Ralph Marktanner

International congress contributions:

Cold Shock Induces Expression of Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP 70) in Isolated Cultured Cardiac Cells (abstract presented at the 69th Scientific Session of the AHA-meeting in New Orleans 1996) Gao SP, Guo JH, Marktanner R, Mahgoub M, Wechsler QS, Abd-Elfattah AS.

Evidence for Chronic Preconditioning against Myocardial Infarction: Chronic Rapid Heart Rate Induces Expression of Stress Protein 70 (HSP 70) and Limits the Infarct Size: Effect of K-ATP Channels and A1-Receptor Blockers (abstract presented at the 69th Scientific Session of the AHA-meeting in New Orleans 1996) Guo JH, Gao SP, Marktanner R, Mahgoub M, Wechsler AS, Abd-Elfattah AS.

Monophosphoryl Lipid A is a Novel Cardioprotective Agent against Myocardial Stunning and Infarction (abstract presented at the 4th Annual Congress of the Egyptian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery in May 1997) Abd-Elfattah AS, Guo JH, Mahgoub M, Marktanner R, Gao SP, Weber P, Elliott GT.

Chronic Rapid Heart Rate in Electrically Paced Dogs and in Normal Hamsters induces Expression of HSP 70 and Preconditions against Myocardial Infarction (abstract presented at the XIXth Meeting of the American Section of the International Society of Heart Research in Vancouver, Canada in July 1997) Guo JH, Gao SP, Mahgoub M, Marktanner R, Wechsler AS, Abd-Elfattah AS.

Induction of Late Window of Myocardial Protection against ventricular Stunning associated with aortic cross-clamping during Cardio-pulmonary bypass Surgery with Monophosphoryl Lipid A: Role of Heat Shock Protein 72? (abstract presented at the International Symposium for Myocardial Protection from Surgical Ischemic-Reperfusion Injury in Asheville, NC September 1997) Mahgoub M, Abd-Elfattah AS, Guo JH, Gao SP, Marktanner R, Elliott G, Weber P, Wechsler AS.

The expression of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1) in Stunned Myocardium (abstract presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Academic Surgery in Dallas, Texas November 1997) Baghelai K, Marktanner R, Dattilo JB, Dattilo MP, Yager DR, Makhoul RG, Wechsler AS.

Increased Expression of F0-F1 Adenosine Triphosphate Synthase in Globally Stunned Myocardium (abstract presented at the AHA Meeting  "Vascular and Myocardial Aspects of Ischemic Heart" Feb 98 in Lake Tahoe) Baghelai K, Marktanner R, Crandall JT, Graham LJ, Jakoi RE, Wechsler AS.

Delayed norepinephrine-induced preconditioning in the rabbit heart: effect on left-ventricular function, postischemic arrhythmias and coronary flow. Marktanner R, Nacke P, Hohlfeld T, Gams E. (presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Frankfurt/ Germany, Oktober 2000)

Delayed preconditioning against myocardial stunning induced by norepinephrine in the isoalted rabbit heart: effect on postischemic arrhythmias. Marktanner R, Nacke P, Hohlfeld T, Gams E. (presented at the XII. Congress of the European Society of Cardiology on August 2000 in Amsterdam/ Netherlands)

Delayed preconditioning against postischemic myocardial injury via an alpha-1-adrenoceptor mediated pathway. Marktanner R, Nacke P, Feindt P, Hohlfeld T, Gams E. (presented at the 50th International Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery in June 2001 in Budapest/Hungary)

Delayed captopril-induced preconditioning in the isoated rabbit heart: effect on left-ventricular function, postischemic arrhythmias and coronary flow. Marktanner R, Nacke P, Feindt P, Hohlfeld T, Gams E. (presented at the 50th International Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery in June 2001 in Budapest/Hungary)

Delayed preconditioning against postischemic myocardial injury via an alpha-1-adrenoceptor mediated pathway. Marktanner R, Nacke P, Feindt P, Hohlfeld T, Gams E. (presented at the XXIII. Congress of the European Society of Cardiology in September 2001 in Stockholm/Sweden)

Delayed pharmacologic preconditioning against postischemic cardiac injury: a multi-pathway mediated phenomenon? Marktanner R, Nacke P, Feindt P, Hohlfeld T, Gams E. (presented at the 2^nd European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery/European Society of Thoracic Surgery Joint Meeting in October 2003 in Vienna/Austria)

Bradykinin B2 receptor activation mediates delayed cardioprotection against postischemic injury. Marktanner R, Nacke P, Feindt P, Hohlfeld T, Gams E. (presented at the 2^nd European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery/European Society of Thoracic Surgery Joint Meeting in October 2003 in Vienna/Austria)

