Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair in Mitral Regurgitation Reduces Cell-Free Hemoglobin and Improves Endothelial Function

Christos Rammos; Tobias Zeus; Jan Balzer; Laura Kubatz; Ulrike B. Hendgen-Cotta; Verena Veulemans; Katharina Hellhammer; Matthias Totzeck; Peter Luedike; Malte Kelm; Tienush Rassaf

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151203

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Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair in Mitral Regurgitation Reduces Cell-Free Hemoglobin and Improves Endothelial Function

Christos Rammos,

Current address: Department of Cardiology, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147, Essen, Germany

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Tobias Zeus,

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Jan Balzer,

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Laura Kubatz,

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Ulrike B. Hendgen-Cotta,

Current address: Department of Cardiology, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147, Essen, Germany

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Verena Veulemans,

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Katharina Hellhammer,

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Matthias Totzeck,

Current address: Department of Cardiology, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147, Essen, Germany

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Peter Luedike,

Current address: Department of Cardiology, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147, Essen, Germany

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Malte Kelm,

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Tienush Rassaf

* E-mail: Tienush.Rassaf@uk-essen.de

Current address: Department of Cardiology, West-German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45147, Essen, Germany

Affiliation University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair in Mitral Regurgitation Reduces Cell-Free Hemoglobin and Improves Endothelial Function

Christos Rammos,
Tobias Zeus,
Jan Balzer,
Laura Kubatz,
Ulrike B. Hendgen-Cotta,
Verena Veulemans,
Katharina Hellhammer,
Matthias Totzeck,
Peter Luedike,
Malte Kelm

Published: March 17, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151203

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