pankuweit S, Prettin C, Gottwik M, Böhm M, Faller H, Deckert J, Ertl G
JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC. 2016;315(24):2683-93.

Reference intervals of plasma homoarginine from the German Gutenberg Health Study
Atzler D, Appelbaum S, Cordts K, Ojeda Echevarria F, Wild P, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Böger R, Blettner M, Beutel M, Pfeiffer N, Zeller T, Lackner K, Schwedhelm E
CLIN CHEM LAB MED. 2016;54(7):1231-7.

Low Homoarginine Levels in the Prognosis of Patients With Acute Chest Pain
Atzler D, Baum C, Ojeda Echevarria F, Keller T, Cordts K, Schnabel R, Choe C, Lackner K, Münzel T, Böger R, Blankenberg S, Schwedhelm E, Zeller T
J AM HEART ASSOC. 2016;5(4):e002565.

ADMA and arginine derivatives in relation to non-invasive vascular function in the general population
Baum C, Johannsen S, Zeller T, Atzler D, Ojeda Echevarria F, Wild P, Sinning C, Lackner K, Gori T, Schwedhelm E, Böger R, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Schnabel R
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2016;244:149-56.

Subclinical impairment of lung function is related to mild cardiac dysfunction and manifest heart failure in the general population
Baum C, Ojeda Echevarria F, Wild P, Rzayeva N, Zeller T, Sinning C, Pfeiffer N, Beutel M, Blettner M, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Rabe K, Schnabel R
INT J CARDIOL. 2016;218:298-304.

Predictors of leptin concentration and association with cardiovascular risk in patients with coronary artery disease: results from the AtheroGene study
Bickel C, Schnabel R, Zeller T, Lackner K, Rupprecht H, Blankenberg S, Sinning C, Westermann D
Biomarkers. 2016;22(3-4):210-218.

Troponin I and cardiovascular risk prediction in the general Population: the BiomarCaRE consortium
Blankenberg S, Salomaa V, Makarova N, Ojeda Echevarria F, Wild P, Lackner K, Jørgensen 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, Everett B, Ridker P, Kontto J, Schnabel R, Koenig W, Kee F, Zeller T, Kuulasmaa K
EUR HEART J. 2016;37(30):2428-37.

Cardiovascular biomarkers in paired maternal and umbilical cord blood samples at term and near term delivery
Blohm M, Arndt F, Sandig J, Diehl W, Zeller T, Müller G, Schlesner C, Mir T, Blankenberg S, Hecher K, Singer D, Weil J
Early human development. 2016;94:7-12.

The year in cardiology 2015: prevention
Chapman M, Blankenberg S, Landmesser U
EUR HEART J. 2016;37(6):510-9.

The year in cardiology 2015: prevention.
Chapman M, Blankenberg S, Landmesser U
Egyptian Heart Journal. 2016;68(4):.

Genome-Wide Association Study for Incident Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Heart Disease in Prospective Cohort Studies: The CHARGE Consortium
Dehghan A, Bis J, White C, Smith A, Morrison A, Cupples L, Trompet S, Chasman D, Lumley T, Völker U, Buckley B, Ding J, Jensen M, Folsom A, Kritchevsky S, Girman C, Ford I, Dörr M, Salomaa V, Uitterlinden A, Eiriksdottir G, Vasan R, Franceschini N, Carty C, Virtamo J, Demissie S, Amouyel P, Arveiler D, Heckbert S, Ferrières J, Ducimetière P, Smith N, Wang Y, Siscovick D, Rice K, Wiklund P, Taylor K, Evans A, Kee F, Rotter J, Karvanen J, Kuulasmaa K, Heiss G, Kraft P, Launer L, Hofman A, Markus M, Rose L, Silander K, Wagner P, Benjamin E, Lohman K, Stott D, Rivadeneira F, Harris T, Levy D, Liu Y, Rimm E, Jukema J, Völzke H, Ridker P, Blankenberg S, Franco O, Gudnason V, Psaty B, Boerwinkle E, O'Donnell C
PLOS One. 2016;11(3):e0144997.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in an intergenic chromosome 2q region associated with tissue factor pathway inhibitor plasma levels and venous thromboembolism
Dennis J, Truong V, Aïssi D, Medina-Rivera A, Blankenberg S, Germain M, Lemire M, Antounians L, Civelek M, Schnabel R, Wells P, Wilson M, Morange P, Trégouët D, Gagnon F
J Thromb Haemost. 2016;14(10):1960-1970.

Critical evaluation of the MitraClip system in the management of mitral regurgitation
Deuschl F, Schofer N, Lubos E, Blankenberg S, Schäfer U
Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2016;12:1-8.

Fulminant isolated cardiac sarcoidosis with pericardial effusion and acute heart failure: Challenging aspects of diagnosis and treatment
Fluschnik N, Lund G, Becher P, Blankenberg S, Müllerleile K
World J Clin Cases. 2016;4(3):76-80.

Endophenotype Network Models: Common Core of Complex Diseases
Ghiassian S, Menche J, Chasman D, Giulianini F, Wang R, Ricchiuto P, Aikawa M, Iwata H, Müller C, Zeller T, Sharma A, Wild P, Lackner K, Singh S, Ridker P, Blankenberg S, Barabási A, Loscalzo J
SCI REP. 2016;6:27414.

Therapie der bikuspiden Aortenklappenerkrankung
Girdauskas E, Hillebrand M, Kodolitsch Y, Jagodzinski A, Kubitz J, Detter C, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H
Hamb Ärzteblatt. 2016;(10):28-29.

Underrepresentation of sex in reporting traditional and emerging biomarkers for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: A systematic review
Gohar A, Schnabel R, Hughes M, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Pasterkamp G, Ruijter H
Eur Heart J-Qual Care Clin Outcome. 2016.

The 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, Patterson C, Appleton K, Blankenberg S, Woodside J, Donnelly M, Linden G, Zeller T, Esquirol Y, Kee F
Psychosom Med. 2016;78(4):401-11.

Genome-wide study for circulating metabolites identifies 62 loci and reveals novel systemic effects of LPA
Kettunen J, Demirkan A, Würtz P, Draisma H, Haller T, Rawal R, Vaarhorst A, Kangas A, Lyytikäinen L, Pirinen M, Pool R, Sarin A, Soininen P, Tukiainen T, Wang Q, Tiainen M, Tynkkynen T, Amin N, Zeller T, Beekman M, Deelen J, van Dijk K, Esko T, Hottenga J, van Leeuwen E, Lehtimäki T, Mihailov E, Rose R, de Craen A, Gieger C, Kähönen M, Perola M, Blankenberg S, Savolainen M, Verhoeven A, Viikari J, Willemsen G, Boomsma D, van Duijn C, Eriksson J, Jula A, Järvelin M, Kaprio J, Metspalu A, Raitakari O, Salomaa V, Slagboom P, Waldenberger M, Ripatti S, Ala-Korpela M
NAT COMMUN. 2016;7:11122.

The role of the multidisciplinary health care team in the management of patients with Marfan syndrome
Kodolitsch Y, Rybczynski M, Vogler M, Mir T, Schüler H, Kutsche K, Rosenberger G, Detter C, Bernhardt A, Larena-Avellaneda A, Kölbel T, Debus E, Schroeder M, Linke S, Fuisting B, Napp B, Kammal A, Püschel K, Bannas P, Hoffmann B, Gessler N, Vahle-Hinz E, Kahl-Nieke B, Thomalla G, Weiler-Normann C, Ohm G, Neumann S, Benninghoven D, Blankenberg S, Pyeritz R
Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare. 2016;9:587-614.

Early detection of myocardial infarction-microRNAs right at the time?
Kränkel N, Blankenberg S, Zeller T
Ann Transl Med. 2016;4(24):502.

Current and cumulative night shift work and subclinical atherosclerosis: results of the Gutenberg Health Study
Loos-Jankowiak S, Backé E, Liebers F, Schulz A, Hegewald J, Garthus-Niegel S, Nübling M, Blankenberg S, Pfeiffer N, Lackner K, Beutel M, Blettner M, Münzel T, Wild P, Seidler A, Letzel S, Latza U
International archives of occupational and environmental health. 2016;89(8):1169-1182.

Antiphospholipid antibodies in a large population-based cohort: genome-wide associations and effects on monocyte gene expression
Müller-Calleja N, Rossmann H, Müller C, Wild P, Blankenberg S, Pfeiffer N, Binder H, Beutel M, Manukyan D, Zeller T, Lackner K
J Thromb Haemost. 2016;116(1):115-23.

Removing Batch Effects from Longitudinal Gene Expression - Quantile Normalization Plus ComBat as Best Approach for Microarray Transcriptome Data
Müller C, Schillert A, Röthemeier C, Trégouët D, Proust C, Binder H, Pfeiffer N, Beutel M, Lackner K, Schnabel R, Tiret L, Wild P, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Ziegler A
PLOS One. 2016;11(6):e0156594.

Be more sensitive, please - using cardiac troponin assays for diagnosing AMI
Neumann J, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
HEART. 2016;102(16):1251-2.

Effects of renal denervation on heart failure biomarkers and blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension
Neumann J, Ewen S, Mortensen K, Nef H, Zeller T, Ojeda Echevarria F, Sydow K, Mahfoud F, Böhm M, Hamm C, Dörr O, Blankenberg S
Biomarker Med. 2016;10(8):841-51.

Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction Using a High-Sensitivity Troponin I 1-Hour Algorithm
Neumann J, Sörensen N, Schwemer T, Ojeda Echevarria F, Bourry R, Sciacca V, Schäfer S, Waldeyer C, Sinning C, Renné T, Than M, Parsonage W, Wildi K, Makarova N, Schnabel R, Landmesser U, Mueller C, Cullen L, Greenslade J, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Karakas M, Westermann D
JAMA Cardiol. 2016;1(4):397-404.

The relationship between adipokines and the onset of type 2 diabetes in middle-aged men: The PRIME study
Neville C, Patterson C, Linden G, Love K, McKinley M, Kee F, Blankenberg S, Evans A, Yarnell J, Woodside J
Diabetes research and clinical practice. 2016;120:24-30.

PO-58 - Cardiovascular risk profile in survivors of adult cancer - results from the general population study
Panova-Noeva M, Hermanns M, Schulz A, Laubert-Reh D, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Spronk H, Münzel T, Lackner K, Ten Cate H, Wild P
2016. Thrombosis Research. S198.

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, Grossmann V, Pefani E, Spronk H, Laubert-Reh D, Binder H, Beutel M, Pfeiffer N, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Münzel T, Lackner K, Ten Cate H, Wild P
BLOOD. 2016;127(2):251-9.

ADMA, subclinical changes and atrial fibrillation in the general population
Ramuschkat M, Appelbaum S, Atzler D, Zeller T, Bauer C, Ojeda Echevarria F, Sinning C, Hoffmann B, Lackner K, Böger R, Wild P, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Schwedhelm E, Schnabel R
INT J CARDIOL. 2016;203:640-6.

Mitral valve prolapse syndrome and MASS phenotype: Stability of aortic dilatation but progression of mitral valve prolapse
Rippe M, De Backer J, Kutsche K, Mosquera L, Schüler H, Rybczynski M, Bernhardt A, Keyser B, Hillebrand M, Mir T, Berger J, Blankenberg S, Koschyk D, Kodolitsch Y
IJC HEART & VASCULATURE. 2016.

Valve-in-Valve Procedures in Failing Biological Xenografts Using a Novel Balloon-Expandable Device: Experience in Aortic, Mitral, and Tricuspid Positions
Schäfer A, Conradi L, Seiffert M, Lubos E, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schäfer U, Treede H
THORAC CARDIOV SURG. 2016;64(5):366-73.

Applicability of next generation balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valves in aortic annuli exceeding formally approved dimensions
Schäfer A, Linder M, Treede H, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Seiffert M, Schneeberger Y, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schäfer U, Conradi L
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2016;105(7):585-91.

Improving outcomes: case-matched comparison of novel second-generation versus first-generation self-expandable transcatheter heart valves
Schäfer A, Treede H, Schoen G, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Schneeberger Y, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schäfer U, Conradi L
EUR J CARDIO-THORAC. 2016;50(2):368-73.

Repeat transcatheter aortic valve implantation using a latest generation balloon-expandable device for treatment of failing transcatheter heart valves
Schäfer A, Treede H, Seiffert M, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Schneeberger Y, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schäfer U, Conradi L
J CARDIOTHORAC SURG. 2016;11:2.

TCT-708 Safety and Efficacy of the Percutaneous Transaxillary Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation using various Transcatheter Heart Valves in 100 Consecutive Patients
Schäfer U, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Frerker C, Reichart D, Schirmer J, Schmidt T, Kuck K, Kreidel F, Mizote I, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Conradi L
J AM COLL CARDIOL. 2016;68(18 S):B287-B87.

Comparison of Procedural, Clinical and Functional Outcome after either Balloon- or Mechanical-expanding Transcatheter Heart Valve Implantation
Schofer N, Deuschl F, Seiffert M, Linder M, Fink A, Mizote I, Lubos E, Diemert P, Schirmer J, Treede H, Sydow K, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Conradi L, Schäfer U
J AM COLL CARDIOL. 2016;68(18S):B299.

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 Echevarria F, Zeller T, Seiffert M, Becher P, Munzel T, Wild P, Blettner M, Lackner K, Pfeiffer N, Beutel M, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
EUR HEART J. 2016;37(23):1807-14.

A genomic approach to therapeutic target validation identifies a glucose-lowering GLP1R variant protective for coronary heart disease
Scott R, Freitag D, Li L, Chu A, Surendran P, Young R, Grarup N, Stancáková A, Chen Y, Varga T, Yaghootkar H, Luan J, Zhao J, Willems S, Wessel J, Wang S, Maruthur N, Michailidou K, Pirie A, van der Lee S, Gillson C, Al Olama A, Amouyel P, Arriola L, Arveiler D, Aviles-Olmos I, Balkau B, Barricarte A, Barroso I, Garcia S, Bis J, Blankenberg S, Boehnke M, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Borecki I, Bork-Jensen J, Bowden S, Caldas C, Caslake M, Cupples L, Cruchaga C, Czajkowski J, den Hoed M, Dunn J, Earl H, Ehret G, Ferrannini E, Ferrieres J, Foltynie T, Ford I, Forouhi N, Gianfagna F, Gonzalez C, Grioni S, Hiller L, Jansson J, Jørgensen M, Jukema J, Kaaks R, Kee F, Kerrison N, Key T, Kontto J, Kote-Jarai Z, Kraja A, Kuulasmaa K, Kuusisto J, Linneberg A, Liu C, Marenne G, Mohlke K, Morris A, Muir K, Müller-Nurasyid M, Munroe P, Navarro C, Nielsen S, Nilsson P, Nordestgaard B, Packard C, Palli D, Panico S, Peloso G, Perola M, Peters A, Poole C, Quirós J, Rolandsson O, Sacerdote C, Salomaa V, Sánchez M, Sattar N, Sharp S, Sims R, Slimani N, Smith J, Thompson D, Trompet S, Tumino R, van der A D, van der Schouw Y, Virtamo J, Walker M, Walter K, Abraham J, Amundadottir L, Aponte J, Butterworth A, Dupuis J, Easton D, Eeles R, Erdmann J, Franks P, Frayling T, Hansen T, Howson J, Jørgensen T, Kooner J, Laakso M, Langenberg C, McCarthy M, Pankow J, Pedersen O, Riboli E, Rotter J, Saleheen D, Samani N, Schunkert H, Vollenweider P, O'Rahilly S, Deloukas P, Danesh J, Goodarzi M, Kathiresan S, Meigs J, Ehm M, Wareham N, Waterworth D
Ann Transl Med. 2016;8(341):341ra76.

