Cook + Togni Group

Publications (peer-reviewed only)

  • 2013
    • Guex G, Romani F, Marcu I, Tevaearai HT, Ullrich N, Giraud MN.(2013) Culture of cardiogenic stem cells on PCL-scaffolds: toward the creation of beating tissue constructs. Biomed 2013
    • Guex G, Birrer DL, Fortunato G, tevaearai HT, Giraud MN. (2013) Anisotropically oriented electrospun matrices with an imprinted periodic micro-pattern: a new scaffold for engineered muscle constructs. Biomedical Materials 8 (021001)

     

    Manuscripts submitted or in preparation

    • Controlled VEGF expression ensures safe angiogenesis and functional improvement in a model of myocardial infarction. Melly L, Marsano A, Helmrich U, Heberer M, Eckstein F, Carrel T, Cook S, Giraud MN, Tevaearai H, Banfi A. in preparation
    • An MSC-seeded biograft attenuates left ventricle dilation and stabilises cardiac function in a murine model of myocardial infarction G. Guex, A. Frobert , S. Cook , G. Fortunato , E. Körner , C. Fouassier, J Valentin, T. Carrel , H. Tevaearai , MN. Giraud. Submitted to Biomaterials
  • 2012
    • Melly LF, Marsano A, Frobert A, Boccardo S, Helmrich U, Heberer M, Eckstein FS, Carrel TP, Giraud MN, Tevaearai HT, Banfi A. (2012) Controlled angiogenesis in the heart by cell-based expression of specific vascular endothelial growth factor levels.  Hum Gene Ther Methods. 23(5):346-56
    • Guex AG, Kocher FM, Fortunato G, Körner E, Hegemann D, Carrel TP, et al. Fine-tuning of substrate architecture and surface chemistry promotes muscle tissue development. Acta Biomaterialia 2012 Apr;8(4):1481-9
    • Périard D, M.-A. Rey-Meyer, D. Hayoz, S. Cook, Sealing pseudo-aneurysms of the femoral artery with saline injection – a new technique, EuroIntervention, 2012: 20;7(10):1206-9
    • Stolt V., S. Cook, Räber L, Wani S, Garachamani A, Vogel R, Seiler C, Windecker S, B. Meier,  Amplatzer Septal Occluder to Treat Iatrogenic Cardiac Perforations,  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2012, 79(2):263-70
    • Cook S, P. Eshtehardi, B. Kalesan, L. Räber, P. Wenaweser, M. Togni, A. Moschovitis, R. Vogel, C. Seiler, F.R. Eberli, T. Lüscher, B. Meier, P. Jüni, S. Windecker,  Impact of Incomplete Stent Apposition on Long-Term Clinical Outcome After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation, Eur Heart J, 2012: in press
    • Cook S., Heart rate, coronary artery disease and plaque rupture – myth, hype, or truth?, Swiss Med Wkly, 2012
    • Lauten A., A.E. Engström, C. Jung, K. Empen, P. Erne, S. Cook, S. Windecker, M. Bergmann, R. Klingenberg, T. Lüscher, M. Haude, D. Rulands, C. Butter, B. Ullmann, L. Hellgren, M.G. Modena, G. Pedrazzini, J. Henriques, H. Figulla, M. Ferrari, Percutaneous Left Ventricular Support With The Impella 2.5 Assist Device in Acute Cardiogenic Shock - Results of the Impella EUROSHOCK-Registry, Circulation: Heart Fail, 2012: in press
    • Maeder MT, G Pedrazzini, M Roffi, CA Kaiser, S Cook, R Corti, P Wenaweser, H Rickli, Interventional cardiology in Switzerland during the year 2010, Cardiovasc Med, 2012;15(2):48–52
    • Oberhänsli M, S. Puricel, C. Lehner, M. Togni, JC Stauffer, G. Baeriswyl, JJ Goy, S. Cook, A randomised comparison of platelet reactivity in patients after treatment with various commercial clopidogrel preparations. The CLO-CLO trial, Arch Cardiovasc Dis, 2012: in press
    • Goy JJ., M. Togni, JC. Stauffer, S. Cook, Vascular Scaffolding  To Seal Giant Aneurysms  - A New Technique, Heart, 2012: in press.
    • Dornbierer M., M. Stadelmann, J. Sourdon, B. Gahl, S. Cook, T.P. Carrel, H.T. Tevaearai, S.L. Longnus, Early Reperfusion Hemodynamic Parameters Predict Contractile Recovery following Global Ischemia in Isolated Rat Hearts: A Simple and Rapid Approach To Test Cardiac Grafts in Non-Heart-Beating Donors, PLoS One, 2012: in press.
    • Puricel S., L. Schoepke, M. Togni, M. Oberhänsli, A. Moschovitis, B. Meier, S. Windecker, S. Cook, Balloon Angioplasty Using the "Grip" Scoring Balloon for Treatment of Coronary In-Stent Restenosis - Immediate and 12-Month Clinical Outcomes, cardiovasc med, 2012: in press
    • Lauten A., A.E. Engström, C. Jung, K. Empen, P. Erne, S. Cook, S. Windecker, M. Bergmann, R. Klingenberg, T. Lüscher, M. Haude, D. Rulands, C. Butter, B. Ullmann, L. Hellgren, M.G. Modena, G. Pedrazzini, J. Henriques, H. Figulla, M. Ferrari, Percutaneous Left Ventricular Support With The Impella 2.5 Assist Device in Acute Cardiogenic Shock - Results of the Impella EUROSHOCK-Registry, Circulation: Heart Fail, 2012: in press

