Prof. Dr. med. Otmar Pfister

Xu L, Balzarolo M, Robinson EL, Lorenz V, Della Verde G, Joray L, Mochizuki M, Kaufmann BA, Valstar G, de Jager SCA, den Ruijter HM, Heymans S, Pfister O, & Kuster GM. (2022). NOX1 mediates metabolic heart disease in mice and is upregulated in monocytes of humans with diastolic dysfunction. Cardiovascular Research, 118(14), 2973–2984. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab349

Schöbi D, Zhang YP, Kehl J, Aissani M, Pfister O, Strahm M, van Haelst P, & Zhou Q. (2022). Evaluation of Speech and Pause Alterations in Patients With Acute and Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of the American Heart Association, 11(21), e027023. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.122.027023

Brock E, Moschovitis G, Maeder MT, & Pfister O. (2022). Budget Impact of Intravenous Iron Therapy with Ferric Carboxymaltose in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) and Iron Deficiency in Switzerland. PharmacoEconomics - Open, 6(5), 735–743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41669-022-00341-7

Sindone A, Doehner W, Manito N, McDonagh T, Cohen-Solal A, Damy T, Núñez J, Pfister O, van der Meer P, & Comin-Colet J. (2022). Practical Guidance for Diagnosing and Treating Iron Deficiency in Patients with Heart Failure: Why, Who and How? Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11112976

Jaeger C., Burkard T, Kamber F., Seeberger E., Bolliger D, Pfister O., Buse G.L., & Mauermann E. (2022). Quantification of metabolic equivalents (METs) by the MET-REPAIR questionnaire: A validation study in patients with a high cardiovascular burden. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2021.110559

Ruperti-Repilado, Francisco Javier, Van Der Stouwe, Jan Gerrit, Haaf, Philip, Mueller, Christian, Läubli, Heinz, Pfister, Otmar, Rothschild, Sacha I, & Kuster, Gabriela M. (2022). Case report of elevation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in the absence of cardiac involvement in immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myositis. European Heart Journal - Case Reports, 6(9), ytac353. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytac353

Shrestha, Samyut, Lopez-Ayala, Pedro, Schaefer, Ibrahim, Nardiello, Svetlana S., Papachristou, Androniki, Aliyeva, Fatima, Simmen, Cornelia, Wussler, Desiree, Belkin, Maria, Gualandro, Danielle M., Puelacher, Christian, Michou, Eleni, Pfister, Otmar, Bingisser, Roland, Nickel, Christian H., Breidthardt, Tobias, & Müller, Christian. (2022). Efficacy and safety of digoxin in acute heart failure triggered by tachyarrhythmia. Journal of Internal Medicine, 292(6), 969–972. https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.13565

Tenge T, Santer D, Schlieper D, Schallenburger M, Schwartz J, Meier S, Akhyari P, Pfister O, Walter S, Eckstein S, Eckstein F, Siegemund M, Gaertner J, & Neukirchen M. (2022). Inpatient Specialist Palliative Care in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD): A Retrospective Case Series. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9, 879378. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.879378

Weibel L., Klimmeck S., Grossmann F., & Pfister O. (2022). Training program for patients with heart failure at the University Hospital Basel. Cardiovascular Medicine, 25, 68–72. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2022.w10136

Schaeffer T., Pfister O., Mork C, Mohacsi P, Rueter F., Scheifele S., Morgen A, Zenklusen U., Doebele T., Maurer M., Erb J, Fassl J., Cueni N., Siegemund M, Pargger H, Gahl B., Osswald S, Eckstein F., & Grapow M. (2021). 5-year results of a newly implemented mechanical circulatory support program for terminal heart failure patients in a Swiss non-cardiac transplant university hospital. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01447-5

Haaf P, Glatz K, Pfister O., Zellweger MJ, & Kuster GM. (2021). Nonamyloidotic light chain deposition cardiomyopathy. European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging, 22(11), e160. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeab126

Condoluci A, Théaudin M, Schwotzer R, Pazhenkottil AP, Arosio P, Averaimo M, Bacher U, Bode P, Cavalli A, Dirnhofer S, Djerbi N, Dobner S, Fehr T, Garofalo M, Gaspert A, Gerull S, Heimgartner R, Hübers A, Jung HH, et al. (2021). Management of transthyretin amyloidosis. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151, w30053. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.w30053

