Klinik und Poliklinik für Herzchirurgie

Allgemeine Angaben:
Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, 53127 Bonn
Telefon: 0228 / 287-4190

Hauptamtliche Professoren:
Prof. Dr. Claus Jürgen Preuße
Prof. Dr. Armin Welz Direktor der Klinik

Wissenschaftliches Personal:
Universitätsstellen
Dr. Osman Ashraf
Dr. Dieter Bimmel
Dr. Bahman Esmailzadeh
Dr. Christian Grunewald
Dr. Marcus Haushofer
Privatdoz. Dr. James Likungu
Dr. Fritz Mellert
Dr. Norbert Müllers
Dr. Claus Nill
Dr. Chris Probst
Dr. Wolfgang Schiller
Dr. Christoph Schmitz
Dr. Kai-Mark Winkler

Drittmittelstellen
Dr. Oliver Dewald (DFG)
Dr. Willi Roell (DFG)

Forschungsschwerpunkte:
Physiologische Stimulation des Herzens
(Esmailzadeh, Mellert, Schneider)

Intraoperative Ischämiekontrolle mit der Impedanzspektroskopie
(Preuße, Mellert)

Zelluläre Kardiomyoplastie und Stammzellbiologie
(Roell, Welz)

Simulation linksventrikulärer Strömung und strömungsbedingter Energieverluste
(Schiller, Probst)

Neue Verfahren zur Erstellung mikrovaskulärer Anastomosen
(Schiller, Schmitz)

Neurologische Komplikationen nach herzchirurgischen Operationen
(Schmitz, Ashraf)

Einsatz Roboter-gestützter Verfahren in der Kardiochirurgie
(Schmitz , Schiller Probst)

Chirurgische Korrektur komplexer Herzfehler, intraoperative und postoperative Kontrolle mit Farbdoppler-Echokardiographie
(Welz, Schmitz, Schiller, Ashraf)

Veröffentlichungen:

Bauriedel G, Andrie R, Likungu JA, Welz A, Braun P, Welsch U, Luderitz B
Persistence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in coronary plaque tissue. A contribution to infection and immune hypothesis in unstable angina pectoris
Dtsch Med Wochenschr 1999; 124(47):1408-1413

Bauriedel G, Redel DA, Schmitz C, Welz A, Schild HH, Luderitz B
Transcatheter closure of a posttraumatic ventricular septal defect with an Amplatzer occluder device
Catheter.Cardiovasc.Interv. 53 (4):508-512, 2001

Bauriedel G, Welsch U, Likungu JA, Welz A, Luderitz B
Chlamydia pneumoniae in coronary plaques: Increased detection with acute coronary syndrome
Dtsch Med Wochenschr 1999; 124(13):375-380

Jung W, Wolpert C, Esmailzadeh B, Spehl S, Herwig S, Schumacher B, Lewalter T, Omran H, Schimpf R, Vahlhaus C, Welz A, Luderitz B
Clinical experience with implantable atrial and combined atrioventricular defibrillators
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2000; 4 Suppl 1:185-195

Korte T, Jung W, Ostermann G, Wolpert C, Spehl S, Esmailzadeh B, Luderitz B
Hospital readmission after transvenous cardioverter/defibrillator implantation; a single centre study
Eur.Heart J. 21 (14):1186-1191, 2000

Lickfett L, Wolpert C, Jung W, Spehl S, Pizzulli L, Esmailzadeh B, Luderitz B
Inappropriate implantable defibrillator discharge caused by a retained pacemaker lead fragment
J Interv Card Electrophysiol 1999; 3(2):163-167

Mellert F, Preusse CJ, Haushofer M, Winkler K, Nill C, Pfeiffer D, Redel D, Luderitz B, Welz A
Surgical management of complications caused by transcatheter ASD closure
Thorac.Cardiovasc.Surg. 49 (6):338-342, 2001

Molderings GJ, Bonisch H, Bruss M, Likungu J, Gothert M
Species-specific pharmacological properties of human alpha(2A)- adrenoceptors
HYPERTENSION 36 (3), 405-410, 2000

Molderings GJ, Likungu J, Gothert M
Presynaptic cannabinoid and imidazoline receptors in the human heart and their potential relationship
NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERGS ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 360 (2): 157-164 AUG 1999

Molderings GJ, Likungu J, Gothert M
N-type calcium channels control sympathetic neurotransmission in human heart atrium
CIRCULATION 101 (4), 403-407, 2000

Nossuli TO, Frangogiannis NG, Knuefermann P, Lakshminarayanan V, Dewald O, Evans AJ, Peschon J, Mann DL, Michael LH, Entman ML
Brief murine myocardial I/R induces chemokines in a TNF-alpha- independent manner: role of oxygen radicals
Am.J.Physiol Heart Circ.Physiol 281 (6):H2549-H2558, 2001

Schimpf R, Omran H, Becher H, Rabahieh R, Tiemann K, Jung W, Preusse CJ, Welz A, Luderitz B
Transthoracic echocardiography in endocarditis: a comparison of conventional and harmonic echocardiography
Dtsch.Med.Wochenschr. 125 (37):1065-1068, 2000

Schmitz C, Blackstone EH
International Council of Emboli Management (ICEM) Study Group results: risk adjusted outcomes in intraaortic filtration
Eur.J.Cardiothorac.Surg. 20 (5):986-991, 2001

Seidl K, Jung W, Schwacke H, Wolpert C, Drogemuller A, Spehl S, Schumacher B, Esmailzadeh B, Werling C, Senges J
Clinical experience with the implantable atrial defibrillator (atrioverter) in patients with atrial fibrillation. Metrix Investigators
Z Kardiol 1999; 88(8 ):574-581

Tiemann K, Ghanem A, Schlosser T, Ehlgen A, Kuntz-Hehner S, Haushofer M, Bimmel D, Borovac M, Nanda NC, Omran H, Becher H
Subendocardial steal effect seen with real-time perfusion imaging at low emission power during adenosine stress: replenishment M-mode processing allows visualization of vertical steal
Echocardiography. 18 (8):689-694, 2001

Tiemann K, Schlosser T, Pohl C, Bimmel D, Wietasch G, Hoeft A, Likungu J, Vahlhaus C, Kuntz S, Nanda NC, Becher H, Luderitz B
Are microbubbles free flowing tracers through the Myocardium? Comparison of indicator-dilution curves obtained from dye dilution and echo contrast using harmonic power Doppler imaging
Echocardiography. 17 (1):17-27, 2000

Wagner FM, Schiller W, Dilg G, Depner C, Welz A, Lacour-Gayet F
Direct visualization of the influence of normothermic as opposed to hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass on the systemic microcirculation in neonatal piglets
Cardiol.Young. 11 (5):532-538, 2001

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