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ZMB Member Tienush Rassaf

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Tienush Rassaf

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Prof. Dr. Tienush Rassaf

University Hospital Essen
Hufelandstraße 55
45147 Essen

Research Overview

  • Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion syndrome
  • Ischemic pre- and postconditioning
  • Hypoxic vasodilation
  • NO-metabolism
  • Hypoxic nitrite signaling
  • Cardio-oncology

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Press Releases

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Bewilligung und Weiterförderung von drei Graduiertenkollegs Forschungsstärke der Universität Duisburg-Essen führt zu dreifachem Erfolg

[08.11.2023] Mit zwei neu bewilligten und einem verlängerten Graduiertenkolleg erzielt die UDE in der Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses bei der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) einen großen Erfolg. Damit verstärkt die Universität ihre Forschung in der Medizin, in der Arbeitsmarkt- und in der Wirtschaftspolitik. Die DFG unterstützt diese herausragende Nachwuchsförderung für die nächsten fünf Jahre mit insgesamt rund 20 Mio. Euro.

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Mehr Lebensqualität für Schwerkranke Forschungsteam testet neue Herzmedikamente

[27.02.2023] Herzkranke, in deren Körper zusätzlich ein bösartiger Tumor wütet, sehen sich mit einem besonders drastischen Einbruch der Lebensqualität konfrontiert – vor allem im Alter. Alltägliches, wie sich zu waschen oder zur Toilette zu gehen, kann zur unüberwindbaren Hürde werden. Abhilfe könnte eine individuelle Therapie mit kardiovaskulären Medikamenten schaffen, die Forschende der Medizinischen Fakultät der UDE in einer Studie unter die Lupe nehmen. Ihr Vorhaben wird von der Brost-Stiftung noch bis zum Sommer 2024 mit 600.000 Euro gefördert.

