Team

Gerald Tulzer MD
Prof. of Pediatrics

Gerald Tulzer MD Prof. of Pediatrics

Curriculum Vitae

1983 – 86 Training in General Medicine (General Hospital Linz, Children’s Hospital Linz)

1983 – 86 Training in General Medicine (General Hospital Linz, Children’s Hospital Linz)

1986 – 1990 Training in Pediatrics  (Children’s Hospital Linz, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA)

1989 – 1990 Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Phildadelphia, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania, USA, (Prof.Dr.JC Huhta, Prof.Dr.WI Norwood)

1991 Oberarzt at Children’s Hospital Linz, Pediatric Cardiology1992 Study visit: Univ. Hosp. Bonn, Germany

1993 1. Oberarzt and suppl. Chief of the Department of Pediatrics

1993 Head of the Sub-speciality of Pediatric Cardiology. Founding and development of the pediatric cardiolgoy catheter laboratory

1994 Study visit: Children´s Hospital of Boston, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Harvard Medical School

11/94 Habilitation at the University of Vienna

1995 Founding and development of the Children’s Heart Center Linz together with pediatric cardiac surgeon PD Dr. Rudolf

1998 – 2002 Secretary of the „Fetal Cardiology Working Group“ of the AEPC (Association of European Pediatric Cardiologists)

2000 First fetal intracardiac intervention, Development of a fetal cardiac interventional programme together with the Institute of Prenatal Medicine (PD Dr. Wolfgang Arzt)

2002 – 2006 President of the „Fetal Cardiology Working Group“ of the AEPC (Association of European Pediatric Cardiologists)

2004 – 2007 Head of the Pediatric Cardiology working group  of the Austrian Society of Pediatrics

2006 – 2008 Member of the Councils of the AEPC (Association of European Pediatric Cardiologists)

2008 Board certification for Pediatric Cardiology in AustriaBoard certification for Neonatal- and Pediatric Intensive Care

2009 Head of the newly founded Department of Pediatric Cardiology at Children’s Hospital Linz

2013 Professor of Pediatrics

2016 Head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at Kepler University Hospital

2000 – now Development of the largest European Programme for fetal cardiac interventions ´

Scientific Prizes

1989 Milupa Scientific Grant: Quantification of mitral regurgitation in an in-vitro Model

1989 Milupa Scientific Grant: Quantification of mitral regurgitation in an in-vitro Model

1990 Grant from the Delaware Affiliate of the American Heart Association: Acute fetal ductal occlusion in lambs

1990 Grant from the Wilmington, Delaware Affiliate of the American Heart Association. Doppler correlates of Fetal Cardiovascular Diseases

1992 Fund for Scientific Reasearch: Project: Echocardiographic correlates in an in-vitro model.

1993 Grant of the Austrian Cancer Research: Project: Diagnosis of anthrazyclin induced cardiomyopathy

2001 Grant of the Kretz-company: Evaluation of the realtime 3D sonography in normal and abnormal fetal hearts

1990 Best scientific poster Poster: International Perinatal Doppler Society, Los Angeles: Cardiovascular Doppler in the prognosis of fetuses with non immune hydrops.

1990 Best scientific poster Poster: International Perinatal Doppler Society, Los Angeles: Cardiovascular Doppler in the prognosis of fetuses with non immune hydrops.

1991 Best scientific poster Poster: International Perinatal Doppler Society, Malmö: Incidence of indomethacin-induced human fetal ductal constriction.

1992 Prof.Dr.Walter Pilgerstorfer Prize of the Medical Society of Upper-Austria 

1992 Scientific Award of the Austrian Society of Pediatrics (1.prize) “Fetal ductus arteriosus Doppler: Constriction versus increased fetal cardiac output. Published in JACC“

1996 Prof.Dr.Walter Pilgerstorfer Prize of the Medical Society of Upper-Austria 

1999 Best scientific poster Poster at the Annual Austrian Convention of Pediatrics

2003 Scientific Award of the Austrian Society of Pediatrics for the best scientific study in

2002: “Fetal pulmonary valvuloplasty for critical pulmonary stenosis or atresia with intact septum”. Published in The Lancet2002 Award for scientific achievements of the County of Upper Austria

2014 Top scored abstract in the Cardiovascular Disease in the Young (CVDY) council at the American Heart Association – Scientific Sessions

2014 (Chicago)