Real time ultrasound guided balloon dilatational percutaneous tracheostomy is a safe procedure in critically ill patients – an evaluation study. Ahmed Taha, Ahmed Shafie, Mohamed Mostafa, Per Wallen, Hubert Hon, Ralph Marktanner. (presented at the 33rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2013, 19 – 22 Mar 2013 in Brussels/Belgium)

Modified technique of realtime ultrasound guided percutaneous balloon dilatational tracheostomy through laryngeal mask airway insertion. R Marktanner, A Shafei, M Mostafa, H Hon, Y. Zaghloul and A Taha. (presented at the Winfocus World Congress on Ultrasound in Emergency and Critical Care, Hongkong on november 6-9 2013)

Airway pressure release ventilation restores hemodynamic stability in patients with cardiogenic shock – initial experience in cardiac intensive care. Ahmed Taha, Ahmed Shafie, Mohamed Mostafa, Hubert Hon, Ralph Marktanner. (presented at the 34rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2013, 18 – 21 Mar 2014 in Brussels/Belgium)

Veno-arterial carbon dioxide gradient as a surrogate marker for cardiogenic shock – initial experience in cardiac intensive care. A Taha, A Shafei, H Hon, R Marktanner (presented at the Acute Cardiovascular Care 2014 Congress – European Society of Cardiology, Geneva/Switzerland)

The "ARCoPS-Tool" – an efficiency approach for the intensive care unit. R Marktanner, M Mostafa, A Shafei, H Hon, R Ashraf, S Pujarra, D Gharaibeh, N Syed, A Taha (presented at the 35th ISICEM Congress in Brussels/Belgium, March 17-20 2015) Evaluation of the quotient of the veno-arterial carbon dioxide gradient and the arterio-venous oxygen content difference as a transfusion trigger parameter in haemodynamically stable patients with significant anemia – an initial experience in cardiac surgical intensive care. A Taha, A Shafei, M Mostafa, N Syed, H Hon, R Marktanner (presented at the 35th ISICEM Congress in Brussels/Belgium, March 17-20 2015)

Peer reviewed journal publications:

Decreased expression of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 in stunned myocardium. Baghelai K, Marktanner R, Dattilo JB, Dattilo MPM, Jakoi ER, Yager DR, Makhoul RG, Wechsler AS. J Surg Res 1998 Jun;77(1):35-39

Myocardial protection with Monophosphoryl Lipid-A against aortic cross clamping-induced global stunning. Abd-Elfattah ASA, Guo JH, Goa SP, Elliot GA, Weber P, Mahgoub MA, Marktanner R, Mohamed A. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:1954-9

Delayed preconditioning against myocardial stunning induced by norepinephrine in the isolated rabbit heart: effect on postischemic arrhythmias R.Marktanner, P.Nacke, T.Hohlfeld, E.Gams. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg`s Arch Pharmacol 361 (suppl): R113

Norepinephrine-induced delayed cardioprotection against stunning at the expense of a higher postischemic arrhythmia rate. Marktanner R, Nacke P, Feindt P, Hohlfeld T, Gams E. Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 475-482, 2003.

Intraaortic balloon pump counterpulsation after implantation of infrarenal and thoracoabdominal aortic protheses. Marktanner R, Feindt P, Ghodsizad A, Klein M, Gams E, Grabitz K, Sandmann W. VASA 2005; 34:275-277

Autologous transplantation of CD133+ BM-derived stem cells as a therapeutic option for dilatative cardiomyopathy. Ghodsizad A, Ruhparwar A, Marktanner R, Borowski A, Mohammad Hassani MR, Poll L, Vshivkov I, Stoldt V, Voelkel T, Piechaczek C, Burchardt ER, Stockschlaeder M, Sucker C, Gams E, Klein MH. Cytotherapy. 2006;8(3):308-10.

Delayed preconditioning via Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition: pros and cons from an experimental study. Marktanner R, Nacke P, Feindt P, Hohlfeld T, Schipke JD, Gams E. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2006 Sep;33(9):787-92.

Intramyocardial implantation of CD133+ stem cells improved cardiac function without bypass surgery. Klein HM, Ghodsizad A, Marktanner R, Poll L, Voelkel T, Mohammad Hasani MR, Piechaczek C, Feifel N, Stockschlaeder M, Burchardt ER, Kar BJ, Gregoric I, Gams E. Heart Surg Forum. 2007;10(1):E66-9.

Modified technique of realtime ultrasound guided percutaneous balloon dilatational tracheostomy through laryngeal mask airway insertion. Marktanner R, Shafei A, Mostafa M, Hon H, Zaghloul Y, Taha A. Critical Ultrasound Journal 2014 6(Suppl 1):A5.

Warfarin-Induced Pseudo-Allergy. N Syed, R Marktanner, D Gharaibeh. J Hematol. 2014; 3 (4): 116-117.