Geschäftsführende Oberärztin in der Klinik für Herzchirurgie am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Oberärztin in der Abteilung für Herzchirurgie des Herzzentrums der Universität Leipzig

Funktionsoberärztin in der Abteilung für Herzchirurgie des Herzzentrums der Universität Leipzig

Zusatzbezeichnung Intensivmedizin

Zertifikat Transplantationschirurgie der thorakalen Organe

Fachärztin in der Abteilung für Herzchirurgie des Herzzentrums der Universität Leipzig

Fellowship in der Abteilung für Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery an der University of Louisville

Fachärztin in der Abteilung für Herz-, Thorax-, Transplantations- und Gefäßchirurgie der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover

Fachärztin für Herzchirurgie, Ärztekammer Niedersachsen

Assistenzarzt in der Klinik für Herz-, Thorax-, Transplantations- und Gefäßchirurgie der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover

Thorakale Organentnahme bei der Deutschen Stiftung Organtransplantation

Verleihung der außerplanmäßigen Professur durch die Ruppert-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Venia Legendi für das Fach Herzchirurgie

Habilitation zu dem Thema „Management von Patienten nach LVAD Implantation“

Promotion „Die Wertigkeit der digitalen Spinalangiographie der A. radicularis magna bei thorakoabdominellem Aortenersatz“

Abschluss des Agrarmanagementstudiums mit dem Master of Business Administration

Studium: Agrarmanagement (MBA) an der Hochschule Anhalt

Sachverständige in der Prüfungskommission für Organtransplantation der Bundesärztekammer

Bachelor of Engineering, Agraringenieur

Berufsbegleitendes Studium: Agrarmanagement an der Hochschule Anhalt

Paasche A, Wiedmann F, Kraft M, Seibertz F, Herlt V, Blochberger PL, Jávorszky N, Beck M, Weirauch L, Seeger T, Blank A, Haefeli WE, Arif R, Meyer AL, Warnecke G, Karck M, Voigt N, Frey N, Schmidt C (2024)

Acute antiarrhythmic effects of SGLT2 inhibitors-dapagliflozin lowers the excitability of atrial cardiomyocytes.

Basic Res Cardiol. 2024 Feb;119(1):93-112. doi: 10.1007/s00395-023-01022-0. Epub 2024 Jan 3. PMID: 38170280 Free PMC article.

Meinert ÉFRC, Kremer J, Tochtermann U, Sommer W, Warnecke G, Karck M, Meyer AL (2023)

Pericardial Closure with Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Patch in Left Ventricular Assist Device Surgery.

ASAIO J. 2023 Dec 29. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002126. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38153977

Wiedmann F, Paasche A, Nietfeld J, Kraft M, Meyer AL, Warnecke G, Karck M, Frey N, Schmidt C (2023)

Activation of neurokinin-III receptors modulates human atrial TASK-1 currents.

J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2023 Nov;184:26-36. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2023.09.010. Epub 2023 Oct 2. PMID: 37793594

Sommer W, Arif R, Kremer J, Al Maisary S, Verch M, Tochtermann U, Karck M, Meyer AL, Warnecke G (2023)

Temporary circulatory support with surgically implanted microaxial pumps in postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock following coronary artery bypass surgery.

JTCVS Open. 2023 Jul 7;15:252-260. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2023.06.015. eCollection 2023 Sep. PMID: 37808068 Free PMC article.

Klaeske K, Schreiber C, Eifert S, Dieterlen T, Jawad K, Saeed D, Semmig-Könze S, Meyer AL, Borger MA, Dieterlen MT (2023)

Health status analysis is comparable in HM3 patients with different preoperative grades of mitral regurgitation.

J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2023 Aug 24;7(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s41687-023-00620-9. PMID: 37615830 Free PMC article. 

Kraus MJ, Smits JM, Meyer AL, Strelniece A, van Kins A, Boeken U, Reinecke A, Provaznik Z, Van Caenegem O, Ancion A, Berchtold-Herz M, Van Cleemput JJA, Haverich A, Laufer G, Gummert J, Karck M, Warnecke G, Raake PW, Frey N, Kreusser MM (2023)

Outcomes in patients with cardiac amyloidosis undergoing heart transplantation: the eurotransplant experience.

