Interview in the German Ärzteblatt on 3 May 2024
Which diagnostics first? An assessment

Column “MY MUNICH”
in tz on 11 April 2024
Column as excerpt full tz page of 11 April 2024

Information flyer by Puren for female and male doctors
INOCA often overlooked
private special print

Contribution by Johannes Krenner:
Patients in the endless waiting loop
Passauer Neue Presse, 18 March 2023, PAGE 3
Press text

Foreword
Risk factors for a sudden, unexpected and premature cardiac death
Zur Gesundheit
Press text

Forum Cardiology of the Süddeutsche Zeitung
Symptom-free and yet at great risk of a heart attack?
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 27 January 2023
Press text

Press release of the BDN (Professional Association of German Nuclear Medicine Physicians) INOCA – often overlooked, but not harmless: Myocardial scintigraphy enables diagnosis of the often undetected heart disease
Press text

For World Heart Day:
Heart complaints? Prevention?
Münchner Merkur and tz, 29 September 2022
Newspaper clipping

Patient in interview on telemedicine monitoring:
“I also want to give something back. They helped me so much, and if you receive something, you should also give back. After all, we all benefit from technical progress.”
13 September 2022
Interview text as PDF Interview text link to hedy

Rapid, online self-assessment of individual risk for cardiovascular events in “apparently healthy” persons according to the new ESC guidelines
e-Journal of Cardiology Practice of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in English

Press quote on hedy.de
Telemonitoring website on the topic of Telemedicine Center (TMZ)

MMW – Münchner Medizinische Wochenschrift
Critically read: COVID-19 dramatically increases cardiovascular risks
Current studies reviewed and commented by experts
MMW, 164, 20–21, 2022

Der Niedergelassene Arzt
Cause of heart failure: Recognizing and specifically addressing ATTR amyloidosis

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2022 based on an independent data survey of top physicians of the region
Certificate 2022 Evaluation criteria and score calculation

Zur GESUNDHEIT, pp. 23–25
Foreword: Well-known and newer risk factors for a sudden, unexpected cardiac death Article: Making individual heart attack risk visible

Münchner Merkur and tz 18 November 2018
What top doctors recommend

escardio.org
For you and your patients: essential information from ESC Congress 2021

Gesundheit.com
What changes for patients after the ESC Heart Congress 2021?
PDF file Article link at “Gesundheit.com”

Angina pectoris: Myocardial scintigraphy makes perfusion defects visible even in the small vessels of the heart Kompakt-Kardiologie Quote Press release of the Professional Association of German Nuclear Medicine Physicians (BDN) Quote

Abendzeitung Munich, Health A to Z
Interview, 20 May 2021
COVID-19 also attacks the heart

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2021 based on an independent data survey of top physicians of the region
Certificate 2021 Evaluation criteria and score calculation

Professional Association of German Nuclear Medicine Physicians (BDN)
Stress ECG should be avoided as an unnecessary aerosol source!
Press release of the BDN PODCAST on this topic in med.audio (in German, duration: 5:47)

COVID survived? Don’t forget the heart!
Abendzeitung, 15 February 2021 BILD, 23 February 2021

Healthy heart? Personal heart attack risk can be made visible
Abendzeitung, 15 February 2021

Press release
Prof. Dr. med. Sigmund Silber: Membership in PRIMO MEDICO network confirmed
Munich, 12 March 2020

Making individual heart attack risk visible
ZUR GESUNDHEIT, 2021, pp. 8+9

Foreword:
Well-known and newer risk factors for a sudden, unexpected and premature cardiac death
ZUR GESUNDHEIT, 2021, p. 7

Special report from the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Usefulness of the coronary artery calcium score for statin prescription in primary prevention: results in over 16,000 assessments
M. Keller, S. Silber
EMJ (European Medical Journal) Report as PDF

Press release
Minimizing contact times in nuclear cardiology examinations
NUKLEARMEDIZIN DIGITAL, 24 June 2020