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Selected Publications

    Journal articles

  • Dettling, Angela; Kellner, Caroline; Sundermeyer, Jonas; Beer, Benedikt N.; Besch, Lisa; Bertoldi, Letizia Fausta; Blankenberg, Stefan; Dauw, Jeroen; Eckner, Dennis; Eitel, Ingo; Graf, Tobias; Horn, Patrick; Jozwiak‐Nozdrzykowska, Joanna; Kirchhof, Paulus; et al.
    Incidence and predictors of weaning failure from veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy in patients with cardiogenic shock
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure (2025) in press
  • Pagnesi, Matteo; Adamo, Marianna; Stolz, Lukas; Pancaldi, Edoardo; Kresoja, Karl-Patrik; von Stein, Jennifer; Fortmeier, Vera; Koell, Benedikt; Rottbauer, Wolfgang; Kassar, Mohammad; Goebel, Bjoern; Denti, Paolo; Achouh, Paul; Rassaf, Tienush; Barreiro-Per et al.
    Malnutrition and outcomes in patients with tricuspid regurgitation undergoing transcatheter tricuspid valve repair
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure (2025) in press
  • Sundermeyer, Jonas; Kellner, Caroline; Beer, Benedikt N.; Besch, Lisa; Dettling, Angela; Bertoldi, Letizia Fausta; Blankenberg, Stefan; Dauw, Jeroen; Dindane, Zouhir; Eckner, Dennis; Eitel, Ingo; Graf, Tobias; Horn, Patrick; Jozwiak-Nozdrzykowska, Joanna; et al.
    Association between left ventricular ejection fraction, mortality and use of mechanical circulatory support in patients with non-ischaemic cardiogenic shock
    In: Clinical Research in Cardiology Vol. 113 (2024) Nr. 4, pp. 570 - 580
  • Anker, Markus S.; Rassaf, Tienush; Zamorano, José L.; Khan, Muhammad Shahzeb; Landmesser, Ulf.
    Cardiac wasting and cancer
    In: European Heart Journal Vol. 45 (2024) Nr. 34, pp. 3135 - 3137
  • Tocchetti, Carlo Gabriele; Farmakis, Dimitrios; Koop, Yvonne; Andres, Maria Sol; Couch, Liam S.; Formisano, Luigi; Ciardiello, Fortunato; Pane, Fabrizio; Au, Lewis; Emmerich, Max; Plummer, Chris; Gulati, Geeta; Ramalingam, Sivatharshini; Cardinale, Daniela et al.
    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-Oncology
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure Vol. 26 (2024) Nr. 10, pp. 2055 - 2076
  • Sundermeyer, Jonas; Kellner, Caroline; Beer, Benedikt N.; Besch, Lisa; Dettling, Angela; Bertoldi, Letizia Fausta; Blankenberg, Stefan; Dauw, Jeroen; Dindane, Zouhir; Eckner, Dennis; Eitel, Ingo; Graf, Tobias; Horn, Patrick; Jozwiak-Nozdrzykowska, Joanna; et al.
    Clinical presentation, shock severity and mortality in patients with de novo versus acute-on-chronic heart failure-related cardiogenic shock
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure Vol. 26 (2024) Nr. 2, pp. 432 - 444
  • Mavrakis, E; Vlachopoulou, D V; Bohnen, J B; Rudolph, I R; Jungen, Christiane; Rattka, M R; Mathew, Shibu; Rassaf, Tienush.
    Comparison of pulsed field ablation versus cryoballon and radiofrequency ablation for pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation patients with heart failure
    In: European Heart Journal Vol. 45 (2024) Nr. Supplement_1, ehae666.578
  • Haj-Yehia, Elias; Mincu, Raluca I.; Korste, Sebastian; Lampe, Lena; Margraf, Simone M.; Michel, Lars; Mahabadi, Amir A.; Ferdinandy, Péter; Rassaf, Tienush; Totzeck, Matthias.
    High neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity in high-risk cancer patients under immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
    In: Clinical Research in Cardiology Vol. 113 (2024) Nr. 2, pp. 301 - 312
  • Anker, Stefan D.; Friede, Tim; von Bardeleben, Ralph Stephan; Butler, Javed; Khan, Muhammad Shahzeb; Diek, Monika; Heinrich, Jutta; Geyer, Martin; Placzek, Marius; Ferrari, Roberto; Abraham, William T.; Alfieri, Ottavio; Auricchio, Angelo; Bayes-Genis, Ant et al.
    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 trials
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure Vol. 26 (2024) Nr. 7, pp. 1608 - 1615
  • Stolz, Lukas; Kresoja, Karl-Patrik; von Stein, Jennifer; Fortmeier, Vera; Koell, Benedikt; Rottbauer, Wolfgang; Kassar, Mohammad; Goebel, Bjoern; Denti, Paolo; Achouh, Paul; Rassaf, Tienush; Barreiro-Perez, Manuel; Boekstegers, Peter; Rück, Andreas; Doldi, et al.
    Residual tricuspid regurgitation after tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair : Insights into the EuroTR registry
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure Vol. 26 (2024) Nr. 8, pp. 1850 - 1860
