Publications

The structural heart disease group at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital has a high level of clinical research activity. Here you can see our recent published papers. 

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Lempereur, M., Aminian, A., Freixa, X., Gafoor, S., Shakir, S., Omran, H., Berti, S., Santoro, G., Kefer, J., Landmesser, U., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Cruz-Gonzalez, I., Kanagaratnam, P., Nietlispach, F., Ibrahim, R., Sievert, H., Schillinger, W., Park, J.-W., Gloekler, S. & Tzikas, A. (2017). Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Previous Major Gastrointestinal Bleeding (from the Amplatzer Cardiac Plug Multicenter Registry). The American Journal of Cardiology, 120(3), 414-420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.04.046
Korsholm, K. & Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E. (2017). Left atrial appendage occlusion is promising, not concerning. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 13(8), 1005-1006. https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00457R
Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Johnsen, S. P., Wester, P., Damgaard, D., Airaksinen, J., Lund, J., De Backer, O., Pakarinen, S., Odenstedt, J., Vikman, S., Settergren, M., Kongstad, O., Rosenqvist, M. & Krieger, D. W. (2017). Left atrial appendage occlusion versus standard medical care in patients with atrial fibrillation and intracerebral hemorrhage: A propensity score matched follow-up study. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 13(3), 371-378. https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00201
Landmesser, U., Schmidt, B., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Lam, C. C. S., Park, J.-W., Tarantini, G., Cruz-Gonzalez, I., Geist, V., della Bella, P., Colombo, A., Zeus, T., Omran, H., Piorkowski, C., Lund, J., Tondo, C. & Hildick-Smith, D. (2017). Left atrial appendage occlusion with the AMPLATZER Amulet device: periprocedural and early clinical/echocardiographic data from a global prospective observational study. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 13(7), 867-876. https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00493
Nybo, R. F., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E. & Johansen, P. (2017). Mapping of catheter tug forces during left atrial appendage occlusion. Poster session presented at 27th Annual Meeting, Scandinavian Society for Research in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Geilo, Norway.
Søndergaard, L., Kasner, S. E., Rhodes, J. F., Andersen, G., Iversen, H. K., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Settergren, M., Sjöstrand, C., Roine, R. O., Hildick-Smith, D., Spence, J. D., Thomassen, L. & Gore REDUCE Clinical Study Investigators (2017). Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Antiplatelet Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke. The New England Journal of Medicine, 377(11), 1033-1042. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1707404
Tzikas, A., Freixa, X., Llull, L., Gafoor, S., Shakir, S., Omran, H., Giannakoulas, G., Berti, S., Santoro, G., Kefer, J., Aminian, A., Gloekler, S., Landmesser, U., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Cruz-Gonzalez, I., Kanagaratnam, P., Nietlispach, F., Ibrahim, R., Sievert, H. ... Karvounis, H. (2017). Patients with intracranial bleeding and atrial fibrillation treated with left atrial appendage occlusion: Results from the Amplatzer Cardiac Plug registry. International Journal of Cardiology, 236, 232-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.02.042
McLaughlin, V. V., Jansa, P., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Halank, M., Simonneau, G., Grünig, E., Ulrich, S., Rosenkranz, S., Gómez Sánchez, M. A., Pulido, T., Pepke-Zaba, J., Barberá, J. A., Hoeper, M. M., Vachiéry, J.-L., Lang, I., Carvalho, F., Meier, C., Mueller, K., Nikkho, S. & D'Armini, A. M. (2017). Riociguat in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: results from an early access study. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 17(1), Article 216. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0563-7
Rasmussen, P. D., Engholt, H., Benhassen, L. L., Tang, M., Andersen, H. R., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E. & Johansen, P. (2017). The effects of the aortic root on the fracturing pressure of bioprosthetic heart valves. Poster session presented at 27th Annual Meeting, Scandinavian Society for Research in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Geilo, Norway.