Trends in Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in More Than 3,000 Consecutive Cases in the Era of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantations
Silaschi M, Conradi L, Treede H, Reiter B, Schäfer U, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H
THORAC CARDIOV SURG. 2016;64(5):382-9.

Long-term course of a patient with congenital corrected transposition of the great arteries and dextrocardia - The Fisher King
Sinning C, Kozlik-Feldmann R, Demir C, Blankenberg S, Zengin E
INT J CARDIOL. 2016;203:436-7.

Cardiovascular Mortality in Chest Pain Patients: Comparison of Natriuretic Peptides With Novel Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Stress
Sinning C, Ojeda Echevarria F, Zeller T, Zengin-Sahm E, Rupprecht H, Lackner K, Bickel C, Blankenberg S, Schnabel R, Westermann D
AM J CARDIOL. 2016;32(12):1470-1477.

Prognostic use of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 and placental growth factor in patients with coronary artery disease
Sinning C, Schnabel R, Zeller T, Seiffert M, Rupprecht H, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Bickel C, Westermann D
Biomarker Med. 2016;10(1):95-106.

SYNTAX score-0 patients: risk stratification in nonobstructive coronary artery disease
Sinning C, Zengin-Sahm E, Waldeyer C, Seiffert M, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Zeller T, Bickel C, Blankenberg S, Clemmensen P, Westermann D
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2016;105(11):901-911.

High-sensitivity troponin and novel biomarkers for the early diagnosis of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patients with atrial fibrillation
Sörensen N, Shah A, Ojeda Echevarria F, Peitsmeyer P, Zeller T, Keller T, Johannsen S, Lackner K, Griffiths M, Münzel T, Mills N, Blankenberg S, Schnabel R
Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2016;5(6):419-427.

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, Manning A, Grarup N, Sim X, Barnes D, Witkowska K, Staley J, Tragante V, Tukiainen T, Yaghootkar H, Masca N, Freitag D, Ferreira T, Giannakopoulou O, Tinker A, Harakalova M, Mihailov E, Liu C, Kraja A, Nielsen S, Rasheed A, Samuel M, Zhao W, Bonnycastle L, Jackson A, Narisu N, Swift A, Southam L, Marten J, Huyghe J, Stančáková A, Fava C, Ohlsson T, Matchan A, Stirrups K, Bork-Jensen J, Gjesing A, Kontto J, Perola M, Shaw-Hawkins S, Havulinna A, Zhang L, Donnelly L, Groves C, Rayner N, Neville M, Robertson N, Yiorkas A, Herzig K, Kajantie E, Zhang W, Willems S, Lannfelt L, Malerba G, Soranzo N, Trabetti E, Verweij N, Evangelou E, Moayyeri A, Vergnaud A, Nelson C, Poveda A, Varga T, Caslake M, de Craen A, Trompet S, Luan J, Scott R, Harris S, Liewald D, Marioni R, Menni C, Farmaki A, Hallmans G, Renström F, Huffman J, Hassinen M, Burgess S, Vasan R, Felix J, Uria-Nickelsen M, Malarstig A, Reilly D, Hoek M, Vogt T, Lin H, Lieb W, Traylor M, Markus H, Highland H, Justice A, Marouli E, Lindström J, Uusitupa M, Komulainen P, Lakka T, Rauramaa R, Polasek O, Rudan I, Rolandsson O, Franks P, Dedoussis G, Spector T, Jousilahti P, Männistö S, Deary I, Starr J, Langenberg C, Wareham N, Brown M, Dominiczak A, Connell J, Jukema J, Sattar N, Ford I, Packard C, Esko T, Mägi R, Metspalu A, de Boer R, van der Meer P, van der Harst P, Gambaro G, Ingelsson E, Lind L, de Bakker P, Numans M, Brandslund I, Christensen C, Petersen E, Korpi-Hyövälti E, Oksa H, Chambers J, Kooner J, Blakemore A, Franks S, Jarvelin M, Husemoen L, Linneberg A, Skaaby T, Thuesen B, Karpe F, Tuomilehto J, Doney A, Morris A, Palmer C, Holmen O, Hveem K, Willer C, Tuomi T, Groop L, Käräjämäki A, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Salomaa V, Alam D, Majumder A, Di Angelantonio E, Chowdhury R, McCarthy M, Poulter N, Stanton A, Sever P, Amouyel P, Arveiler D, Blankenberg S, Ferrières J, Kee F, Kuulasmaa K, Müller-Nurasyid M, Veronesi G, Virtamo J, Deloukas P, Elliott P, Zeggini E, Kathiresan S, Melander O, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Padmanabhan S, Porteous D, Hayward C, Scotland G, Collins F, Mohlke K, Hansen T, Pedersen O, Boehnke M, Stringham H, Frossard P, Newton-Cheh C, Tobin M, Nordestgaard B, Caulfield M, Mahajan A, Morris A, Tomaszewski M, Samani N, Saleheen D, Asselbergs F, Lindgren C, Danesh J, Wain L, Butterworth A, Howson J, Munroe P
NAT GENET. 2016;48(10):1151-61.

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Surgical High-Risk Patients: Gender-Specific Acute and Long-Term Outcomes
Tigges E, Kalbacher D, Thomas C, Appelbaum S, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Schlüter M, Conradi L, Schirmer J, Treede H, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Schäfer U, Lubos E
BIOMED RES INT . 2016;2016:3934842.

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, Schulz A, Münzel T, Blettner M, Lackner K, Pfeiffer N, Blankenberg S, Denollet J, Beutel M
INT J CARDIOL. 2016;214:256-61.

Prognostic Value of Undetectable hs Troponin T in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome
Vafaie M, Slagman A, Möckel M, Hamm C, Huber K, Müller C, Vollert J, Blankenberg S, Katus H, Liebetrau C, Giannitsis E, Searle J
AM J MED. 2016;129(3):274-282.e2.

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, Kastenmüller G, Gieger C, Suhre K, Waldenberger M, Kratzsch J, Perola M, Salomaa V, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Soininen P, Kangas A, Peters A, Grallert H, Ala-Korpela M, Thorand B
INT J EPIDEMIOL. 2016;45(5):1469-1481.

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, Baldus S, Blankenberg S, Muenzel T, Zeiher A, Keller T
PLOS One. 2016;11(5):e0154724.

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 Echevarria F, Schnabel R, Zeller T, Zengin-Sahm E, Westermann D, Schrage B, Bickel C, Rupprecht H, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Seiffert M, Sinning C
INT J CARDIOL. 2016;221:908-13.

Metabolic profiling of pregnancy: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence
Wang Q, Würtz P, Auro K, Mäkinen V, Kangas A, Soininen P, Tiainen M, Tynkkynen T, Jokelainen J, Santalahti K, Salmi M, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Salomaa V, Perola M, Jalkanen S, Järvelin M, Raitakari O, Kettunen J, Lawlor D, Ala-Korpela M
BMC MED . 2016;14(1):205.

Effects of hormonal contraception on systemic metabolism: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence
Wang Q, Würtz P, Auro K, Morin-Papunen L, Kangas A, Soininen P, Tiainen M, Tynkkynen T, Joensuu A, Havulinna A, Aalto K, Salmi M, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Salomaa V, Jalkanen S, Järvelin M, Perola M, Raitakari O, Lawlor D, Kettunen J, Ala-Korpela M
INT J EPIDEMIOL. 2016;45(5):1445-1457.

High Incidence of De Novo and Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Rhythm Management Device
Wilke I, Witzel K, Münch J, Pecha S, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Willems S, Patten-Hamel M, Aydin A
J CARDIOVASC ELECTR. 2016;27(7):779-84.

Metabolic profiling of alcohol consumption in 9778 young adults
Würtz P, Cook S, Wang Q, Tiainen M, Tynkkynen T, Kangas A, Soininen P, Laitinen J, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Perola M, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Männistö S, Salomaa V, Järvelin M, Raitakari O, Ala-Korpela M, Leon D
INT J EPIDEMIOL. 2016;45(5):1493-1506.

Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease
Zanoni P, Khetarpal S, Larach D, Hancock-Cerutti W, Millar J, Cuchel M, Derohannessian S, Kontush A, Surendran P, Saleheen D, Trompet S, Jukema J, de Craen A, Deloukas P, Sattar N, Ford I, Packard C, Majumder A, Alam D, Di Angelantonio E, Abecasis G, Chowdhury R, Erdmann J, Nordestgaard B, Nielsen S, Tybjærg-Hansen A, Schmidt R, Kuulasmaa K, Liu D, Perola M, Blankenberg S, Salomaa V, Männistö S, Amouyel P, Arveiler D, Ferrieres J, Müller-Nurasyid M, Ferrario M, Kee F, Willer C, Samani N, Schunkert H, Butterworth A, Howson J, Peloso G, Stitziel N, Danesh J, Kathiresan S, Rader D
SCIENCE. 2016;351(6278):1166-71.

Right heart failure in pregnant women with cyanotic congenital heart disease--The good, the bad and the ugly
Zengin E, Sinning C, Schrage B, Müller G, Klose H, Sachweh J, Goepfert M, Hueneke B, Blankenberg S, Kozlik-Feldmann R
INT J CARDIOL. 2016;202:773-5.

Prolonged resuscitation and cardiogenic shock after intoxication with European yew (Taxus baccata): Complete recovery after intermittent mechanical circulatory support
Baum C, Bohnen S, Sill B, Philipp S, Damerow H, Kluge S, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Söffker G, Barten M, Sydow K
INT J CARDIOL. 2015;181:176-8.

Lung function in relation to cardiac dysfunction and heart failure in the general population
Baum C, Ojeda Echevarria F, Wild P, Rzayeva N, Zeller T, Sinning C, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Rabe K, Schnabel R
EUR HEART J. 2015;36(Suppl. 1):727-727.

Challenging aspects of treatment strategies in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: "Why did recent clinical trials fail?"
Becher P, Fluschnik N, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
World J Cardiol. 2015;7(9):544-54.

Schwere akute und chronische Herzinsuffizienz: Welche invasiven Therapiemöglichkeiten zur Verfügung stehen, wenn die medikamentöse Behandlung erschöpft ist
Bernhardt A, Deuse T, Rybczynski M, Wagner F, Kubik M, Gosau N, Schäfer U, Willems S, Blankenberg S, Barten M, Reichenspurner H
Hamb Ärzteblatt. 2015;69(05):12-16.

Estimation of Values below the Limit of Detection of a Contemporary Sensitive Troponin I Assay Improves Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Boeckel J, Palapies L, Zeller T, Reis S, von Jeinsen B, Tzikas S, Bickel C, Baldus S, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Zeiher A, Lackner K, Keller T
CLIN CHEM. 2015;61(9):1197-206.

Performance of t1 and t2 mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonance to detect active myocarditis in patients with recent-onset heart failure
Bohnen S, Radunski U, Lund G, Kandolf R, Stehning C, Schnackenburg B, Adam G, Blankenberg S, Müllerleile K
CIRC-CARDIOVASC IMAG. 2015;8(6):.

Evolution of mitral valve procedural volumes in the advent of endovascular treatment Options: Experience at an early-adopting center in Germany
Conradi L, Lubos E, Treede H, Pietzsch J, Weber S, Pietzsch M, Overlack K, Diemert P, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H
CATHETER CARDIO INTE. 2015;86(6):1114-9.

Carcinoid Heart Valve Disease: Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve-In-Valve Implantation in Failing Biological Xenografts
Conradi L, Schäfer A, Müller G, Seiffert M, Gulbins H, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Treede H, Diemert P
J HEART VALVE DIS. 2015;24(1):110-4.

Transfemoral TAVI without pre-dilatation using balloon-expandable devices: a case-matched analysis
Conradi L, Schäfer A, Seiffert M, Schirmer J, Schäfer U, Schön G, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Treede H, Diemert P
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2015;104(9):735-42.

Transcatheter valve-in-valve therapy using 6 different devices in 4 anatomic positions: Clinical outcomes and technical considerations
Conradi L, Silaschi M, Seiffert M, Lubos E, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schäfer U, Treede H
J THORAC CARDIOV SUR. 2015;150(6):1557-1567.e3.

MitraClip-data analysis of contemporary literature
Deuschl F, Schofer N, Lubos E, Schirmer J, Conradi L, Treede H, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Schäfer U
J Thorac Dis. 2015;7(9):1509-17.

Alterations of a Cellular Cholesterol Metabolism Network Are a Molecular Feature of Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Ding J, Reynolds L, Zeller T, Müller C, Lohman K, Nicklas B, Kritchevsky S, Huang Z, de la Fuente A, Soranzo N, Settlage R, Chuang C, Howard T, Xu N, Goodarzi M, Chen Y, Rotter J, Siscovick D, Parks J, Murphy S, Jacobs D, Post W, Tracy R, Wild P, Blankenberg S, Hoeschele I, Herrington D, McCall C, Liu Y
DIABETES. 2015;64(10):3464-74.

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and B-type natriuretic Peptide as predictors of vascular events in primary prevention: impact of statin therapy
Everett B, Zeller T, Glynn R, Ridker P, Blankenberg S
CIRCULATION. 2015;131(21):1851-60.

The distribution of whole blood viscosity, its determinants and relationship with arterial blood pressure in the community: cross-sectional analysis from the Gutenberg Health Study
Gori T, Wild P, Schnabel R, Schulz A, Pfeiffer N, Blettner M, Beutel M, Forconi S, Jung F, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Münzel T
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2015;9(6):354-65.

Profile of the Immune and Inflammatory Response in Individuals With Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes
Grossmann V, Schmitt V, Zeller T, Panova-Noeva M, Schulz A, Laubert-Reh D, Juenger C, Schnabel R, Abt T, Laskowski R, Wiltink J, Schulz E, Blankenberg S, Lackner K, Münzel T, Wild P
DIABETES CARE. 2015;38(7):1356-64.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) locus 12: is glutathione peroxidase-1 (GPX1) the relevant gene?
Häuser F, Rossmann H, Laubert-Reh D, Wild P, Zeller T, Müller C, Neuwirth S, Blankenberg S, Lackner K
Genes Immun.. 2015;16(8):571-5.

Distribution, genetic and cardiovascular determinants of FVIII:c - Data from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study
Hermanns M, Grossmann V, Spronk H, Schulz A, Jünger C, Laubert-Reh D, Mazur J, Gori T, Zeller T, Pfeiffer N, Beutel M, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Lackner K, Ten Cate-Hoek A, Ten Cate H, Wild P
INT J CARDIOL. 2015;187:166-74.

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d: a predictor of macrovascular and microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes
Herrmann M, Sullivan D, Veillard A, McCorquodale T, Straub I, Scott R, Laakso M, Topliss D, Jenkins A, Blankenberg S, Burton A, Keech A
DIABETES CARE. 2015;38(3):521-8.

