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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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Biventricular failure in dextro-transposition of the great arteries corrected with the Mustard procedure: VAD support of the systemic ventricle is enough.

TL;DR: A 47-year-old male patient in terminal biventricular failure with pulmonary hypertension 40 years after a Mustard procedure was successfully provided with a HVAD into the systemic ventricle as bridge to transplantation, with the sub-pulmonary ventricles left unsupported.
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MicroRNA Mediated Cardioprotection - Is There a Path to Clinical Translation?

TL;DR: A description of miRNA with cardioprotective properties and a current overview on known mechanism of action and potential missing links are given and an outlook on the potential for clinical translation of miRNAs in the setting of myocardial infarction and heart failure is given.
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Sternal plate closure: indications, surgical procedure and follow-up.

TL;DR: The Titanium Sternal Fixation System is comfortable and easy to use and can be used to treat a wide spectrum of indications, especially for pseudoarthrosis, an entity which has not yet received sufficient attention.
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Efficacy of quadruple treatment on different types of pre-operative anaemia: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

TL;DR: Quadruple anaemia treatment was effective regardless of the cause of anaemia and its effect manifested early in the peri‐operative recovery phase, the stronger the subsequent boost to erythropoiesis may have been.