Pfeiffer S, Zorn GL III, Blair KSA, Farley SM, Wu G, Schuurman H, White DJG, Azimzadeh AM, Pierson RN III: Hyperacute Lung Rejection in the Pig-to-Human Model. 4. Limited efficacy of antibody depletion in combination with complement regulation. Accepted for Publication, Transplantation, 09/2004.

Pfeiffer S, Azimzadeh AM, Wu G; Schröder C, Zorn GL III, Ozkaynak E, Newman R, Atkinson J, Miller GG, Pierson RN III: Alloimmunity in primate heart recipients with CD154 blocked is associated with upregulation of alternative costimulation mechanisms. Submitted, Journal of Clinical Investigation, 10/2004.

Matschke K, Pfeiffer S, Mrowietz C, Geisler T, Tugtekin SM, Park JW, Knaut M, Jung F: Influence of ventricular pacing on myocardial oxygen tension.

Strecker T, Fischlein T, Pfeiffer S: Impella ® Recover 100: Successsful perioperative support for off pump coronary artery surgery in a patient with end stage ischemic cardiomyopathy. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2004, 45 (4): 381-4.

Pfeiffer S, Frisch P, Weyand M, Ensminger SM, Tandler R, Sirch J, Fischlein T, Cesnjevar R: The use of preoperative intraaortic balloon pump in open heart surgery. Zur Publikation akzeptiert von . J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino), 3/2004.

Cesnjevar R, Harig F,Raber A, Strecker T,Fischlein T, Koch A, Weyand M, Pfeiffer S: Late pulmonary valve replacement after correction of Fallot´s Tetralogy. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon 2004, 52 (1): 23-28.

Ropers D, Achenbach S, Pfeiffer S: Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following myocardial infarction. Heart 2004, 90 (5): 555

Sirch J, Weyand M, Pfeiffer S: Cardiac surgery in end-stage renal failure patients. Am J Kid Dis 2003, 42:1105-6.

Schröder C, Pfeiffer S, Wu G; Zorn GL III; Ding L; Allen C; Harrison RA; White DJ; Azimzadeh AM; Pierson RN III: Effect of C1 esterase inhibition on survival of h-DAF pig lungs perfused with human blood. J Heart Lung Transplant 2003, 22, 1365 - 75.

Pfeiffer S, Zorn GL III, Zhang, JP, Giorgio TD, Robson SC, Azimzadeh AM, Pierson RN III: Hyperacute Lung Rejection in the Pig-to-Human Model. 3. Platelet receptor inhibitors synergistically modulate complement activation and lung injury. Transplantation 2003, 75 (7): 953 – 9.

Crowe JE Jr, Sanella E, Pfeiffer S, Zorn GL III, Azimzadeh AM, Newman R, Miller GG, Pierson RN III: CD 154 regulates primate humoral immunity to influenza. American Journal of Transplantation, 2003, 3 (6): 680-8.

Azimzadeh AM, Zorn GL III, Blair KSA, Zhang JP, Pfeiffer S, Harrison RA, Cozzi E, White DJG, Pierson RN III: Hyperacute lung rejection in the pig-to-human model: 2. Synergy between soluble and membrane complement inhibition. Xenotransplantation 2003, 10 (2): 120-31.

Sirch J, Pfeifer S, Weyand M: Isolated CABG in patients requiring long term dialysis. Advances in Coronary Artery Disease. Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Coronary Artery Disease 2001. Pages 755 - 59

Pierson RN III, Crowe JE Jr, Pfeiffer S, Atkinson J, Azimzadeh A, Miller GG: CD40-Ligand in primate cardiac allograft and viral immunity. Immunologic Research 2001, 23 (2-3):253-62.

Pfeiffer S, Zorn GL III, Kelishadi S, Oriol R, Wolf P, Pierson RN III, Azimzadeh AM: Role of anti gal a1,3 gal and anti-platelet antibodies in hyperacute rejection of pig lung by human blood. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001, 72 (5): 1681-9.

Wagner FM, Weber AT, Ploetze K, Schubert F, Pfeiffer S, Albrecht S, Schüler S: Do Vitamins C & E attenuate the effects of reactive oxygen species during pulmonary reperfusion and thereby prevent injury? Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002, 74 (3): 811-7.

Zorn GL III, Pfeiffer S, Azimzadeh A, Pierson RN III: Thrombin inhibition protects the pulmonary xenograft from hyperacute rejection. Surgical Forum 2000, XLXI: 338-40.

Wagner FM, Weber AT, Ploetze K, Schubert F, Pfeiffer S, Albrecht S, Schüler S: In vivo Messung von Radikalen und deren Folgeprodukten – eine neue Methode zur Analyse des Reperfusionsschadens nach pulmonaler Ischaemie. Langenbecks Arch Chir 1999, 1.

Dangel M, Loewe B, Pfeiffer S, Gulielmos V, Schüler S: A comparative study of minimal invasive harvesting of vena saphena magna segments. Langenbecks Arch Chir 1998, 115 (Suppl): 1305-7.

Schüler S, Gulielmos V, Knaut M, Cichon R, Wunderlich J, Wätzig B, Dangel M, Pfeiffer S, Ahmadzade T: Erfahrungen mit minimal-invasiver Herzchirurgie. Zeitschrift für Kardiovaskuläre Medizin 1997, 1: 26-35

Von Oppell UO, Pfeiffer S, Preiss P, Dunne T, Zilla P, Reichart B: Endothelial cell toxicity of solid organ preservation solutions. Ann Thorac Surg 1990, 50: 902-10.

Von Oppell UO, Pfeiffer S, Preiss P, Boehm D, Dunne T, Zilla P: Endothelial cell toxicity of cardioplegic solutions used in South Africa: An experimental comparison. Cardiovasc J S Afr 1990, 1: 182-8.