Mork C, Pfister O, Koechlin L, Scheifele S, Morgen A, Altwegg L, Heppel D, Berdajs D, Darwisch A, Kuehne M, Reuthebuch O, Schurr U, Siegemund M, Eckstein F, Santer D, & Zhou Q. (2021). Aortic Root Thrombus Directly After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. (Patent No. 10). 3(10), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2021.05.016

Glinz D, Bläsi C, Villiger A, Meienberg A, Socrates T, Pfister O, Mayr M, Haschke M, Vischer AS, & Burkard T. (2021). Hemodynamic profiles in treatment-naive arterial hypertension and their clinical implication for treatment choice: an exploratory post hoc analysis. Journal of Hypertension, 39(6), 1246–1253. https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0000000000002766

Vischer AS, Kuster GM, Twerenbold R, Pfister O, Zhou Q, Villiger A, Poglitsch M, Krähenbühl S, Mayr M, Osswald S, Haschke M, & Burkard T. (2021). Influence of Antihypertensive Treatment on RAAS Peptides in Newly Diagnosed Hypertensive Patients. Cells, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10030534

Arranto CA, Burkard T, Leuppi-Taegtmeyer AB, Gerull S, Passweg JR, Pfister O, & Halter JP. (2021). Prevalence of untreated and uncontrolled cardiovascular risk factors in survivors of allogeneic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 56(1), 167–174. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-020-00997-x

Schwotzer R, Flammer AJ, Gerull S, Pabst T, Arosio P, Averaimo M, Bacher VU, Bode P, Cavalli A, Concoluci A, Dirnhofer S, Djerbi N, Dobner SW, Fehr T, Garofalo M, Gaspert A, Heimgartner R, Hübers A, Jung HH, et al. (2020). Expert recommendation from the Swiss Amyloidosis Network (SAN) for systemic AL-amyloidosis. Swiss Medical Weekly, 150, w20364. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20364

Sweda R, Sabti Z, Strebel I, Kozhuharov N, Wussler D, Shrestha S, Flores D, Badertscher P, Lopez-Ayala P, Zimmermann T, Michou E, Gualandro DM, Häberlin A, Tanner H, Keller DI, Nowak A, Pfister O, Breidthardt T, Mueller C, & Reichlin T. (2020). Diagnostic and prognostic values of the QRS-T angle in patients with suspected acute decompensated heart failure. ESC Heart Failure, 7(4), 1817–1829. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12746

Kilian L, Krisai P, Socrates T, Arranto C, Pfister O, Meienberg A, Mayr M, Vischer AS, & Burkard T. (2020). Analyzing 24-Hour Blood Pressure Measurements with a Novel Cuffless Pulse Transit Time Device in Clinical Practice-Does the Software for Heartbeat Detection Matter? Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 10(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10060361

Kuster GM, Pfister O, Burkard T, Zhou Q, Twerenbold R, Haaf P, Widmer AF, & Osswald S. (2020). SARS-CoV2: should inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system be withdrawn in patients with COVID-19? European Heart Journal, 41(19), 1801–1803. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa235

Boeddinghaus, Jasper, Nestelberger, Thomas, Kaiser, Christoph, Twerenbold, Raphael, Fahrni, Gregor, Bingisser, Roland, Khanna, Nina, Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah, Widmer, Andreas, Jeger, Raban, Kaufmann, Beat, Pfister, Otmar, Sticherling, Christian, Müller, Christian, Osswald, Stefan, Zellweger, Michael J., & Kühne, Michael. (2020). Effect of COVID-19 on acute treatment of ST-segment elevation and Non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome in northwestern Switzerland. International journal of cardiology, 32, 100686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100686

Fahrni, Gregor, Farah, Ahmed, Engstrøm, Thomas, Galatius, Søren, Eberli, Franz, Rickenbacher, Peter, Conen, David, Müller, Christian, Pfister, Otmar, Twerenbold, Raphael, Coslovsky, Michael, Cattaneo, Marco, Kaiser, Christoph, Mangner, Norman, Schuler, Gerhard, Pfisterer, Matthias, Möbius-Winkler, Sven, Jeger, Raban V., & Basket‐Savage‐Investigators*. (2020). Long-Term Results After Drug-Eluting Versus Bare-Metal Stent Implantation in Saphenous Vein Grafts: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular, 9(20), e017434. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.120.017434