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Jun;42(6):778-785. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.01.001. Epub 2023 Jan 12. PMID: 36710093

Bernhardt AM, Copeland H, Deswal A, Gluck J, Givertz MM; Task Force 1; Task Force 2; Task Force 3; Task Force 4 (2023)

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Heart Failure Society of America Guideline on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support.

J Card Fail. 2023 Mar;29(3):304-374. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.11.003. Epub 2023 Feb 6. PMID: 36754750 No abstract available. 

Krey R, Sommer W, Meyer A, Rivinius R, Schlegel P, Frey N, Karck M, Warnecke G, Arif R (2023)

Influence of Tricuspid Regurgitation After Heart Transplantation: A Single-center Experience.

Transplant Direct. 2023 Feb 17;9(3):e1452. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001452. eCollection 2023 Mar. PMID: 36845859 Free PMC article.

Kraus MJ, Smits JM, Meyer AL, Strelniece A, van Kins A, Boeken U, Reinecke A, Provaznik Z, Van Caenegem O, Ancion A, Berchtold-Herz M, Van Cleemput JJA, Haverich A, Laufer G, Gummert J, Karck M, Warnecke G, Raake PW, Frey N, Kreusser MM (2023)

Outcomes in patients with cardiac amyloidosis undergoing heart transplantation: the eurotransplant experience.

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Jan 12:S1053-2498(23)00001-3. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.01.001. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36710093

Kremer J, Meinert ÉFRC, Farag M, Mueller F, Soethoff JP, Karck M, Schmack B, Meyer AL, Warnecke G (2022)

New Wound Management of Driveline Infections with Cold Atmospheric Plasma.

J Cardiovasc Dev Dis. 2022 Nov 21;9(11):405. doi: 10.3390/jcdd9110405. PMID: 36421940 Free PMC article.

Kremer J, El-Dor A, Rivinius R, Schlegel P, Sommer W, Warnecke G, Karck M, Ruhparwar A, Meyer AL (2022)

Wound Infections in Adult Patients after Berlin Heart® EXCOR Biventricular Assist Device Implantation.

Life (Basel). 2022 Oct 6;12(10):1550. doi: 10.3390/life12101550. PMID: 36294985

Klaeske K, Meyer AL, Saeed D, Eifert S, Jawad K, Sieg F, Haunschild J, Borger MA, Dieterlen MT (2022)

Decreased Platelet Specific Receptor Expression of P-Selectin and GPIIb/IIIa Predict Future Non-Surgical Bleeding in Patients after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.

Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Sep 6;23(18):10252. doi: 10.3390/ijms231810252. PMID: 36142161

Kremer J, El-Dor A, Sommer W, Tochtermann U, Warnecke G, Karck M, Ruhparwar A, Meyer AL (2022)

Long-term Paracorporeal Pulsatile Mechanical Circulatory Support in Adolescent and Adult Patients.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2022 Aug 3;35(3):ivac107.doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivac107.

Sommer W, Avsar M, Aburahma K, Salman J, Kaufeld KT, Rojas SV, Meyer AL, Chichelnitskiy E, Süsal C, Kreusser MM, Verboom M, Hallensleben M, Bara C, Blasczyk R, Falk C, Karck M, Haverich A, Ius F, Warnecke G (2022)

Heart transplantation across preformed donor-specific antibody barriers using a perioperative desensitization protocol.

Am J Transplant. 2022 Aug;22(8):2064-2076. doi: 10.1111/ajt.17060. Epub 2022 Apr 25. PMID: 35426974

Mariani S, Li T, Meyer AL, Geoffrion T, Fittkau M, Schöde A, Hanke JS, Loforte A, Haverich A, Schmitto JD, Dogan G (2022)

Novel Plug Device for HeartMate 3 Explantation: First Multicenter Experience.

ASAIO J. 2022 May 7. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001760. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35544446

Chiriac U, Rau H, Frey OR, Röhr AC, Klein S, Meyer AL, Morath B (2022)

Validation and Application of an HPLC-UV Method for Routine Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Dalbavancin.

Antibiotics (Basel). 2022 Apr 19;11(5):541. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11050541. PMID: 35625185

Schreiber C, Dieterlen MT, Garbade J, Borger MA, Sieg F, Spampinato R, Dobrovie M, Meyer AL (2022)

Validation of mitral regurgitation reversibility in patients with HeartMate 3 LVAD implantation.

