Uwe Fuchs

TL;DR: A retrospective analysis could demonstrate that the vacuum technique improves the medical outcome of patients with mediastinitis compared with the conventional technique of open packing.

TL;DR: A daily vitamin D dose of 4000 IU did not reduce mortality in patients with advanced HF but was associated with a greater need for MCS implants, which indicates caution regarding long-term supplementation with moderately high vitamin D doses.

TL;DR: Vitamin D receptor knockout mice develop typical signs of congestive heart failure and low concentrations of the vitamin D hormone calcitriol are found in stable CHF patients.

TL;DR: The quantification of GcfDNA has the potential to detect rejection episodes at early stages, when other means of diagnosis are not effective and the method's noninvasiveness enables the monitoring recipients at intervals that are desired to catch rejections at early actionable stages to prevent full-blown rejection.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that in heart transplant recipients with renal insufficiency the introduction of 1.5 mg/d EVL in combination with a reduced TAC dose is effective in preventing cardiac rejections and has less adverse effects on lipid metabolism than the usually prescribed SRL dose, whereas both therapy regimens are not associated with major haematological side‐effects.