Extensive alterations of the whole-blood transcriptome are associated with body mass index: results of an mRNA profiling study involving two large population-based cohorts
Homuth G, Wahl S, Müller C, Schurmann C, Mäder U, Blankenberg S, Carstensen M, Dörr M, Endlich K, Englbrecht C, Felix S, Gieger C, Grallert H, Herder C, Illig T, Kruppa J, Marzi C, Mayerle J, Meitinger T, Metspalu A, Nauck M, Peters A, Rathmann W, Reinmaa E, Rettig R, Roden M, Schillert A, Schramm K, Steil L, Strauch K, Teumer A, Völzke H, Wallaschofski H, Wild P, Ziegler A, Völker U, Prokisch H, Zeller T
GENOMICS. 2015;8:65.

Predictive value of galectin-3 for incident cardiovascular disease and heart failure in the population-based FINRISK 1997 cohort
Jagodzinski A, Havulinna A, Appelbaum S, Zeller T, Jousilahti P, Johannsen S, Hughes M, Blankenberg S, Salomaa V
INT J CARDIOL. 2015;192:33-9.

Perspectives on the revised Ghent criteria for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome
Kodolitsch Y, De Backer J, Schüler H, Bannas P, Behzadi C, Bernhardt A, Hillebrand M, Fuisting B, Sheikhzadeh S, Rybczynski M, Kölbel T, Püschel K, Blankenberg S, Robinson P
The application of clinical genetics. 2015;8:137-55.

Genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility loci for cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Kunz M, König I, Schillert A, Kruppa J, Ziegler A, Grallert H, Müller-Nurasyid M, Lieb W, Franke A, Ranki A, Panelius J, Koskenmies S, Hasan T, Kere J, Rönn A, Simon J, Schmidt E, Wenzel J, Tüting T, Landsberg J, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Gläser R, Patsinakidis N, Kuhn A, Ibrahim S
Exp. Dermatol.. 2015;24(7):510-5.

Identification of acute myocardial infarction in patients with atrial fibrillation and chest pain with a contemporary sensitive troponin I assay
Liebetrau C, Weber M, Tzikas S, Palapies L, Möllmann H, Pioro G, Zeller T, Beiras-Fernandez A, Bickel C, Zeiher A, Lackner K, Baldus S, Nef H, Blankenberg S, Hamm C, Münzel T, Keller T
BMC MED . 2015;13:169.

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
Locke A, Kahali B, Berndt S, Justice A, Pers T, Day F, Powell C, Vedantam S, Buchkovich M, Yang J, Croteau-Chonka D, Esko T, Fall T, Ferreira T, Gustafsson S, Kutalik Z, Luan J, Mägi R, Randall J, Winkler T, Wood A, Workalemahu T, Faul J, Smith J, Hua Zhao J, Zhao W, Chen J, Fehrmann R, Hedman Å, Karjalainen J, Schmidt E, Absher D, Amin N, Anderson D, Beekman M, Bolton J, Bragg-Gresham J, Buyske S, Demirkan A, Deng G, Ehret G, Feenstra B, Feitosa M, Fischer K, Goel A, Gong J, Jackson A, Kanoni S, Kleber M, Kristiansson K, Lim U, Lotay V, Mangino M, Mateo Leach I, Medina-Gomez C, Medland S, Nalls M, Palmer C, Pasko D, Pechlivanis S, Peters M, Prokopenko I, Shungin D, Stančáková A, Strawbridge R, Ju Sung Y, Tanaka T, Teumer A, Trompet S, van der Laan S, van Setten J, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk J, Wang Z, Yengo L, Zhang W, Isaacs A, Albrecht E, Ärnlöv J, Arscott G, Attwood A, Bandinelli S, Barrett A, Bas I, Bellis C, Bennett A, Berne C, Blagieva R, Blüher M, Böhringer S, Bonnycastle L, 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NATURE. 2015;518(7538):197-206.

Orthostatic blood pressure test for risk stratification in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Münch J, Aydin A, Suling A, Voigt C, Blankenberg S, Patten-Hamel M
PLOS One. 2015;10(6):e0131044.

Hypertrophe Kardiomyopathie
Patten-Hamel M, Blankenberg S
2015. SpringerReference Innere Medizin. Lehnert H (eds.). 1. ed. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1-10.

Which biomarkers are predictive specifically for cardiovascular or for non-cardiovascular mortality in men? Evidence from the Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS)
Patterson C, Blankenberg S, Ben-Shlomo Y, Heslop L, Bayer A, Lowe G, Zeller T, Gallacher J, Young I, Yarnell J
INT J CARDIOL. 2015;201:113-8.

Symetis ACURATE TAVI: review of the technology, developments and current data with this self-expanding transcatheter heart valve
Schäfer U, Conradi L, Diemert P, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Seiffert M, Lubos E, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Treede H
MINERVA CARDIOANGIOL . 2015;63(5):359-69.

First in human implantation of the mechanical expanding Lotus® valve in degenerated surgical valves in mitral position
Schäfer U, Conradi L, Lubos E, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Seiffert M, Treede H, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S
CATHETER CARDIO INTE. 2015;86(7):1280-6.

First-in-man treatment of a degenerated mitral surgical valve with the mechanical expanding Lotus™ valve
Schäfer U, Conradi L, Lubos E, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Treede H, Schirmer J, Vogel B, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S
EuroIntervention. 2015;11(5):.

Transseptal and transmitral Parachute® implantation in conjunction with "MitraClipping"
Schäfer U, Lubos E, Deuschl F, Schofer N, Grahn H, Conradi L, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Schmidt T, Frerker C, Kuck K, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Treede H
EuroIntervention. 2015;11(6):673-81.

Prävalenz und Risikofaktoren von Vorhofflimmern in Deutschland: Daten aus der Gutenberg Health Study
Schnabel R, Johannsen S, Wild P, Blankenberg S
HERZ. 2015;40(1):8-15.

Kidney injury and mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a routine clinical cohort
Schnabel R, Seiffert M, Wilde S, Schirmer J, Koschyk D, Conradi L, Ojeda Echevarria F, Baldus S, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Treede H, Diemert P
CATHETER CARDIO INTE. 2015;85(3):440-447.

Sex Differences in Correlates of Intermediate Phenotypes and Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease in the General Population
Schnabel R, Wild P, Prochaska J, Ojeda Echevarria F, Zeller T, Rzayeva N, Ebrahim A, Lackner K, Beutel M, Pfeiffer N, Sinning C, Oertelt-Prigione S, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Binder H, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
Front Cardiovasc Med. 2015;2:15.

Preferential short cut or alternative route: the transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Schofer N, Deuschl F, Conradi L, Lubos E, Schirmer J, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Treede H, Schäfer U
J Thorac Dis. 2015;7(9):1543-7.

miRNA-197 and miRNA-223 Predict Cardiovascular Death in a Cohort of Patients with Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease
Schulte C, Molz S, Appelbaum S, Karakas M, Ojeda Echevarria F, Lau D, Hartmann T, Lackner K, Westermann D, Schnabel R, Blankenberg S, Zeller T
PLOS One. 2015;10(12):e0145930.

Diagnostic and prognostic value of circulating microRNAs in heart failure with preserved and reduced ejection fraction
Schulte C, Westermann D, Blankenberg S, Zeller T
World J Cardiol. 2015;7(12):843-60.

Single-centre experience with next-generation devices for transapical aortic valve implantation
Seiffert M, Conradi L, Kloth B, Koschyk D, Schirmer J, Schnabel R, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Diemert P, Treede H
EUR J CARDIO-THORAC. 2015;47(1):39-45; discussion 45.

Blood transfusion is associated with impaired outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Seiffert M, Conradi L, Terstesse A, Koschyk D, Schirmer J, Schnabel R, Wilde S, Ojeda Echevarria F, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Schäfer U, Treede H, Diemert P
CATHETER CARDIO INTE. 2015;85(3):460-7.

Reducing radiation exposure during invasive coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions implementing a simple four-step protocol
Seiffert M, Ojeda Echevarria F, Müllerleile K, Zengin E, Sinning C, Waldeyer C, Lubos E, Schäfer U, Sydow K, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2015;104(6):500-6.

Predicting Risk in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Comparative Analysis of EuroSCORE II and Established Risk Stratification Tools
Silaschi M, Conradi L, Seiffert M, Schnabel R, Schön G, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Diemert P, Treede H
THORAC CARDIOV SURG. 2015;63(6):472-8.

Candidate biomarkers in heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction
Sinning C, Zengin E, Zeller T, Schnabel R, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
Biomarkers. 2015;20(4):258-65.

Biomarkers in stable coronary heart disease, their modulation and cardiovascular risk: The LIPID biomarker study
Tonkin A, Blankenberg S, Kirby A, Zeller T, Colquhoun D, Funke-Kaiser A, Hague W, Hunt D, Keech A, Nestel P, Stewart R, Sullivan D, Thompson P, West M, White H, Simes J
INT J CARDIOL. 2015;201:499-507.

Thirty-day VARC-2 and performance data of a new self-expanding transcatheter aortic heart valve
Treede H, Lubos E, Conradi L, Deuschl F, Asch F, Weissman N, Schofer N, Schirmer J, Koschyk D, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Schäfer U
EuroIntervention. 2015;11(8):785-92.

NT-proBNP and the Risk of Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study with 14 Years of Follow-Up
Tynkkynen J, Laatikainen T, Salomaa V, Havulinna A, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Hernesniemi J
J ALZHEIMERS DIS. 2015;44(3):1007-13.

SASH1, a new potential link between smoking and atherosclerosis
Weidmann H, Touat-Hamici Z, Durand H, Müller C, Chardonnet S, Pionneau C, Charlotte F, Janssen K, Verdugo R, Cambien F, Blankenberg S, Tiret L, Zeller T, Ninio E
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2015;242(2):571-9.

Heme oxygenase-1 suppresses a pro-inflammatory phenotype in monocytes and determines endothelial function and arterial hypertension in mice and humans
Wenzel P, Rossmann H, Müller C, Kossmann S, Oelze M, Schulz A, Arnold N, Simsek C, Lagrange J, Klemz R, Schönfelder T, Brandt M, Karbach S, Knorr M, Finger S, Neukirch C, Häuser F, Beutel M, Kröller-Schön S, Schulz E, Schnabel R, Lackner K, Wild P, Zeller T, Daiber A, Blankenberg S, Münzel T
EUR HEART J. 2015;36(48):3437-46.

Molecular Characterization of the NLRC4 Expression in Relation to Interleukin-18 Levels
Zeller T, Haase T, Müller C, Riess H, Lau D, Zeller S, Krause J, Baumert J, Pless O, Dupuis J, Wild P, Eleftheriadis M, Waldenberger M, Zeilinger S, Ziegler A, Peters A, Tiret L, Proust C, Marzi C, Munzel T, Strauch K, Prokisch H, Lackner K, Herder C, Thorand B, Benjamin E, Blankenberg S, Koenig W, Schnabel R
CIRC-CARDIOVASC GENE. 2015;8(5):717-26.

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I in the general population--defining reference populations for the determination of the 99th percentile in the Gutenberg Health Study
Zeller T, Ojeda Echevarria F, Brunner F, Peitsmeyer P, Münzel T, Binder H, Pfeiffer N, Michal M, Wild P, Blankenberg S, Lackner K
CLIN CHEM LAB MED. 2015;53(5):699-706.

Risk Factors of Coronary Artery Disease in Secondary Prevention--Results from the AtheroGene--Study
Zengin E, Bickel C, Schnabel R, Zeller T, Lackner K, Rupprecht H, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Sinning C
PLOS One. 2015;10(7):e0131434.

P1071Function assessment and volumetry of the left atrium in patients with idiopathic atrial fibrillation multimodal imaging with 3-dimensional echocardiography and 2-dimensional speckle tracking
Zengin E, Hoffmann B, Ramuschkat M, Ojeda Echevarria F, Weiss C, Willems S, Blankenberg S, Schnabel R, Sinning C
2015. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imag Suppl. Suppl. 2. ed. .

Activity of superoxide dismutase copper/zinc type and prognosis in a cohort of patients with coronary artery disease
Zengin E, Sinning C, Zeller T, Rupprecht H, Schnabel R, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Bickel C
Biomarker Med. 2015;9(6):597-604.

The utility of pregnancy-associated plasma protein A for determination of prognosis in a cohort of patients with coronary artery disease
Zengin E, Sinning C, Zeller T, Rupprecht H, Schnabel R, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Bickel C
Biomarker Med. 2015;9(8):731-41.

Cardiac mechanics in heart transplant recipients with and without transplant vasculopathy
Zengin E, Westermann D, Radunski U, Ojeda Echevarria F, Müllerleile K, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Sinning C
INT J CARDIOVAS IMAG. 2015;31(4):795-803.

Red blood cells serve as intravascular carriers of myeloperoxidase
Adam M, Gajdova S, Kolarova H, Kubala L, Lau D, Geisler A, Ravekes T, Rudolph V, Tsao P, Blankenberg S, Baldus S, Klinke A
J MOL CELL CARDIOL. 2014;74:353-63.

Charting a roadmap for heart failure biomarker studies
Ahmad T, Fiuzat M, Pencina M, Geller N, Zannad F, Cleland J, Snider J, Blankenberg S, Adams K, Redberg R, Kim J, Mascette A, Mentz R, O'Connor C, Felker G, Januzzi J
JACC-Heart Failure. 2014;2(5):477-88.

Adrenomedullin and arterial stiffness: integrative approach combining monocyte ADM expression, plasma MR-Pro-ADM, and genome-wide association study
Beygui F, Wild P, Zeller T, Germain M, Castagné R, Lackner K, Münzel T, Montalescot G, Mitchell G, Verwoert G, Tarasov K, Trégouët D, Cambien F, Blankenberg S, Tiret L
CIRC-CARDIOVASC GENE. 2014;7(5):634-41.

Digital camera revealed infection with Borrelia burgdorferi as a cause of reversible total AV block in a 42 year old man
Brunner F, Blankenberg S, Sydow K
INT J CARDIOL. 2014;177(3):e165-6.

The challenge of valve-in-valve procedures in degenerated Mitroflow bioprostheses and the advantage of using the JenaValve transcatheter heart valve
Conradi L, Kloth B, Seiffert M, Schirmer J, Koschyk D, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Diemert P, Treede H
EuroIntervention. 2014;10(8):990-4.

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation without prior balloon aortic valvuloplasty: feasible and safe
Conradi L, Seiffert M, Schirmer J, Koschyk D, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Diemert P, Treede H
EUR J CARDIO-THORAC. 2014;46(1):61-6.

Successful Use of a Left Ventricular Apical Access and Closure Device for Second-Generation Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation
Conradi L, Seiffert M, Shimamura K, Schirmer J, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Diemert P, Treede H
THORAC CARDIOV SURG. 2014;62(6):498-502.