2017 Prof.Dr.Walter Pilgerstorfer Prize of the Medical Society of Upper-Austria

2019 Scientific Award of the Austrian Society of Pediatrics for the best scientific clinical study in 2018

Member in Scientific Societies

Medical Society of Upper Austria

Austrian Society of Pedaitrics

Austrian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine

Association of European Pediatric Cardiologists (AEPC)

International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

German Society of Pediatric Cardiology

Publications

Reviewer of numerous international scientific journals

PubMed listed journals:

  1. Tulzer G, Bauer R, Daubek-Puza WD, Eitelberger F, Grabner C, Heinrich E, Hohenauer L, Stojakovic M, Wilk F . [Local epidemic of neonatal listeriosis in Upper Austria–report of 20 cases] . Klin Padiatr 1987 Sep-Oct;199(5):325-8
  2. Hohenauer L, Eidenberger G, Eitelberger F, Tulzer G . [Observations on neonatal infection] . Padiatr Padol 1988 23(3):177-84
  3. Engleder R, Bösmüller HC, Tulzer G . [Listeria infections of the face–report of a case seen during the 1986 Listeria monocytogenes epidemic in upper Austria] Z Stomatol 1988.May;85(3):191-5
  4. Tulzer G, Hohenauer L . [Pathogens in neonatal infection and their resistance properties] . Wien Med Wochenschr 1988 May 15;138(9):213-6
  5. Tulzer G, Gudmundsson S, Wood DC, Tews G, Rotondo KM, Huhta JC.Doppler in the evaluation and prognosis of fetuses with tricuspid regurgitation. Journal of Maternal Fetal Investigations 1991.1:15-18
  6. Tulzer G, Nesser HJ, Hammerer I.Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary: pre-and postoperative echocardiographic findings on three unusual cases. Echocardiography 1991.Vol 8,No 5:587-591
  7. Tulzer G, Gudmundsson S, Huhta JC, Wood DC, Tews G . [The value of Doppler in evaluation and prognosis of fetuses with non-immunologic hydrops fetalis] . Gynakol Rundsch .1991.31 Suppl 2:152-3
  8. Tews G, Tulzer G, Bohaumilitzky T . [Intrauterine twin pregnancy after laparoscopic salpingotomy and tubal occlusion with PDS clips] . Gynakol Rundsch 1991.31(4):207-11
  9. Gudmundsson S, Huhta JC, Wood DC, Tulzer G, Cohen AW, Weiner S . Venous Doppler ultrasonography in the fetus with nonimmune hydrops . Am J Obstet Gynecol .1991.Jan;164(1 Pt 1):33-7
  10. Tulzer G, Gudmundsson S, Sharkey AM, Wood DC, Cohen AW, Huhta JC . Doppler echocardiography of fetal ductus arteriosus constriction versus increased right ventricular output . J Am Coll Cardiol 1991 Aug;18(2):532-6
  11. Tulzer G, Gudmundsson S, Rotondo KM, Wood DC, Yoon GY, Huhta JC . Acute fetal ductal occlusion in lambs . Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991 Sep;165(3):775-8
  12. Gudmundsson S, Huhta JC, Weiner S,Wood DC, Tulzer G, Cohen A.Cerebral Doppler velocimetry and fetal hydrocephalus.Journal of Maternal Fetal Investigations.1991 1:79-82
  13. Gudmundsson S, Neerhof M, Weinert S, Tulzer G, Wood D, Huhta JC . Fetal hydronephrosis and renal artery blood velocity . Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 1991.Nov 1;1(6):413-6
  14. Chang AC, Huhta JC, Yoon GY, Wood DC, Tulzer G, Cohen A, Mennuti M, Norwood WI . Diagnosis, transport, and outcome in fetuses with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg .1991.Dec;102(6):841-8
  15. Tews G, Tulzer G, Bohaumilitzky T.Intrauterine Geminischwangerschaft nach laparoskopischer Salpingotomie und Tubenverschluss mit PDS-Klips.Gynäkologische Rundschau 1991.31:207-211
  16. Tulzer G, Gudmundsson S, Huhta JC, Wood DC, Tews G.Wert des Dopplers in der Evaluierung und Prognose von Feten mit nicht immunologischem Hydrops fetalis.Gynäkologische Rundschau 1991.31(Suppl 2):152-153
  17. Tulzer G .Fetale Echokardiographie. Impuls 1991;1 :6-7.Impuls.1991.1:6-7
