Mechanical Design and Material Budget of the CMS Barrel Pixel Detector (2009)
Amsler, C, Bösiger, K, Chiochia, V, Maier, R, Meyer, H, Robmann, P, ...
The Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN includes a silicon pixel detector as its innermost component. Its main task is the precise reconstruction of charged...
Mechanical Design and Material Budget of the CMS Barrel Pixel Detector (2009)
Amsler, C., Bösiger, K., Chiochia, V., Erdmann, W., Gabathuler, K., Horisberger, R., ...
The Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN includes a silicon pixel detector as its innermost component. Its main task is the precise reconstruction of charged...
Signal height in silicon pixel detectors irradiated with pions and protons (2009)
Rohe, T., Acosta, J., Bean, A., Dambach, S., Erdmann, W., Langenegger, U., ...
Pixel detectors are used in the innermost part of multi purpose experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and are therefore exposed to the highest fluences of ionising radiation, which in this...
Stress is a strong modulator of memory function. However, memory is not a unitary process and stress seems to exert different effects depending on the memory type under study. Here, we explored the...
Patent foramen ovale and neurosurgery in sitting position: a systematic review (2009)
We have conducted a systematic review of air embolism complications of neurosurgery in the sitting position and patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure. It assesses the risk and benefit of PFO closure...
Algorithms for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem – a comparison of different methods (2008)
Prof Dr, J. Käschel, Dr. T. Teich, G. Köbernik, B. Meier
ABSTRACT: The following paper introduces the results of an empirical study concerning the suitability of several methods for the solutions of the Job Shop Scheduling Problem. Part of the comparison...
Wirth, M, Horn, H, Koenig, T, Stein, M, Federspiel, A, Meier, B, ...
Behavioral studies suggest that women and men differ in the strategic elaboration of verbally encoded information especially in the absence of external task demand. However, measuring such covert...
Building CMS Pixel Barrel Detectur Modules (2007)
König, S., Hörmann, Ch., Horisberger, R., Meier, B., Rohe, T., Streuli, S., ...
For the barrel part of the CMS pixel tracker about 800 silicon pixel detector modules are required. The modules are bump bonded, assembled and tested at the Paul Scherrer Institute. This article...
CMS Barrel Pixel Detector Overview (2007)
Kästli, H. Chr., Bertl, W., Erdmann, W., Gabathuler, K., Hörmann, Ch., Horisberger, R., ...
The pixel detector is the innermost tracking device of the CMS experiment at the LHC. It is built from two independent sub devices, the pixel barrel and the end disks. The barrel consists of three...
M. Wirth, H. Horn, T. Koenig, M. Stein, A. Federspiel, B. Meier, ...
Behavioral studies suggest that women and men differ in the strategic elaboration of verbally encoded information especially in the absence of external task demand. However, measuring such covert...
Mouaziz, S, Boero, G, Moresi, G, Degen, C, Lin, Q, Meier, B, ...
A new technology based on a combination of Al-protection layers and HF-vapor etching to produce ultrathin single crystal silicon cantilevers is presented. 500 um long, 10 um wide and 0.5 um thick...
Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the sportive lemurs (Lepilemur, Primates). (2006)
Andriaholinirina, N, Fausser, J L, Roos, C, Zinner, D, Thalmann, U, Rabarivola, C K, ...
BACKGROUND: The number of species within the Malagasy genus Lepilemur and their phylogenetic relationships is disputed and controversial. In order to establish their evolutionary relationships, a...
901 Shunt diagnostic with power-mode Doppler after percutaneous PFO closure (2006)
Wustmann, K., Tomasek, N., Hess, O.M., Wahl, A., Windecker, S., Seiler, C., ...
Design and Performance of the CMS Pixel Detector Readout Chip (2005)
Kästli, H C, Barbero, M, Erdmann, W, Hörmann, C, Horisberger, R P, Kotlinski, D, ...
The readout chip for the CMS pixel detector has to deal with an enormous data rate. On-chip zero suppression is inevitable and hit data must be buffered locally during the latency of the first level...