Dichloroacetate prevents restenosis in preclinical animal models of vessel injury
Deuse T, Hua X, Wang D, Maegdefessel L, Heeren J, Scheja L, Bolaños J, Rakovic A, Spin J, Stubbendorff M, Ikeno F, Länger F, Zeller T, Schulte-Uentrop L, Stoehr A, Itagaki R, Haddad F, Eschenhagen T, Blankenberg S, Kiefmann R, Reichenspurner H, Velden J, Klein C, Yeung A, Robbins R, Tsao P, Schrepfer S
NATURE. 2014;509(7502):641-4.

Edwards Sapien XT valve placement as treatment option for aortic regurgitation after transfemoral CoreValve Implantation: a multicenter experience
Diemert P, Lange P, Greif M, Seiffert M, Conradi L, Massberg S, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Hagl C, Schmitz C, Schröfel H, Treede H, Schymik G, Kupatt C
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2014;103(3):183-90.

Valve-in-valve implantation of a novel and small self-expandable transcatheter heart valve in degenerated small surgical bioprostheses: The Hamburg experience
Diemert P, Seiffert M, Frerker C, Thielsen T, Kreidel F, Bader R, Schirmer J, Conradi L, Koschyk D, Schnabel R, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Kuck K, Treede H, Schaefer U
CATHETER CARDIO INTE. 2014;84(3):486-493.

Combining cross-sectional data on prevalence with risk estimates from a prediction model. A novel method for estimating the attributable risk
Engelhardt B, König J, Blettner M, Wild P, Münzel T, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Pfeiffer N, Beutel M, Zwiener I
METHOD INFORM MED. 2014;53(5):371-9.

The contribution of educational class in improving accuracy of cardiovascular risk prediction across European regions: The MORGAM Project Cohort Component
Ferrario M, Veronesi G, Chambless L, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Salomaa V, Borglykke A, Hart N, Söderberg S, Cesana G
HEART. 2014;100(15):1179-87.

Fatal recurrence of fulminant giant cell myocarditis and recovery after initialisation of an alternative immunosuppressive regime
Fluschnik N, Escher F, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
BMJ Case Rep. 2014;2014:.

Predictive value of midregional pro-adrenomedullin compared to natriuretic peptides for incident cardiovascular disease and heart failure in the population-based FINRISK 1997 cohort
Funke-Kaiser A, Havulinna A, Zeller T, Appelbaum S, Jousilahti P, Vartiainen E, Blankenberg S, Sydow K, Salomaa V
ANN INTERN MED. 2014;46(3):155-62.

Midregional proadrenomedullin and its change predicts recurrent major coronary events and heart failure in stable coronary heart disease patients: the LIPID study
Funke-Kaiser A, Mann K, Colquhoun D, Zeller T, Hunt D, Simes J, Sullivan D, Sydow K, West M, White H, Blankenberg S, Tonkin A
INT J CARDIOL. 2014;172(2):411-8.

Genetic determinants of circulating interleukin-1 receptor antagonist levels and their association with glycemic traits
Herder C, Nuotio M, Shah S, Blankenberg S, Brunner E, Carstensen M, Gieger C, Grallert H, Jula A, Kähönen M, Kettunen J, Kivimäki M, Koenig W, Kristiansson K, Langenberg C, Lehtimäki T, Luotola K, Marzi C, Müller C, Peters A, Prokisch H, Raitakari O, Rathmann W, Roden M, Salmi M, Schramm K, Swerdlow D, Tabak A, Thorand B, Wareham N, Wild P, Zeller T, Hingorani A, Witte D, Kumari M, Perola M, Salomaa V
DIABETES. 2014;63(12):4343-59.

Total serum transforming growth factor-β1 is elevated in the entire spectrum of genetic aortic syndromes
Hillebrand M, Millot N, Sheikhzadeh S, Rybczynski M, Gerth S, Kölbel T, Keyser B, Kutsche K, Robinson P, Berger J, Mir T, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, von Kodolitsch Y, Goldmann B
CLIN CARDIOL. 2014;37(11):672-9.

ST2 may not be a useful predictor for incident cardiovascular events, heart failure and mortality
Hughes M, Appelbaum S, Havulinna A, Jagodzinski A, Zeller T, Kee F, Blankenberg S, Salomaa V
HEART. 2014;100(21):1715-21.

Distribution and medical impact of loss-of-function variants in the Finnish founder population
Lim E, Würtz P, Havulinna A, Palta P, Tukiainen T, Rehnström K, Esko T, Mägi R, Inouye M, Lappalainen T, Chan Y, Salem R, Lek M, Flannick J, Sim X, Manning A, Ladenvall C, Bumpstead S, Hämäläinen E, Aalto K, Maksimow M, Salmi M, Blankenberg S, Ardissino D, Shah S, Horne B, McPherson R, Hovingh G, Reilly M, Watkins H, Goel A, Farrall M, Girelli D, Reiner A, Stitziel N, Kathiresan S, Gabriel S, Barrett J, Lehtimäki T, Laakso M, Groop L, Kaprio J, Perola M, McCarthy M, Boehnke M, Altshuler D, Lindgren C, Hirschhorn J, Metspalu A, Freimer N, Zeller T, Jalkanen S, Koskinen S, Raitakari O, Durbin R, MacArthur D, Salomaa V, Ripatti S, Daly M, Palotie A
PLOS GENET. 2014;10(7):e1004494.

Cardiac fibroblasts aggravate viral myocarditis: cell specific coxsackievirus B3 replication
Lindner D, Li J, Savvatis K, Klingel K, Blankenberg S, Tschöpe C, Westermann D
MEDIAT INFLAMM. 2014;2014:519528.

Cardiac fibroblasts support cardiac inflammation in heart failure
Lindner D, Zietsch C, Tank J, Sossalla S, Fluschnik N, Hinrichs S, Maier L, Poller W, Blankenberg S, Schultheiss H, Tschöpe C, Westermann D
BASIC RES CARDIOL. 2014;109(5):428.

MitraClip therapy in surgical high-risk patients: identification of echocardiographic variables affecting acute procedural outcome
Lubos E, Schlüter M, Vettorazzi E, Goldmann B, Lubs D, Schirmer J, Treede H, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Baldus S, Rudolph V
JACC-CARDIOVASC INTE. 2014;7(4):394-402.

Complaints of sleep disturbances are associated with cardiovascular disease: results from the Gutenberg Health Study
Michal M, Wiltink J, Kirschner Y, Schneider A, Wild P, Münzel T, Blettner M, Schulz A, Lackner K, Pfeiffer N, Blankenberg S, Tschan R, Tuin I, Beutel M
PLOS One. 2014;9(8):e104324.

Early discharge using single cardiac troponin and copeptin testing in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS): a randomized, controlled clinical process study
Möckel M, Searle J, Hamm C, Slagman A, Blankenberg S, Huber K, Katus H, Liebetrau C, Müller C, Muller R, Peitsmeyer P, von Recum J, Tajsic M, Vollert J, Giannitsis E
EUR HEART J. 2014;36(6):369-376.

Prognostic performance of kinetic changes of high-sensitivity troponin T in acute coronary syndrome and in patients with increased troponin without acute coronary syndrome
Mueller M, Biener M, Vafaie M, Blankenberg S, White H, Katus H, Giannitsis E
INT J CARDIOL. 2014;174(3):524-9.

Comparison of three troponins as predictors of future cardiovascular events--prospective results from the FINRISK and BiomaCaRE studies
Neumann J, Havulinna A, Zeller T, Appelbaum S, Kunnas T, Nikkari S, Jousilahti P, Blankenberg S, Sydow K, Salomaa V
PLOS One. 2014;9(3):e90063.

Percutaneous mitral valve edge-to-edge repair: in-hospital results and 1-year follow-up of 628 patients of the 2011-2012 Pilot European Sentinel Registry
Nickenig G, Estevez-Loureiro R, Franzen O, Tamburino C, Vanderheyden M, Lüscher T, Moat N, Price S, Dall'Ara G, Winter R, Corti R, Grasso C, Snow T, Jeger R, Blankenberg S, Settergren M, Tiroch K, Balzer J, Petronio A, Büttner H, Ettori F, Sievert H, Fiorino M, Claeys M, Ussia G, Baumgartner H, Scandura S, Alamgir F, Keshavarzi F, Colombo A, Maisano F, Ebelt H, Aruta P, Lubos E, Plicht B, Schueler R, Pighi M, Di Mario C
J AM COLL CARDIOL. 2014;64(9):875-84.

Diagnose des akuten Koronarsyndroms
Schnabel R, Post F, Blankenberg S
DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR. 2014;139 Suppl 1:S9-12.

Multiple biomarkers and atrial fibrillation in the general population
Schnabel R, Wild P, Wilde S, Ojeda Echevarria F, Schulz A, Zeller T, Sinning C, Kunde J, Lackner K, Munzel T, Blankenberg S
PLOS One. 2014;9(11):e112486.

Development of a risk score for outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Seiffert M, Sinning J, Meyer A, Wilde S, Conradi L, Vasa-Nicotera M, Ghanem A, Kempfert J, Hammerstingl C, Ojeda Echevarria F, Kim W, Koschyk D, Schirmer J, Baldus S, Grube E, Möllmann H, Reichenspurner H, Nickenig G, Blankenberg S, Diemert P, Treede H, Walther T, Werner N, Schnabel R
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2014.

Dural ectasia in Loeys-Dietz syndrome: comprehensive study of 30 patients with a TGFBR1 or TGFBR2 mutation
Sheikhzadeh S, Brockstaedt L, Habermann C, Sondermann C, Bannas P, Mir T, Staebler A, Seidel H, Keyser B, Arslan-Kirchner M, Kutsche K, Berger J, Blankenberg S, Kodolitsch Y
CLIN GENET. 2014;86(6):545-51.

The main pulmonary artery in adults: a controlled multicenter study with assessment of echocardiographic reference values, and the frequency of dilatation and aneurysm in Marfan syndrome
Sheikhzadeh S, De Backer J, Gorgan N, Rybczynski M, Hillebrand M, Schüler H, Bernhardt A, Koschyk D, Bannas P, Keyser B, Mortensen K, Radke R, Mir T, Kölbel T, Robinson P, Schmidtke J, Berger J, Blankenberg S, von Kodolitsch Y
ORPHANET J RARE DIS. 2014;9:203.

Comprehensive analysis of dural ectasia in 150 patients with a causative FBN1 mutation
Sheikhzadeh S, Sondermann C, Rybczynski M, Habermann C, Brockstaedt L, Keyser B, Kaemmerer H, Mir T, Staebler A, Robinson P, Kutsche K, Berger J, Blankenberg S, Kodolitsch Y
CLIN GENET. 2014;86(3):238-45.

Association of high-sensitivity assayed troponin I with cardiovascular phenotypes in the general Population: the population-based Gutenberg health study
Sinning C, Keller T, Zeller T, Ojeda Echevarria F, Schlüter M, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Bickel C, Lackner K, Diemert P, Munzel T, Blankenberg S, Wild P
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2014;103(3):211-22.

Analytically false or true positive elevations of high sensitivity cardiac troponin: a systematic approach
Vafaie M, Biener M, Mueller M, Schnabel P, André F, Steen H, Zorn M, Schueler M, Blankenberg S, Katus H, Giannitsis E
HEART. 2014;100(6):508-14.

Association of contemporary sensitive troponin I levels at baseline and change at 1 year with long-term coronary events following myocardial infarction or unstable angina: results from the LIPID Study (Long-Term Intervention With Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease)
White H, Tonkin A, Simes J, Stewart R, Mann K, Thompson P, Colquhoun D, West M, Nestel P, Sullivan D, Keech A, Hunt D, Blankenberg S
J AM COLL CARDIOL. 2014;63(4):345-54.

Reply: the latest generation of troponin immunoassays: the "cholesterol" of the third millennium?
White H, Tonkin A, Simes J, Stewart R, Mann K, Thompson P, Colquhoun D, West M, Nestel P, Sullivan D, Keech A, Hunt D, Blankenberg S
J AM COLL CARDIOL. 2014;63(25 Pt A):2884-5.

Metabolic signatures of adiposity in young adults: Mendelian randomization analysis and effects of weight change
Würtz P, Wang Q, Kangas A, Richmond R, Skarp J, Tiainen M, Tynkkynen T, Soininen P, Havulinna A, Kaakinen M, Viikari J, Savolainen M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Männistö S, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Laitinen J, Pouta A, Mäntyselkä P, Vanhala M, Elliott P, Pietiläinen K, Ripatti S, Salomaa V, Raitakari O, Järvelin M, Smith G, Ala-Korpela M
PLOS MED. 2014;11(12):e1001765.

BiomarCaRE: rationale and design of the European BiomarCaRE project including 300,000 participants from 13 European countries
Zeller T, Hughes M, Tuovinen T, Schillert A, Conrads-Frank A, Ruijter H, Schnabel R, Kee F, Salomaa V, Siebert U, Thorand B, Ziegler A, Breek H, Pasterkamp G, Kuulasmaa K, Koenig W, Blankenberg S
EUR J EPIDEMIOL. 2014;29(10):777-90.

Assessment of microRNAs in patients with unstable angina pectoris
Zeller T, Keller T, Ojeda Echevarria F, Reichlin T, Twerenbold R, Tzikas S, Wild P, Reiter M, Czyz E, Lackner K, Munzel T, Mueller C, Blankenberg S
EUR HEART J. 2014.

High population prevalence of cardiac troponin I measured by a high-sensitivity assay and cardiovascular risk estimation: the MORGAM Biomarker Project Scottish Cohort
Zeller T, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Saarela O, Ojeda Echevarria F, Schnabel R, Tuovinen T, Woodward M, Struthers A, Hughes M, Kee F, Salomaa V, Kuulasmaa K, Blankenberg S
EUR HEART J. 2014;35(5):271-81.

Observational cohort study of ventricular arrhythmia in adults with Marfan syndrome caused by FBN1 mutations
Aydin A, Adsay B, Sheikhzadeh S, Keyser B, Rybczynski M, Sondermann C, Detter C, Steven D, Robinson P, Berger J, Schmidtke J, Blankenberg S, Willems S, von Kodolitsch Y, Hoffmann B
PLOS One. 2013;8(12):e81281.

Diagnosing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Becher P, Lindner D, Fluschnik N, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
Expert Opin Med Diagn. 2013;7(5):463-74.

Comparison of a 3-hour versus a 6-hour sampling-protocol using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T for rule-out and rule-in of non-STEMI in an unselected emergency department population
Biener M, Mueller M, Vafaie M, Keller T, Blankenberg S, White H, Katus H, Giannitsis E
INT J CARDIOL. 2013;167(4):1134-40.

GUESS-ing polygenic associations with multiple phenotypes using a GPU-based evolutionary stochastic search algorithm
Bottolo L, Chadeau-Hyam M, Hastie D, Zeller T, Liquet B, Newcombe P, Yengo L, Wild P, Schillert A, Ziegler A, Nielsen S, Butterworth A, Ho W, Castagné R, Munzel T, Tregouet D, Falchi M, Cambien F, Nordestgaard B, Fumeron F, Tybjærg-Hansen A, Froguel P, Danesh J, Petretto E, Blankenberg S, Tiret L, Richardson S
PLOS GENET. 2013;9(8):e1003657.

Anwendung und Nutzen kardialer Biomarker in der Praxis
Brunner F, Blankenberg S
Der Kardiologe. 2013;7(5):377-386.

