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Volkmar Falk
Researcher at Charité
Publications - 916
Citations - 97746
Volkmar Falk is an academic researcher from Charité. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Aortic valve. The author has an hindex of 93, co-authored 801 publications receiving 85653 citations. Previous affiliations of Volkmar Falk include University of Göttingen & Intuitive Surgical.
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Combined stentless mitral valve implantation and radiofrequency ablation
Thomas Walther,Volkmar Falk,Claudia Walther,Beate Krauss,Gerd Hindricks,Hans Kottkamp,Martin Kostelka,Anno Diegeler,Rüdiger Autschbach,Friedrich W. Mohr +9 more
TL;DR: Restoration of physiologic cardiac function by SMV implantation and IRAAF is advantageous and no further anticoagulation is required.
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Aortic Valve Pathology in Patients Supported by Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device
Tomohiro Saito,Katharina Wassilew,Boris Gorodetski,Julia Stein,Volkmar Falk,Thomas Krabatsch,Evgenij V. Potapov +6 more
TL;DR: Long-term CF-LVAD support appears to cause involution of the ventricularis layer of the aortic valve cusp, consistent with more pronounced degenerative change with longer LVAD exposure, which may be explained by continuous coaptation of the cusps.
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Quality assessment in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting
Anno Diegeler,Merahdjoddin Matin,Volkmar Falk,Christian Binner,Thomas Walther,Rüdiger Autschbach,Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr +6 more
TL;DR: A standardized protocol for quality assessment is mandatory for MIDCAB surgery and the proposed algorithm serves to ensure the safety and effectiveness of this new technique.
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High-risk patients with multivessel disease--is there a role for incomplete myocardial revascularization via minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting?
TL;DR: Incomplete revascularization via MIDCAB is a safe and effective procedure in selected patients with multivessel disease and carries a lower incidence of inhospital death, neurological events, and perioperative myocardial infarction with comparable midterm results.
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Obesity should not deter a surgeon from selecting a minimally invasive approach for mitral valve surgery.
Diana Reser,Simon H. Sündermann,Jürg Grünenfelder,Jacques Scherman,Burkhardt Seifert,Volkmar Falk,Stephan Jacobs +6 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that obesity should not deter a surgeon from selecting a minimally invasive approach and that obese patients may even benefit from this approach because it avoids the need for sternotomy and therefore reduces the risk for sternal wound infection.