  18. Tews G, Arzt W, Tulzer G . [Tubal rupture after prostaglandin instillation despite decreasing beta-HCG values] . Wien Klin Wochenschr 1992.104(2):45-6
  19. Tulzer G, Gudmundsson S, Tews G, Wood DC, Huhta JC.Incidence of Indomethacin-induced human fetal ductal constriction.Journal of Maternal Fetal Investigatons 1992.1:267-269
  20. Schmitt K, Tulzer G, Peherstorfer K, Sommer R, Tulzer W . [Long-term therapy of immune neutropenia with high-dose 7S immunoglobulin in a child] . Wien Med Wochenschr 1992.142(10):209-12
  21. Schmitt K, Tulzer G, Tulzer W . [Polyglandular type I autoimmune syndrome] . Wien Klin Wochenschr 1992.104(11):325-7
  22. Schmitt K, Tulzer G, Tulzer W . [Nephropathy gonadal dysgenesis–or incomplete Drash syndrome?] . Klin Padiatr .1992.Mar-Apr;204(2):123-5
  23. Tews G, Tulzer G, Bohaumilitzky T . Use of absorbable clips for tube-saving laparoscopic operations in tubal pregnancies . Surg Gynecol Obstet 1992.Sep;175(3):273-4
  24. Schmitt K, Schilling R, Frisch H, Schober E, Weninger M, Tulzer G, Waldhauser F . [Reduction of body height in tall girls by estrogen treatment]. Klin Padiatr .1992.Nov-Dec;204(6):405-10
  25. Schmitt K, Molzer B, Stöckler S, Tulzer G, Tulzer W . [Zellweger syndrome, neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy or infantile Refsum’s disease in a case with generalized peroxisome defect?]. Wien Klin Wochenschr .1993 105(11):320-2
  26. Baumgartner H, Schima H, Tulzer G, Kühn P . Effect of stenosis geometry on the Doppler-catheter gradient relation in vitro: a manifestation of pressure recovery . J Am Coll Cardiol .1993.Mar 15;21(4):1018-25
  27. Tulzer G, Bsteh M, Arzt W, Tews G, Schmitt K, Huhta JC . [Acute effects of cigarette smoking on fetal cardiovascular and uterine Doppler parameters] . Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd .1993.Oct;53(10):689-92
  28. Tews G, Weinberger R, Hartl J, Sadoghi H, Tulzer G, Arzt W . [Prostaglandin instillation versus tubotomy Results of a prospective study] . Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch .1994.34(1):54-5
  29. Schmitt K, Tulzer G, Häckel F, Sommer R, Tulzer W . Massive digitoxin intoxication treated with digoxin-specific antibodies in a child . Pediatr Cardiol .1994.Jan-Feb;15(1):48-9
  30. Schmitt K, Schwarz R, Tulzer G, Krieger O, Zoubek A, Gadner H . Toxicity of tretinoin in acute promyelocytic leukaemia . Lancet .1994.Feb 5;343(8893):361
  31. Tulzer G, Khowsathit P, Gudmundsson S, Wood DC, Tian ZY, Schmitt K, Huhta JC . Diastolic function of the fetal heart during second and third trimester: a prospective longitudinal Doppler-echocardiographic study . Eur J Pediatr .1994.Mar;153(3):151-4
  32. Tulzer G, Gudmundsson S, Wood DC, Cohen AW, Weiner S, Huhta JC . Doppler in non-immune hydrops fetalis . Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol .1994.Jul 1;4(4):279-83
  33. Tulzer G, Huhta JC, Gudmundsson S, Tews G, Arzt W, Schmitt K . [Fetal supraventricular extrasystole: indication for fetal echocardiography?] . Klin Padiatr 1994.Nov-Dec;206(6):430-2
  34. Schmitt K, Tulzer G, Merl M, Aichhorn G, Grillenberger A, Wiesinger G, Hofstadler G . Early detection of doxorubicin and daunorubicin cardiotoxicity by echocardiography: diastolic versus systolic parameters . Eur J Pediatr .1995.Mar;154(3):201-4
  35. Schmitt K, Zabel B, Tulzer G, Eitelberger F, Pelletier J . Nephropathy with Wilms tumour or gonadal dysgenesis: incomplete Denys-Drash syndrome or separate diseases? . Eur J Pediatr .1995.Jul;154(7):577-81
  36. Hofstadler G, Tulzer G, Altmann R, Schmitt K, Danford D, Huhta JC . Spontaneous closure of the human fetal ductus arteriosus–A cause of fetal congestive heart failure . Am J Obstet Gynecol .1996.Mar;174(3):879-83