The best of both worlds: staged hybrid approach to complex cardiac disease in a patient at high surgical risk.
Conradi L, Baldus S, Treede H, Seiffert M, Schirmer J, Rudolph V, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H
THORAC CARDIOV SURG. 2013;61(5):421-424.

What's new in transapical aortic valve Implantation: clinical experience with second generation devices
Conradi L, Seiffert M, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Diemert P, Treede H
MINERVA CARDIOANGIOL . 2013;61(3):341-9.

Towards an integrated approach to mitral valve disease: implementation of an interventional mitral valve programme and its impact on surgical activity
Conradi L, Seiffert M, Treede H, Rudolph V, Silaschi M, Blankenberg S, Baldus S, Reichenspurner H
EUR J CARDIO-THORAC. 2013;44(2):324-8; discussion 328-9.

Surgical or percutaneous mitral valve repair for secondary mitral regurgitation: comparison of patient characteristics and clinical outcomes
Conradi L, Treede H, Rudolph V, Graumüller P, Lubos E, Baldus S, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H
EUR J CARDIO-THORAC. 2013;44(3):490-6; discussion 496.

The shared allelic architecture of adiponectin levels and coronary artery disease
Dastani Z, Johnson T, Kronenberg F, Nelson C, Assimes T, März W, Richards J
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2013;229(1):145-8.

Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease
Deloukas P, Kanoni S, Willenborg C, Farrall M, Assimes T, Thompson J, Ingelsson E, Saleheen D, Erdmann J, Goldstein B, Stirrups K, König I, Cazier J, Johansson A, Hall A, Lee J, Willer C, Chambers J, Esko T, Folkersen L, Goel A, Grundberg E, Havulinna A, Ho W, Hopewell J, Eriksson N, Kleber M, Kristiansson K, Lundmark P, Lyytikäinen L, Rafelt S, Shungin D, Strawbridge R, Thorleifsson G, Tikkanen E, Van Zuydam N, Voight B, Waite L, Zhang W, Ziegler A, Absher D, Altshuler D, Balmforth A, Barroso I, Braund P, Burgdorf C, Claudi-Boehm S, Cox D, Dimitriou M, Do R, Doney A, El Mokhtari N, Eriksson P, Fischer K, Fontanillas P, Franco-Cereceda A, Gigante B, Groop L, Gustafsson S, Hager J, Hallmans G, Han B, Hunt S, Kang H, Illig T, Kessler T, Knowles J, Kolovou G, Kuusisto J, Langenberg C, Langford C, Leander K, Lokki M, Lundmark A, McCarthy M, Meisinger C, Melander O, Mihailov E, Maouche S, Morris A, Müller-Nurasyid M, Nikus K, Peden J, Rayner N, Rasheed A, Rosinger S, Rubin D, Rumpf M, Schäfer A, Sivananthan M, Song C, Stewart A, Tan S, Thorgeirsson G, van der Schoot C, Wagner P, Wells G, Wild P, Yang T, Amouyel P, Arveiler D, Basart H, Boehnke M, Boerwinkle E, Brambilla P, Cambien F, Cupples A, de Faire U, Dehghan A, Diemert P, Epstein S, Evans A, Ferrario M, Ferrières J, Gauguier D, Go A, Goodall A, Gudnason V, Hazen S, Holm H, Iribarren C, Jang Y, Kähönen M, Kee F, Kim H, Klopp N, Koenig W, Kratzer W, Kuulasmaa K, Laakso M, Laaksonen R, Lee J, Lind L, Ouwehand W, Parish S, Park J, Pedersen N, Peters A, Quertermous T, Rader D, Salomaa V, Schadt E, Shah S, Sinisalo J, Stark K, Stefansson K, Trégouët D, Virtamo J, Wallentin L, Wareham N, Zimmermann M, Nieminen M, Hengstenberg C, Sandhu M, Pastinen T, Syvänen A, Hovingh G, Dedoussis G, Franks P, Lehtimäki T, Metspalu A, Zalloua P, Siegbahn A, Schreiber S, Ripatti S, Blankenberg S, Perola M, Clarke R, Boehm B, O'Donnell C, Reilly M, März W, Collins R, Kathiresan S, Hamsten A, Kooner J, Thorsteinsdottir U, Danesh J, Palmer C, Roberts R, Watkins H, Schunkert H, Samani N
NAT GENET. 2013;45(1):25-33.

Patient gender does not affect outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
Diemert P, Seiffert M, Schnabel R, Wilde S, Conradi L, Schirmer J, Koschyk D, Reichenspurner H, Baldus S, Treede H, Blankenberg S
J HEART VALVE DIS. 2013;22(6):789-93.

Dysfunctional nitric oxide signalling increases risk of myocardial infarction
Erdmann J, Stark K, Esslinger U, Rumpf P, Koesling D, de Wit C, Kaiser F, Braunholz D, Medack A, Fischer M, Zimmermann M, Tennstedt S, Graf E, Eck S, Aherrahrou Z, Nahrstaedt J, Willenborg C, Bruse P, Brænne I, Nöthen M, Hofmann P, Braund P, Mergia E, Reinhard W, Burgdorf C, Schreiber S, Balmforth A, Hall A, Bertram L, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Li S, März W, Reilly M, Kathiresan S, McPherson R, Walter U, Ott J, Samani N, Strom T, Meitinger T, Hengstenberg C, Schunkert H
NATURE. 2013;504(7480):432-6.

Genome-wide haplotype analysis of cis expression quantitative trait loci in monocytes
Garnier S, Truong V, Brocheton J, Zeller T, Rovital M, Wild P, Ziegler A, Munzel T, Tiret L, Blankenberg S, Deloukas P, Erdmann J, Hengstenberg C, Samani N, Schunkert H, Ouwehand W, Goodall A, Cambien F, Trégouët D
PLOS GENET. 2013;9(1):e1003240.

Die bikuspide Aortenklappe
Hillebrand M, Bernhardt A, Aydin M, Blankenberg S, Willems S, Kodolitsch Y, Lorenzen V
Die Medizinische Welt. 2013;64(2):106-109.

Common genetic variation at the IL1RL1 locus regulates IL-33/ST2 signaling
Ho J, Chen W, Chen M, Larson M, McCabe E, Cheng S, Ghorbani A, Coglianese E, Emilsson V, Johnson A, Walter S, Franceschini N, O'Donnell C, Dehghan A, Lu C, Levy D, Newton-Cheh C, Lin H, Felix J, Schreiter E, Vasan R, Januzzi J, Lee R, Wang T
J CLIN INVEST. 2013;123(10):4208-18.

Defining a reference population to determine the 99th percentile of a contemporary sensitive cardiac troponin I assay.
Keller T, Ojeda Echevarria F, Zeller T, Wild P, Tzikas S, Sinning C, Peetz D, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Lackner K
INT J CARDIOL. 2013;167(4):1423-1429.

Hazardous alcohol consumption is associated with increased levels of B-type natriuretic Peptide: evidence from two population-based studies
Leon D, Shkolnikov V, Borinskaya S, Casas J, Evans A, Gil A, Kee F, Kiryanov N, McKee M, O'Doherty M, Ploubidis G, Polikina O, Vassiliev M, Blankenberg S, Watkins H
EUR J EPIDEMIOL. 2013;28(5):393-404.

Genetic predisposition to higher blood pressure increases coronary artery disease risk
Lieb W, Jansen H, Loley C, Pencina M, Nelson C, Newton-Cheh C, Kathiresan S, Reilly M, Assimes T, Boerwinkle E, Hall A, Hengstenberg C, Laaksonen R, McPherson R, Thorsteinsdottir U, Ziegler A, Peters A, Thompson J, König I, Erdmann J, Samani N, Vasan R, Schunkert H, Assimes T, Deloukas P, Erdmann J, Holm H, Kathiresan S, König I, McPherson R, Reilly M, Roberts R, Samani N, Schunkert H, Stewart A
HYPERTENSION. 2013;61(5):995-1001.

Current Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Should We Add Life to the Remaining Years or Add Years to the Remaining Life?
Li J, Becher P, Blankenberg S, Westermann D
Cardiol Res Pract. 2013;2013:130724.

The validity of heart failure diagnoses obtained from administrative registers
Mähönen M, Jula A, Harald K, Antikainen R, Tuomilehto J, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Salomaa V
EUR J PREV CARDIOL. 2013;20(2):254-9.

Elektive nicht kardiochirurgische Operationen bei Patienten mit kardialer Grunderkrankung
Markworth F, Debus E, Blankenberg S
GEFASSCHIRURGIE. 2013;18(1):21-27.

Plasma lipoprotein(a) concentration predicts future coronary and cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary heart disease
Nestel P, Barnes E, Tonkin A, Simes J, Fournier M, White H, Colquhoun D, Blankenberg S, Sullivan D
ARTERIOSCL THROM VAS. 2013;33(12):2902-8.

New Aspects on Arterial Hypertension
Neumann J, Blankenberg S
Hindawi Conference Papers in Science. 2013.

Association of MR-proadrenomedullin with cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical cardiovascular disease
Neumann J, Tzikas S, Funke-Kaiser A, Wilde S, Appelbaum S, Keller T, Ojeda Echevarria F, Zeller T, Zwiener I, Sinning C, Jagodzinski A, Schnabel R, Lackner K, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Wild P, Sydow K
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2013;228(2):451-9.

Genome-wide and gene-centric analyses of circulating myeloperoxidase levels in the charge and care consortia
Reiner A, Hartiala J, Zeller T, Bis J, Dupuis J, Fornage M, Baumert J, Kleber M, Wild P, Baldus S, Bielinski S, Fontes J, Illig T, Keating B, Lange L, Ojeda Echevarria F, Müller-Nurasyid M, Munzel T, Psaty B, Rice K, Rotter J, Schnabel R, Tang W, Thorand B, Erdmann J, , Jacobs D, Wilson J, Koenig W, Tracy R, Blankenberg S, März W, Gross M, Benjamin E, Hazen S, Allayee H
HUM MOL GENET. 2013;22(16):3381-93.

Aetiology of mitral regurgitation differentially affects 2-year adverse outcomes after MitraClip therapy in high-risk patients
Rudolph V, Lubos E, Schlüter M, Lubs D, Goldmann B, Knap M, de Vries T, Treede H, Schirmer J, Conradi L, Wegscheider K, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Baldus S
EUR J HEART FAIL. 2013;15(7):796-807.

Bivalvular transcatheter treatment of high-surgical-risk patients with coexisting severe aortic stenosis and significant mitral regurgitation
Rudolph V, Schirmer J, Franzen O, Schlüter M, Seiffert M, Treede H, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S
INT J CARDIOL. 2013;167(3):716-20.

Multiethnic meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in >100 000 subjects identifies 23 fibrinogen-associated Loci but no strong evidence of a causal association between circulating fibrinogen and cardiovascular disease
Sabater-Lleal M, Huang J, Chasman D, Naitza S, Dehghan A, Johnson A, Teumer A, Reiner A, Folkersen L, Basu S, Rudnicka A, Trompet S, Mälarstig A, Baumert J, Bis J, Guo X, Hottenga J, Shin S, Lopez L, Lahti J, Tanaka T, Yanek L, Oudot-Mellakh T, Wilson J, Navarro P, Huffman J, Zemunik T, Redline S, Mehra R, Pulanic D, Rudan I, Wright A, Kolcic I, Polasek O, Wild S, Campbell H, Curb J, Wallace R, Liu S, Eaton C, Becker D, Becker L, Bandinelli S, Räikkönen K, Widen E, Palotie A, Fornage M, Green D, Gross M, Davies G, Harris S, Liewald D, Starr J, Williams F, Grant P, Spector T, Strawbridge R, Silveira A, Sennblad B, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden A, Franco O, Hofman A, van Dongen J, Willemsen G, Boomsma D, Yao J, Swords Jenny N, Haritunians T, McKnight B, Lumley T, Taylor K, Rotter J, Psaty B, Peters A, Gieger C, Illig T, Grotevendt A, Homuth G, Völzke H, Kocher T, Goel A, Franzosi M, Seedorf U, Clarke R, Steri M, Tarasov K, Sanna S, Schlessinger D, Stott D, Sattar N, Buckley B, Rumley A, Lowe G, McArdle W, Chen M, Tofler G, Song J, Boerwinkle E, Folsom A, Rose L, Franco-Cereceda A, Teichert M, Ikram M, Mosley T, Bevan S, Dichgans M, Rothwell P, Sudlow C, Hopewell J, Chambers J, Saleheen D, Kooner J, Danesh J, Nelson C, Erdmann J, Reilly M, Kathiresan S, Schunkert H, Morange P, Ferrucci L, Eriksson J, Jacobs D, Deary I, Soranzo N, Witteman J, de Geus E, Tracy R, Hayward C, Koenig W, Cucca F, Jukema J, Eriksson P, Seshadri S, Markus H, Watkins H, Samani N, Wallaschofski H, Smith N, Tregouet D, Ridker P, Tang W, Strachan D, Hamsten A, O'Donnell C
CIRCULATION. 2013;128(12):1310-24.

Transcatheter aortic valve Implantation: alternative access options
Schirmer J, Conradi L, Seiffert M, Koschyk D, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Diemert P, Treede H
MINERVA CARDIOANGIOL . 2013;61(4):429-35.

Sex differences in noninvasive vascular function in the community
Schnabel R, Biener M, Wilde S, Sinning C, Ojeda Echevarria F, Zeller T, Lubos E, Lackner K, Warnholtz A, Gori T, Espinola-Klein C, Blankenberg S, Munzel T, Wild P
J HYPERTENS. 2013;31(7):1437-46; discussion 1446.

Brauchen wir immer neue Biomarker?
Schnabel R, Blankenberg S
DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR. 2013;138(13):662-4.

Depression in atrial fibrillation in the general population
Schnabel R, Michal M, Wilde S, Wiltink J, Wild P, Sinning C, Lubos E, Ojeda Echevarria F, Zeller T, Munzel T, Blankenberg S, Beutel M
PLOS One. 2013;8(12):e79109.

Severe intraprocedural complications after transcatheter aortic valve Implantation: calling for a heart team approach
Seiffert M, Conradi L, Baldus S, Schirmer J, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Diemert P, Treede H
EUR J CARDIO-THORAC. 2013;44(3):478-84; discussion 484.

Transapical implantation of a second-generation transcatheter heart valve in patients with noncalcified aortic regurgitation
Seiffert M, Diemert P, Koschyk D, Schirmer J, Conradi L, Schnabel R, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Baldus S, Treede H
J AM COLL CARDIOL. 2013;6(6):590-7.

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, coronary artery disease, and cardiovascular mortality
Silbernagel G, Schöttker B, Appelbaum S, Scharnagl H, Kleber M, Grammer T, Ritsch A, Mons U, Holleczek B, Goliasch G, Niessner A, Boehm B, Schnabel R, Brenner H, Blankenberg S, Landmesser U, März W
EUR HEART J. 2013;34(46):3563-71.

Association between multiple biomarkers and classical risk factors with early carotid atherosclerosis
Sinning C, Kieback A, Wild P, Appelbaum S, Schnabel R, Zeller T, Debus E, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Espinola-Klein C
EUR HEART J. 2013;34(Suppl. 1):463-463.