Ganzoni, Cornelia, Arslani, Ketina, Pfister, Otmar, Freese, Michael, Strobel, Werner, Müller, Christian, & Tobler, Daniel. (2020). Choir singing improves respiratory muscle strength and quality of life in patients with structural heart disease - HeartChoir: a randomised clinical trial. Swiss Medical Weekly, 150, w20346. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20346

Jilek C, Lewalter T, Pauschinger M, von Scheidt W, Frankenstein L, Pfister O, Hambrecht R, Bruder O, Brachmann J, Hartmann A, Strasser R, Hochadel M, & Senges J. (2020). Cardioverter-defibrillator does not improve short-term survival among patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. Clinical Research in Cardiology : Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society, 109(1), 115–123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-019-01503-0

Meindl C, Hochadel M, Frankenstein L, Bruder O, Pauschinger M, Hambrecht R, von Scheidt W, Pfister O, Hartmann A, Maier LS, Senges J, & Unsöld B. (2020). The role of diabetes in cardiomyopathies of different etiologies-Characteristics and 1-year follow-up results of the EVITA-HF registry. PloS One, 15(6), e0234260. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234260

Haegele M., Strebel I., & Pfister O. (2019). Letter by Haegele et al Regarding Article, “effect of High-Intensity Interval Training in de Novo Heart Transplant Recipients in Scandinavia”. Circulation, 140(17), E733–E734. https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.119.042284

Simonavicius J., Sanders van-Wijk S, Rickenbacher P, Maeder M.T., Pfister O., Kaufmann B.A., Pfisterer M, Celutkiene J., Puronaitė R, Knackstedt C, van Empel V., & Brunner-La Rocca H.-P. (2019). Prognostic Significance of Longitudinal Clinical Congestion Pattern in Chronic Heart Failure: Insights From TIME-CHF Trial. The American Journal of Medicine, 132(9), e679–e692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.04.010

Nowak A, Angelillo-Scherrer A, Betticher D, Dickenmann M, Guessous I, Juillerat P, Korte W, Neuner-Jehle S, Pfister O, Surbek D, Battegay E, & Steurer J. (2019). Swiss Delphi study on iron deficiency. Swiss Medical Weekly, 149, w20097. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2019.20097

Wienbergen H, Pfister O., Hochadel M., Fach A., Backhaus T, Bruder O., Remppis B.A., Maeder M.T., Maeder MT, von Scheidt W, Pauschinger M., Senges J., Hambrecht R., & RAID-HF (Registry Analysis of Iron Deficiency-Heart Failure) Study Group. (2019). Long-term effects of iron deficiency in patients with heart failure with or without anemia: the RAID-HF follow-up study. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 108(1), 93–100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1327-y

Honegger, Ursina, Walter, Joan E., Müller, Deborah, Puelacher, Christian, Schaerli, Nicolas, Twerenbold, Raphael, Badertscher, Patrick, Boeddinghaus, Jasper, Nestelberger, Thomas, du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Wussler, Desiree, Pfister, Otmar, Jeger, Raban, Kaiser, Christoph, Wild, Damian, Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno, Reichlin, Tobias, & Müller, Christian. (2019). Prevalence and determinants of exercise-induced left ventricular dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 49(6), e13112. https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.13112

Kozhuharov, Nikola, Goudev, Assen, Flores, Dayana, Maeder, Micha T., Walter, Joan, Shrestha, Samyut, Gualandro, Danielle Menosi, de Oliveira Junior, Mucio Tavares, Sabti, Zaid, Müller, Beat, Noveanu, Markus, Socrates, Thenral, Ziller, Ronny, Bayés-Genís, Antoni, Sionis, Alessandro, Simon, Patrick, Michou, Eleni, Gujer, Samuel, Gori, Tommaso, et al. (2019). Effect of a Strategy of Comprehensive Vasodilation vs Usual Care on Mortality and Heart Failure Rehospitalization Among Patients With Acute Heart Failure: The GALACTIC Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, 322(23), 2292–2302. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.18598

Kozhuharov, Nikola, Sabti, Zaid, Wussler, Desiree, Nowak, Albina, Badertscher, Patrick, Twerenbold, Raphael, Wildi, Karin, Stallone, Fabio, Vogt, Fabian, Hilti, Jonas, Puelacher, Christian, du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Shrestha, Samyut, Flores, Dayana, Nestelberger, Thomas, Koechlin, Luca, Boeddinghaus, Jasper, Zimmermann, Tobias, Walter, Joan, et al. (2019). Prospective validation of N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide cut-off concentrations for the diagnosis of acute heart failure. European Journal of Heart Failure, 21(6), 813–815. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1471

Kuster GM, & Pfister O. (2019). Chronic heart failure: Advances in pharmacological treatment and future perspectives. Swiss Medical Weekly, 149(11-12). https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2019.20036

Mochizuki M, Della Verde G, Soliman H, Pfister O., & Kuster GM. (2019). Induction of endothelial differentiation in cardiac progenitor cells under low serum conditions. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2019(143). https://doi.org/10.3791/58370

Wussler, Desiree, Kozhuharov, Nikola, Sabti, Zaid, Walter, Joan, Strebel, Ivo, Scholl, Letizia, Miró, Oscar, Rossello, Xavier, Martín-Sánchez, Francisco Javier, Pocock, Stuart J., Nowak, Albina, Badertscher, Patrick, Twerenbold, Raphael, Wildi, Karin, Puelacher, Christian, du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne, Shrestha, Samyut, Strauch, Olivia, Flores, Dayana, et al. (2019). External Validation of the MEESSI Acute Heart Failure Risk Score: A Cohort Study. Annals of Internal Medicine, 170(4), 248–256. https://doi.org/10.7326/m18-1967

McDonagh T., Damy T., Doehner W., Lam C.S.P., Sindone A., van der Meer P., Cohen-Solal A., Kindermann I., Manito N., Pfister O., Pohjantahti-Maaroos H., Taylor J., & Comin-Colet J. (2018). Screening, diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency in chronic heart failure: putting the 2016 European Society of Cardiology heart failure guidelines into clinical practice. European Journal of Heart Failure, 20(12), 1664–1672. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1305

Breidthardt, Tobias, Moreno-Weidmann, Zoraida, Uthoff, Heiko, Sabti, Zaid, Aeppli, Sven, Puelacher, Christian, Stallone, Fabio, Twerenbold, Raphael, Wildi, Karin, Kozhuharov, Nikola, Wussler, Desiree, Flores, Dayana, Shrestha, Samyut, Badertscher, Patrick, Boeddinghaus, Jasper, Nestelberger, Thomas, Gimenez, Maria Rubini, Staub, Daniel, Aschwanden, Markus, et al. (2018). How accurate is clinical assessment of neck veins in the estimation of central venous pressure in acute heart failure? Insights from a prospective study. European journal of heart failure, 20(7), 1160–+. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1111

Liu Y.-C., & Pfister O. (2018). How to diagnose heart failure? Klinik und diagnostik der herzinsuffizienz. Therapeutische Umschau, 75(3), 151–154. https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a000982

Pfister O. (2017). SGLT-2-inhibitors Sglt-2-inhibitoren aus der sicht des kardiologen. Therapeutische Umschau, 74(8), 462–464. https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a000941

Rickenbacher P., Kaufmann B.A., Maeder M.T., Bernheim A., Goetschalckx K., Pfister O., Pfisterer M., & Brunner-La Rocca H.-P. (2017). Heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction: a distinct clinical entity? Insights from the Trial of Intensified versus standard Medical therapy in Elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure (TIME-CHF). European Journal of Heart Failure, 19(12), 1586–1596. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.798

Jeger R.V., Pfister O., Radovanovic D., Eberli F.R., Rickli H., Urban P., Pedrazzini G., Stauffer J.-C., Nossen J., & Erne P. (2017). Heart failure in patients admitted for acute coronary syndromes: A report from a large national registry. Clinical Cardiology, 40(10), 907–913. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.22745

Zellweger MJ, Haaf P, Maraun M, Osterhues HH, Keller U, Müller-Brand J, Jeger R, Pfister O, Brinkert M, Burkard T, Pfisterer M, & BARDOT Investigators. (2017). Predictors and prognostic impact of silent coronary artery disease in asymptomatic high-risk patients with diabetes mellitus. International Journal of Cardiology, 244, 37–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.05.069