  37. Schmitt K, Zoubek A, Schwarz R, Tulzer G, Koller E, Krieger O, Lutz D, Gadner H . All-trans retinoic acid and short-time, high-dose cytarabine in two children with acute promyelocytic leukemia . Med Pediatr Oncol .1996.Apr;26(4):254-7
  38. Gudmundsson S, Tulzer G, Huhta JC, Marsal K . Venous Doppler in the fetus with absent end-diastolic flow in the umbilical artery . Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 1996.Apr;7(4):262-7
  39. Yaman C, Arzt W, Tulzer G, Tews G . [The polyhydramnios symptom: analysis of 56 cases] . Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd .1996.Jun;56(6):287-90
  40. Yaman C, Azt W, Tulzer G, Tews G . [Venous Doppler in non-immunologic hydrops fetalis] . Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd .1996.Aug;56(8):407-9
  41. Yaman C, Arzt W, Tulzer G, Tews G . [Tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve–prenatal diagnosis and management in the 2nd trimester] . Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd .1996.Oct;56(10):563-5
  42. Schmitt K, Deutsch J, Tulzer G, Meindi R, Aberle S . Autoimmune hepatitis and adrenal insufficiency in an infant with human herpesvirus-6 infection . Lancet 1996.Oct 5;348(9032):966
  43. Azancot-Benisty A, Areias JC, Oberhänsli I, Schmidt KG, Tulzer G, Viart P . [European protocol for the management of fetal supraventricular tachycardia European Association of Pediatric Cardiology] . Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss .1997. May;90(5):735-43
  44. Schmitt K, Blümel P, Waldhör T, Lassi M, Tulzer G, Frisch H . Short- and long-term (final height) data in children with normal variant short stature treated with growth hormone . Eur J Pediatr .1997.Sep;156(9):680-3
  45. Hofstadler G, Tulzer G, Schmitt K, Mair R . [Symptomatic congenital complete atrioventricular block–a medical challenge] . Klin Padiatr .1998.Jan-Feb;210(1):30-3
  46. Yaman C, Tulzer G, Arzt W, Tews G . [Doppler ultrasound of the umbilical vein in fetal 3rd degree atrioventricular block] . Ultraschall Med .1998.Jun;19(3):142-5
  47. Azancot-Benisty A, Areias JC, Oberhänsli I I, Schmidt KG, Tulzer G, Viart P . European Study on Maternal and Fetal Management of Fetal Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmia:Proposed Protocol for an International Project . J Matern Fetal Investig .1998.Jun;8(2):92-7
  48. Yaman C, Arzt W, Tulzer G, Tews G . [Pulsations of the umbilical vein: pathophysiologic aspects and fetal outcome] . Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol .1998.Nov-Dec;202(6):235-9
  49. Hofstadler G, Schmitt K, Tulzer G, Binder L, Brandstetter B . BCG lymphadenitis in an HIV-infected child 9 5 years after vaccination . AIDS Patient Care STDS 1998.Sep;12(9):677-80
  50. Yaman C, Arzt W, Tulzer G, Tews G . [Spontaneous constriction of the fetal ductus arteriosus] . Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol .1999.Jan-Feb;203(1):44-6
  51. Tulzer G . Fetal cardiology . Curr Opin Pediatr .2000.Oct;12(5):492-6
  52. Tulzer G, Lechner E, Gitter R . [Emergencies in pediatric cardiology]. Ther Umsch .2001.Feb;58(2):76-9
  53. Sedlak M, Biesenbach G, Brock H, Mair R, Stuby U, Tulzer G.Effektivität der CAPD zur Behandlung des aktuen Nierenversagens bei Säuglingen und Kleinkindern nach Herzoperationen – 5 Jahreserfahrung an einem Single-Zentrum. Journal für Kardiologie.2001.8(11):448-450
  54. Tulzer G, Arzt W, Franklin RC, Loughna PV, Mair R, Gardiner HM . Fetal pulmonary valvuloplasty for critical pulmonary stenosis or atresia with intact septum. Lancet .2002.Nov 16;360(9345):1567-8
  55. Lechner E, Tulzer G.Das hypoplastische Linksherz Syndrom. Pädiatr. Praxis.2002.61:196-206
  56. Steiner JJ, Tulzer G, Mair R, Gitter R, Lechner E, Geiselseder G, Sames E. Operation am offenem Herzen bei Kindern unter 3 kg – zu riskant?.Pädiatrie & Pädologie.2002.