Angiographic score assessment improves cardiovascular risk prediction: the clinical value of SYNTAX and Gensini application
Sinning C, Lillpopp L, Appelbaum S, Ojeda Echevarria F, Zeller T, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Jagodzinski A, Keller T, Munzel T, Bickel C, Blankenberg S
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2013;102(7):495-503.

Adaptive linear rank tests for eQTL studies
Szymczak S, Scheinhardt M, Zeller T, Wild P, Blankenberg S, Ziegler A
STAT MED. 2013;32(3):524-537.

MR-proANP and MR-proADM for risk stratification of patients with acute chest pain
Tzikas S, Keller T, Ojeda Echevarria F, Zeller T, Wild P, Lubos E, Kunde J, Baldus S, Bickel C, Lackner K, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
HEART. 2013;99(6):388-95.

Midregional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide in the general population/Insights from the Gutenberg Health Study
Tzikas S, Keller T, Wild P, Schulz A, Zwiener I, Zeller T, Schnabel R, Sinning C, Lubos E, Kunde J, Münzel T, Lackner K, Blankenberg S
CLIN CHEM LAB MED. 2013;51(5):1125-33.

The molecular genetic architecture of self-employment
van der Loos M, Rietveld C, Eklund N, Koellinger P, Rivadeneira F, Abecasis G, Ankra-Badu G, Baumeister S, Benjamin D, Biffar R, Blankenberg S, Boomsma D, Cesarini D, Cucca F, de Geus E, Dedoussis G, Deloukas P, Dimitriou M, Eiriksdottir G, Eriksson J, Gieger C, Gudnason V, Höhne B, Holle R, Hottenga J, Isaacs A, Järvelin M, Johannesson M, Kaakinen M, Kähönen M, Kanoni S, Laaksonen M, Lahti J, Launer L, Lehtimäki T, Loitfelder M, Magnusson P, Naitza S, Oostra B, Perola M, Petrovic K, Quaye L, Raitakari O, Ripatti S, Scheet P, Schlessinger D, Schmidt C, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Senft A, Smith A, Spector T, Surakka I, Svento R, Terracciano A, Tikkanen E, van Duijn C, Viikari J, Völzke H, Wichmann H, Wild P, Willems S, Willemsen G, van Rooij F, Groenen P, Uitterlinden A, Hofman A, Thurik A
PLOS One. 2013;8(4):e60542.

Graphical modeling of gene expression in monocytes suggests molecular mechanisms explaining increased atherosclerosis in smokers
Verdugo R, Zeller T, Rotival M, Wild P, Münzel T, Lackner K, Weidmann H, Ninio E, Trégouët D, Cambien F, Blankenberg S, Tiret L
PLOS One. 2013;8(1):e50888.

Changes in lipoprotein-Associated phospholipase A2 activity predict coronary events and partly account for the treatment effect of pravastatin: results from the Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease study
White H, Simes J, Stewart R, Blankenberg S, Barnes E, Marschner I, Thompson P, West M, Zeller T, Colquhoun D, Nestel P, Keech A, Sullivan D, Hunt D, Tonkin A
J AM HEART ASSOC. 2013;2(5):e000360.

Blood-based gene expression tests: promises and limitations
Zeller T, Blankenberg S
CIRC-CARDIOVASC GENE. 2013;6(2):139-40.

Impact of biomarkers, proteomics, and genomics in cardiovascular disease.
Apple F, Blankenberg S, Morrow D
CLIN CHEM. 2012;58(1):1-2.

Long-range DNA looping and gene expression analyses identify DEXI as an autoimmune disease candidate gene.
Davison L, Wallace C, Cooper J, Cope N, Wilson N, Smyth D, Howson J, Saleh N, Al-Jeffery A, Angus K, Stevens H, Nutland S, Duley S, Coulson R, Walker N, Burren O, Rice C, Cambien F, Zeller T, Munzel T, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Consortium C, Fraser P, Gottgens B, Todd J, Attwood T, Belz S, Braund P, Cambien F, Cooper J, Crisp-Hihn A, Diemert P, Deloukas P, Foad N, Erdmann J, Goodall A, Gracey J, Gray E, Gwilliams R, Heimerl S, Hengstenberg C, Jolley J, Krishnan U, Lloyd-Jones H, Lugauer I, Lundmark P, Maouche S, Moore J, Muir D, Murray E, Nelson C, Neudert J, Niblett D, O'Leary K, Ouwehand W, Pollard H, Rankin A, Sager H, Samani N, Sambrook J, Schmitz G, Scholz M, Schroeder L, Schunkert H, Syvannen A, Tennstedt S
HUM MOL GENET. 2012;21(2):322-333.

Discovery and fine mapping of serum protein loci through transethnic meta-analysis.
Franceschini N, Rooij v, Frank J, Prins B, Feitosa M, Karakas M, Eckfeldt J, Folsom A, Kopp J, Vaez A, Andrews J, Baumert J, Boraska V, Broer L, Hayward C, Ngwa J, Okada Y, Polasek O, Westra H, Wang Y, Fabiola D, Glazer N, Kapur K, Kema I, Lopez L, Schillert A, Smith A, Winkler C, Zgaga L, Study L, Bandinelli S, Bergmann S, Boban M, Bochud M, Chen Y, Davies G, Dehghan A, Ding J, Doering A, Durda J, Ferrucci L, Franco O, Franke L, Gunjaca G, Hofman A, Hsu F, Kolcic I, Kraja A, Kubo M, Lackner K, Launer L, Loehr L, Li G, Meisinger C, Nakamura Y, Schwienbacher C, Starr J, Takahashi A, Torlak V, Uitterlinden A, Vitart V, Waldenberger M, Wild P, Zeller T, Zeller T, Zemunik T, Zhang Q, Blankenberg S, Blankenberg S, Boerwinkle E, Borecki I, Campbell H, Deary I, Frayling T, Gieger C, Harris T, Hicks A, Koenig W, Donnell O, Christopher J, Fox C, Pramstaller P, Psaty B, Reiner A, Rotter J, Rudan I, Snieder H, Tanaka T, Duijn v, Cornelia M, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Wilson J, Witteman J, Wolffenbuttel B, Wright A, Wu Q, Liu Y, Jenny N, North K, Felix J, Alizadeh B, Cupples L, Perry J, Morris A
AM J HUM GENET. 2012;91(4):744-753.

Comprehensive exploration of the effects of miRNA SNPs on monocyte gene expression.
Greliche N, Zeller T, Wild P, Rotival M, Schillert A, Ziegler A, Deloukas P, Erdmann J, Hengstenberg C, Ouwehand W, Samani N, Schunkert H, Munzel T, Lackner K, Cambien F, Goodall A, Tiret L, Blankenberg S, Trégouët D, Consortium C
PLOS One. 2012;7(9):45863.

A multiple biomarker risk score for guiding clinical decisions using a decision curve approach.
Hughes M, Saarela O, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Havulinna A, Kuulasmaa K, Yarnell J, Schnabel R, Tiret L, Salomaa V, Evans A, Kee F
EUR J PREV CARDIOL. 2012;19(4):874-884.

Association of soluble endothelial protein C receptor plasma levels and PROCR rs867186 with cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease patients: the Athero Gene study.
Kallel C, Cohen W, Saut N, Blankenberg S, Schnabel R, Rupprecht H, Bickel C, Munzel T, Tregouet D, Morange P
BMC MED GENET. 2012;13:103.

[The length of hospital stay in patients with acute coronary syndrome is reduced by establishing a chest pain unit].
Keller T, Tzikas S, Scheiba O, Krahn U, Post F, Arnolds S, Blankenberg S, Warnholtz A, Münzel T, Genth-Zotz S
HERZ. 2012;37(3):301-307.

Prognostic information of glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme BB in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome.
Lillpopp L, Tzikas S, Ojeda Echevarria F, Zeller T, Baldus S, Bickel C, Sinning C, Wild P, Genth-Zotz S, Warnholtz A, Lackner K, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Keller T
AM J CARDIOL. 2012;110(9):1225-1230.

Absolute and relative kinetic changes of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in acute coronary syndrome and in patients with increased troponin in the absence of acute coronary syndrome.
Mueller M, Biener M, Vafaie M, Doerr S, Keller T, Blankenberg S, Katus H, Giannitsis E
CLIN CHEM. 2012;58(1):209-218.

Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies.
Murabito J, White C, Kavousi M, Sun Y, Feitosa M, Nambi V, Lamina C, Schillert A, Coassin S, Bis J, Broer L, Crawford D, Franceschini N, Frikke-Schmidt R, Haun M, Holewijn S, Huffman J, Hwang S, Kiechl S, Kollerits B, Montasser M, Nolte I, Rudock M, Senft A, Teumer A, van der Harst P, Vitart V, Waite L, Wood A, Wassel C, Absher D, Allison M, Amin N, Arnold A, Asselbergs F, Aulchenko Y, Bandinelli S, Barbalic M, Boban M, Brown-Gentry K, Couper D, Criqui M, Dehghan A, den Heijer M, Dieplinger B, Ding J, Dörr M, Espinola-Klein C, Felix S, Ferrucci L, Folsom A, Fraedrich G, Gibson Q, Goodloe R, Gunjaca G, Haltmayer M, Heiss G, Hofman A, Kieback A, Kiemeney L, Kolcic I, Kullo I, Kritchevsky S, Lackner K, Li X, Lieb W, Lohman K, Meisinger C, Melzer D, Mohler E, Mudnic I, Mueller T, Navis G, Oberhollenzer F, Olin J, O'Connell J, O'Donnell C, Palmas W, Penninx B, Petersmann A, Polasek O, Psaty B, Rantner B, Rice K, Rivadeneira F, Rotter J, Seldenrijk A, Stadler M, Summerer M, Tanaka T, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Uitterlinden A, Gilst v, Wiek H, Vermeulen S, Wild S, Wild P, Zeller T, Zeller T, Zemunik T, Zgaga L, Blankenberg S, Blankenberg S, Boerwinkle E, Campbell H, Cooke J, de Graaf J, Herrington D, Kardia S, Mitchell B, Murray A, Münzel T, Newman A, Oostra B, Rudan I, Shuldiner A, Snieder H, Duijn v, Cornelia M, Völker U, Wright A, Wichmann H, Wilson J, Witteman J, Liu Y, Hayward C, Borecki I, Ziegler A, North K, Cupples L, Kronenberg F
CIRC-CARDIOVASC GENE. 2012;5(1):100-112.

Diagnostic and prognostic performance of myeloperoxidase plasma levels compared with sensitive troponins in patients admitted with acute onset chest pain.
Rudolph V, Keller T, Schulz A, Ojeda Echevarria F, Rudolph T, Tzikas S, Bickel C, Meinertz T, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Baldus S
CIRC-CARDIOVASC GENE. 2012;5(5):561-568.

Atrial fibrillation: its prevalence and risk factor profile in the German general population.
Schnabel R, Wilde S, Wild P, Munzel T, Blankenberg S
DTSCH ARZTEBL INT. 2012;109(16):293-299.

Multiple endothelial biomarkers and noninvasive vascular function in the general population: the Gutenberg Health Study.
Schnabel R, Wild P, Schulz A, Zeller T, Sinning C, Wilde S, Kunde J, Lubos E, Lackner K, Warnholtz A, Gori T, Blankenberg S, Munzel T, Investigators G
HYPERTENSION. 2012;60(2):288-295.

Analyzing illumina gene expression microarray data from different tissues: methodological aspects of data analysis in the metaxpress consortium.
Schurmann C, Heim K, Schillert A, Blankenberg S, Carstensen M, Dörr M, Endlich K, Felix S, Gieger C, Grallert H, Herder C, Hoffmann W, Homuth G, Illig T, Kruppa J, Meitinger T, Müller C, Nauck M, Peters A, Rettig R, Roden M, Strauch K, Völker U, Völzke H, Wahl S, Wallaschofski H, Wild P, Zeller T, Teumer A, Prokisch H, Ziegler A
PLOS One. 2012;7(12):50938.

Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve implantation in patients with degenerated bioprostheses
Seiffert M, Conradi L, Baldus S, Schirmer J, Knap M, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H, Treede H
JACC-CARDIOVASC INTE. 2012;5(3):341-9.

Fachübergreifende Patientenversorgung und gemeinsames Budget als Zukunftsmodell - Gelebte Interdisziplinarität am Beispiel des Universitären Herzzentrums Hamburg
Seiffert M, Treede H, Boehm D, Overlack K, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H
Z Herz-, Thorax-, Gefäßchirurgie. 2012;26(5):312-315.

Analysis of phenotype and genotype information for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome
Sheikhzadeh S, Kade C, Keyser B, Stuhrmann M, Arslan-Kirchner M, Rybczynski M, Bernhardt A, Habermann C, Hillebrand M, Mir T, Robinson P, Berger J, Detter C, Blankenberg S, Schmidtke J, Kodolitsch Y
CLIN GENET. 2012;82(3):240-7.

A simple clinical model to estimate the probability of Marfan syndrome
Sheikhzadeh S, Kusch M, Rybczynski M, Kade C, Keyser B, Bernhardt A, Hillebrand M, Mir T, Fuisting B, Robinson P, Berger J, Lorenzen V, Schmidtke J, Blankenberg S, Kodolitsch Y
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians. 2012;105(6):527-35.

How to use high-sensitivity cardiac troponins in acute cardiac care.
Thygesen K, Mair J, Giannitsis E, Mueller C, Lindahl B, Blankenberg S, Huber K, Plebani M, Biasucci L, Tubaro M, Collinson P, Venge P, Hasin Y, Galvani M, Koenig W, Hamm C, Alpert J, Katus H, Jaffe A, Care S
EUR HEART J. 2012;33(18):2252-2257.

Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study.
Voight B, Peloso G, Orho-Melander M, Frikke-Schmidt R, Barbalic M, Jensen M, Hindy G, Hólm H, Ding E, Johnson T, Schunkert H, Samani N, Clarke R, Hopewell J, Thompson J, Li M, Thorleifsson G, Newton-Cheh C, Musunuru K, Pirruccello J, Saleheen D, Chen L, Stewart A, Schillert A, Thorsteinsdottir U, Thorgeirsson G, Anand S, Engert J, Morgan T, Spertus J, Stoll M, Berger K, Martinelli N, Girelli D, McKeown P, Patterson C, Epstein S, Devaney J, Burnett M, Mooser V, Ripatti S, Surakka I, Nieminen M, Sinisalo J, Lokki M, Perola M, Havulinna A, de Faire U, Gigante B, Ingelsson E, Zeller T, Wild P, Bakker d, Paul I, Klungel O, Anke-Hilse M, Peters B, de Boer A, Grobbee D, Kamphuisen P, Deneer V, Elbers C, Onland-Moret N, Hofker M, Wijmenga C, Verschuren W, Boer J, Schouw v, Yvonne T, Rasheed A, Frossard P, Demissie S, Willer C, Do R, Ordovas J, Abecasis G, Boehnke M, Mohlke K, Daly M, Guiducci C, Burtt N, Surti A, Gonzalez E, Purcell S, Gabriel S, Marrugat J, Peden J, Erdmann J, Diemert P, Willenborg C, König I, Fischer M, Hengstenberg C, Ziegler A, Buysschaert I, Lambrechts D, Frans V, Fox K, Mokhtari E, Eddine N, Rubin D, Schrezenmeir J, Blankenberg S, Schäfer A, Danesh J, Blankenberg S, Roberts R, McPherson R, Watkins H, Hall A, Overvad K, Rimm E, Boerwinkle E, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Cupples L, Reilly M, Melander O, Mannucci P, Ardissino D, Siscovick D, Elosua R, Stefansson K, O'Donnell C, Salomaa V, Rader D, Peltonen L, Schwartz S, Altshuler D, Kathiresan S
Lancet. 2012;380(9841):572-580.