     

     Reviews/letters

    • Giraud MN, Guex G, Tevaearai HT. Cell Therapies For Heart Function Recovery: Focus On Myocardial Tissue Engineering And Nanotechnologies. Cardiology research and practice 2012;2012:971614 
    • Cook S., Heart rate, coronary artery disease and plaque rupture – myth, hype, or truth?, Swiss Med Wkly, 2012

     

    Book contributions

    • Giraud MN, Bertschi D, Guex AG, Fouassier C, Nähter S, Fortunato G, Carrel TP, Tevaearai HT Stretching Bioreactor for Dynamic Engineering of Muscle Tissue, Tissue Engineering: Fundamentals, Techniques and Applications. Editors: Takeshi Ishikawa and Masayoshi Yamamoto 2012: 57-73. ISBN: 978-1-62257-062-1
    • Giraud MN, Guex G, Tevaearai HT. Cell Therapies For Heart Function Recovery: Focus On Myocardial Tissue Engineering And Nanotechnologies. Cardiology research and practice 2012;97161
    • Stephan Klossner, Marie-Noëlle Giraud, David Vaughan, Sara Sancho Oliver, Martin Flück.Muscle-targeted gene therapy of Charcot Marie-Tooth disease in dependent on muscle activity. Targets in Gene Therapy", ISBN 978-953-307-540-2.
    • Arroyo D., S. Cook, Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Devices: Clinical Evidence, Clin. Pract. 2012: 9(1): 1-9
    • Arroyo D., R. Giraud, S. Cook, Ventricular Assistance in Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiology International. 2012: in press
    • Cereghetti C., C. Kaiser,  S. Cook, Ventricular Assistance in Acute Heart Failure, MINERVA CARDIOANGIOL 2012;60:1-12
    • Perrin T., E. Descombes, S. Cook, Contrast-induced nephropathy in invasive cardiology Swiss Med Wkly. 2012: in press

     

    Others types of peer reviewed publications

    • Shrestha N., S. Cook, A family with upper limb malformations and dyspnea - the Holt-Oram syndrome, Cardiovasc Med, 2012: 15(2):62–63
    • Kalberer L, P. Wahl, S. Cook, Dislocated Artificial Hip as Trigger for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovasc Med, 2012: in press.
    • Cook S, M. Togni, JJ Goy, Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Renal Denervation, Eur Heart J, 2012: in press
    • Lehner C, S. Cook, M. Togni, JJ Goy, Heart rate as marker of successful percutaneous renal denervation, Cardiovasc Med, 2012: 15(7–8):228–229
    • Stadelmann M, J. Valentin, M.N. Giraud, S. Cook, Ruptured Neoatherosclerosis as Source of Late Stent Thrombosis, Cardiovasc Med, 2012: in press.
  • 2011