  57. Arzt W, Tulzer G, Aigner M . [Real time 3D sonography of the normal fetal heart–clinical evaluation]. Ultraschall Med .2002.Dec;23(6):388-91
  58. Arzt W, Tulzer G, Aigner M, Mair R, Hafner E . Invasive intrauterine treatment of pulmonary atresia/intact ventricular septum with heart failure. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol .2003.Feb;21(2):186-8
  59. Mair R, Tulzer G, Sames E, Gitter R, Lechner E, Steiner J, Hofer A, Geiselseder G, Gross C . Right ventricular to pulmonary artery conduit instead of modified Blalock-Taussig shunt improves postoperative hemodynamics in newborns after the Norwood operation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg .2003.Nov;126(5):1378-84
  60. Tulzer G . Perinatal cardiology (Editorial). Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2005.Dec;10(6):491-2
  61. Mair R, Sames-Dolzer E, Vondrys D, Lechner E, Tulzer G . En bloc rotation of the truncus arteriosus–an option for anatomic repair of transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg .2006.Mar;131(3):740-1
  62. Tulzer G, Gardiner H.Cardiac Interventions in the fetus: potential for right-sided lesions. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology.2006.May Vol 22(1)
  63. Hammerer-Lercher A, Geiger R, Mair J, Url C, Tulzer G, Lechner E, Puschendorf B, Sommer R . Utility of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide to differentiate cardiac diseases from noncardiac diseases in young pediatric patients . Clin Chem 2006.Jul;52(7):1415-9
  64. Lechner E, Moosbauer W, Pinter M, Mair R, Tulzer G . Use of levosimendan, a new inodilator, for postoperative myocardial stunning in a premature neonate. Pediatr Crit Care Med .2007.Jan;8(1):61-3
  65. Lechner E, Hofer A, Mair R, Moosbauer W, Sames-Dolzer E, Tulzer G . Arginine-vasopressin in neonates with vasodilatory shock after cardiopulmonary bypass. Eur J Pediatr .2007.Dec;166(12):1221-7
  66. Wagner T, Scheibenpflug C, Lechner E, Mair R, Tulzer G . [A rare cardiac cause of pleural empyema]. Klin Padiatr .2007.Jul-Aug;219(4):220-1
  67. Prandstetter C, Hofer A, Lechner E, Mair R, Sames-Dolzer E, Tulzer G . Early and mid-term outcome of the arterial switch operation in 114 consecutive patients : A single centre experience . Clin Res Cardiol .2007.Oct;96(10):723-9
  68. Hammerer-Lercher A, Puschendorf B, Sommer R, Mair J, Tulzer G, Lechner E, Hawa G, Maitzen S, Woloszczuk W . N-terminal pro A-type natriuretic peptide but not N-terminal pro C-type natriuretic peptide concentrations are related to cardiac diseases in infants. Clin Chem Acta .2008.May;391(1-2):118-9
  69. Gardiner HM, Belmar C, Tulzer G, Barlow A, Pasquini L, Carvalho JS, Daubeney PE, Rigby ML, Gordon F, Kulinskaya E, Franklin RC. .Morphologic and funktional predictors of eventual circulation in the fetus with pulmonary atresia or critical pulmonary stenosis with intact septum. J Am Coll Cardiol. .2008.Apr 1;51(13):1299-308
  70. Lechner E, Gitter R, Mair R, Pinter M, Schreier-Lechner E, Vondrys D, Tulzer G .Aminoterminal brain natriuretic peptide levels in children and Adoleszent after Fontan operation correlate with congestive heart failure. Pediatr Cardiol 2008.Sep;29(5):901-5
  71. Jacobs JP, Rychik J, Tulzer G, Fouron JC, Maulik D, Tworetzky W, Maruszewski B, Acharya G, Huhta JC.A vision for an International Society for Fetal and Perinatal Cardiovascular Disease. Curr Opin Pediatr.2008.Oct;20(5):532-7
  72. Tamesberger MI, Lechner E, Mair R, Hofer A, Sames-Dolzer E, Tulzer G..Early primary repair of tetralogy of fallot in neonates and infants less than four months of age. Ann Thorac Surg .2008.Dec;86(6):1928-35
  73. Lechner E, Wiesinger-Eidenberger G, Wiessensteiner M, Hofer A, Tulzer G, Sames-Dolzer E, Mair R.Opern-heart surgery in premature and low birthweight infants – a single center experience. Eur J Thorac Cardiov Sur 2009; 36(6):986-91