Statistical colocalization of monocyte gene expression and genetic risk variants for type 1 diabetes.
Wallace C, Rotival M, Cooper J, Rice C, Yang J, McNeill M, Smyth D, Niblett D, Cambien F, Consortium C, Tiret L, Todd J, Clayton D, Blankenberg S
HUM MOL GENET. 2012;21(12):2815-2824.

Midregional proadrenomedullin for prediction of cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: results from the AtheroGene study.
Wild P, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Zeller T, Sinning C, Keller T, Tzikas S, Lackner K, Peetz D, Rupprecht H, Bickel C, Morgenthaler N, Papassotiriou J, Tiret L, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
CLIN CHEM. 2012;58(1):226-236.

[The Gutenberg Health Study].
Wild P, Zeller T, Beutel M, Blettner M, Dugi K, Lackner K, Pfeiffer N, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLATT. 2012;55(6-7):824-829.

Genomewide association studies in cardiovascular disease--an update 2011.
Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Diemert P
CLIN CHEM. 2012;58(1):92-103.

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE consortium identifies common variants associated with carotid intima media thickness and plaque.
Bis J, Kavousi M, Franceschini N, Isaacs A, Abecasis G, Schminke U, Post W, Smith A, Cupples L, Markus H, Schmidt R, Huffman J, Lehtimäki T, Baumert J, Münzel T, Heckbert S, Dehghan A, North K, Oostra B, Bevan S, Stoegerer E, Hayward C, Raitakari O, Meisinger C, Schillert A, Sanna S, Völzke H, Cheng Y, Thorsson B, Fox C, Rice K, Rivadeneira F, Nambi V, Halperin E, Petrovic K, Peltonen L, Wichmann H, Schnabel R, Dörr M, Parsa A, Aspelund T, Demissie S, Kathiresan S, Reilly M, Taylor K, Uitterlinden A, Couper D, Sitzer M, Kähönen M, Illig T, Wild P, Orru M, Lüdemann J, Shuldiner A, Eiriksdottir G, White C, Rotter J, Hofman A, Seissler J, Zeller T, Usala G, Ernst F, Launer L, D'Agostino R, O'Leary D, Ballantyne C, Thiery J, Ziegler A, Lakatta E, Chilukoti R, Harris T, Wolf P, Psaty B, Polak J, Li X, Rathmann W, Uda M, Boerwinkle E, Klopp N, Schmidt H, Wilson J, Viikari J, Koenig W, Blankenberg S, Newman A, Witteman J, Heiss G, Duijn C, Scuteri A, Homuth G, Mitchell B, Gudnason V, O'Donnell C
NAT GENET. 2011;43(10):940-947.

Bayesian detection of expression quantitative trait loci hot spots.
Bottolo L, Petretto E, Blankenberg S, Cambien F, Cook S, Tiret L, Richardson S
GENETICS. 2011;189(4):1449-1459.

The choice of the filtering method in microarrays affects the inference regarding dosage compensation of the active X-chromosome.
Castagné R, Rotival M, Zeller T, Wild P, Truong V, Trégouët D, Munzel T, Ziegler A, Cambien F, Blankenberg S, Tiret L
PLOS One. 2011;6(9):23956.

Influence of sex and genetic variability on expression of X-linked genes in human monocytes.
Castagné R, Zeller T, Rotival M, Szymczak S, Truong V, Schillert A, Trégouët D, Münzel T, Ziegler A, Cambien F, Blankenberg S, Tiret L
GENOMICS. 2011;98(5):320-326.

Therapie der Mitralklappeninsuffizienz: Chirurgische und interventionelle Neuerungen
Conradi L, Treede H, Baldus S, Seiffert M, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H
HERZ. 2011;36(8):677-85.

[Treating mitral regurgitation: a surgical and interventional update].
Conradi L, Treede H, Baldus S, Seiffert M, Blankenberg S, Reichenspurner H
HERZ. 2011;36(8):677-685.

Inflammatory markers and cardiovascular risk in the metabolic syndrome.
Espinola-Klein C, Gori T, Blankenberg S, Munzel T
FRONT BIOSCI-LANDMRK. 2011;16:1663-1674.

Making it more sensitive: the new era of troponin use.
Keller T, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
CIRCULATION. 2011;123(13):1361-1363.

Serial changes in highly sensitive troponin I assay and early diagnosis of myocardial infarction.
Keller T, Zeller T, Ojeda Echevarria F, Tzikas S, Lillpopp L, Sinning C, Wild P, Genth-Zotz S, Warnholtz A, Giannitsis E, Möckel M, Bickel C, Peetz D, Lackner K, Baldus S, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC. 2011;306(24):2684-2693.

Associations between interleukin-1 (IL-1) gene variations or IL-1 receptor antagonist levels and the development of type 2 diabetes.
Luotola K, Pietilä A, Zeller T, Moilanen L, Kähönen M, Nieminen M, Kesäniemi Y, Blankenberg S, Jula A, Perola M, Salomaa V
J INTERN MED. 2011;269(3):322-332.

Genome-wide association study for coronary artery calcification with follow-up in myocardial infarction.
O'Donnell C, Kavousi M, Smith A, Kardia S, Feitosa M, Hwang S, Sun Y, Province M, Aspelund T, Dehghan A, Hoffmann U, Bielak L, Zhang Q, Eiriksdottir G, Duijn v, Cornelia M, Fox C, de Andrade M, Kraja A, Sigurdsson S, Elias-Smale S, Murabito J, Launer L, van der Lugt A, Kathiresan S, Krestin G, Herrington D, Howard T, Liu Y, Post W, Mitchell B, O'Connell J, Shen H, Shuldiner A, Altshuler D, Elosua R, Salomaa V, Schwartz S, Siscovick D, Voight B, Bis J, Glazer N, Psaty B, Boerwinkle E, Heiss G, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Wild P, Schnabel R, Schillert A, Ziegler A, Münzel T, White C, Rotter J, Nalls M, Oudkerk M, Johnson A, Newman A, Uitterlinden A, Massaro J, Cunningham J, Harris T, Hofman A, Peyser P, Borecki I, Cupples L, Gudnason V, Witteman J
CIRCULATION. 2011;124(25):2855-2864.

Identification of ADAMTS7 as a novel locus for coronary atherosclerosis and association of ABO with myocardial infarction in the presence of coronary atherosclerosis: two genome-wide association studies.
Reilly M, Li M, He J, Ferguson J, Stylianou I, Mehta N, Burnett M, Devaney J, Knouff C, Thompson J, Horne B, Stewart A, Assimes T, Wild P, Allayee H, Nitschke P, Patel R, Consortium M, Consortium W, Martinelli N, Girelli D, Quyyumi A, Anderson J, Erdmann J, Hall A, Schunkert H, Quertermous T, Blankenberg S, Hazen S, Roberts R, Kathiresan S, Samani N, Epstein S, Rader D
Lancet. 2011;377(9763):383-392.

Integrating genome-wide genetic variations and monocyte expression data reveals trans-regulated gene modules in humans.
Rotival M, Zeller T, Wild P, Maouche S, Szymczak S, Schillert A, Castagné R, Deiseroth A, Proust C, Brocheton J, Godefroy T, Perret C, Germain M, Eleftheriadis M, Sinning C, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Lackner K, Rossmann H, Münzel T, Rendon A, Consortium C, Erdmann J, Deloukas P, Hengstenberg C, Diemert P, Montalescot G, Ouwehand W, Samani N, Schunkert H, Tregouet D, Ziegler A, Goodall A, Cambien F, Tiret L, Blankenberg S
PLOS GENET. 2011;7(12):1002367.

Noninvasive vascular function measurement in the community: cross-sectional relations and comparison of methods.
Schnabel R, Schulz A, Wild P, Sinning C, Wilde S, Eleftheriadis M, Herkenhoff S, Zeller T, Lubos E, Lackner K, Warnholtz A, Gori T, Blankenberg S, Münzel T
CIRC-CARDIOVASC IMAG. 2011;4(4):371-380.

Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease.
Schunkert H, König I, Kathiresan S, Reilly M, Assimes T, Holm H, Preuss M, Stewart A, Barbalic M, Gieger C, Absher D, Aherrahrou Z, Allayee H, Altshuler D, Anand S, Andersen K, Anderson J, Ardissino D, Ball S, Balmforth A, Barnes T, Becker D, Becker L, Berger K, Bis J, Boekholdt S, Boerwinkle E, Braund P, Brown M, Burnett M, Buysschaert I, Cardiogenics [, Carlquist J, Chen L, Cichon S, Codd V, Davies R, Dedoussis G, Dehghan A, Demissie S, Devaney J, Diemert P, Do R, Doering A, Eifert S, Mokhtari N, Ellis S, Elosua R, Engert J, Epstein S, de Faire U, Fischer M, Folsom A, Freyer J, Gigante B, Girelli D, Gretarsdottir S, Gudnason V, Gulcher J, Halperin E, Hammond N, Hazen S, Hofman A, Horne B, Illig T, Iribarren C, Jones G, Jukema J, Kaiser M, Kaplan L, Kastelein J, Khaw K, Knowles J, Kolovou G, Kong A, Laaksonen R, Lambrechts D, Leander K, Lettre G, Li M, Lieb W, Loley C, Lotery A, Mannucci P, Maouche S, Martinelli N, McKeown P, Meisinger C, Meitinger T, Melander O, Merlini P, Mooser V, Morgan T, Mühleisen T, Muhlestein J, Münzel T, Musunuru K, Nahrstaedt J, Nelson C, Nöthen M, Olivieri O, Patel R, Patterson C, Peters A, Peyvandi F, Qu L, Quyyumi A, Rader D, Rallidis L, Rice C, Rosendaal F, Rubin D, Salomaa V, Sampietro M, Sandhu M, Schadt E, Schäfer A, Schillert A, Schreiber S, Schrezenmeir J, Schwartz S, Siscovick D, Sivananthan M, Sivapalaratnam S, Smith A, Smith T, Snoep J, Soranzo N, Spertus J, Stark K, Stirrups K, Stoll M, Tang W, Tennstedt S, Thorgeirsson G, Thorleifsson G, Tomaszewski M, Uitterlinden A, Rij v, Andre M, Voight B, Wareham N, Wells G, Wichmann H, Wild P, Willenborg C, Witteman J, Wright B, Ye S, Zeller T, Ziegler A, Cambien F, Goodall A, Cupples L, Quertermous T, März W, Blankenberg S, Blankenberg S, Ouwehand W, Hall A, Deloukas P, Thompson J, Stefansson K, Roberts R, Thorsteinsdottir U, O'Donnell C, McPherson R, Erdmann J, Samani N
NAT GENET. 2011;43(4):333-338.

Association of serum procalcitonin with cardiovascular prognosis in coronary artery disease.
Sinning C, Sinning J, Schulz A, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Wild P, Papassotiriou J, Bergmann A, Blankenberg S, Munzel T, Bickel C, Investigators A
CIRC J. 2011;75(5):1184-1191.

Sex differences in early carotid atherosclerosis (from the community-based Gutenberg-Heart Study).
Sinning C, Wild P, Echevarria F, Wilde S, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Herkenhoff S, Bickel C, Klimpe S, Gori T, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Espinola-Klein C, Study G
AM J CARDIOL. 2011;107(12):1841-1847.

A genome-wide association study identifies two loci associated with heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy
Villard E, Perret C, Gary F, Proust C, Dilanian G, Hengstenberg C, Ruppert V, Arbustini E, Wichter T, Germain M, Dubourg O, Tavazzi L, Aumont M, DeGroote P, Fauchier L, Trochu J, Gibelin P, Aupetit J, Stark K, Erdmann J, Hetzer R, Roberts A, Barton P, Regitz-Zagrosek V, Aslam U, Duboscq-Bidot L, Meyborg M, Maisch B, Madeira H, Waldenström A, Galve E, Cleland J, Dorent R, Roizes G, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Goodall A, Cook S, Tregouet D, Tiret L, Isnard R, Komajda M, Charron P, Cambien F
EUR HEART J. 2011;32(9):1065-76.

Pathogenic cycle between the endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor asymmetrical dimethylarginine and the leukocyte-derived hemoprotein myeloperoxidase
von Leitner E, Klinke A, Atzler D, Slocum J, Lund N, Kielstein J, Maas R, Schmidt-Haupt R, Pekarova M, Hellwinkel O, Tsikas D, D'Alecy L, Lau D, Willems S, Kubala L, Ehmke H, Meinertz T, Blankenberg S, Schwedhelm E, Gadegbeku C, Böger R, Baldus S, Sydow K
CIRCULATION. 2011;124(24):2735-45.

Prevalence of distress, comorbid conditions and well being in the general population.
Wiltink J, Beutel M, Till Y, Ojeda F, Wild P, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Michal M
J AFFECT DISORDERS. 2011;130(3):429-437.

Contribution of 30 biomarkers to 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation in 2 population cohorts: the MONICA, risk, genetics, archiving, and monograph (MORGAM) biomarker project.
Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Saarela O, Havulinna Aki S, Kee F, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Kuulasmaa K, Yarnell J, Schnabel R, Wild P, Münzel T, Lackner K, Tiret L, Evans A, Salomaa V, Project M
CIRCULATION. 2010;121(22):2388-2397.

C4BPB/C4BPA is a new susceptibility locus for venous thrombosis with unknown protein S-independent mechanism: results from genome-wide association and gene expression analyses followed by case-control studies.
Buil A, Trégouët D, Souto J, Saut N, Germain M, Rotival M, Tiret L, Cambien F, Lathrop M, Zeller T, Alessi M, Santiago R, Münzel T, Wild P, Fontcuberta J, Gagnon F, Emmerich J, Almasy L, Blankenberg S, Soria J, Morange P
BLOOD. 2010;115(23):4644-4650.

A trans-acting locus regulates an anti-viral expression network and type 1 diabetes risk.
Heinig M, Petretto E, Wallace C, Bottolo L, Rotival M, Lu H, Li Y, Sarwar R, Langley S, Bauerfeind A, Hummel O, Lee Y, Paskas S, Rintisch C, Saar K, Cooper J, Buchan R, Gray Elizabeth E, Cyster Jason G, Consortium C, Erdmann J, Hengstenberg C, Maouche S, Ouwehand W, Rice C, Samani Nilesh J, Schunkert H, Goodall Alison H, Schulz H, Roider H, Vingron M, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Zeller T, Szymczak S, Ziegler A, Tiret L, Smyth Deborah J, Pravenec M, Aitman T, Cambien F, Clayton D, Todd J, Hubner N, Cook Stuart A
NATURE. 2010;467(7314):460-464.

