Ralf Westenfeld, MD

Original Contribution

Balloon Valvuloplasty Followed by Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation as a Staged Procedure in Patients With Low-Flow Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis

11/25/2018

Katharina Hellhammer , MD;

Horst Sievert , MD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI;

Kerstin D. Piayda , MD;

Sameer A. Gafoor , MD;

Tobias Zeus , MD;

Anna Christina Wimmer , BA;

Malte Kelm , MD;

Verena Veulemans , MD;

Christian Jung , MD, PhD;

Shazia Afzal , MD;

Ralf Erkens , MD;

Amin Polzin , MD;

Christine Quast , MD;

Ralf Westenfeld , MD;

We investigated whether balloon aortic valvuloplasty followed by TAVI as a staged procedure is an effective treatment option in patients with low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis.

We investigated whether balloon...

11/25/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Sex-Specific Outcomes of Patients Treated With Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

11/01/2020

Ralf Westenfeld , MD;

Bernhard Wernly , MD, PhD;

Malte Kelm , MD;

Sandra Buter , MD;

Christian Jung , MD, PhD;

Maryna Masyuk , MD;

Diyar Saeed , MD;

Alexander Albert , MD;

Georg Fuernau , MD;

Hug Aubin , MD;

Patients after cardiac arrest treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) evidence high mortality. Recently, women were reported to evidence even worse outcomes after cardiac arrest. However, sex-specific data on cardiac...

Patients after cardiac arrest...

11/01/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology