ZMB Member Tienush Rassaf
ZMB Member
Tienush Rassaf
Next ZMB-Member
Prof. Dr. Tienush Rassaf
Director of:
Clinic for Cardiology and Vascular Medicine
University Hospital Essen
Hufelandstraße 55
45147 Essen
- +49 201 723 4801
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- ZMB Research Program
Oncology
Research Overview
- Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion syndrome
- Ischemic pre- and postconditioning
- Hypoxic vasodilation
- NO-metabolism
- Hypoxic nitrite signaling
- Cardio-oncology
Selected Publications
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Clinical and echocardiographic phenotype of cardiac wasting in patients with advanced cancerIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, 2025, in pressDOI (Open Access)
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Ferric carboxymaltose assessment of morbidity and mortality in patients with iron deficiency and chronic heart failure (FAIR-HF2-DZHK05) trial : Baseline characteristics and comparison to other relevant clinical trialsIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 27, 2025, Nr. 8, pp. 1436 – 1443DOI (Open Access)
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Fulminant myocarditis : outcome predictors in an international cohort studyIn: European Heart Journal, 2025, in press
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Heart failure hospitalizations and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair : Insights from EuroTRIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 27, 2025, Nr. 8, pp. 1559 – 1569DOI (Open Access)
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Impact of age on outcomes after transcatheter tricuspid valve edge-to-edge repair : insights from EuroTRIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, 2025, in pressDOI (Open Access)
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Incidence and predictors of weaning failure from veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy in patients with cardiogenic shockIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 27, 2025, Nr. 5, pp. 832 – 841DOI (Open Access)
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Influence of Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest on Efficacy and Safety of Extracorporeal Life Support in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock : A Substudy of the ECLS-SHOCK TrialIn: Circulation, Vol. 151, 2025, Nr. 24, pp. 1752 – 1754
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Kidney injury in patients with heart failure‐related cardiogenic shock : Results from an international, multicentre cohort studyIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, 2025, in pressDOI (Open Access)
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Malnutrition and outcomes in patients with tricuspid regurgitation undergoing transcatheter tricuspid valve repairIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 27, 2025, Nr. 7, pp. 1304 – 1314
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New cardiovascular biomarkers in patients with advanced cancer : A prospective study comparing MR-proADM, MR-proANP, copeptin, high-sensitivity troponin T and NT-proBNPIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 27, 2025, Nr. 6, pp. 1047 – 1055DOI (Open Access)
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Predictability of post-delivery mitral regurgitation with a new generation transcatheter edge-to-edge deviceIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, 2025, in pressDOI (Open Access)
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Prognostic impact of body mass index in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic Shock : An ECLS-SHOCK subanalysisIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, 2025, in press
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Randomized investigation of heart failure therapy in patients with advanced cancer at risk of cardiac wasting : Rationale and design of the EMPATICC trialIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 27, 2025, Nr. 10, pp. 1905 – 1917DOI (Open Access)
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Rationale and design of the TRIC-I-HF-DZHK24 (TRICuspid Intervention in Heart Failure) trialIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 27, 2025, Nr. 10, pp. 1895 – 1904DOI (Open Access)
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The prognostic value of the Dandel's index in patients undergoing tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repairIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 27, 2025, Nr. 8, pp. 1511 – 1522DOI (Open Access)
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Association between left ventricular ejection fraction, mortality and use of mechanical circulatory support in patients with non-ischaemic cardiogenic shockIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, Vol. 113, 2024, Nr. 4, pp. 570 – 580DOI (Open Access)
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Cardiac wasting and cancerIn: European Heart Journal, Vol. 45, 2024, Nr. 34, pp. 3135 – 3137DOI (Open Access)
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Cardiovascular toxicities of immune therapies for cancer : a scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC and the ESC Council of Cardio-OncologyIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 26, 2024, Nr. 10, pp. 2055 – 2076
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Clinical presentation, shock severity and mortality in patients with de novo versus acute-on-chronic heart failure-related cardiogenic shockIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 26, 2024, Nr. 2, pp. 432 – 444DOI (Open Access)
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Comparison of pulsed field ablation versus cryoballon and radiofrequency ablation for pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation patients with heart failureIn: European Heart Journal, Vol. 45, 2024, Nr. Supplement_1, ehae666.578DOI (Open Access)
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High neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity in high-risk cancer patients under immune checkpoint inhibitor therapyIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, Vol. 113, 2024, Nr. 2, pp. 301 – 312DOI (Open Access)
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Novel 3D-ECG algorithms for reliable screening of cardiac amyloidosisIn: European Heart Journal, Vol. 45, 2024, Nr. Supplement_1, ehae6663428