    Peer reviewed Articles

    • Saguner AM, Wahl A, Praz F, de Marchi SF, Mattle HP, Cook S, Windecker S, Meier B. Figulla PFO occluder versus Amplatzer PFO occluder for percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale, Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011, 77(5):709-14
    • Räber, L., L. Wohlwend, M. Wigger, M. Togni, S. Wandel, P. Wenaweser, S. Cook, A. Moschovitis, B. Kalesan, C. Seiler, F. Eberli, T. Lüscher, B. Meier, P. Jüni, and S. Windecker, Five-Year Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes of a Randomised Comparison of Sirolimus-Eluting And Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents: Results of the SIRTAX LATE Trial, Circulation. 2011 Jun 21;123(24):2819-28
    • Froesch, P., M. Martinelli, P. Meier, S. Cook, R. Hullin, S. Windecker, P. Mohacsi, B. Meier, Clinical Use of Temporary Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Aug 1;78(2):304-13
    • Rutz T, Gloekler S, de Marchi SF, Traupe T, Meier P, Eshtehardi P, Cook S, Vogel R, Mohacsi P, Seiler C, Coronary collateral function in the transplanted heart: propensity score matching with coronary artery disease, Heart. 2011, 97(7):557-63
    • de Marchi S, S. Gloekler, P. Meier, T. Traupe, H. Steck, S. Cook, R. Vogel, C. Seiler, Determinants of Preformed Collateral Vessels in the Human Heart without Coronary Artery Disease, Cardiology. 2011;118(3):198-206
    • Pilgrim T, Comparison of Titanium-Nitride-Oxide Coated Stents With Zotarolimus-Eluting Stents For Coronary Revascularisation: A Randomised Controlled Trial, JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Jun;4(6):672-82.
    • Insights from the Swiss Acute Left Main Coronary Vessel Percutaneous Management (SALVage) Study, EuroIntervention. 2011 Oct 30;7(6):697-704

     

     Reviews/letters

    • Annoni JM, S. Cook, Migraine induced by Melatonin withdrawal: a clue for future trials? Schweizer Arch Neurol Psy, 2011, 162:7

     

     Book contributions

    • MN Giraud and H Tevaearai. Tissue Engineering approaches for myocardial bandage: focus on hydrogel constructs. “Myocardial tissue engineering", Springer-Verlag in framework of the Series "Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials" (Series Editor: Boccaccini, A.R. Harding, S.E). 2011, pp165-185
    • Arroyo D., S. Cook, Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Devices: New Deus Ex Machina ?, Minim Invasive Surg. 2011;2011:604397. Epub 2011 Jul 31
    • Puricel S., S. Cook, Stents Coronariens Actifs– Etat des Lieux 2011, Herz und Gefäss, 2011: 1:31-36
    • Oberhänsli M., S. Puricel, M. Togni, S. Cook, Die Determinanten der späten und sehr späten Stentthrombose und Möglichkeiten der Prävention, Herz, 2011, 36(3):241-253

     

     Others types of peer reviewed publications

    • Stortecky, S, S. Cook, B. Meier, M. Togni,  Patent Foramen Ovale - Culpable Pathway For Myocardial Infarction, JACC, 2011 Oct 25;58(18):1923
    • Chevallier S., S. Cook, JJ Goy, Heart Failure in a Patient with the Noonan Syndrome, Circulation. 2011 Jun 14;123(23):e629-30
    • Bugaj T., S. Cook, Kissing Wires For a Bitten Heart, EuroPCRonline, clinical cases, december 2011.
  • 2010