Artif Organs. 2022 Jan;46(1):106-116. doi: 10.1111/aor.14053. Epub 2021 Aug 28. PMID: 34398476

Vogeler E, Dieterlen MT, Garbade J, Lehmann S, Jawad K, Borger MA, Meyer AL (2021)

Benefit of Self-Managed Anticoagulation in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device.

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Sep;69(6):518-525. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1719153. Epub 2020 Dec 1. PMID: 33260235 Clinical Trial

Klaeske K, Dieterlen MT, Eifert S, Scholz U, Garbade J, Jawad K, Sieg F, Borger MA, Meyer AL (2021)

Device-induced Platelet Dysfunction in Patients after Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation.

J Thromb Haemost. 2021 May;19(5):1331-1341.doi: 10.1111/jth.15279. Epub 2021 Mar 28.

Mangner N, Garbade J, Heyne E, van den Berg M, Winzer EB, Hommel J, Sandri M, Jozwiak-Nozdrzykowska J, Meyer A, Lehmann S, Schmitz C, Malfatti E, Schwarzer M, Ottenheijm C, Bowen TS, Linke A, Adams V (2021)

Molecular Mechanisms of Diaphragm Myopathy in Humans with Severe Heart Failure.

Circ Res. 2021 Mar 19;128(6):706-719.doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.318060. Epub 2021 Feb 4.

Hamzah NA, Graf HL, Meyer AL, Dieterlen MT, Hemprich A (2020)

Haemostasis in oral surgical procedures involving patients with a ventricular assist device.

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2020 Oct;49(10):1355-1359.doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2019.07.009. Epub 2019 Jul 30.

Sulimov DS, Meyer A, Thiele H, Abdel-Wahab M (2020)

Rescue Peripheral Intervention Using a Peripheral ECMO-Cannula as Vascular Access.

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Apr 27;13(8):e67-e68.doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.11.038. Epub 2020 Jan 29.

Garbade J, Meyer AL (2019)

Cardiac Transplanation After HeartMate 3 Implantation: Inclusive Implantation Tips: Step by Step.

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: A Comparative Atlas. 2019, 24:187-203  

Klaeske K, Dieterlen MT, Scholz U, Lehmann S, Garbade J, Fischer J, Jawad K, Borger MA, Meyer A (2019)

Acquired von Willebrand factor deficiency is reduced in HeartMate 3 patients.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Sep 1;56(3):444-450. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz045.

Meyer AL, Garbade J (2018)

My HeartWare implantation technique: tricks and pitfalls.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Dec 1;27(6):943-945. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivy183.

Dobrovie M, Spampinato RA, Efimova E, da Rocha E Silva JG, Fischer J, Kuehl M, Voigt JU, Belmans A, Ciarka A, Bonamigo Thome F, Schloma V, Dmitrieva Y, Lehmann S, Hahn J, Strotdrees E, Mohr FW, Garbade J, Meyer AL (2018)

Reversibility of severe mitral valve regurgitation after left ventricular assist device implantation: single-centre observations from a real-life population of patients.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Jun 1;53(6):1144-1150. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx476.

Efimova E, Fischer J, Bertagnolli L, Dinov B, Kircher S, Rolf S, Sommer P, Bollmann A, Richter S, Meyer A, Garbade J, Hindricks G, Arya A (2017)

Predictors of ventricular arrhythmia after left ventricular assist device implantation: A large single-center observational study.

Heart Rhythm. 2017 Dec;14(12):1812-1819. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2017.07.027. Epub 2017 Jul 27.

Lehmann S, Meyer A, Schroeter T, Uhlemann M, Fischer J, Leontyev S, Garbade J, Holzhey D, Misfeld M, Mohr FW (2017)

Midterm Durability and Hemodynamic Performance of a Third-Generation Bovine Pericardial Prosthetic Aortic Valve: The Leipzig Experience.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jun;103(6):1933-1939. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.09.073. Epub 2016 Dec 9.

Lehmann S, Merk DR, Etz CD, Oberbach A, Uhlemann M, Emrich F, Funkat AK, Meyer A, Garbade J, Bakhtiary F, Misfeld M, Mohr FW (2016)

Porcine xenograft for aortic, mitral and double valve replacement: long-term results of 2544 consecutive patients.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Apr;49(4):1150-6. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv383. Epub 2015 Oct 30.

da Rocha E Silva JG, Meyer AL, Eifert S, Garbade J, Mohr FW, Strueber M (2016)

Influence of aortic valve opening in patients with aortic insufficiency after left ventricular assist device implantation.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Mar;49(3):784-7. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv204. Epub 2015 Jun 17.