Design and Performance of the CMS Pixel Detector Readout Chip (2005)
Kaestli, H. Chr., Barbero, M., Erdmann, W., Hoermann, Ch., Horisberger, R., Kotlinski, D., ...
The readout chip for the CMS pixel detector has to deal with an enormous data rate. On-chip zero suppression is inevitable and hit data must be buffered locally during the latency of the first level...
Qualification Procedures of the CMS Pixel Barrel Modules (2005)
Starodumov, A., Erdmann, W., Horisberger, R., Kaestli, H. Chr., Kotlinski, D., Langenegger, U., ...
The CMS pixel barrel system will consist of three layers built of about 800 modules. One module contains 66560 readout channels and the full pixel barrel system about 48 million channels. It is...
Combined Al-protection and HF-vapour release process for ultrathin cantilevers (2005)
Mouaziz, S, Boero, G, Moresi, G, Degen, C, Lin, Q, Meier, B, ...
Cantilever-based detection of ultrasmall forces is of great interest for several applications such as magnetic resonance force miscroscopy (MRFM) where an ultrahigh sensitive cantilever is used to...
Feinle-Bisset, Christine, Meier, B., Fried, M.
© 2003 by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Society of Gastroenterology
Mercado, N., Maier, W., Boersma, E., Bucher, C., Valk, V. De, O'Neill, W.W., ...
AIMS: To investigate the clinical and angiographic outcome of patients with mild coronary lesions treated with balloon angioplasty or coronary stenting (coronary plaque sealing, i.e. dilatation of...
Feinle-Bisset, Christine, Meier, B., Fried, M.
© 2003 by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Society of Gastroenterology
Mercado, N, Maier, W, Boersma, E, Bucher, C, De Valk, V, O'Neill, W.W, ...
Aims To investigate the clinical and angiographic outcome of patients with mild coronary lesions treated with balloon angioplasty or coronary stenting (coronary plaque sealing, i.e. dilatation of...
Novel management strategy for patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (2003)
Kucher, N., Luder, C.M., Dörnhöfer, T., Windecker, S., Meier, B., Hess, O.M.
Aims A simple management strategy is required for patients with acute pulmonary embolism which allows a rapid and reliable diagnosis in order to start timely and appropriate treatment. Methods and...
Stables, RH, Booth, J, Erbel, R, Wahrborg, P, Lubsen, J, ...
Background Results of trials, comparing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), indicate that rates of death or myocardial infarction are...
Williamson, P.T.F., Verhoeven, A., Miller, K., Watts, A., Meier, B.
Recent developments in SS-MAS-NMR methodology have brought about a wealth of information regarding the conformation and environment of small molecules bound to membrane bound receptors. Currently the...
Serruys, P.W., Meier, B., Feyter, P. De, Macaya, C., Kokott, N., Puel, J., ...
CONTEXT: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with excellent short-term improvements in ischemic symptoms, yet only three fifths of PCI patients at 5 years and one third of patients...
The European Registry of Cardiac Catheter Interventions 1997 (2002)
Maier, W., Camici, P., Windecker, S., Pfiffner, D., Wijns, W., Meier, B.
Banse, G., Meier, B., Wolffgramm, H., [Hrsg.]
Wissenschaftliche Berichte, FZKA-6697 (Februar 2002)
Evolution of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in Europe from 1992-1996 (2001)
Maier, W, Windecker, S, Boersma, E, Meier, B
Background The working group Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology has been conducting a yearly survey on coronary interventions in Europe. The purpose of this study is to...
The European registry of cardiac catheter interventions 1996 (2001)
Maier, W., Windecker, S., Lablanche, J.M., Mühlberger, V., Wijns, W., Meier, B., ...
Total occlusion trial with angioplasty by using laser guidewire - The total trial. (2000)
SERRUYS, PW, HAMBURGER, JN, KOOLEN, JJ, FAJADET, J, HAUDE, M, KLUES, H, ...
