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Department of Vascular and Endovascular
Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany

Research location

Department of Vascular and Endovascular
Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany

Research

Vascular Biology Research Laboratory

Vascular Biobank
AG Aortic Ischemia and Reperfusion (AIR)
Head: PD Dr Florian Simon

Experimental Vascular Medicine

Head: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Margitta Elvers

Aortic Lesions Research Group

G.E.S.U.N.D. Study Centre
Head: PD Dr Markus Wagenhäuser

Wound & Perfusion Working Group

Wound BIOBank
Head: Dr Julian-Dario Rembe

Location
Moorenstraße 5
40225 Düsseldorf

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Equipment

  • Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • Hypoxia chamber
  • Clinical Trials Centre
  • Tissue bank
  • Small animal experiments
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Methods

  • Immunohistochemistry
  • PCR
  • In vitro hypoxia
  • Flow chamber for platelet measurements
  • Cell culture
  • Small animal experiments: spinal ischaemia, aneurysm research
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Staff

  • Laboratory management
  • Working group leaders
  • TAs
  • Study Nurses
  • Medical PhD students and Master’s theses

Research focus areas

Clinical:

  • Outcome following fEVAR/bEVAR
  • Aortic geometry in dissections
  • The intraluminal thrombus in AAA
  • Structured walking training and cardiovascular exercise
  • Registry studies (EVAS, CONNECT, TAILOR, POPART, ZEPHYR)
  • Stent graft systems
  • MISACE

Basics:

  • Ischaemia and reperfusion
  • Spinal ischaemia
  • Development of aortic aneurysms
  • Cell-cell connections in aortic dissection
  • Wound healing processes
  • Biobanking of vascular and wound tissue samples
  • Microcirculation and tissue regeneration
  • Platelet function research

Contact person

PD Dr. med. Florian Simon

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Margitta Elvers

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Dr. med. Julian-Dario Rembe

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Collaborations

On campus:
SFB 1116,
SFB 974,
IRTG 1902
 

Interregional:
TRR 259

Events and network

  • Düsseldorf Cardiovascular Conference
  • Wound Centre Doctors’ and Patients’ Day
  • Symposium on Sport in Vascular Medicine
  • Weekly scientific meeting
  • Member of the Basic Research Network in Vascular Medicine

Publications

  1. Prof. Dr. med. Hubert Schelzig
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=schelzig&filter=datesearch.y_5
  2. PD Dr Florian Simon
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Simon+F&cauthor_id=29950791
  3. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Margitta Elvers
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=elvers+m&filter=datesearch.y_5&cauthor_id=29950791
  4. PD Dr Markus Wagenhäuser
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=wagenhaeuser+m&filter=datesearch.y_5
  5. Dr. med. Julian-Dario Rembe
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Rembe+JD&cauthor_id=34054768                                                          
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