Activity report of AG 20 of the DGK Nuclear Cardiology Diagnostics
PD Dr. med. Ronny R. Büchel, Prof. Dr. med. Sigmund Silber

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2020 based on an independent data survey of top physicians of the region
Certificate 2020 Evaluation criteria and score calculation

Toxin for the heart! Experts reveal which 13 mistakes you should avoid
Münchner Merkur, 20 January 2020 tz, 20 January 2020

Review
Too few ischemia tests
N. Eckert and K. Gießelmann, Deutsches Ärzteblatt, A2400–A2402 (2019)

Congress report
Highlights from the TCT Congress 2019 in San Francisco
e-Journal of Cardiology Practice, 18 December 2019

Congress report
Highlights from the ESC Congress 2019 in Paris
e-Journal of Cardiology Practice, 20 November 2019

Congress report
Modern nuclear cardiology – review of an ongoing success story
Potsdam, 26 September 2019

Congress report
Myocardial scintigraphy could prevent more unnecessary cardiac catheterizations
Ärzteblatt.de, 19 September 2019

Press conference News in cardiac diagnostics: Imaging instead of catheter

1. Press release: Myocardial scintigraphy can prevent unnecessary cardiac catheterizations
2. Program
3. Lecture Prof. Silber – summary

Berlin, House of the Federal Press Conference, 19 September 2019

Ozone alarm: How dangerous the sun is
tz, 1 July 2019

• Great benefit, low risk: How patients benefit from a CT scan of the heart
• How to avoid unnecessary lipid-lowering medications
• How to avoid unnecessary cardiac catheter examinations

tz, 26 June 2019

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2019 based on an independent data survey of top physicians of the region Certificate 2019 Evaluation criteria and score calculation

Press report from the 11th pci-live congress 2018 in Munich:
Cardiologist and cardiac surgeon work hand in hand
CARDIOVASC, 19: 8–12, 2019

Comment on:
Eggs are much healthier than previously assumed
WELT Digital, 29 May 2018 if this link doesn’t work, click here

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2018 based on an independent data survey of top physicians of the region
Certificate 2018

German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) Mannheim, 16 April 2018
Chair and moderator Prof. Silber:
Lipid management solved? PCSK9 inhibitors – a sustainable approach in secondary prevention

Press report from the 8th Cardiology Symposium Bad Griesbach, 3 March 2018
The heart in focus
80 physicians and top speakers at the Cardiology Symposium of Asklepios Clinic St. Wolfgang
Passauer Neue Presse, 23 March 2018

Special report from pci-live congress 2017
On the life’s work of Prof. Dr. med. Martin Kaltenbach 40 years of PTCA/PCI: “I assisted”
CARDIOVASC, 8 February 2018 J. Aumiller

Press report from the 10th pci-live anniversary congress 2018 in Munich:
Gallop around the heart
CARDIOVASC, 18: 8–16, 2018

Occident to Orient Initiation: Optimizing DAPT for ACS PCI Patients

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2017 based on an independent data survey of Germany’s top physicians
Certificate 2017

Press report from pci-live congress in Munich:
Asymptomatic aortic stenosis: intervene or wait?
CARDIOVASC, 17: 15–16, 2017

Press report from pci-live congress 2017 in Munich:
Do bioresorbable scaffolds still have a future?
CARDIOVASC, 17: 12–15, 2017

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2016 based on an independent data survey of Germany’s top physicians
Certificate 2016

Guide: Quality seal “Transparent Clinic” Cardiology Department / Clinic Dr. Müller Prof. Dr. med. Sigmund Silber

Case examples for patients after heart attack with PEGASUS criteria

• MedCampus, NSTEMI flyer, 30 March 2016
• MedCampus, NSTEMI case presentation, (no audio, duration: 3:06)
• MedCampus, STEMI case presentation, (no audio, duration: 4:36)

Guide: Quality seal “Transparent Clinic” Heart Center at Isar / Clinic Dr. Müller Prof. Dr. med. Sigmund Silber

Are the newer drug‐eluting coronary stents (DES) better than first-generation DES? An analysis of over 6000 patients
DGK press release ESC 2015, 3 September 2015

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2015 based on an independent data survey of Germany’s top physicians
Certificate 2015

Coronary calcium scan: The reliable risk predictor has hardly any fans among cardiologists
Medscape, 21 May 2015

New drug treatment of chronic heart failure
Moderator at round table discussion, 15 April 2015, Munich

Defining best practices in ACS: A comprehensive analysis of European guidelines for dual antiplatelet therapy after PCI
PeerVoice, March 2015

He died after bench pressing: Did the bodybuilder train himself to death?
BILD Plus, 30 March 2015

Press report from p-c-i live congress 2014, 4–5 December 2014 in Munich: Visions of interventional cardiology: Evolution of a successful congress – Tripartition with similarities
by Jochen Aumiller in:
CardioVasc 15, pp. 12–17 (2015)

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2014 based on an independent data survey of Germany’s top physicians
Certificate 2014

Hope for high-risk patients: TAVI: What is possible today in aortic valve replacement. What patients should pay attention to
tz, 2 July 2014

p-c-i live congress 2013 from 28 to 29 November 2013 in Munich: Experience what goes on in catheter labs
by Jochen Aumiller in:
CardioVasc 14, pp. 16–22 (2014)

Heart surgeries with public viewing
Report from p-c-i live 2013
tz Munich, 2 December 2013

On TV today – heartache
Report from p-c-i live 2013
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 1 December 2013

Stent or bypass?
FAZ, 21 November 2013

DAPT and DES in coronary artery disease: Is it time to revisit the guidelines?
Cardiovascular News, October 2013

Head of the newly established Chest Pain Unit (CPU) at Clinic Dr. Müller

• Flyer announcing
• CPU certificate of 26 September 2013

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2013 based on an independent data survey of Germany’s top physicians
Certificate 2013

Innovation brake for medical technology?
CardioNews 7/8, p. 10, 2013

Looking into the future of DES
JIM Today, 14 February 2013

More and more younger women with heart attacks
Abendzeitung, 3 September 2012

Request to tz: Atrial fibrillation
tz, Munich, 12 December 2012

Interview: The RESOLUTE clinical program: one month DAPT data presented at TCT
Confluence, Issue 6, pp. 31–33, (2012)

New coronary stent with embolic protection passes first test
SpringerMedizin, 30 October 2012

Resolute’s stent-thrombosis risk lasts just 1 month
Cardiology News, 25 October 2012

Only one more month of dual platelet inhibition?
SpringerMedizin, 25 October 2012

TCT: Stent with mesh cover helps in acute MI
Medpage Today, 24 October 2012

Munich heart specialists at the major ESC cardiology congress in Munich:
We must do more for education

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2012 based on an independent data survey of Germany’s top physicians
Certificate 2012

How good are Munich’s hospitals
Abendzeitung, 16/17 July 2012

BIK at a glance – Information of the Professional Association of Internal Cardiologists – May 2012
BIK e. V., June 2012 issue

Prof. Silber is guest physician at Saibaba Hospital in Nashik, India
Various Indian daily newspapers, 27 February 2012

Interview: Acute coronary syndrome: “More benefit – without harm”
MMW – Fortschritte der Medizin, 2012

Quality report Internal Medicine Clinic Dr. Müller
2012

Recommendation in “Germany’s renowned doctor list” of FOCUS 2011 based on an independent data survey of Germany’s top physicians
Certificate 2011

Special report: Platelet inhibition after acute coronary syndrome – platelet aggregation inhibitors improve prognosis: Data favor prasugrel
Ärztezeitung, 14 February 2011

When the heart sends an SOS
Woche Heute, 11 January 2011

Real-time interventions – the live show as a training format
CardioVasc, January, pp. 6–10, 2011

Congress report: Interdisciplinary Live Congress: p-c-i live
2 – 3 December 2010 J. Kardiol 2011