Wahl, A, Billinger, M, Fleisch, M, Meier, B, Seiler, C
Aims A high degree of collateral supply to a vascular area where a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has been performed represents a haemodynamic force competing with the...
Total occlusion trial with angioplasty by using laser guidewire. The TOTAL trial (2000)
Serruys, P.W, Hamburger, J.N, Fajadet, J, Haude, M, Klues, H, Seabra-Gomes, R, ...
Aims A randomized trial was performed to assess the safety and efficacy of a laser guidewire, in the treatment of chronic coronary occlusions. Methods and Results In 18 European centres, 303 patients...
Interventional cardiology in Europe 1995 (1999)
Windecker, S., Maier-Rudolph, W., Bonzel, T., Heyndrickx, G., Lablanche, J.M., Morice, M.C., ...
The working group Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology conducts, with the support of the national societies of cardiology, an annual survey on cardiac interventions in Europe....
Indications for intracoronary stent placement: the European view (1999)
Eeckhout, E., Wijns, W., Meier, B.
Aims In Europe, no written official guidelines on indications for coronary stent placement are available. We therefore assessed the opinions of European interventional cardiologists on these...
Urban, P., Stauffer, J-C., Bleed, D., Khatchatrian, N., Amann, W., Bertel, O., ...
Aim To test whether emergency revascularization improves survival in patients with acute myocardial infarction and shock. Methods and Results Patients with acute myocardial infarction and early shock...
Maier, W., Enderlin, M.F., Bonzel, T., Danchin, N., Heyndrickx, G., Mühlberger, V., ...
Aims Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has become the most widely used major intervention in western medicine. However, there is disparate use of this technique among different...
Bayerlein, M., Mughrabi, H., Kesten, M., Meier, B.
Specimens of a metastable austenitic stainless steel were cyclically deformed at 103 K under constant plastic strain control. The tests were performed both with a symmetrical plastic strain amplitude...
Fibre-Reinforced SiC-Matrix Composites: Microstructure, Interfaces and Mechanical Properties. (1998)
Grathwohl, G., Haehnel, A., Meier, B., Pippel, E., Richter, G.
Two fiber-reinforced SiC-materials containing SiC- and C-fibers, respectively, are characterized by evaluation of their microstructures, especially by microanalysis of the fiber/matrix interfaces and...
Rausch, G., Meier, B., Grathwohl, G.
The friction stress and the shear strength of the interfaces in fiber-reinforced composites can be calculated from load-displacement diagrams as determined in push-out tests. In this study a fiber...
Sol-Gel Coatings on Ceramic Fibers for Ceramic Matrix Composites. (1998)
Meier, B., Grathwohl, G., Spallek, M., Pannhorst, W.
Different types of reinforcing components, i.e., SiC-filaments (Sigma, Tubingen, FRG), SiC-fiber bundles and plain weaves (Nicalon, Nippon Carbon, Japan) as well as C-fiber bundles (T-800, Torray,...
Evaluation of Interface Parameters in Push-Out and Pull-Out Tests. (1998)
Kuntz, M., Schlapschi, K. H., Meier, B., Grathwohl, G.
Push-out and pull-out tests with single-fibre model composites are performed to evaluate the frictional parameters of the interface. Analysis of the experimental data according to models based on the...
Interventional cardiology in Europe 1994 (1998)
Windecker, S., Meyer, B.J., Bonzel, T., Fabian, J., Heyndrickx, G., Morice, M.C., ...
The working group Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology conducts an annual survey of cardiac interventions in Europe with the support of the national societies of cardiology. A...
Aims There is a continuous increase in the number of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty pro-cedures performed per year per population in most industrialised countries. This analysis...
Recommendations on stent manufacture, implantation and utilization (1997)
Balcon, R., Beyar, R., Chierchia, S., De Scheerder, I., Hugenholtz, P. G., Kiemeneij, F., ...