Mochizuki, Michika, Lorenz, Vera, Ivanek, Robert, Della Verde, Giacomo, Gaudiello, Emanuele, Marsano, Anna, Pfister, Otmar, & Kuster, Gabriela M. (2017). Polo-Like Kinase 2 is Dynamically Regulated to Coordinate Proliferation and Early Lineage Specification Downstream of Yes-Associated Protein 1 in Cardiac Progenitor Cells. Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(10), e005920. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.117.005920

Jeger R, Jeger R, Pfisterer M, Pfister O, Rickenbacher P, Handke M., Gilgen N, Coslovsky M., & Kaiser C. (2016). First-generation paclitaxel- vs. second-generation zotarolimus-eluting stents in small coronary arteries: the BASKET-SMALL Pilot Study. Postepy W Kardiologii Interwencyjnej = Advances in Interventional Cardiology, 12(4), 314–320. https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2016.63630

Wienbergen, Harm, Pfister, Otmar, Hochadel, Matthias, Michel, Stephan, Bruder, Oliver, Remppis, Björn Andrew, Maeder, Micha Tobias, Strasser, Ruth, von Scheidt, Wolfgang, Pauschinger, Matthias, Senges, Jochen, & Hambrecht, Rainer. (2016). Usefulness of Iron Deficiency Correction in Management of Patients With Heart Failure [from the Registry Analysis of Iron Deficiency-Heart Failure (RAID-HF) Registry]. American Journal of Cardiology, 118, 1875–1880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.08.081

Kuster, Gabriela M., Della Verde, Giacomo, Liao, Ronglih, & Pfister, Otmar. (2016). Cell Therapy for Cardiac Regeneration. In N.A.: Vol. null (pp. 265–283). https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-800548-4.00018-8

Läubli, Heinz, Balmelli, Cathrin, Bossard, Matthias, Pfister, Otmar, Glatz, Kathrin, & Zippelius, Alfred. (2015). Acute heart failure due to autoimmune myocarditis under pembrolizumab treatment for metastatic melanoma. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40425-015-0057-1

Burkard T., Pfister O., Rickli H., Follath F., Hack D., Zaker R., Pittl U., Handschin R., Pfisterer M., & Brunner-La Rocca H.-P. (2014). Prognostic impact of systemic inflammatory diseases in elderly patients with congestive heart failure. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 107(2), 131–138. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hct205

Pfister, Otmar, Della Verde, Giacomo, Liao, Ronglih, & Kuster, Gabriela M. (2014). Regenerative therapy for cardiovascular disease. Translational Research : The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 163(4), 307–320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trsl.2013.12.005

Pfister, Otmar, Lorenz, Vera, Oikonomopoulos, Angelos, Xu, Lifen, Häuselmann, Stéphanie P, Mbah, Christopher, Kaufmann, Beat A, Liao, Ronglih, Wodnar-Filipowicz, Aleksandra, & Kuster, Gabriela M. (2014). Flt3 activation improves post-myocardial infarction remodeling involving a cytoprotective effect on cardiomyocytes. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 63(10), 1011–1019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1647

Zellweger, Michael J, Maraun, Michael, Osterhues, Hans H, Keller, Ulrich, Müller-Brand, Jan, Jeger, Raban, Pfister, Otmar, Burkard, Thilo, Eckstein, Friedrich, von Felten, Stefanie, Osswald, Stefan, & Pfisterer, Matthias. (2014). Progression to overt or silent CAD in asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus at high coronary risk : main findings of the prospective multicenter BARDOT trial with a pilot randomized treatment substudy. JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging, 7(10), 1001–1010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.07.010

Ammon M., Arenja, Nisha, Leibundgut G, Buechel, Ronny R, Kuster, Gabriela M, Kaufmann B.A., & Pfister O. (2013). Cardiovascular management of cancer patients with chemotherapy-associated left ventricular systolic dysfunction in real-world clinical practice. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 19(9), 629–634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.07.007

Brunner-La Rocca HP, Rickenbacher P, Muzzarelli S, Schindler R, Maeder MT, Jeker U, Kiowski W, Leventhal ME, Pfister O, Osswald S, Pfisterer ME, Rickli H, & TIME-CHF Investigators. (2012). End-of-life preferences of elderly patients with chronic heart failure. European heart journal, 33(6), 752–759. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehr404