Not all platelet inhibitors are the same
Ärztezeitung, 21 December 2010

Only a few coated stents are scientifically well tested
Cardio Compact, December 2010

Heart surgery at the queen’s
Frau im Spiegel, No. 41, p. 24, 6 October 2010

The doctor list: Germany’s hardest medical check
FOCUS, No. 22, 2010

Pocket guideline coordinator – STEMI
Pocket guidelines, German Cardiac Society, European Society of Cardiology, March 2010

p-c-i live: Striving for the best method Silber’s new professional association
Commentary by J. Aumiller
CardioVasc, January, p. 1 2010

Immediate measures and long-term treatment for patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) Therapy guidelines of the Professional Association of Interventional Cardiologists (BIK)
BIK, 2010

p-c-i live: 2009 Cardiac MRI, coronary CT & co. What the beautiful images show and who benefits
by J. Aumiller
CardioVasc, January, pp. 6–7, 2010

2-Year Results of the Randomized NOBORI-1 Study: No Late or Very Late Stent Thromboses with a Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent
MedReview, 7, 23–24, 2009

Health – Game of Pass the Buck: Bavaria’s Specialists Suspect: Many Promises Were Placebo During the Election Campaign – The Fee Reform Takes Effect
Focus, Issue 53/2009

p-c-i live: Heart Congress in Munich
gesundheit com, December 15, 2009

“Atrial Fibrillation Becomes a Disease of Old Age” Medical Congress in Munich – Cardiologists Complain: Health Insurance Funds Pay for Too Few Therapies
Passauer Neue Presse, November 30, 2009

Fee Dispute: Söder’s Promise for the Doctors Cardiologists Protest at the Ministry of Health Against Reform
Münchner Merkur, July 10, 2009

Lightning Strikes This Beer Garden: Electricity Jumps onto Two Guests: Intensive Care Unit
tz, July 3, 2015

Interview: Prasugrel in Clinical Practice Which Patient Benefits Greatly, Which Only a Little?
MMW-Fortschritte der Medizin, 2009

Primary PTCA Rate: Germany Behind Poland and Czech Republic
Cardio News, June, p. 14, 2009

Claudia Müller Narrowly Escaped a Heart Attack “A Small Tube Now Protects My Heart”
Woche heute, May 13, 2009

“In July the Practice Deaths Begin” Bavaria’s Specialists Complain about Heavy Losses – a Consequence of the Fee Reform. What Must Be Done Now So That Medical Care Does Not Suffer? We Brought Two Experts to a Table: Prime Minister Horst Seehofer and Medical Professor Sigmund Silber. A Debate.
Münchner Merkur, April 25/26, 2009

Strange Doctors' Strike: When Private Patients Want an Appointment, Suddenly Something’s Possible After All
Abendzeitung, March 25, 2009

Poor Patients: A Look into the Very Everyday Abysses of Statutory Health Insurance Funds By Roswin Finkenzeller
FAZ.net, March 5, 2009

Bavaria Wants to Overturn the Fee Reform Markus Söder: “That Is a Very Clear Signal to German Health Policy”
Münchner Merkur, February 19, 2009

Specialists: “It’s About Our Existence”
Münchner Merkur, February 18, 2009

Doctors in Turmoil: Thousands Protest Against Fee Reform
Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 18, 2009

New Fee Rules: Specialists Protest
tz, February 18, 2009

Interview: Calcium Score: Not Screening, but Targeted Diagnostics
CardioVasc, 2, p. 10, 2009

p-c-i Premiere Show in Munich: At the Kissing Maneuver in the Front Row Silber's Big Coup by J. Aumiller
CardioVasc, January, p. 6 – 10, 2009

Health: Söder’s Wish or Promise?
Focus, Issue 29/2009, 16

CSU: Campaigners in Their Own Cause
Focus, Issue 21/2009

Book Review: Practical Guide Heart CT
CardioVasc, 4, p. 33, 2009

Position Paper of the Cardiology Society on Drug-Eluting Stents: Differentiated Use Is Required
pharma-aktuell, 2009