Lehmann S, Uhlemann M, Leontyev S, Meyer A, Garbade J, Seeburger J, Laflamme M, Bittner H, Mohr F (2015)

Fate of patients with extracorporeal lung assist as a bridge to lung transplantation versus patients without – a single-center experience.

Perfusion. 2015 Mar;30(2):154-60  

Girrbach FF, Kaisers UX, Meyer AL (2015)

Mechanically circulatory support devices—Management of typical emergencies.

Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2015 Jan;50(1):26-33. Epub 2015 Jan 29 

Strueber M, Meyer AL, Feussner M , Ender J Correia JC, Mohr FW (2014)

A Minimally invasive off-pump implantation technique for continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: early experience.

J Heart Lung Transplant 2014 Aug; 33(8):851-6

Meyer AL, Mohr FW, Strüber M (2014)

Update der kardialen Assistenzsysteme.

Zeitschrift für Herz-Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, June 2014, Volume 28, Issue 3, pp 185-195.

Meyer AL, Malehsa D, Budde U, Bara C, Haverich A, Strueber M (2014)

Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome in Patients with a Centrifugal or Axial Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device.

JACC Heart Fail. 2014 Apr;2(2):141-5

Meyer AL, Mohr FW, Strüber M (2014)

Anticoagulation bei Herzunterstützungssystemen.

Cardiovasc 2014; Vol.13,Nr.2

Meyer AL, Malehsa D, Bara C, Haverich A, Strueber M (2013)

Implantation of rotary blood pumps into 115 patients: a single-centre experience.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2013 Jun;43(6):1233-6

Meyer AL, Williams ML, Slaughter MS (2011)

Percutaneous ventricular assist device TandemHeart™ in severe refractory cardiogenic shock.

Interv. Cardiol. (2011) 3(2), 161–163.

Meyer A, Slaughter M (2011)

The total artificial heart.

Panminerva Med. 2011 Sep;53(3):141-54.

Slaughter MS, Meyer AL, Birks EJ (2011)

Destination therapy with left ventricular assist devices: patient selection and outcomes.

Curr Opin Cardiol. 2011 May;26(3):232-6.

Kugler C, Malehsa D, Tegtbur U, Guetzlaff E, Meyer AL, Bara C, Haverich A, Strueber M (2011)

Health-related quality of life and exercise tolerance in recipients of heart transplants and left ventricular assist devices: a prospective, comparative study.

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Feb;30(2):204-10.

Meyer AL, Malehsa D, Bara C, Budde U, Slaughter M, Haverich A, Strueber M (2010)

Acquired von Willebrand syndrome in patients with an axial flow left ventricular assist device.

Circ Heart Fail. 2010 Nov 1;3(6):675-81. Epub 2010 Aug 25

Strueber M, Meyer AL, Malehsa D, Haverich A (2010)

Successful use of the HeartWare HVAD rotary blood pump for biventricular support.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Oct;140(4):936-7.

Meyer AL, Kugler C, Malehsa D, Haverich A, Strueber M (2010)

Patient satisfaction with the external equipment of implantable left ventricular assist devices.

Artif Organs. 2010 Sep;34(9):721-5.

Goerler H, Simon A, Warnecke G, Meyer AL, Kuehn C, Haverich A, Strueber M (2010)

Cardiac surgery late after heart transplantation: a safe and effective treatment option.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Aug;140(2):433-9.

Oswald H, Schultz-Wildelau C, Gardiwal A, Lüsebrink U, König T, Meyer A, Duncker D, Pichlmaier MA, Klein G, Strüber M (2010)

Implantable defibrillator therapy for ventricular tachyarrhythmia in left ventricular assist device patients.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2010 Jun;12(6):593-9.

Meyer AL, Strueber M, Tomaszek S, Goerler A, Simon AR, Haverich A, Fischer S (2009)

Temporary cardiac support with a mini-circuit system consisting of a centrifugal pump and membrane ventilator.