    Peer reviewed Articles

    • Giraud MN, Flueckiger R, Cook S, Ayuni E, Siepe M, Carrel T, Tevaearai H. Long-term evaluation of myoblast seeded patches implanted on infarcted rat hearts. Artif Organs. 2010 Jun;34(6):E184-92
    • Giraud MN, Liechti EF, Tchantchaleishvili V, Siepe M, Cook S, Carrel TP, Tevaearai HT. Myocardial injection of skeletal myoblasts impairs contractility of host cardiomyocytes. Int J Cardiol. 2010 Jan 21;138(2):131-7
    • Ayuni EL, Gazdhar A, Giraud MN, Kadner A, Gugger M, Cecchini M, Caus T, Carrel TP, Schmid RA, Tevaearai HT. In vivo electroporation mediated gene delivery to the beating heart. PLoS One. 2010 Dec 30;5(12):e14467.
    • Eshtehardi P., S.Cook, S. Wandel, L. Räber, P. Wenaweser, M. Togni, R. Vogel, A. Garachemani, F.R. Eberli, T. Lüscher, P. Jüni, O.M. Hess, B. Meier, S. Windecker, Impact of Arterial Injury on Neointimal Hyperplasia After Implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents in Coronary Arteries: An Intravascular Ultrasound Study, EuroIntervention, 2010;6(4):467-74
    • Giraud MN, E. Liechti, V. Tchantchaleishvili, M. Siepe, S. Cook, T. Carrel, H. Tevaearai, Myocardial injection of skeletal myoblasts impairs contractility of host cardiomyocytes, Int J Cardiol. 2010 Jan 21;138(2):131-7.
    • Giraud MN, Flueckiger R, Cook S, Ayuni E, Siepe M, Carrel T,Tevaearai H. Long-term evaluation of myoblast seeded patches implanted on infarcted rat hearts. Artif Organs. 2010 Jun;34(6):E184-92
    • Eshtehardi P., P. Adorjan, M. Togni, H. Tevaearai, R. Vogel, C. Seiler, B. Meier, S. Windecker, T. Carrel, P. Wenaweser, S.Cook,  Iatrogenic Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection: Incidence, Classification, Management, and Long-Term Follow-up, Am Heart J 2010, 159:1147-53
    • Räber, L., P. Ju?ni, L. Löffel, S.Wandel,S. Cook, P. Wenaweser, M. Togni, R. Vogel, S. Seiler, F.  Eberli, T. Lu?scher, B. Meier, S. Windecker Impact of Stent Overlap on Angiographic and Long-Term Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation, JACC, 2010;55:1178–88
    • Eshtehardi,P, S. Windecker, S. Cook, M. Billinger, M. Togni, A. Garachemani, B. Meier, O.M. Hess, P. Wenaweser, Dual low response to acetylsalicylic acid and clopidogrel is associated with myonecrosis and stent thrombosis after coronary stent implantation, Am Heart J 2010;159:891-898.
    • Millauer N, Jüni P, Hofmann A, Wandel S, Bhambhani A, Billinger M, Urwyler N, Wenaweser P, Hellige G, Räber L, S. Cook, Vogel R, Togni M, Seiler C, Meier B, Windecker S. Sirolimus versus paclitaxel coronary stents in clinical practice. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Apr 29. [Epub ahead of print]
    • Cook S, JC Stauffer, OM Hess, P Erne, Current Outpatient Therapy of Stable Coronary Artery Disease in Switzerland - A Countrywide Investigation With Focus on Resting Heart Rate, Cardiovasc med, 2010, 13:235–239
    • Moschovitis A, S Cook, B Meier, Percutaneous coronary interventions in Europe in 2006, EuroIntervention. 2010 Jun;6(2):189-94
    • Räber L, P. Ju?ni, E. Nu?esch, B. Kalesan, P. Wenaweser, A. Moschovitis, A.A. Khattab, B. Bahlo, M. Togni, S. Cook, R. Vogel, C. Seiler, B. Meier, S. Windecker, Long-term Comparison of Everolimus-Eluting And Sirolimus-Eluting Stents for Coronary Revascularization, JACC, 2010: 57(21):2143-51
    • Cook S., A. Moschovitis, B. Meier ESC/EAPCI Percutaneous Interventions: Registry 2009-2010 results, http://www.escardio.org/communities/EAPCI/news/Pages/percutaneous-intervention-2009-2010.aspx
    • Maeder MT, G Pedrazzini, M Roffi, CA Kaiser, S Cook, R Corti, P Wenaweser, H Rickli, Interventional cardiology in Switzerland during the year 2010, Cardiovasc Med, 2012;15(2):48–52

     

    Reviews/letters

    • Cook S., O.M. Hess, Resting Heart Rate and Cardiovascular Events: Time for a New Crusade?, Eur Heart J, 2010, 31(5):517-9
    • Cook S, Togni M. Long-Term Outcomes after Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation: Get Your Feet Wet in the Real-World, J Interven Cardiol 2010;∗∗:1–3

     

    Book contributions

    • Cook S., O.M. Hess, K. Fox, Nouvelle approche thérapeutique: Traiter l'angine de poitrine en diminuant la fréquence cardiaque; CARDIOVASC, 2010: 2:2-4
    • Cook S., O.M. Hess, R. Lerch, T. Lüscher, F. Mach, Concepts et Evidences de l'Importance de la Fréquence Cardiaque de Repos dans la Prévention et la Prise en Charge des Maladies Cardiovasculaires, Cardiovasc Med, 2010;13(9):265–271
    • Oberhänsli,M.,  JC. Stauffer, M. Togni, V. Ribordy, D. Chabanel, D. Hayoz, S. Cook, Infarctus myocardique aigu - Importance du "Networking"  dans la prise en charge initiale, Rev Med Suisse, 2010: 6(271):2166, 2168-72
    • Cook S., Stents - Auswahl und Indikation, Medreview, 2010: 15: 8-10

     

    Others types of peer reviewed publications

    • Giraud MN, Bertschi D, Guex G, Näther S, Fortunato G, Carrel TP, Tevaearai HT. A new stretching bioreactor for dynamic engineering of muscle tissues. 45th Congress of the European Society for Surgical Research, Geneva, june 9-12, 2010 Editor: Mustafa Cikirikcioglu. Medimond International Proceedings 
    • Arroyo D., S. Cook, Platinum reward for theft, or the percutaneous treatment of coronary steal due to a giant coronary artery fistula, Cardiovasc Med, 2009: 2010;13(2):68–69
  • 2009