  74. Lechner E, Schreier-Lechner E, Hofer A, Gitter R, Mair R, Biebl A, Tulzer G.
Aminoterminal brain- type natriuretic peptide levels correlate with heart failure in patients with bidirectional Glenn anastomosis and with morbidity after Fontan cperation. 
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009; 138:560-4.
  75. Lechner E, Wiesinger- Eidenberger G, Wagner O, Weissensteiner M, Schreier- Lechner E, Leibetseder D, Arzt W, Tulzer G. 
Aminoterminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide levels are elevated in the cord blood of neonates with congenital heart defect. 
Ped Res 2009; 66(4):466-9
  76. Arzt W, Wertaschnigg D, Veit I, Klement F, Gitter R, Tulzer G.: Intrauterine aortic valvuloplasty in fetuses with critical aortic stenosis: experience and results of 24procedures. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2011; 37(6):689-95
  77. Arzt W, Tulzer G.: Fetal surgery for cardiac lesions.Prenat Diagn. 2011;31(7):695-8.
  78. Eliasson H, Sonesson SE, Sharland G, et al: Fetal Working Group of the European Association of Pediatric Cardiology: Isolated atrioventricular block in the fetus: a retrospective, multinational, multicenter study of 175 patients. Circulation. 2011 Nov 1;124(18):1919-26.
  79. Tulzer G, Arzt W: Fetal cardiac interventions: Rationale, risk and benefit. Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2013;18: 298301
  80. Sames-Dolzer E, Hakami L, Innerhuber M, Tulzer G, Mair R: Older age at time of the Norwood procedure is a risk factor for early postoperative mortality. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Feb;47(2):257-61 (IF 3,048)
  81. Kovacevic A, Roughton M, Mellander M, Oehman A, Tulzer G, Dangel J, Magee A, Mair R, Ghez O, Schmidt KG, Gardiner HM: Fetal aortic valvuloplasty: investigating institutional bias in surgical decision making. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Nov;44(5):538-44 (IF 3,14)
  82. Wohlmuth C, Tulzer G, Arzt W, Gitter R, Wertaschnigg D.: Maternal aspects of fetal cardiac intervention.Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Nov;44(5):532-7.
  83. 83. Lytzen R, Helvind M, Jørgensen FS, Jørgensen C, Arzt W, Tulzer G, Vejlstrup N. [In-utero treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.] Ugeskr Laeger. 2015 Jan 26;177(2A)
  84. 84. Steiner J, Zlabinger S, Tulzer A, Sekyra P, Povysil B, Mair R, Sames-Dolzer E, Tulzer G.: Feasibility of routine cardiac MRI in selected patients before bidirectional Glenn Anastomosis. A retrospective single center study The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon 2014; 62(S 02) DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1394038
  85. 85. Wohlmuth C, Wertaschnigg D, Wieser I, Arzt W, Tulzer G: Tissue Doppler Imaging in Fetuses with Aortic Stenosis and Evolving Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome before and after Fetal Aortic Valvuloplasty. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2016 May;47(5):608-15
  86. Prandstetter C, Tulzer A, Mair R, Sames-Dolzer E, Tulzer G: Effects of surgical en bloc rotation of the arterial trunk on the conduction system in children with transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis. Cardiol Young. 2015, 14:1-5
  87. Lytzen R, Helvind M, Jørgensen FS, Jørgensen C, Arzt W, Tulzer G, Vejlstrup N.: In-utero treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ugeskr Laeger. 2015 Jan 26;177(2A):106-7.
  88. Gardiner HM, Kovaevic A, Tulzer G, Sarkola T, Herberg U., Dangel J, Öhman A, Bartrons J, Carvalho JS, Jicinska V, Fesslova V, Averiss I, Mellander M and the Fetal Working Group of the AEPC: Natural history of 107 cases of fetal aortic stenosis from a European multicenter retrospective study. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2016; 48: 373–381