Rosc-Schlüter, Berit I, Häuselmann, Stéphanie P, Lorenz, Vera, Mochizuki, Michika, Facciotti, Federica, Pfister, Otmar, & Kuster, Gabriela M. (2012). NOX2-derived reactive oxygen species are crucial for CD29-induced pro-survival signalling in cardiomyocytes. Cardiovascular Research, 93(3), 454–462. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvr348

Bläuer C, Pfister O, Bächtold C, Junker T, & Spirig R. (2011). [Disease management for chronic heart failure patient]. Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique, 68(2), 113–118. https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a000129

Pfister O, Buser P, & Brunner-La Rocca H. (2011). [Heart failure in the elderly]. Therapeutische Umschau. Revue Therapeutique, 68(2), 107–112. https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a000128

Blauer, Cornelia, Pfister, Otmar, Bachtold, Christa, Junker, Therese, & Spirig, Rebecca. (2011). Vernetzte Betreuung von Patientinnen und Patienten mit Herzinsuffizienz. Therapeutische Umschau, 68(2), 113–118. https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a000129

Häuselmann, Stéphanie P, Rosc-Schlüter, Berit I, Lorenz, Vera, Plaisance, Isabelle, Brink, Marijke, Pfister, Otmar, & Kuster, Gabriela M. (2011). β1-Integrin is up-regulated via Rac1-dependent reactive oxygen species as part of the hypertrophic cardiomyocyte response. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 51(3), 609–618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.05.007

Meissner, Julia, Irfan, Affan, Twerenbold, Raphael, Müller, Sandra, Reiter, Miriam, Haaf, Philip, Reichlin, Tobias, Schaub, Nora, Winkler, Katrin, Pfister, Otmar, Heinisch, Corinna, & Müller, Christian. (2011). Use of Neutrophil Count in Early Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of AMI. The American Journal of Medicine, 124(6), 534–542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.10.023

Muzzarelli, S, Stricker, H, Pfister, O, Foglia, P, Moschovitis, G, Mombelli, G, & Brunner-La Rocca, H. (2011). Individual dosage of digoxin in patients with heart failure. Qjm, 104(4), 309–317. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcq196

Pfister, Otmar, Buser, Peter, & Brunner-La Rocca, Hanspeter. (2011). Herzinsuffizienz im Alter. Therapeutische Umschau, 68(2), 107–112. https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a000128

Pfister O. (2010). [Cardiovascular disease and sexuality]. Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique, 67(3), 139–143. https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a000026

Kuster, Gabriela M, Lancel, Steve, Zhang, Jingmei, Communal, Catherine, Trucillo, Mario P, Lim, Chee C, Pfister, Otmar, Weinberg, Ellen O, Cohen, Richard A, Liao, Ronglih, Siwik, Deborah A, & Colucci, Wilson S. (2010). Redox-mediated reciprocal regulation of SERCA and Na+-Ca2+ exchanger contributes to sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ depletion in cardiac myocytes. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 48(9), 1182–1187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.01.038

Muzzarelli, Stefano, Brunner-La Rocca, Hanspeter, Pfister, Otmar, Foglia, Pietro, Moschovitis, Giorgio, Mombelli, Giorgio, & Stricker, Hans. (2010). Adherence to the medical regime in patients with heart failure. European Journal of Heart Failure, 12(4), 389–396. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjhf/hfq015

Pfister, Otmar, & Pfister, Otmar. (2010). Reactive oxygen/nitrogen species and the myocardial cell homeostasis : an ambiguous relationship. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 13(12), 1899–1910. https://doi.org/10.1089/ars.2010.3464

Pfister, Otmar. (2010). Kardiologische Erkrankungen und Sexualität. Therapeutische Umschau, 67(3), 139–143. https://doi.org/10.1024/0040-5930/a000026

Pfister, Otmar, Oikonomopoulos, Angelos, Sereti, Konstantina-Ioanna, & Liao, Ronglih. (2010). Isolation of resident cardiac progenitor cells by Hoechst 33342 staining. Methods in Molecular Biology, 660, 53–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-705-1_4

Sticherling, Christian, Pfister, Otmar, & Osswald, Stefan. (2009). Thrombo-embolic occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery complicating left atrial radiofrequency ablation. Europace : European Pacing, Arrythmias and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Journal of the Working Groups on Cardiac Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology, 11(1), 117–118. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eun300

