Dietrich E. Birnbaum

A new pumpless extracorporeal interventional lung assist in critical hypoxemia/hypercapnia*

Thomas Bein, Frank Weber, Alois Philipp et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 2006 · 346 citations · Full text

Medicine, Respiratory Therapy, Critical Care Respiratory Therapy +11

Four Years’ Experience With a Miniaturized Extracorporeal Circulation System and Its Influence on Clinical Outcome

Christoph Wiesenack, Andreas Liebold, Alois Philipp et al. · Artificial Organs · 2004 · 181 citations

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +14

Recombinant human antithrombin III restores heparin responsiveness and decreases activation of coagulation in heparin-resistant patients during cardiopulmonary bypass

Michael S. Avidan, Jerrold H. Levy, Hugo Van Aken et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2005 · 133 citations · Full text

Medicine, Hematology, Perioperative Medicine +12

Role of apoptosis in myocardial stunning after open heart surgery

Joachim P. Schmitt, Josef Schröder, Heribert Schunkert et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 2002 · 98 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +10

Ascending aortic aneurysm associated with bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve: involvement and clinical relevance of smooth muscle cell apoptosis and expression of cell death-initiating proteins

Franz‐Xaver Schmid, Katrin Bielenberg, Anette Schneider et al. · European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery · 2003 · 96 citations · Full text

Medicine, Pathology, Surgery +17