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Percutaneous repair of moderate-to-severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation in patients with symptomatic heart failure : Baseline characteristics of patients in the RESHAPE-HF2 trial and comparison to COAPT and MITRA-FR trialsIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 26, 2024, Nr. 7, pp. 1608 – 1615DOI (Open Access)
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Residual tricuspid regurgitation after tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair : Insights into the EuroTR registryIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 26, 2024, Nr. 8, pp. 1850 – 1860DOI (Open Access)
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Routine extracorporeal life support in infarct-related cardiogenic shock : 1-year results of the ECLS-SHOCK trialIn: European Heart Journal, Vol. 45, 2024, Nr. 39, pp. 4200 – 4203DOI (Open Access)
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Scrutinizing the Role of Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation : Has Clinical Practice Outpaced the Evidence?In: Circulation, Vol. 149, 2024, Nr. 13, pp. 1033 – 1052
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Sex-related differences in patients presenting with heart failure–related cardiogenic shockIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, Vol. 113, 2024, Nr. 4, pp. 612 – 625DOI (Open Access)
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Diastolic exercise stress testing in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction : The DEST-HF studyIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 25, 2023, Nr. 10, pp. 1768 – 1780DOI (Open Access)
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Use of mechanical circulatory support in patients with non-ischaemic cardiogenic shockIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 25, 2023, Nr. 4, pp. 562 – 572DOI (Open Access)
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Cardiotoxicity from chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy for advanced malignanciesIn: European Heart Journal, Vol. 43, 2022, Nr. 20, pp. 1928 – 1940DOI (Open Access)
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Targeting early stages of cardiotoxicity from anti-PD1 immune checkpoint inhibitor therapyIn: European Heart Journal, Vol. 43, 2022, Nr. 4, pp. 316 – 329
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The RUHR Heart Failure Network : Improved heart failure care in a metropolitan areaIn: European Heart Journal, Vol. 43, 2022, Nr. 45, pp. 4675 – 4676DOI (Open Access)
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Assessment of coronary artery disease during hospitalization for cancer treatmentIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, Vol. 110, 2021, Nr. 2, pp. 200 – 210DOI (Open Access)
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The INFluence of Remote monitoring on Anxiety/depRession, quality of lifE, and Device acceptance in ICD patients : A prospective, randomized, controlled, single-center trialIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, Vol. 110, 2021, Nr. 6, pp. 789 – 800DOI (Open Access)
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The West German heart and vascular center at university medicine EssenIn: European Heart Journal, Vol. 42, 2021, Nr. 10, pp. 963 – 964DOI (Open Access)
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A clinical perspective on the 2019 ESC/EAS guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: PCSK-9 inhibitors for all?In: European Heart Journal, Vol. 41, 2020, Nr. 24, pp. 2331
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Anemia increases long-term mortality in patients undergoing conventional coronary angiography – the ECAT registry
ESC Congress 2020 – The Digital Experience 29 August – 1 September 2020,In: European Heart Journal, Vol. 41, 2020, Nr. Supplement_2, pp. 1508 -
Capacity changes in German certified chest pain units during COVID-19 outbreak responseIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, Vol. 109, 2020, Nr. 12, pp. 1469 – 1475DOI (Open Access)
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Cardiac fibroblast activation detected by positron emission tomography/computed tomography as a possible sign of cardiotoxicityIn: European Heart Journal, Vol. 41, 2020, Nr. 9, pp. 1060
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Evaluating biomarkers as predictors of cancer therapy cardiotoxicity : All you need is a meta-analysis? ReplyIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 22, 2020, Nr. 7, pp. 1285 – 1286DOI (Open Access)
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Onco-Cardiology : Consensus Paper of the German Cardiac Society, the German Society for Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects and the German Society for Hematology and Medical OncologyIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, 2020DOI (Open Access)
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Troponins and brain natriuretic peptides for the prediction of cardiotoxicity in cancer patients : a meta-analysisIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 22, 2020, Nr. 2, pp. 350 – 361DOI (Open Access)
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Contemporaneous 3D characterization of acute and chronic myocardial I/R injury and responseIn: Nature Communications, Vol. 10, 2019, Nr. 1, pp. 2312DOI (Open Access)
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Publisher Correction: Contemporaneous 3D characterization of acute and chronic myocardial I/R injury and responseIn: Nature Communications, Vol. 10, 2019, Nr. 1, pp. 2768DOI (Open Access)
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Weightlifting unmasks high-risk coronary anomalyIn: European Heart Journal, Vol. 40, 2019, Nr. 1, pp. 72
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Impact of dietary nitrate on age-related diastolic dysfunctionIn: European Journal of Heart Failure, Vol. 18, 2016, Nr. 6, pp. 599 – 610DOI (Open Access)
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Time to Give Up on Cardioprotection? : A Critical Appraisal of Clinical Studies on Ischemic Pre-, Post-, and Remote ConditioningIn: Circulation Research, Vol. 119, 2016, Nr. 5, pp. 676 – 695
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Circulating nitrite contributes to cardioprotection by remote ischemic preconditioningIn: Circulation Research, Vol. 114, 2014, Nr. 10, pp. 1601 – 1610
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TNF-α, myocardial perfusion and function in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and primary percutaneous coronary interventionIn: Clinical Research in Cardiology, Vol. 101, 2012, Nr. 10, pp. 815 – 827
