Publications by authors named "Max Scherner"
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- Patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing emergency coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) face high risks, and the timing of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support significantly impacts their outcomes.
- In a study of 201 AMI patients, those receiving ECMO support earlier (pre- and intraoperatively) had better 30-day survival rates compared to those who received ECMO post-surgery.
- The findings suggest that earlier ECMO initiation leads to improved recovery markers and survival, highlighting lactate levels as a critical indicator for needing timely intervention.
Objective: Despite the clinical success of large-diameter vascular grafts, synthetic grafts in small-diameter vessels are of limited use because of their poor patency rates. Previous experiments of our group provided evidence for good biocompatibility of bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) as a small-vessel graft in the carotid artery in sheep. However, the patency rate of our first-generation tubes after 3 months was only 50%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Transapical aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is increasingly being applied in conventionally inoperable patients with aortic stenosis. The utility of the cardiac marker NT-pro-BNP has yet not been assessed in this setting.
Methods: NT-pro-BNP was assessed preoperatively, postoperatively (day 1, 3, 5 and 8) and 2 months after the intervention in 31 consecutive patients (13 men, 18 women; median age 84) undergoing TAVR and the association with baseline characteristics and outcome was analysed.