Clinic Guide Munich AnyCare Quality Compass Trias Medical Publishing, 70469 Stuttgart
Internal Medicine Clinic Dr. Müller Affiliate Department Prof. Dr. med. S. Silber

p-c-i live: Counterpart to the TCT Congress in the USA Coated Stents Without Increased Risk
Cardio News, 11–12/2008

New ESC Guideline for STEMI: Thrombolysis Will Be the Exception
Cardio News, 11–12/2008

An Infarction Often Comes Without Any Warning: Prof. Sigmund Silber Explains the Processes in the Body
tz, November 26, 2008

Human-Cell Coating Helps Stent Without Blood Thinner
Bloomberg.com, November 12, 2008

Should U.S. Adopt European Clopidogrel Dosing Standards? Two Clinicians Presented Opposing Views on This Issue in the TCT Debate of the Day
TCT-Debate of the Day-late ST, October 2008

The New ESC STEMI Guidelines: Details of the New Updated Version to Be Published in October Topics: Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)
ESC Press Release, September 1, 2008

Drug-Eluting Stents: It’s All About the Polymer and the Drug
MedReview, June 19, 2008

Doctor Explains: How the Austria Game Affects Our Body!
tz, June 16, 2008

Anticoagulation After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Simple Handling and Reduced Number of Bleedings
Cardio News 6, p. 6, 2008

Drug-Eluting Stents: Picking the Best for Your Patients
EuroPCR daily, May 2008

Invitation to the Press Conference on April 30, 2008 DETECT: Presentation of the World’s Largest Nationwide Longitudinal Study on Multimorbidity of Somatic and Mental Illnesses: Scope, Burden, Care, Clinical and Research Implications

1. Invitation
2. Press Text
3. All Presentations Presentation by Prof. Dr. med. S. Silber: From Risk Scores and Risk Stratification to Increased Abdominal Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke
4. Book Online Appendix
5. Publication Overview – As of April 2008

Position Paper Drug Eluting Stents: New Data Require Constant Updates
Cardio News 4, p. 17, 2008

The Big Doctors List: Where Physicians Choose to Be Treated Munich’s New Top 500
tz, February 28, 2008

Modern Mini-Implants Release Drugs and Keep Coronary Vessels Open “This Tube Protects Me from a Heart Attack”
INTERMEZZO, 3/2008

Large Series in BILD Munich: The Best Doctors, the Best Clinics How to Keep Your Heart Fit for Life! Prevention and Rapid Assistance Are the Best Measures Against a Heart Attack
Bild, January 7, 2008

Commentary on the HORIZONS-AMI Study:
Simple Handling and Reduced Bleeding

Strategies for the Heart CORONARY VESSELS Prof. Silber from Munich Explains How to Detect and Treat Dangerous Narrowing
SUPERillu, 2008

Essential Messages from ESC Guidelines: Acute Myocardial Infarction – STEMI
Committee for Practice Guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology

Modern Mini-Implants Release Drugs and Keep Coronary Arteries Open This Tube Protects Me from a Heart Attack
tz, November 23, 2007

Arterial Hypertension in Germany – There Is Much to Do!
Colloquium, November 2007

CoStar Reduces Binary In-Segment Restenosis Rate EuroSTAR II: Lower Rates of Restenosis and Late Loss with CoStar vs. Bare-Metal Stent
TCT-Daily-Eurostar, October 23, 2007

“Observe Post-Treatment” The Risk of Thrombosis with Drug-Eluting Stents Is Not Increased
Neue Westfälische, October 19, 2007

Do Approval Requirements for New Medical Devices Need to Be Tightened? An Evidence-Based Analysis Using the Example of Drug-Eluting Stents (DES)
Press Release of the 31st Autumn Meeting of the DGK in Cologne, October 6, 2007

From Research & Science Widening Vessels: How Safe Are Stents?
Neue Apotheken Illustrierte, September 1, 2007