Interventional Cardiology in Europe 1993 (1996)
Meyer, B. J., Meier, B., Bonzel, T., Fabian, J., Heyndrickx, G., ...
An annual survey on cardiac interventions in Europe is performed by the working group on Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology with the help of the national societies of...
Coronary interventions in Europe 1992 (1995)
The general practice of coronary interventions is influenced by various aspects, traditional, cultural, socioeconomic and personal. The aim of this survey was to collect the data on coronary...
Emmendörffer, A., Roesler, J., Elsner, J., Raeder, E., Meier, B.
Recently, a superoxide-generating NADPH-oxidase system in human fibroblasts has been described. Therefore, we reassessed the possible use of this cell type for prenatal diagnosis of CGD patients...
Meier, B., Jesaitis, A.J., Emmendörffer, A., Roesler, J., Quinn, M.T.
We have demonstrated that human fibroblasts can release O2-. radicals by and NADPH oxidase system that appears to be functionally similar to the phagocytic system. Further analysis of these systems,...
Strauss, B.H., Bertrand, M.E., Puel, J., Meier, B., Goy, J.J., ...
The coronary stent has been investigated as an adjunct to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty to obviate the problems of early occlusion and late restenosis. From March 1986 to March 1990,...
NEIDHART, P. P., MEIER, B., POLLA, B. S., SCHIFFERLI, J. A., MOREL, D. R.
A generalized skin erythema and severe hypotension developed following administration of protamine for the reversal of heparin anticoagulation after an unsuccessful attempt at percutaneous...
Angiographic follow-up after placement of a self-expanding coronary artery stent (1991)
Strauss, B.H., Beatt, K.J., Bertrand, M.E., Puel, J., Rickards, A.F., ...
Relative risk analysis of angiographic predictors of restenosis within the coronary Wallstent (1991)
Strauss, B.H., Scheerder, I.K. De, Tijssen, J.G.P., Bertrand, M.E., Puel, J., ...
BACKGROUND. Late angiographic narrowing has been observed following coronary implantation of the Wallstent. To identify the angiographic variables that predict restenosis within the stented segment,...
MICROANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF REINFORCING COMPONENTS AND COMPOSITES WITH BRITTLE MATRIX (1990)
Meier, B., Hamminger, R., Grathwohl, G.
Microanalytical investigations have been made on samples of ceramic fibres (SiC-fibre/NICALON, C-fibre coated with TiNX), SiC-platelets/AMERICAN MATRIX as well as on reinforced ceramics (RBSN matrix...
Assessment of the "long sheath" technique for percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty (1990)
Plante, S., Beatt, K.J., Brand, M. Van Den, Di Mario, C., Meier, B.
A 100 cm-long 16.5 F valvuloplasty catheter introducer was assessed as an adjunct for percutaneous transluminal aortic valvuloplasty (PTAV) via the femoral artery in 31 patients with severe aortic...
Angiographic follow-up after placement of a self-expanding coronary artery stent (1990)
Strauss, B.H., Beatt, K.J., Bertrand, M.E., Puel, J., Rickards, A.F., ...
BACKGROUND. The placement of stents in coronary arteries after coronary angioplasty has been investigated as a way of treating abrupt coronary-artery occlusion related to the angioplasty and of...
MICROANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF REINFORCING COMPONENTS AND COMPOSITES WITH BRITTLE MATRIX (1990)
Meier, B., Hamminger, R., Grathwohl, G.
Microanalytical investigations have been made on samples of ceramic fibres (SiC-fibre/NICALON, C-fibre coated with TiNX), SiC-platelets/AMERICAN MATRIX as well as on reinforced ceramics (RBSN matrix...
MICROANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF REINFORCING COMPONENTS AND COMPOSITES WITH BRITTLE MATRIX (1990)
Meier, B., Hamminger, R., Grathwohl, G.
Microanalytical investigations have been made on samples of ceramic fibres (SiC-fibre/NICALON, C-fibre coated with TiNX), SiC-platelets/AMERICAN MATRIX as well as on reinforced ceramics (RBSN matrix...
