Tie H, Li Z, Welp H, Guha A, Caraballo C, Deschka H, Shi R, Zheng X, Martens S, Sindermann J, Chen D, Wu Q, Martens S. Calcium channel blockers and clinical outcomes in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. ESC Heart Fail 2024;11: 271-81. PMID: 37967837. DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14576.

Tie H, Zhu J, Akin S, Allen LA, Huang B, Martens S, Welp H, Simpkin A, Shi R, Wu Q, Soliman O, Caliskan K, Chen D. Characteristics and outcome of patients with a history of cancer undergoing durable left ventricular assist device implantation. Circ Heart Fail 2023; 16: e009772. PMID: 36373549. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.122.009772.

Peivandi AD, Martens S, Asfour B, Martens S. Grafts and Patches: Optimized but not optimal materials for congenital heart surgery. Pediatr Cardiol 2023; 44: 996-1002. PMID: 37038028. DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03153-6.

Tie H, Welp H, Martens S, Seiler M, Albers P, Mueller KM, Li Z, Martens S. Impact of cardiac fibrosis and collagens on right ventricular failure and acute kidney injury in patients after continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2021; 33 :969-77. PMID: 34252191. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivab180.

Tie H, Shi R, Welp H, Martens S, Li Z, Sindermann J, Martens S. C-reactive protein predicts early clinical outcomes and long-term mortality after left ventricular assist device. Int J Artif Organs 2022; 45: 497-504. PMID: 35388731. DOI: 10.1177/03913988221088614. 

Peivandi AD, Martens S, Heitplatz B, Guseva A, Mueller KM, Martens S. Industrial processing causes pericardial patch degeneration. Frontiers in Surgery 2022; 9: 881433. PMID: 35388731. DOI: 10.1177/03913988221088614. 

Poppenborg F, Martens S, Martens S. The influence of glutaraldehyde on the microscopic structure of human pericardium. Cardiovasc Pathol 2022; 61: 107457. PMID: 35870786. DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2022.107457.

Angeli E, Martens S, Careddu L, Petridis FD, Quarti AG, Ciuca C, Balducci A, Fabozzo A, Ragni L, Gargiulo GD. Myocardial oxygen consumption during HTK cardioplegia on young human hearts. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2021; 32: 319-24. P

Peivandi AD, Seiler M, Mueller KM, Martens S, Malec E, Asfour B, Lueck S. Elastica degeneration and intimal hyperplasia lead to Contegra conduit failure. EJCTS 2019; 56: 1154-61. PMID: 31280306. DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz199.