  • Desch, Steffen; Zeymer, Uwe; Akin, Ibrahim; Behnes, Michael; Duerschmied, Daniel; Rassaf, Tienush; Mahabadi, Amir Abbas; Lehmann, Ralf; Eitel, Ingo; Graf, Tobias; Seidler, Tim; Schuster, Andreas; Thevathasan, Tharusan; Skurk, Carsten; Clemmensen, Peter; He et al.
    Routine extracorporeal life support in infarct-related cardiogenic shock : 1-year results of the ECLS-SHOCK trial
    In: European Heart Journal Vol. 45 (2024) Nr. 39, pp. 4200 - 4203
  • Lüsebrink, Enzo; Binzenhöfer, Leonhard; Hering, Daniel; Villegas Sierra, Laura; Schrage, Benedikt; Scherer, Clemens; Speidl, Walter S.; Uribarri, Aitor; Sabate, Manel; Noc, Marko; Sandoval, Elena; Erglis, Andrejs; Pappalardo, Federico; De Roeck, Frederic; et al.
    Scrutinizing the Role of Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation : Has Clinical Practice Outpaced the Evidence?
    In: Circulation Vol. 149 (2024) Nr. 13, pp. 1033 - 1052
  • Sundermeyer, Jonas; Kellner, Caroline; Beer, Benedikt N.; Besch, Lisa; Dettling, Angela; Bertoldi, Letizia Fausta; Blankenberg, Stefan; Dauw, Jeroen; Dindane, Zouhir; Eckner, Dennis; Eitel, Ingo; Graf, Tobias; Horn, Patrick; Jozwiak-Nozdrzykowska, Joanna; et al.
    Sex-related differences in patients presenting with heart failure–related cardiogenic shock
    In: Clinical Research in Cardiology Vol. 113 (2024) Nr. 4, pp. 612 - 625
  • Kassar, Mohammad; Brugger, Nicolas; Stolz, Lukas; Gerçek, Muhammed; Fortmeier, Vera; Kresoja, Karl-Patrik; von Stein, Jennifer; Koell, Benedikt; Rottbauer, Wolfgang; Goebel, Bjoern; Denti, Paolo; Achouh, Paul; Rassaf, Tienush; Barreiro-Perez, Manuel; Boeks et al.
    The prognostic value of the Dandel's index in patients undergoing tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure (2024) in press
  • Wernhart, Simon; Goertz, Annika; Hedderich, Juergen; Papathanasiou, Maria; Hoffmann, Julia; Rassaf, Tienush; Lüdike, Peter.
    Diastolic exercise stress testing in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction : The DEST-HF study
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure Vol. 25 (2023) Nr. 10, pp. 1768 - 1780
  • Schrage, Benedikt; Sundermeyer, Jonas; Beer, Benedikt Norbert; Bertoldi, Letizia; Bernhardt, Alexander; Blankenberg, Stefan; Dauw, Jeroen; Dindane, Zouhir; Eckner, Dennis; Eitel, Ingo; Graf, Tobias; Horn, Patrick; Kirchhof, Paulus; Kluge, Stefan; Linke, Ax et al.
    Use of mechanical circulatory support in patients with non-ischaemic cardiogenic shock
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure Vol. 25 (2023) Nr. 4, pp. 562 - 572
  • Totzeck, Matthias; Michel, Lars; Lin, Yi; Herrmann, Joerg; Rassaf, Tienush.
    Cardiotoxicity from chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy for advanced malignancies
    In: European Heart Journal Vol. 43 (2022) Nr. 20, pp. 1928 - 1940
  • Michel, Lars; Helfrich, Iris; Hendgen-Cotta, Ulrike Barbara; Mincu, Raluca-Ileana; Korste, Sebastian; Mrotzek, Simone Maria; Spomer, Armin; Odersky, Andrea; Rischpler, Christoph; Herrmann, Ken; Umutlu, Lale; Coman, Cristina; Ahrends, Robert; Sickmann, Albe et al.
    Targeting early stages of cardiotoxicity from anti-PD1 immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
    In: European Heart Journal Vol. 43 (2022) Nr. 4, pp. 316 - 329
  • Lüdike, Peter; Heusch, Gerd; Rassaf, Tienush.
    The RUHR Heart Failure Network : Improved heart failure care in a metropolitan area
    In: European Heart Journal Vol. 43 (2022) Nr. 45, pp. 4675 - 4676
  • Mrotzek, Simone M.; Lena, Alessia; Hadzibegovic, Sara; Ludwig, Ria; Al-Rashid, Fadi; Mahabadi, Amir Abbas; Mincu, Raluca I.; Michel, Lars; Johannsen, Laura; Hinrichs, Lena; Schuler, Martin; Keller, Ulrich; Anker, Stefan D.; Landmesser, Ulf; Rassaf, Tienush et al.
    Assessment of coronary artery disease during hospitalization for cancer treatment
    In: Clinical Research in Cardiology Vol. 110 (2021) Nr. 2, pp. 200 - 210
  • Leppert, Florian; Siebermair, Johannes; Wesemann, Ulrich; Martens, Eimo; Sattler, Stefan M.; Scholz, Stefan; Veith, Stefan; Greiner, Wolfgang; Rassaf, Tienush; Kääb, Stefan; Wakili, Reza.
    The INFluence of Remote monitoring on Anxiety/depRession, quality of lifE, and Device acceptance in ICD patients : A prospective, randomized, controlled, single-center trial
    In: Clinical Research in Cardiology Vol. 110 (2021) Nr. 6, pp. 789 - 800
  • Rassaf, Tienush; Heusch, Gerd.
    The West German heart and vascular center at university medicine Essen
    In: European Heart Journal Vol. 42 (2021) Nr. 10, pp. 963 - 964
  • Dykun, Iryna; Mahabadi, Amir Abbas; Rassaf, Tienush.
    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
  • Balcer, B; Dykun, Iryna; Hendricks, Stefanie; Al-Rashid, Fadi; Totzeck, Matthias; Rassaf, Tienush; Mahabadi, Amir Abbas;.
    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
  • Settelmeier, Stephan; Rassaf, Tienush; Giannitsis, Evangelos; Münzel, Thomas; Breuckmann, Frank.
    Capacity changes in German certified chest pain units during COVID-19 outbreak response
    In: Clinical Research in Cardiology Vol. 109 (2020) Nr. 12, pp. 1469 - 1475
  • Totzeck, Matthias; Siebermair, Johannes; Rassaf, Tienush; Rischpler, Christoph.
    Cardiac fibroblast activation detected by positron emission tomography/computed tomography as a possible sign of cardiotoxicity
    In: European Heart Journal Vol. 41 (2020) Nr. 9, pp. 1060
  • Michel, Lars; Rassaf, Tienush; Totzeck, Matthias.
    Evaluating biomarkers as predictors of cancer therapy cardiotoxicity : All you need is a meta-analysis? Reply
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure Vol. 22 (2020) Nr. 7, pp. 1285 - 1286
  • Rassaf, Tienush; Totzeck, Matthias; Backs, Johannes; Bokemeyer, Carsten; Hallek, Michael; Hilfiker-Kleiner, Denise; Hochhaus, Andreas; Lüftner, Diana; Müller, Oliver J.; Neudorf, Ulrich; Pfister, Roman; von Haehling, Stephan; Lehmann, Lorenz H.; Bauersachs et al.
    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 Oncology
    In: Clinical Research in Cardiology (2020)
  • Michel, Lars; Mincu, Raluca I.; Mahabadi, Amir Abbas; Settelmeier, Stephan; Al-Rashid, Fadi; Rassaf, Tienush; Totzeck, Matthias.
    Troponins and brain natriuretic peptides for the prediction of cardiotoxicity in cancer patients : a meta-analysis
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure Vol. 22 (2020) Nr. 2, pp. 350 - 361
  • Merz, Simon F.; Korste, Sebastian; Bornemann, Lea; Michel, Lars; Stock, Pia; Squire, Anthony; Soun, Camille; Engel, Daniel Robert; Detzer, Julia; Lörchner, Holger; Hermann, Dirk M.; Kamler, Markus; Klode, Joachim; Hendgen-Cotta, Ulrike B.; Rassaf, Tienush; et al.
    Contemporaneous 3D characterization of acute and chronic myocardial I/R injury and response
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 10 (2019) Nr. 1, pp. 2312
  • Merz, Simon F.; Korste, Sebastian; Bornemann, Lea; Michel, Lars; Stock, Pia; Squire, Anthony; Soun, Camille; Engel, Daniel Robert; Detzer, Julia; Lörchner, Holger; Hermann, Dirk M.; Kamler, Markus; Klode, Joachim; Hendgen-Cotta, Ulrike B.; Rassaf, Tienush; et al.
    Publisher Correction: Contemporaneous 3D characterization of acute and chronic myocardial I/R injury and response
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 10 (2019) Nr. 1, pp. 2768
  • Totzeck, Matthias; Mahabadi, Amir Abbas; Schlosser, Thomas Wilfried; Rassaf, Tienush.
    Weightlifting unmasks high-risk coronary anomaly
    In: European Heart Journal Vol. 40 (2019) Nr. 1, pp. 72
  • Rammos, Christos; Hendgen-Cotta, Ulrike B.; Totzeck, Matthias; Pohl, Julia; Lüdike, Peter; Flögel, Ulrich; Deenen, René; Köhrer, Karl; French, Brent A.; Gödecke, Axel; Kelm, Malte; Rassaf, Tienush.
    Impact of dietary nitrate on age-related diastolic dysfunction
    In: European Journal of Heart Failure Vol. 18 (2016) Nr. 6, pp. 599 - 610
  • Heusch, Gerd; Rassaf, Tienush.
    Time to Give Up on Cardioprotection? : A Critical Appraisal of Clinical Studies on Ischemic Pre-, Post-, and Remote Conditioning
    In: Circulation Research Vol. 119 (2016) Nr. 5, pp. 676 - 695
  • Rassaf, Tienush; Totzeck, Matthias; Hendgen-Cotta, Ulrike B.; Shiva, Sruti; Heusch, Gerd; Kelm, Malte.
    Circulating nitrite contributes to cardioprotection by remote ischemic preconditioning
    In: Circulation Research Vol. 114 (2014) Nr. 10, pp. 1601 - 1610
  • Kehmeier, Eva S.; Lepper, Wolfgang; Kropp, Martina; Heiss, Christian; Hendgen-Cotta, Ulrike B.; Balzer, Jan; Neizel, Mirja; Meyer, Christian; Merx, Marc W.; Verde, Pablo E.; Ohmann, Christian; Heusch, Gerd; Kelm, Malte; Rassaf, Tienush.
    TNF-α, myocardial perfusion and function in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and primary percutaneous coronary intervention
    In: Clinical Research in Cardiology Vol. 101 (2012) Nr. 10, pp. 815 - 827