Prevention of restenosis after coronary angioplasty: A pharmacological approach (1989)
Evaluations of drugs for the prevention of resrenosis after human coronary angioplasty have been disappointing. Heparin failed to reduce resrenosis in a randomized study in Atlanta, Georgia, in...
Simoons, M.L., Arnold, A.E.R., Betriu, A., Bokslag, M., Bono, D.P. De, Brower, R.W., ...
A randomised trial of 367 patients with acute myocardial infarction was performed to determine whether an invasive strategy combining thrombolysis with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator...
Arnold, AER, Betriu, A, De Bono, DP, Col, J, Dougherty, FC, ...
Restenosis and repeat coronary angioplasty in Geneva (1988)
Finci, L., Meier, B., Steffenino, G., Urban, P., Rutishauser, W.
Mikroanalytische Untersuchung faserverstaerkter keramischer Werkstoffe. (1988)
5.Arbeitstagung Angewandte Oberflaechenanalytik, Juelich, 21.-24.Juni 1988
Digital videodensitometric measurement of aortic regurgitation (1987)
Divernois, J., Chatelain, P., Meier, B., Rutishauser, W.
A videodensitometric method for quantification of aortic regurgitation which requires neither measurement of cardiac output nor determination of enddiastolic and endsystolic left ventricular volumes...
Flow reversal in coronary collaterals (1987)
We report a case of collateral flow reversal observed seven months after angioplasty and due to the progression of a second lesion in another vessel. Such an occurrence has not been reported...
Garlando, F, Rietiker, S, Täuber, M G, Flepp, M, Meier, B, Lüthy, R
Two single-dose regimens of ciprofloxacin, 100 and 250 mg, were compared in the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women. Cure rates 5 days after therapy did not significantly...
Meier, B, Metzger, U, Müller, F, Siegenthaler, W, Lüthy, R
A retroperitoneal Nocardia asteroides abscess was diagnosed in a 76-year-old patient. Trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole treatment for 6.5 weeks failed after surgical drainage of the abscess, and...
Meier, B, Jesaitis, A J, Emmendörffer, A, Roesler, J, Quinn, M T
We have demonstrated that human fibroblasts can release O2-. radicals by an NADPH oxidase system that appears to be functionally similar to the phagocytic system. Further analysis of these systems,...
Meier, B, Radeke, H H, Selle, S, Younes, M, Sies, H, Resch, K, ...
Human fibroblasts in primary culture released reactive oxygen species upon stimulation with cytokines such as interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1) or tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF). The primary radical...
Meier, B, Michel, C, Saran, M, Hüttermann, J, Parak, F, Rotilio, G
Kinetic studies were performed on the superoxide dismutases isolated from the anaerobic bacterium Propionibacterium shermanii as active enzymes with either iron or manganese, which were naturally...
The anaerobic, but aerotolerant Propionibacterium freudenreichii sp. shermanii contains a single superoxide dismutase [EC 1.15.1.1.] exhibiting comparable activity with iron or manganese as metal...
Identification of a superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase system in human fibroblasts.
Meier, B, Cross, A R, Hancock, J T, Kaup, F J, Jones, O T
Human fibroblasts have the capacity to release superoxide radicals upon stimulation of an electron transport system similar to the NADPH oxidase of leukocytes. Two components of the NADPH oxidase...
Meier, B, Scherk, C, Schmidt, M, Parak, F
The iron-containing superoxide dismutase from Propionibacterium shermanii shows, in contrast with other iron superoxide dismutases, only a minor inhibition by azide or fluoride (10-100 mM) of up to...
Initiation of translation at a UAG stop codon in the aldolase gene of Plasmodium falciparum.
Ghersa, P, Shrivastava, I K, Perrin, L H, Döbeli, H, Becherer, D J, Matile, H, ...
The gene coding for the key glycolytic enzyme fructose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum lacks a functional AUG initiation codon for translation. Protein...
Garlando, F, Rietiker, S, Täuber, M G, Flepp, M, Meier, B, Lüthy, R
Two single-dose regimens of ciprofloxacin, 100 and 250 mg, were compared in the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women. Cure rates 5 days after therapy did not significantly...
Meier, B, Metzger, U, Müller, F, Siegenthaler, W, Lüthy, R
A retroperitoneal Nocardia asteroides abscess was diagnosed in a 76-year-old patient. Trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole treatment for 6.5 weeks failed after surgical drainage of the abscess, and...
Initiation of translation at a UAG stop codon in the aldolase gene of Plasmodium falciparum.
Ghersa, P, Shrivastava, I K, Perrin, L H, Döbeli, H, Becherer, D J, Matile, H, ...
The gene coding for the key glycolytic enzyme fructose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum lacks a functional AUG initiation codon for translation. Protein...
Meier, B, Jesaitis, A J, Emmendörffer, A, Roesler, J, Quinn, M T
We have demonstrated that human fibroblasts can release O2-. radicals by an NADPH oxidase system that appears to be functionally similar to the phagocytic system. Further analysis of these systems,...
Meier, B, Radeke, H H, Selle, S, Younes, M, Sies, H, Resch, K, ...
Human fibroblasts in primary culture released reactive oxygen species upon stimulation with cytokines such as interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1) or tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF). The primary radical...
Meier, B, Michel, C, Saran, M, Hüttermann, J, Parak, F, Rotilio, G
Kinetic studies were performed on the superoxide dismutases isolated from the anaerobic bacterium Propionibacterium shermanii as active enzymes with either iron or manganese, which were naturally...
The anaerobic, but aerotolerant Propionibacterium freudenreichii sp. shermanii contains a single superoxide dismutase [EC 1.15.1.1.] exhibiting comparable activity with iron or manganese as metal...
Identification of a superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase system in human fibroblasts.
Meier, B, Cross, A R, Hancock, J T, Kaup, F J, Jones, O T
Human fibroblasts have the capacity to release superoxide radicals upon stimulation of an electron transport system similar to the NADPH oxidase of leukocytes. Two components of the NADPH oxidase...
Meier, B, Scherk, C, Schmidt, M, Parak, F
The iron-containing superoxide dismutase from Propionibacterium shermanii shows, in contrast with other iron superoxide dismutases, only a minor inhibition by azide or fluoride (10-100 mM) of up to...
Feinle-Bisset, C, Meier, B, Fried, M
Background and aims: Dietary fat plays a role in the pathophysiology of symptoms in functional dyspepsia (FD). In healthy subjects, cognitive factors enhance postprandial fullness; in FD patients,...
Benign coronary perforation during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
In two patients percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was complicated by coronary perforation. In both cases the complication was managed conservatively.
Mehan, V. K., Sideris, E. B., Meier, B.
An atrial septal aneurysm may be associated with a patent foramen ovale. When paradoxical emboli result, the shunt must be closed and the atrial septal aneurysm excised. A reversed buttoned occluder...
Wagdi, P., Kaufmann, U., Fluri, M., Meier, B.
AIM: To validate dipyridamole as a pharmacological stress test during cardiac catheterisation, allowing both functional and morphological estimation of stenosis severity. METHODS: The study...
Ramamurthy, S., Mehan, V., Kaufmann, U., Verin, V., Lüscher, T. F., Meier, B.
OBJECTIVE: In the light of the reported inconsistent anti-ischaemic and antianginal effects of transdermal glyceryl trinitrate, its efficacy and influence on the effects of intracoronary glyceryl...
Chatelain, P, Meier, B, Friedli, B
Double venous stenting of the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava was successfully performed after failed balloon angioplasty in a young woman who had venoatrial narrowing and kinking after...
Balloon recanalisation of a chronically occluded left internal mammary artery graft.
Mehan, V K, Meier, B, Urban, P
A patient in whom balloon recanalisation of a chronically occluded left internal mammary artery graft was successful is described. A Magnum-Magnarail system was used, and a four month follow up...