Pfister, Otmar, & Liao, Ronglih. (2008). Pump to survive : novel cytoprotective strategies for cardiac progenitor cells. Circulation Research, 102(9), 998–1001. https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.108.176453

Pfister, Otmar, Oikonomopoulos, Angelos, Sereti, Konstantina-Ioanna, Sohn, Regina L, Cullen, Darragh, Fine, Gabriel C, Mouquet, Frédéric, Westerman, Karen, & Liao, Ronglih. (2008). Role of the ATP-binding cassette transporter Abcg2 in the phenotype and function of cardiac side population cells. Circulation Research, 103(8), 825–835. https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.108.174615

Pfister, Otmar, Sticherling, Christian, Schaer, Beat, & Osswald, Stefan. (2008). Electrical storm caused by complementary medication with Ginkgo biloba extract. The American Journal of Medicine, 121(11), e3–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.05.044

Liao R., Mouquet F., & Pfister O. (2007). Cardiac Side Population Cells: Phenotype and Functional Significance (pp. 69–75). Blackwell Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470988909.ch8

Fisch S, Gray S, Heymans S, Haldar SM, Wang B, Pfister O, Cui L, Kumar A, Lin Z, Sen-Banerjee S, Das H, Petersen CA, Mende U, Burleigh BA, Zhu Y, Pinto YM, Liao R, & Jain MK. (2007). Kruppel-like factor 15 is a regulator of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(17), 7074–7079. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0701981104

Liao, Ronglih, Pfister, Otmar, Jain, Mohit, & Mouquet, Frederic. (2007). The bone marrow - Cardiac axis of myocardial regeneration. PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, 50, 18–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2007.03.001

Prunier F, Pfister O, Hadri L, Liang L, Del Monte F, Liao R, & Hajjar RJ. (2007). Delayed erythropoietin therapy reduces post-MI cardiac remodeling only at a dose that mobilizes endothelial progenitor cells. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 292(1), H522–9. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00357.2006

Liao,R, Mouguet,F, & Pfister,O. (2007). Cardiac side populatioin: Phenotype and functional significance. In Blackwell Publishing: Vol. - (pp. 69–75).

Mouquet F, Pfister O, Jain M, Oikonomopoulos A, Ngoy S, Summer R, Fine A, & Liao R. (2005). Restoration of cardiac progenitor cells after myocardial infarction by self-proliferation and selective homing of bone marrow-derived stem cells. Circulation research, 97(11), 1090–1092. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.0000194330.66545.f5

Jain M, Pfister O, Hajjar RJ, & Liao R. (2005). Mesenchymal stem cells in the infarcted heart. Coronary artery disease, 16(2), 93–97. https://doi.org/10.1097/00019501-200503000-00003

Pfister,Otmar, Jain,Mohit, & Liao,Ronglih. (2005). Cell therapy in heart failure. Heart Fail Clin, 1(10), 303–312.

Pfister,Otmar, Mouquet,Frédéric, Jain,Mohit, Summer,Ross, Helmes,Michiel, Fine,Alan, Colucci,Wilson S, & Liao,Ronglih. (2005). CD31- but Not CD31+ cardiac side population cells exhibit functional cardiomyogenic differentiation. Circ Res (PRINT-AUSGABE), 97(10), 52–61.

Chklovskaia E., Nissen C., Landmann L., Rahner C, Pfister O., & Wodnar-Filipowicz A. (2001). Cell-surface trafficking and release of flt3 ligand from T lymphocytes is induced by common cytokine receptor γ-chain signaling and inhibited by cyclosporin A. Blood, 97(4), 1027–1034. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.v97.4.1027

Pfister O, Chklovskaia E, Jansen W, Mészáros K, Nissen C, Rahner C, Hurwitz N, Bogatcheva N, Lyman SD, & Wodnar-Filipowicz A. (2000). Chronic overexpression of membrane-bound flt3 ligand by T lymphocytes in severe aplastic anaemia. British journal of haematology, 109(1), 211–220. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02008.x

Pfister O., Chklovskaia E., Jansen W., Nissen C., Lyman S.D., & Wodnar-Filipowicz A. (1998). Chronic expression of membrane-bound FLT3 ligand by t-lymphocytes in severe aplastic anemia. Experimental Hematology, 26(8), 747.