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 Nov;9(5):780-3

Meyer AL, Malehsa D, Kuehn C, Bara C, Gras C, Hafer C, Haverich A, Strüber M (2009)

HeartMate II implantation in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Aug; 88(2):674-5                            

Strüber M, Meyer AL, Malehsa D, Kugler C, Simon AR, Haverich A (2009)

The current status of heart transplantation and the development of „artificial heart systems”.

Dtsch Arztebl Int.2009 Jul; 106 (28-29): 471-7

Meyer AL, Strüber M (2009)

Chronische Therapie durch linksventrikuläre Unterstützungssysteme bei terminaler Herzinsuffizienz.

Herz 2009;34:148-53

Malehsa D, Meyer AL, Bara C, Strüber M (2009)

Acquired von Willebrand syndrome after exchange of the HeartMate XVE to the HeartMate II ventricular assist device.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 Jun;35(6):1091-3

Meyer AL, Kuehn C, Gras C, Malehsa D, Bara C, Fischer S, Haverich A, Strüber M (2008)

Implantation of a left ventricular assist device in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Aug;86(2):639-40

Meyer AL, Kühn C, Weidemann J, Malehsa D, Bara C, Fischer S, Haverich A, Strüber M (2008)

Thrombus formation in a HeartMate II left ventricular assist device.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Jan; 135(1):203-4.

Meyer A, Strüber M, Fischer S (2008)

Advances in Extracorporeal Ventilation.

Anesthesiology Clin 26 (2008) 381-391.

Fischer S, Simon AR, Welte T, Hoeper MM, Meyer A, Tessmann R, Gohrbandt B, Gottlieb J, Haverich A, Strueber M (2006)

Bridge to lung transplantation with the novel pumpless interventional lung assist device NovaLung.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Mar;131(3):719-23.

Fischer S, Meyer K, Tessmann R, Meyer A, Gohrbandt B, Simon A, Hagl C, Kallenbach K, Haverich A, Strueber M (2005)

Outcome following single vs bilateral lung transplantation in recipients 60 years of age and older.

Transplant Proc. 2005 Mar; 37(2):1369-70

Fischer S, Gohrbandt B, Meyer A, Simon AR, Haverich A, Strüber M (2003)

Should lungs from donors with severe acute pulmonary embolism be accepted for transplantation? The Hannover experience.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Nov;126(5):1641-3

Minatoya K, Karck M, Hagl C, Meyer A, Brassel F, Harringer W, Haverich A (2002)

The impact of spinal angiography on the neurological outcome after surgery on the descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta.

Ann Thorac Surg 2002 Nov, 74(5):1870-2

Leben mit einem Kunstherz. Ein Ratgeber für Betroffene, Angehörige und Interessierte von Klotz S, Boeken U, Assmann A. Deutsche Herzstiftung.

Leben und Alltag mit einer Herzunterstützungspumpe. Meyer AL 2. Auflage, BR 22 – Stand 2019  

Heart Failure von Feldmann D, Mohacsi P. Springer Verlag 2019.

Chapter: Mechanical Circulatory Support Part II; Management of Devices after Implantation, Incl. Comlications. Meyer AL, Netuka I, Slaughter MS

Mechanische Herz-Kreislauf-Unterstützung von Boeken U, Assmann A, Born F, Klotz S, Schmid C. Springer, 2. Auflage 2017.

Komplikationsmanagement. 9.3 Pumpenthrombosen. Meyer AL, Fischer J, Garbade J. 234-239

Mechanical Circulatory Support in End Stage Heart Failure: A Practical Guide von Montalto A, Loforte A, Musumeci F, Krabatsch T, Slaughter M. Springer 2017

Chapter: Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Meyer AL, Netuka I: 489-494

Mechanical Circulatory Support in End Stage Heart Failure: A Practical Guide von Montalto A, Loforte A, Musumeci F, Krabatsch T, Slaughter M. Spinger 2017

Chapter: Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome. Meyer AL, Netuka I: 539-544

Leben mit einem Kunstherz. Ein Ratgeber für Betroffene, Angehörige und Interessierte von Klotz S, Boeken U, Assmann A. Deutsche Herzstiftung.

Leben und Alltag mit einer Herzunterstützungspumpe. Meyer AL: 78-84.ISBN-10 3981192680 Erscheinungsjahr 1.12.2016

Lungentransplantation von Meyer AL, Strüber M. Anästhesie und Intensivtherapie in der Thoraxchirurgie. Hachenberg, Welte, Fischer, Thieme-Verlag 2010.