Trefoil balloon for aortic valvuloplasty.
Meier, B, Friedli, B, Oberhänsli, I
A new balloon for valvuloplasty (Trefoil balloon) was successfully used in a 12 year old boy with congenital aortic stenosis. The Trefoil balloon consists of three angioplasty balloons mounted in...
Acute complications of elective coronary angioplasty: a review of 500 consecutive procedures.
Steffenino, G, Meier, B, Finci, L, Velebit, V, Von Segesser, L, Faidutti, B, ...
In 500 consecutive procedures of elective coronary angioplasty attempted at a centre with a primary success of 86%, one or more major acute complications occurred in 34 cases (6.8%). Twenty four...
Follow up results of treatment of unstable angina by coronary angioplasty.
Steffenino, G, Meier, B, Finci, L, Rutishauser, W
Eighty nine of 327 consecutive patients undergoing coronary angioplasty at a centre had unstable angina--defined as either a worsening of the frequency or the severity of chest pain or severe...
Chatterjee, T, Do, D, Mahler, F, Meier, B
Background—Femoral artery pseudoaneurysm is a significant complication in patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic catheterisation. First choice treatment for pseudoaneurysm is freehand...
Pfister, M, Seiler, C, Fleisch, M, Gobel, H, Luscher, T, Meier, B
Background—Sublingual nitroglycerin (glyceryltrinitrate, GTN) capsules or isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) spray are routinely used to treat anginal attacks and to vasodilate maximally the epicardial...
Roffi, M, Meier, B, Allemann, Y
Dobutamine stress echocardiography is widely performed as a useful diagnostic tool in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Dobutamine induced myocardial ischaemia is frequently...
De Marchi, S F, Schwerzmann, M, Fleisch, M, Billinger, M, Meier, B, Seiler, C
OBJECTIVE—To determine whether myocardial contrast echocardiography can be used to quantify collateral derived myocardial flow in humans. METHODS—In 25 patients undergoing coronary...
Influence on collateral flow of recanalising chronic total coronary occlusions: a case-control study
Pohl, T, Hochstrasser, P, Billinger, M, Fleisch, M, Meier, B, Seiler, C
OBJECTIVE—To assess the effect of recanalisation on collateral flow in a case-control study in patients with and without chronic total coronary occlusions. DESIGN—In 54 patients undergoing...
Seiler, C, Billinger, M, Fleisch, M, Meier, B
OBJECTIVE—To investigate the hypothesis that the time to washout of radiographic contrast medium trapped distal to an occluded collateral receiving vessel is inversely related to collateral flow,...
Seiler, C, Pohl, T, Lipp, E, Hutter, D, Meier, B
Objective: To test the hypothesis that regional left ventricular (LV) function during balloon angioplasty is related to the amount of collateral flow to the ischaemic region.
Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: impact of device design on safety and efficacy
Schwerzmann, M, Windecker, S, Wahl, A, Mehta, H, Nedeltchev, K, Mattle, H, ...
Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) with the Amplatzer PFO occluder (Amplatzer) or the PFO STAR device (STAR) in patients with presumed...
Effect of statin treatment on coronary collateral flow in patients with coronary artery disease
Zbinden, S, Brunner, N, Wustmann, K, Billinger, M, Meier, B, Seiler, C
Outcome of patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale
Nedeltchev, K, Arnold, M, Wahl, A, Sturzenegger, M, Vella, E, Windecker, S, ...
Objectives. The aim was to estimate the recurrence rate and to define subgroups at increased risk for recurrent cerebral ischaemia in patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) and so called...
Influence of diabetes mellitus on coronary collateral flow: an answer to an old controversy
Zbinden, R, Zbinden, S, Billinger, M, Windecker, S, Meier, B, Seiler, C
Objectives: To determine the influence of diabetes mellitus on coronary collateral flow by accurate means of collateral flow measurement in a large population with variable degrees of coronary artery...