Su, J., Manisty, C., Parker, K. H., Simonsen, U., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Mellemkjaer, S., Connolly, S., Lim, P. B., Whinnett, Z. I., Malik, I. S., Watson, G., Davies, J. E., Gibbs, S., Hughes, A. D. & Howard, L. (2017). Wave Intensity Analysis Provides Novel Insights Into Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(11), Article e006679. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006679
Freixa, X., Llull, L., Gafoor, S., Cruz-Gonzalez, I., Shakir, S., Omran, H., Berti, S., Santoro, G., Kefer, J., Landmesser, U., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Kanagaratnam, P., Nietlispach, F., Gloekler, S., Aminian, A., Danna, P., Rezzaghi, M., Stock, F., Stolcova, M. ... Tzikas, A. (2016). Characterization of Cerebrovascular Events After Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion. The American Journal of Cardiology, 118(12), 1836-1841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.08.075
Kefer, J., Tzikas, A., Freixa, X., Shakir, S., Gafoor, S., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Berti, S., Santoro, G., Aminian, A., Landmesser, U., Nietlispach, F., Ibrahim, R., Danna, P. L., Benit, E., Budts, W., Stammen, F., De Potter, T., Tichelbäcker, T., Gloekler, S. ... Omran, H. (2016). Impact of chronic kidney disease on left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. International Journal of Cardiology, 207, 335-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.003
Tzikas, A., Gafoor, S., Meerkin, D., Freixa, X., Cruz-Gonzalez, I., Lewalter, T., Saw, J., Berti, S., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Ibrahim, R., Lakkireddy, D., Paul, V., Arzamendi, D., Nietlispach, F., Worthley, S. G., Hildick-Smith, D., Thambo, J. B., Tondo, C., Aminian, A. ... Omran, H. (2016). Left atrial appendage occlusion with the AMPLATZER Amulet device: an expert consensus step-by-step approach. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 11(13), 1512-1521. https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJV11I13A292
Rain, S., Andersen, S., Najafi, A., Gammelgaard Schultz, J., da Silva Gonçalves Bós, D., Handoko, M. L., Bogaard, H.-J., Vonk-Noordegraaf, A., Andersen, A., van der Velden, J., Ottenheijm, C. A. C. & de Man, F. S. (2016). Right Ventricular Myocardial Stiffness in Experimental Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Relative Contribution of Fibrosis and Myofibril Stiffness. Circulation: Heart Failure, 9(7). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002636
Udholm, S., Nyboe, C., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E. & Hjortdal, V. E. (2016). Small unclosed atrial septal defects in adult patients. Poster session presented at The 8th Joint Scandinavian Conference in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Freixa, X., Gafoor, S., Regueiro, A., Cruz-Gonzalez, I., Shakir, S., Omran, H., Berti, S., Santoro, G., Kefer, J., Landmesser, U., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Sievert, H., Kanagaratnam, P., Nietlispach, F., Gloekler, S., Aminian, A., Danna, P., Rezzaghi, M., Stock, F. ... Tzikas, A. (2015). Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients Aged. The American Journal of Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.10.024
Tzikas, A., Shakir, S., Gafoor, S., Omran, H., Berti, S., Santoro, G., Kefer, J., Landmesser, U., Nielsen-Kudsk, J. E., Cruz-Gonzalez, I., Sievert, H., Tichelbäcker, T., Kanagaratnam, P., Nietlispach, F., Aminian, A., Kasch, F., Freixa, X., Danna, P., Rezzagh, M. ... Park, J.-W. (2015). Left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: multicentre experience with the AMPLATZER Cardiac Plug. EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 10(10). https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJY15M01_06
Seo, K., Rainer, P. P., Shalkey Hahn, V., Lee, D.-I., Jo, S.-H., Andersen, A., Liu, T., Xu, X., Willette, R. N., Lepore, J. J., Marino, J. P., Birnbaumer, L., Schnackenberg, C. G. & Kass, D. A. (2014). Combined TRPC3 and TRPC6 blockade by selective small-molecule or genetic deletion inhibits pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1308963111
Kristensen, S. D., Laut, K. G., Fajadet, J., Kaifoszova, Z., Kala, P., Di Mario, C., Wijns, W., Clemmensen, P., Agladze, V., Antoniades, L., Alhabib, K. F., De Boer, M.-J., Claeys, M. J., Deleanu, D., Dudek, D., Erglis, A., Gilard, M., Goktekin, O., Guagliumi, G. ... European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (2014). Corrigendum to: Reperfusion therapy for ST elevation acute myocardial infarction 2010/2011: current status in 37 ESC countries. European Heart Journal, 35(38), 2697. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehu333