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Roland Hetzer is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on several domains within medicine and engineering, with a particular emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, and biomedical engineering. The scientific contributions span key subfields including transplantation and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Hetzer's work covers several main topics in cardiovascular and transplant medicine, including:

  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research

The research output includes publications in frequently targeted venues such as:

  • Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy (10 publications)
  • Heart Failure Reviews (2 publications)
  • European Journal of Heart Failure (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Cardiology (1 publication)
  • Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy (1 publication)

Among recent papers associated with Hetzer, notable titles include:

  • "Evolution of heart transplantation since Barnard's first" (2021) published in Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
  • "Ventricular systolic dysfunction with and without altered myocardial contractility: Clinical value of echocardiography for diagnosis and therapeutic decision-making" (2020) published in International Journal of Cardiology
  • "Heart failure in the young: Insights into myocardial recovery with ventricular assist device support" (2021) published in Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
  • "Accurate assessment of right heart function before and after long-term left ventricular assist device implantation" (2020) published in Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
  • "Weaning from ventricular assist device support after recovery from left ventricular failure with or without secondary right ventricular failure" (2021) published in Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Collaboration is a significant component of Hetzer's scientific activity. Frequent co-authors with multiple joint publications include:

  • Michael Dandel (11 collaborations)
  • Mariano Francisco del Maria Javier (10 collaborations)
  • Eva Maria Javier Delmo (10 collaborations)
  • Matthias Loebe (3 collaborations)
  • Frank Wagner (2 collaborations)

Hetzer's work bridges clinical and technological aspects of cardiovascular medicine, contributing to both diagnostic and therapeutic advancements. The scientist's research demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach encompassing medical treatment, surgical techniques, and biomedical engineering solutions for cardiovascular diseases and transplantation.

Best Publications

  • Uric acid and survival in chronic heart failure: Validation and application in metabolic, functional, and hemodynamic staging

    Stefan D. Anker;Wolfram Doehner;Mathias Rauchhaus;Rakesh Sharma

  • Assessment of Survival in Patients With Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Importance of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

    Roland Wensel;Christian F. Opitz;Stefan D. Anker;Jörg Winkler

  • Strain and Strain Rate Imaging by Echocardiography – Basic Concepts and Clinical Applicability

    Michael Dandel;Hans Lehmkuhl;Christoph Knosalla;Nino Suramelashvili

  • Immunoglobulin Adsorption in Patients With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Johannes Müller;Gerd Wallukat;Michael Dandel;Heidrun Bieda

  • Protection from cytomegalovirus after transplantation is correlated with immediate early 1–specific CD8 T cells

    Torsten Bunde;Alexander Kirchner;Bodo Hoffmeister;Dirk Habedank

  • Weaning From Mechanical Cardiac Support in Patients With Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Johannes Müller;Gerd Wallukat;Yu Guo Weng;Michael Dandel

  • Echocardiographic strain and strain rate imaging--clinical applications.

    Michael Dandel;Roland Hetzer

  • A genome-wide association study identifies two loci associated with heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy

    Eric Villard;Claire Perret;Françoise Gary;Carole Proust

  • Mutation spectrum in a large cohort of unrelated consecutive patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    J Erdmann;S Daehmlow;S Wischke;M Senyuva

  • Long-term results in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy after weaning from left ventricular assist devices.

    Michael Dandel;Yuguo Weng;Henryk Siniawski;Evgenij Potapov

  • Cardiac recovery in dilated cardiomyopathy by unloading with a left ventricular assist device

    Roland Hetzer;Johannes Müller;Yuguo Weng;Gerd Wallukat

  • Bivalirudin During Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Patients With Previous or Acute Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Heparin Antibodies: Results of the CHOOSE-ON Trial

    Andreas Koster;Cornelius M. Dyke;Gabriel Aldea;Nicholas G. Smedira

  • Regulation, Chamber Localization, and Subtype Distribution of Angiotensin II Receptors in Human Hearts

    V. Regitz-Zagrosek;N. Friedel;A. Heymann;P. Bauer

  • Human Coxsackie-Adenovirus Receptor Is Colocalized With Integrins αvβ3 and αvβ5 on the Cardiomyocyte Sarcolemma and Upregulated in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Implications for Cardiotropic Viral Infections

    Michel Noutsias;Henry Fechner;Henriëtte de Jonge;Xiaomin Wang

  • Regression of Myocardial Hypertrophy After Aortic Valve Replacement: Faster in Women?

    George Petrov;Vera Regitz-Zagrosek;Elke Lehmkuhl;Thomas Krabatsch

  • Regional distribution of beta-adrenoceptors in the human heart: coexistence of functional beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors in both atria and ventricles in severe congestive cardiomyopathy.

    Otto-Erich Brodde;Stephan Schüler;Roland Kretsch;Matthias Brinkmann

  • Impact of body mass index on outcome in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting with and without valve surgery

    Evgenij V. Potapov;Matthias Loebe;Stefan Anker;Julia Stein

  • Tricuspid Incompetence and Geometry of the Right Ventricle as Predictors of Right Ventricular Function After Implantation of a Left Ventricular Assist Device

    Evgenij V. Potapov;Alexander Stepanenko;Michael Dandel;Marian Kukucka

  • Circulatory support with pneumatic paracorporeal ventricular assist device in infants and children

    Roland Hetzer;Matthias Loebe;Evgenij V Potapov;Yuguo Weng

  • Incidence of atrial flutter/fibrillation in adults with atrial septal defect before and after surgery

    Felix Berger;Michael Vogel;Andrea Kramer;Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili

Frequent Co-Authors

Vera Regitz-Zagrosek
Vera Regitz-Zagrosek Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Peter Lange
Peter Lange University of Copenhagen
Eckart Fleck
Eckart Fleck Humboldt State University
Hans-Dieter Volk
Hans-Dieter Volk Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jeanette Erdmann
Jeanette Erdmann University of Lübeck
Petra Reinke
Petra Reinke Berlin-Brandenburger Centrum für Regenerative Therapien
Ad J.J.C. Bogers
Ad J.J.C. Bogers Erasmus University Rotterdam
Christoph Klein
Christoph Klein Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Rinaldo Bellomo
Rinaldo Bellomo Monash University

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