  89. Andreas Tulzer, Rudolf Mair, Michaela Kreuzer, Gerald Tulzer. Outcome of aortic arch reconstruction in infants with coarctation: Importance of operative approach.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016;152:1506-13
  90. Mair R, Sames-Dolzer E, Innerhuber M, Tulzer A, Grohmann E, Tulzer G: Anatomic repair of complex transposition with en bloc rotation of the truncus arteriosus: 10-year experience. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Jan;49(1):176-82
  91. Ferschl MB, Moon-Grady AJ, Rollins MD, Gilliss B, Schulman SR, Tulzer G, Stohl S, Ginosar Y: Percutaneous Fetal Cardiac Intervention for Severe Aortic Stenosis and Evolving Hypoplastic Left-Heart Syndrome. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Aug;30(4):1118-28.
  92. Sames-Dolzer E, Gierlinger G, Kreuzer M, Schrempf J, Gitter R, Prandstetter C, Tulzer G, Mair R.: Unplanned cardiac reoperations and interventions during long-term follow-up after the Norwood procedure. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Jun 1;51(6):1044-1050.
  93. Oberhuber RD, Huemer S, Mair R, Sames-Dolzer E, Kreuzer M, Tulzer G.: Cognitive Development of School-Age Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Survivors: A Single Center Study. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Aug;38(6):1089-1096
  94. Kovacevic A, Öhman A, Tulzer G, Herberg U, Dangel J, Carvalho JS, Fesslova V, Jicinska H, Sarkola T, Pedroza C, Averiss I, Mellander M, Gardiner HM.: Fetal hemodynamic response to aortic valvuloplasty and postnatal outcome: a European multicenter study. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 52(2):221-229
  95. Sames-Dolzer E, Wickenhauser E, Kreuzer M, Benedikt P, Gitter R, Prandstetter C, Gierlinger G, Tulzer G, Mair R.: The Ross-Konno procedure in neonates and infants less than 3 months of age. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018; 54(1):71-77
  96. Tulzer A, Arzt W, Gitter R, Prandstetter C, Grohmann E, Mair R, Tulzer G: Immediate effects and outcomes after in-utero pulmonary valvuloplasty in fetuses with pulmonary atresia with intact septum or critical pulmonary stenosis. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2018; 52(2):230-237
  97. Kreuzer M, Sames-Dolzer E, Schausberger L, Tulzer A, Ratschiller T, Haizinger B, Tulzer G, Mair R: Double-arterial cannulation: a strategy for whole body perfusion during aortic arch reconstruction.Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 May 2. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivy147. [Epub ahead of print]
  98. Tulzer A, Arzt W, Prandstetter C, Tulzer G: Atrial septum stenting in a foetus with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and restrictive foramen ovale: an alternative to emergency atrioseptectomy in the newborn-a case report. Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2020 Feb 10;4(1):1-4. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa005. eCollection 2020 Feb. PMID: 32128498
  99. Tulzer A, Arzt W, Tulzer G.: Fetal aortic valvuloplasty may rescue fetuses with critical aortic stenosis and hydrops. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Jul 4. doi: 10.1002/uog.22138. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32621387
  100. Ong CW, Ren M, Wiputra H, Mojumder J, Chan WX, Tulzer A, Tulzer G, Buist ML, Mattar CNZ, Lee LC, Yap CH.:Biomechanics of Human Fetal Hearts with Critical Aortic Stenosis.  Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Nov 11. doi: 10.1007/s10439-020-02683-x. Online ahead of print
  1. Mair, G.Tulzer: Kinderherzchirurgie: am Beispiel des Kinderherzzentrums Linz. Paediatr. Paedolog. 2020, 55(Suppl 3): S120-S124