Improved outcome in acute coronary syndrome by establishing a chest pain unit.
Keller T, Post F, Tzikas S, Schneider A, Arnolds S, Scheiba O, Blankenberg S, Münzel T, Genth-Zotz S
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2010;99(3):149-155.

Copeptin improves early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
Keller T, Tzikas S, Zeller T, Czyz E, Lillpopp L, Ojeda F, Roth A, Bickel C, Baldus S, Sinning C, Wild P, Lubos E, Peetz D, Kunde J, Hartmann O, Bergmann A, Post F, Lackner K, Genth-Zotz S, Nicaud V, Tiret L, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
J AM COLL CARDIOL. 2010;55(19):2096-2106.

New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease.
Köttgen A, Pattaro C, Böger C, Fuchsberger C, Olden M, Glazer N, Parsa A, Gao X, Yang Q, Smith A, O'Connell J, Li M, Schmidt H, Tanaka T, Isaacs A, Ketkar S, Hwang S, Johnson A, Dehghan A, Teumer A, Paré G, Atkinson E, Zeller T, Lohman K, Cornelis M, Probst-Hensch N, Kronenberg F, Tönjes A, Hayward C, Aspelund T, Eiriksdottir G, Launer L, Harris T, Rampersaud E, Mitchell B, Arking D, Boerwinkle E, Struchalin M, Cavalieri M, Singleton A, Giallauria F, Metter J, Boer d, Ian H, Haritunians T, Lumley T, Siscovick D, Psaty B, Zillikens M, Oostra B, Feitosa M, Province M, de Andrade M, Turner S, Schillert A, Ziegler A, Wild P, Schnabel R, Wilde S, Munzel T, Leak T, Illig T, Klopp N, Meisinger C, Wichmann H, Koenig W, Zgaga L, Zemunik T, Kolcic I, Minelli C, Hu F, Johansson A, Igl W, Zaboli G, Wild S, Wright A, Campbell H, Ellinghaus D, Schreiber S, Aulchenko Y, Felix J, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden A, Hofman A, Imboden M, Nitsch D, Brandstätter A, Kollerits B, Kedenko L, Mägi R, Stumvoll M, Kovacs P, Boban M, Campbell S, Endlich K, Völzke H, Kroemer H, Nauck M, Völker U, Polasek O, Vitart V, Badola S, Parker A, Ridker P, Blankenberg S, Blankenberg S, Liu Y, Curhan G, Franke A, Rochat T, Paulweber B, Prokopenko I, Wang W, Gudnason V, Shuldiner A, Coresh J, Schmidt R, Ferrucci L, Shlipak M, Duijn v, Cornelia M, Borecki I, Krämer B, Rudan I, Gyllensten U, Wilson J, Witteman J, Pramstaller P, Rettig R, Hastie N, Chasman D, Kao W, Heid I, Fox C
NAT GENET. 2010;42(5):376-384.

Serum selenium and prognosis in cardiovascular disease: results from the AtheroGene study.
Lubos E, Sinning C, Schnabel R, Wild P, Zeller T, Rupprecht H, Bickel C, Lackner K, Peetz D, Loscalzo J, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2010;209(1):271-277.

Genetic variation of the interleukin-1 family and nongenetic factors determining the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist phenotypes.
Luotola K, Pietilä A, Alanne M, Lanki T, Loo B, Jula A, Perola M, Peters A, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Salomaa V
METABOLISM. 2010;59(10):1520-1527.

Ethnic variation in adiponectin and leptin levels and their association with adiposity and insulin resistance.
Mente [, Andrew [, Razak [, Fahad [, Blankenberg S, Stefan [, Vuksan [, Vlad [, Davis [, Darlene A, Miller [, Ruby [, Teo [, Koon [, Gerstein [, Hertzel [, Sharma [, Arya M, Yusuf [, Salim [, Anand [, Sonia S, Study O, Risk E, Risk E
DIABETES CARE. 2010;33(7):1629-1634.

Type-D personality and depersonalization are associated with suicidal ideation in the German general population aged 35-74: results from the Gutenberg Heart Study.
Michal M, Wiltink J, Till Y, Wild P, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Beutel M
J AFFECT DISORDERS. 2010;125(1-3):227-233.

A follow-up study of a genome-wide association scan identifies a susceptibility locus for venous thrombosis on chromosome 6p24.1.
Morange P, Bezemer I, Saut N, Bare L, Burgos G, Brocheton J, Durand H, Biron-Andreani C, Schved J, Pernod G, Galan P, Drouet L, Zelenika D, Germain M, Nicaud V, Heath S, Ninio E, Delluc A, Münzel T, Zeller T, Brand-Herrmann S, Alessi M, Tiret L, Lathrop M, Cambien F, Blankenberg S, Emmerich J, Trégouët D, Rosendaal F
AM J HUM GENET. 2010;86(4):592-595.

Design of the Coronary ARtery DIsease Genome-Wide Replication And Meta-Analysis (CARDIoGRAM) Study: A Genome-wide association meta-analysis involving more than 22 000 cases and 60 000 controls.
Preuss M, König I, Thompson J, Erdmann J, Absher D, Assimes Themistocles L, Blankenberg S, Boerwinkle E, Chen L, Cupples L, Hall Alistair S, Halperin E, Hengstenberg C, Holm H, Laaksonen R, Li M, März W, McPherson R, Musunuru K, Nelson C, Burnett M, Epstein Stephen E, O'Donnell C, Quertermous T, Rader D, Roberts R, Schillert A, Stefansson K, Stewart A, Thorleifsson G, Voight B, Wells George A, Ziegler A, Kathiresan S, Reilly Muredach P, Samani Nilesh J, Schunkert H
CIRC-CARDIOVASC GENE. 2010;3(5):475-483.

Thirty-one novel biomarkers as predictors for clinically incident diabetes.
Salomaa V, Havulinna A, Saarela O, Zeller T, Jousilahti P, Jula A, Muenzel T, Aromaa A, Evans A, Kuulasmaa K, Blankenberg S
PLOS One. 2010;5(4):10100.

Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (Darc) polymorphism regulates circulating concentrations of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and other inflammatory mediators.
Schnabel R, Baumert J, Barbalic M, Dupuis J, Ellinor P, Durda P, Dehghan A, Bis J, Illig T, Morrison A, Jenny N, Keaney J, Gieger C, Tilley C, Yamamoto J, Khuseyinova N, Heiss G, Doyle M, Blankenberg S, Herder C, Walston J, Zhu Y, Vasan R, Klopp N, Boerwinkle E, Larson M, Psaty B, Peters A, Ballantyne C, Witteman J, Hoogeveen R, Benjamin E, Koenig W, Tracy R
BLOOD. 2010;115(26):5289-5299.

Multiple marker approach to risk stratification in patients with stable coronary artery disease.
Schnabel R, Schulz A, Messow C, Lubos E, Wild P, Zeller T, Sinning C, Rupprecht H, Bickel C, Peetz D, Cambien F, Kempf T, Wollert K, Benjamin E, Lackner K, Münzel T, Tiret L, Vasan R, Blankenberg S
EUR HEART J. 2010;31(24):3024-3031.

Tako-Tsubo syndrome: dying of a broken heart?
Sinning C, Keller T, Abegunewardene N, Kreitner K, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
CLIN RES CARDIOL. 2010;99(12):771-780.

[Patient satisfaction in acute coronary syndrome. Improvement through the establishment of a chest pain unit].
Tzikas S, Keller T, Post F, Blankenberg S, Genth-Zotz S, Münzel T
HERZ. 2010;35(6):403-409.

Distribution and categorization of left ventricular measurements in the general population: results from the population-based Gutenberg Heart Study.
Wild P, Sinning C, Roth A, Wilde S, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Zeller T, Keller T, Lackner K, Blettner M, Vasan R, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
CIRC-CARDIOVASC IMAG. 2010;3(5):604-613.

Genetics and beyond--the transcriptome of human monocytes and disease susceptibility.
Zeller T, Wild P, Szymczak S, Rotival M, Schillert A, Castagne R, Maouche S, Germain M, Lackner K, Rossmann H, Eleftheriadis M, Sinning C, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Mennerich D, Rust W, Perret C, Proust C, Nicaud V, Loscalzo J, Hübner N, Tregouet D, Münzel T, Ziegler A, Tiret L, Blankenberg S, Cambien F
PLOS One. 2010;5(5):10693.

Human formyl peptide receptor 1 (FPR1) c.32C>T SNP is associated with decreased soluble E-selectin levels.
Benachour H, Zaiou M, Herbeth B, Lambert D, Lamont J, Pfister M, Siest G, Tiret L, Blankenberg S, Fitzgerald P, Visvikis-Siest S
PHARMACOGENOMICS. 2009;10(6):951-959.

New susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease on chromosome 3q22.3.
Erdmann J, Grosshennig A, Braund P, König I, Hengstenberg C, Hall Alistair S, Linsel-Nitschke P, Kathiresan S, Wright B, Trégouët D, Cambien F, Bruse P, Aherrahrou Z, Wagner Arnika K, Stark K, Schwartz Stephen M, Salomaa V, Elosua R, Melander O, Voight B, O'Donnell C, Peltonen L, Siscovick D, Altshuler D, Merlini P, Peyvandi F, Bernardinelli L, Ardissino D, Schillert A, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Wild P, Schwarz D, Tiret L, Perret C, Schreiber S, Mokhtari E, Eddine N, Schäfer A, März W, Renner W, Bugert P, Klüter H, Schrezenmeir J, Rubin D, Ball Stephen G, Balmforth A, Wichmann H, Meitinger T, Fischer M, Meisinger C, Baumert J, Peters A, Ouwehand W, Group I, Consortium M, Consortium W, Consortium C, Deloukas P, Thompson J, Ziegler A, Samani Nilesh J, Schunkert H
NAT GENET. 2009;41(3):280-282.

Molecular and functional characterization of polymorphisms in the secreted phospholipase A2 group X gene: relevance to coronary artery disease.
Gora S, Perret C, Jemel I, Nicaud V, Lambeau G, Cambien F, Ninio E, Blankenberg S, Tiret L, Karabina S
J MOL MED. 2009;87(7):723-733.

Cystatin C and cardiovascular mortality in patients with coronary artery disease and normal or mildly reduced kidney function: results from the AtheroGene study.
Keller T, Messow C, Lubos E, Nicaud V, Wild P, Rupprecht H, Bickel C, Tzikas S, Peetz D, Lackner K, Tiret L, Münzel T, Blankenberg S, Schnabel R
EUR HEART J. 2009;30(3):314-320.

Sensitive troponin I assay in early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
Keller T, Zeller T, Peetz D, Tzikas S, Roth A, Czyz E, Bickel C, Baldus S, Warnholtz A, Fröhlich M, Sinning C, Eleftheriadis M, Wild P, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Jachmann N, Genth-Zotz S, Post F, Nicaud V, Tiret L, Lackner K, Münzel T, Blankenberg S
NEW ENGL J MED. 2009;361(9):868-877.

Growth-differentiation factor-15 for risk stratification in patients with stable and unstable coronary heart disease: results from the AtheroGene study.
Kempf T, Sinning J, Quint A, Bickel C, Sinning C, Wild P, Schnabel R, Lubos E, Rupprecht H, Münzel T, Drexler H, Blankenberg S, Wollert K
CIRC-CARDIOVASC GENE. 2009;2(3):286-292.

Direct measurement of left ventricular outflow tract by transthoracic real-time 3D-echocardiography increases accuracy in assessment of aortic valve stenosis.
Khaw A, Bardeleben v, Stephan R, Strasser C, Blankenberg S, Blankenberg S, Espinola-Klein C, Münzel T, Schnabel R
INT J CARDIOL. 2009;136(1):64-71.

Association of common variants in NPPA and NPPB with circulating natriuretic peptides and blood pressure.
Newton-Cheh C, Larson M, Vasan R, Levy D, Bloch K, Surti A, Guiducci C, Kathiresan S, Benjamin E, Struck J, Morgenthaler N, Bergmann A, Blankenberg S, Kee F, Nilsson P, Yin X, Peltonen L, Vartiainen E, Salomaa V, Hirschhorn J, Melander O, Wang T
NAT GENET. 2009;41(3):348-353.

PLTP activity is a risk factor for subsequent cardiovascular events in CAD patients under statin therapy: the AtheroGene study.
Schlitt A, Blankenberg S, Bickel C, Lackner K, Heine G, Buerke M, Werdan K, Maegdefessel L, Raaz U, Rupprecht H, Munzel T, Jiang X
J LIPID RES. 2009;50(4):723-729.

Commentary: Circulating cytokines and risk stratification of stroke incidence--will we do better in future?
Schnabel R, Blankenberg S
INT J EPIDEMIOL. 2009;38(1):261-262.

The relation of genetic and environmental factors to systemic inflammatory biomarker concentrations.
Schnabel R, Lunetta K, Larson M, Dupuis J, Lipinska I, Rong J, Chen M, Zhao Z, Yamamoto J, Meigs J, Nicaud V, Perret C, Zeller T, Blankenberg S, Tiret L, Keaney J, Vasan R, Benjamin E
CIRC-CARDIOVASC GENE. 2009;2(3):229-237.

[Role of biomarkers for risk stratification in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases].
Sinning C, Keller T, Blankenberg S
DEUT MED WOCHENSCHR. 2009;134(40):2019-2022.

Activated thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor levels are associated with the risk of cardiovascular death in patients with coronary artery disease: the AtheroGene study.
Tregouet D, Schnabel R, Alessi M, Godefroy T, Declerck P, Nicaud V, Munzel T, Bickel C, Rupprecht H, Lubos E, Zeller T, Juhan-Vague I, Blankenberg S, Tiret L, Morange P, Investigators A
J Thromb Haemost. 2009;7(1):49-57.

Genetic variants associated with cardiac structure and function: a meta-analysis and replication of genome-wide association data.
Vasan R, Glazer N, Felix J, Lieb W, Wild P, Felix S, Watzinger N, Larson M, Smith N, Dehghan A, Grosshennig A, Schillert A, Teumer A, Schmidt R, Kathiresan S, Lumley T, Aulchenko Y, König I, Zeller T, Homuth G, Struchalin M, Aragam J, Bis J, Rivadeneira F, Erdmann J, Schnabel R, Dörr M, Zweiker R, Lind L, Rodeheffer R, Greiser K, Levy D, Haritunians T, Deckers J, Stritzke J, Lackner K, Völker U, Ingelsson E, Kullo I, Haerting J, O'Donnell C, Heckbert S, Stricker B, Ziegler A, Reffelmann T, Redfield M, Werdan K, Mitchell G, Rice K, Arnett D, Hofman A, Gottdiener J, Uitterlinden A, Meitinger T, Blettner M, Friedrich N, Wang T, Psaty B, Duijn v, Cornelia M, Wichmann H, Munzel T, Kroemer H, Benjamin E, Rotter J, Witteman J, Schunkert H, Schmidt H, Blankenberg S, Blankenberg S
JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC. 2009;302(2):168-178.

Effects of oral niacin on endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease: results of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled INEF study.
Warnholtz A, Wild P, Ostad M, Elsner V, Stieber F, Schinzel R, Walter U, Peetz D, Lackner K, Blankenberg S, Munzel T
ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2009;204(1):216-221.

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