Drug Eluting Stent Solution Evidence-Based Medicine with Drug-Eluting Stents
Ask the Expert, September 2007

Patients Report Horst Matthes: “Even Though I’m Getting Older, Things Are Looking Up!”
Aktion Meditech, August 18, 2007

Focus Cardiology To Stent or Not to Stent? That Is No Longer a Question Nine out of Ten Patients Receive a Stent During Balloon Dilation
Ärztliche Praxis, July 3, 2007

Expert Opinion Stent Discussion: Facts and Consequences
Herz, July 2007

Head, Legs and Abdomen Were Severely Injured Lightning Strike: Student (20) Is in an Induced Coma At the Central University Sports Facility, 13 Young People Were Injured Fortunately, It Had Not Rained Yet
tz, June 27, 2007

Stents: New Insights Interview with Prof. Dr. med. Sigmund Silber, Cardiological Group Practice Munich
Herzstiftung, June 21, 2007

Payers Should Only Fund Stents with Proven Clinical Benefit The CE Mark Cannot Be Trusted
CardioNews, June 2007

Case Study: Non-Invasive Determination of a Coronary Anomaly with Cardiac CT
ProPraxis Cardiology, May 2007

Case Study: Role of Cardiac CT: A Case Example
ProPraxis Cardiology, April 2007

Farewell to Prof. Arnold, Managing Director of the DGK
Close Communication Between BNK and DGK

STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CLINICAL COMMISSION AND THE DGK BOARD Effectiveness and Safety of Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents (DES) – A DGK Position Paper
MedReview, April 2007

GUIDELINE-ORIENTED INDICATIONS Determination of the Coronary Calcium Score by Cardiac CT to Identify High-Risk Patients
MedReport, April 2007

Effectiveness and Safety of Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents (DES) – A Position Paper of the DGK
DGK Press Release, April 2007

Evelyn Geyer Presents the Health Specialists: The Specialists in Internal Medicine Have Their Home in Southern Munich Highly Qualified Specialists and State-of-the-Art Equipment at Klinik Dr. Müller on the Isar Canal
Münchner Merkur, March 30, 2007

Letter to the Editor on the Article “Life-Threatening Mesh in the Heart” More Safety for Heart Patients
Welt am Sonntag, February 11, 2007

BNK Annual Closing Conference 2006: A Look Back at the Beginnings of PTCA
ProPraxis Cardiology, January/February 2007

Facts in a Snapshot:  Sartans Privilege for Private Patients Even a Cardiologist Slips Up with Hypertension
Medical Tribune, January 26, 2007

Beyond Barcelona – End or Beginning of the DES Discussion? Quality in DES: Summit Meeting
INNOKARDIO News (Newsletter), January 2007

Drug-Eluting Stents: New Findings
Herzstiftung, 2007

“For the Sake of the Heart” “SBK KardioPro” – An Innovative Integrated Cardiological Prevention and Care Project Short Description of Integrated Care for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
SBK, 2007

First to the General Practitioner, Then to the Cardiologist if Needed Patient Record Is Available Online to All Parties / IV Contract by Cardiologists, Clinic and Siemens BKK 2007

Cardiologists Conclude IV Contract with Siemens BKK Special Preventive Care Agreed for Those Over 45
2007

Queried Prof. Sigmund Silber: ASA plus Clopidogrel After Stent Implantation: How to Prescribe Without Risk of Recourse?
CardioVasc, January 2007

Novel Concept: Integrated Cardiological Care
extracta geriatrica, 1/2007

Federal Association of Office-Based Cardiologists (BNK): Clopidogrel Administration After Stent Implantation a Must!
ProPraxis Cardiology, November/December 2006

Disappointment at the Heart: The End of Euphoria: Coated Vascular Stents Can Cause Thrombosis
Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 22, 2006

BNK Spring Conference, 05/20/2006 in Essen: Office-Based Cardiologists Guarantee Very High Quality of Care
Herz 31, 4/2006