    Peer reviewed Articles

    • Brinks H, Tevaearai HT, Mühlfeld C, Bertschi D, Gahl B, Carrel TP, Giraud MN. Contractile function is preserved in unloaded hearts despite atrophic remodeling. Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2009 137:742-6
    • Cook S, E. Ladich, G. Nakazawa, P. Eshtehardi, M. Neidhart, R. Vogel, M. Togni, P. Wenaweser, M. Billinger, C. Seiler, S. Gay, B. Meier, W.J. Pichler, P. Jüni, S. Windecker, Correlation of Intravascular Ultrasound Findings With Histopathologic Analysis of Thrombus Aspirates in Patients With Very Late Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis, Circulation, 2009, 120(5):391-9
    • Gloekler S, Meier P, de Marchi SF, Rutz T, Traupe T, Rimoldi SF, Wustmann K, Steck H, Cook S, Vogel R, Togni M, Seiler C Coronary Collateral Growth by External Counterpulsation: A Randomized Controlled Trial., Heart 2009,96:202-7

     

    Reviews/letters

    • Giraud MN, Carrel T P, Tevaearai T Response to Letter to the Editor  Artif Organs. 2009 Jan:33(1): 87-88
    • Cook S, Windecker S. Early Stent Thrombosis: Past, Present and Future, Circulation, 2009, 119:657-659
    • Cook S, Wenaweser P. Off-Label Use and the Spectre of Drug-Eluting  Stent Thrombosis, Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 2009;2:273-276

     

     Book contributions

    • Cook S., Ch. Kaiser, JC. Stauffer, M. Roffi, G. Pedrazzini, H. Rickli, T. Lüscher, F. Mach, B. Meier, M. Pfisterer, P. Vogt,  A. Jaussi, S Windecker, Risques et Bénéfices des stents coronariens actifs: Prise de Position de la Société Suisse de Cardiologie, Bull Med Suisses, 2009, in press
    • Windecker S, Kaiser C, Stauffer JC, Roffi M, Pedrazzini G, Rickli H, Cook S, Lüscher TF, Mach F, Meier B, Pfisterer M, Vogt P, Jaussi A, Nutzen und Risiken von medikamentös beschichteten Stents, Schweiz. Aerztezeitung, 2009, in press
    • Pedrazzini G , Moschovitis A,  Kaiser C, Stauffer JC, Roffi M,, Rickli H, Cook S, Lüscher TF, Mach F, Meier B, Pfisterer M, Vogt P, Jaussi A, Windecker S, Benefici e rischi degli stent medicati: Presa di posizione della Società Svizzera di Cardiologia, Boll Med Svizzeri, 2009, in press
    • Cook S., Chapter 2: Modern coronary stenting Interventional Cardiology, Current Best Practice edited by Bernhard Meier, 2009, in press
    • Cook S., S. Windecker, Surgical vs. percutaneous revascularization of coronary artery disease in diabetic patients, Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2009, 23:317-34.
    • Cook S, S. Windecker, Coronary Artery Stent, in "Cardiac Catheterization Coronary & Peripheral Angiography and Interventional Procedures", 2009, Informa Healthcare, London.
    • Cook S, S. Windecker, Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Devices During Cardiogenic Shock and High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Interventions, David Moliterno’s  Interventional Cardiology section of Current Cardiology Reports, 2009: 11(5):369-76.
    • Cook S, S. Windecker, Revascularisation of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus, Swiss Medical Weekly, 2009: 139: 654-664
    • Cook S., O.M. Hess, K. Fox, Neues Therapiekonzept: Senkung der Herzfrequenz zur Behandlung von Angina Pectoris, CARDIOVASC, 2009,6:1-5

     

    Others types of peer reviewed publications

    • Bouatou Y., S. Cook, Jailbreak of a Guidewire Imprisoned by One Underexpanded Coronary Stent: The Serendipitous Crushing Technique, Cardiovasc Med, 2009, 2(2):53–56
    • Cook S., One Step After Another: Complete Revascularization by Primary PCI, e-Biomatrix Newspaper, 2009, 7: 3
    • Cook S., T. Rutz, B. Meier, New Amplatzer Duct Occluder II for antegrade closure of patent ductus arteriosus, Cardiovasc Med, 2009: 12: 313-4
    • Arroyo D., S. Cook, Platinum reward for theft, or the percutaneous treatment of coronary steal due to a giant coronary artery fistula, Cardiovasc Med, 2009: 2010;13(2):68–69