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G. Trummer, B. Bein, M. Buerke, H. Ebelt, H. V. Groesdonk, N. Haake, M. Habicher, M. Heringlake, G. Marggraf, R. Stingele, M. Sander, A. Markewitz
Standardized terminology of mechanical herat, lung and circulatory assist devices:
A recommendation of the Section „Heart and Circulation“ of the German Interdisciplinary Association of Critical Care Medicine
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Guest editor: Onnen Grauhan

Editorial
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Pathophysiological consequences of brain death
A. Weymann, B. Schmack, G. Szabó
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Screening and assessment of the donor heart
O. Grauhan
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Donor heart preservation and perfusion
F. M. Wagner
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Organ preservation with the organ care system
R. Yeter, M. Hübler, M. Pasic, R. Hetzer, C. Knosalla
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Anesthesia for cardiac transplantation: A practical overview of current management strategies
A. Koster, C. Diehl, A. Dongas, T. Meyer-Jark, I. U. Lüth
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Monitoring and management of right ventricular function following cardiac transplantation
F. Wagner
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The intensive care management of patients following heart transplantation at the Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin
O. Simsch,  T. Gromann, C. Knosalla, M. Hübler, R. Hetzer, H. Lehmkuhl
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Induction therapy in heart transplantation
H. Lehmkuhl, M. Dandel, N. Hiemann, C. Knosalla, M. Pasic, M. Huebler, O. Grauhan, R. Hetzer
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Early postoperative therapy after heart transplantation: Prophylaxis, diagnosis and antibiotic, antimycotic and antiviral therapy of infections
M. Hummel
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Arrhythmia post heart transplantation
R. Baretti, B. Debus, B. Lin, Y.-G. Weng, M. Pasic, M. Hübler, O. Grauhan, C. Knosalla, M. Dandel, D. Kemper, N. Hiemann, H. B. Lehmkuhl, R. Hetzer
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Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation support in cardiac transplantation
H. B. Bittner
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