 

 

Book Chapters

 

  1. Tulzer G, Hohenauer L: Nichtinvasive Herzdiagnostik im Säuglingsalter. In: Morbitidät und Mortalität von Mutter und Kind Berichte und Studien des perinatalen Arbeitskreises Oberöstereich Hrsg: Hohenauer L, Nagl F, Vutuc Ch 1990; 16:185-192
  2. Wiesinger G, Hohenauer L, Tulzer G, Wilk F: Beobachtungen zur Neugeborenensepsis. In: Morbitidät und Mortalität von Mutter und Kind – Berichte und Studien des perinatalen Arbeitskreises Oberöstereich Hrsg: Hohenauer L, Nagl F, Vutuc Ch 1990; 16 138-144
  3. Hohenauer L, Tulzer G: Perinatalmedizinische Erfahrungen aufgrund einer Listerioseepidemie in Oberösterreich. In: Morbitidät und Mortalität von Mutter und Kind – Berichte und Studien des perinatalen Arbeitskreises Oberöstereich Hrsg: Hohenauer L, Nagl F, Vutuc Ch 1990; 16 152-155
  4. Huhta JC, Tulzer G: Evaluation of pulmonary and ductal vasculature: effects of therapy for preterm labor. In: Syllabus of the AIUM Color Doppler ultrasonography course-Atlanta 1991;101-103
  5. Tulzer G: Physiologic changes in fetal cardiac blood velocity during pregnancy. In: Doppler Ultrasound in the Fetal Examination. Hrsg: Tulzer G, Altmann R, 1992;14-17
  6. Tulzer G: Doppler evaluation of the fetal ductus arteriosus. In: Doppler Ultrasound in the Fetal Examination. Hrsg: Tulzer G, Altmann R, 1992; 75-79
  7. Huhta JC, Tulzer G: Weil SR: Evaluation of the ductus arteriosus and pulmonary vasculature In: Dev Maulik: Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology Springer Verlag 1997: 29; 507-512
  8. Tulzer G, Hofstadler G: Fetal and neonatal Doppler echocardiography. In: A Kurjak: Textbook of Perinatal Medicine. Parthenon Publishing; 1998: Kapitel 12.12
  9. Tulzer G, Mair R, Geiselseder G, Arzt W, Hofstadler G: Hypoplastisches Linksherz: Pränatale Diagnostik, perinatales Management und operative Therapie in Linz. In: Hohenauer L, Nagl F, Vutuc Ch: Morbidität und Mortalität von Mutter und Kind. Milupa Wissenschaftliche Information 1998: 211 – 217
  10. Tulzer G, Arzt W: Fetale supraventrikuläre Tachykardie – Management und Outcome in 8 Fällen. . In: Hohenauer L, Nagl F, Vutuc Ch: Morbidität und Mortalität von Mutter und Kind. Milupa Wissenschaftliche Information 1998: 218 – 222
  11. Tulzer G: Normale Flussmuster am fetalen Herzen In: Steiner/Schneider: Dopplersonographie in Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie. Springer Verlag 2000; 169 – 177
  12. Tulzer G: Evaluierung des cardiac outputs und der kardialen Dekompensation. In: Steiner/Schneider: Dopplersonographie in Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie. Springer Verlag 2000; 177 – 182
  13. Tulzer G: Normale Flussmuster am fetalen Herzen In: Steiner/Schneider: Dopplersonographie in Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie. 2.Auflage. Springer Verlag 2008; Kapitel 20,193 – 203
  14. Tulzer G, Huhta JC: Evaluierung des cardiac outputs und der kardialen Dekompensation. In: Steiner/Schneider: Dopplersonographie in Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie. 2.Auflage. Springer Verlag 2008; Kapitel 21, 203 – 211
  15. Tulzer G, Jaeggi E: Pharmacological and interventional fetal cardiovascular therapy. In: Anderson, Baker, Penny, Redington, Rigby & Wernovsky: Pediatric Cardiology, 3rd Edition, Elsevier 2009 Chapter 12
  16. Tulzer G: Normale Flussmuster am fetalen Herzen In: Steiner/Schneider: Dopplersonographie in Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie. 2.Auflage. Springer Verlag 2012; Kapitel 20, 218-226
  17. Tulzer G: Evaluierung des cardiac outputs und der kardialen Dekompensation. In: Steiner/Schneider: Dopplersonographie in Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie. Springer Verlag 2012; 230-236
  18. Gitter R, Arzt W, Tulzer G: Indications for fetal pulmonary valvuloplasty. In: Butera/Cheatham/Pedra/Schranz/Tulzer: Fetal and Hybrid Procedures in Congenital Heart Disease. Springer Verlag 2016 Kapitel 11; 81-85
  19. Tulzer G, Arzt W: Center experience and step by step approach for fetal pulmonary valvuloplasty. In: Butera/Cheatham/Pedra/Schranz/Tulzer: Fetal and Hybrid Procedures in Congenital Heart Disease. Springer Verlag 2016 Kapitel 12; 85-91
  20. Grohmann E, Tulzer A, Arzt W, Tulzer G: Pulmonary valvulplasty: Fetal, neonatal and follow-up outcomes. In: Butera/Cheatham/Pedra/Schranz/Tulzer: Fetal and Hybrid Procedures in Congenital Heart Disease. Springer Verlag 2016 Kapitel 13; 91-95
  21. Gitter R, Tulzer G: Literatur on fetal therapy after pulmonary valvuloplasty. In: Butera/Cheatham/Pedra/Schranz/Tulzer: Fetal and Hybrid Procedures in Congenital Heart Disease. Springer Verlag 2016 Kapitel 14; 95-99
  22. Tulzer G: Future persectives on fetal pulmonary valvuloplasty. In: Butera/Cheatham/Pedra/Schranz/Tulzer: Fetal and Hybrid Procedures in Congenital Heart Disease. Springer Verlag 2016 Kapitel 15; 99-105

 

 

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