“The Great Debate on Drug Eluting Stents”
INNOKARDIO News (Newsletter), September 2006

Interventional Cardiology: “Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater ...”
Cardio News, 9/2006

Heartblood with Risk
Frankfurter Rundschau, September 26, 2006

ESC PCI GUIDELINES Indications for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
MedReview, 7/2006

BNK Annual General Meeting 2006, Neu-Isenburg New Projects for Integrated Care
Herz 31, 7/2006

Doctors' Protest Day in Berlin on 03/24/2006 BNK Supports the Protest of Office-Based Physicians
Herz 31, 3/2006

Letter to Federal Chancellor Merkel
July 13, 2006

Interventional Cardiology: Affordable Quality in Medical Technology Innovations … – DGK Position Paper: Current Recommendations on DES – Press Roundtable on the Occasion of the Quality Summit on May 9 in Berlin Drug-Eluting Stents: Revolution or Risk? INNOKARDIO News (Newsletter), June 2006

Press Release for the BNK Spring Conference Press Conference in Essen on May 20, 2006 Prof. Dr. med. Sigmund Silber, Munich, 1st Chairman of BNK Current Service Structure of BNK Practices
BNK Press Release, May 20, 2005

BNK Spring Conference, May 20, 2006 in Essen: Office-Based Cardiologists Ensure High Quality of Care
CardioVasc, 5/2006

Medicine German Bellies Are Too Fat t
-online, April 24, 2006

BNK Undersupply of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: Handing Over a Key Issue Paper to State Minister Christa Stewens
Herz, 4/2006

Current Health Policy: One in Four Cardiologists Works in an Integrated Setting
Cardio News 5/2006

Modern Stents – Doctors Vote for Increased Use Cardiologists Are Dissatisfied with the Situation in Germany / Health Insurance Funds Handle Financing Differently
Ärztezeitung online, April 5, 2006

Guest Commentary ACC Congress: Many Groundbreaking Studies
Arzt und Wirtschaft Edition Med, 3/2006

After Coronary Stent Implantation, Prevention of Life-Threatening Complications Through Additional Clopidogrel Administration
ProPraxis Cardiology, February 2006

DES in CHD – Update on Medical and Economic Aspects Current DES Study Results: Are the New Guidelines Already Outdated? InnoKardio Newsletter, February 2006

Because Insurance Companies Refuse Thrombosis Protection ... German Stent Patients Condemned to Heart Attacks
Medical Tribune, February 17, 2006

“Objective and Revealing”
Letter to the Editor, STERN Magazine, February 23, 2006

Live Radio Interviews from Marienplatz:
Midday – Interview 1 – mp3 file (4.4 MB) Afternoon – Interview 2 – mp3 file (3.1 MB)

“The Doctors' Uprising” “Good Physicians Are Punished”
tz from January 19, 2006

Aims and Demands of the BNK
Flyer for the Doctors' Protest on January 18, 2006

BNK Quiz on Current Drug Policy
Flyer for the Doctors' Protest on January 18, 2006

Large Demonstration of Office-Based Physicians on March 21, 2006 in Berlin:
MMW, Medical Weekly Review, 2006

Result of the BNK Snapshot Registry on 7,302 Patients: Undersupply of Patients with Arterial Hypertension in Germany
MedReport, 51/2006

For the First Time He Speaks Openly About It Stefan Mross: The Heart! How He Fights the Terrible Hereditary Disease
Das Neue Blatt, 2006

EBM Has Too Little MT Quality and Too Much Bureaucracy in GMG
Medical-Technical Dialogue, the Official Organ of the Federal Association of Medical Supply Trade (BVS) and the Central Association of Medical Technology (ZMT)

Bleak Data from Practice Reality
ProPraxis Cardiology, p. 16, 2005

Press Release of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) on the Recently Published:
Recommendations for Implementing Better Care for Patients with STEMI

Cost-Effectiveness of Drug-Eluting Stents: Implications for Germany
DMW – Abstracted – Commented: 130, No. 47