Search Results - "Birner, Christoph"
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Novel Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Programming With High Rate Cut-Off, Long Detection Intervals and Multiple Anti-Tachycardia Pacing Reduces Mortality
Published in Circulation Journal (25-02-2021)“…Background:Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapies, even when appropriate, are associated with increased risk. Therapy-reducing strategies have…”
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Alterations of the renin angiotensin system in human end-stage heart failure before and after mechanical cardiac unloading by LVAD support
Published in Molecular and cellular biochemistry (01-09-2020)“…Heart transplantation is often an unrealizable therapeutic option for end-stage heart failure, which is why mechanical left ventricular assist devices (LVADs)…”
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Travelling with heart failure: risk assessment and practical recommendations
Published in Nature reviews cardiology (01-05-2022)“…Patients with heart failure are at a higher risk of cardiovascular events compared with the general population, particularly during domestic or international…”
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Predictors of functional improvement in the short term after MitraClip implantation in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation
Published in PloS one (28-05-2020)“…MitraClip implantation is an established therapy for secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) in high-risk patients and has shown to improve several important…”
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Kidney injury molecule-1 and N-acetyl-ß-d-glucosaminidase in chronic heart failure: possible biomarkers of cardiorenal syndrome
Published in European journal of heart failure (01-10-2011)“…Aims Patients with chronic heart failure are often characterized by impaired renal function, also referred to as cardiorenal syndrome (CRS). The aim of this…”
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Acute Renal Graft-Versus-Host Disease in a Murine Model of Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation
Published in Cell transplantation (01-08-2017)“…Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a very common complication after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and is associated with a poor prognosis. Generally,…”
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NT-proBNP Predicts Cardiovascular Death in the General Population Independent of Left Ventricular Mass and Function: Insights from a Large Population-Based Study with Long-Term Follow-Up
Published in PloS one (06-10-2016)“…B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) predict cardiovascular endpoints in patients and all-cause death in the general population…”
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Skeletal muscle alterations in tachycardia-induced heart failure are linked to deficient natriuretic peptide signalling and are attenuated by RAS-/NEP-inhibition
Published in PloS one (04-12-2019)“…Heart failure induced cachexia is highly prevalent. Insights into disease progression are lacking. Early state of left ventricular dysfunction (ELVD) and…”
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Combined Inhibition of the Renin-Angiotensin System and Neprilysin Positively Influences Complex Mitochondrial Adaptations in Progressive Experimental Heart Failure
Published in PloS one (11-01-2017)“…Inhibitors of the renin angiotensin system and neprilysin (RAS-/NEP-inhibitors) proved to be extraordinarily beneficial in systolic heart failure. Furthermore,…”
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3D vena contracta area after MitraClip© procedure: precise quantification of residual mitral regurgitation and identification of prognostic information
Published in Cardiovascular ultrasound (09-01-2018)“…Percutaneous mitral valve repair (PMVR) is increasingly performed in patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Post-procedural MR grading is challenging…”
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Vascular Alterations in a Murine Model of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease Are Associated with Decreased Serum Levels of Adiponectin and an Increased Activity and Vascular Expression of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase
Published in Cell transplantation (01-11-2016)“…Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is the limiting complication after bone marrow transplantation (BMT), and its pathophysiology seems to be highly influenced by…”
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Cardiac unloading by LVAD support differentially influences components of the cGMP–PKG signaling pathway in ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy
Published in Heart and vessels (01-08-2018)“…Implantation of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) as bridge to transplant in end-stage heart failure allows for analyzing reverse remodeling processes of…”
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Clipping the Alfieri Stitch
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Prevalence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing-Related Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (01-07-2015)“…Abstract Background Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is highly prevalent in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and is associated with a poor prognosis…”
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Expression of fourteen novel obesity-related genes in Zucker diabetic fatty rats
Published in Cardiovascular diabetology (13-07-2012)“…Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are useful to reveal an association between single nucleotide polymorphisms and different measures of obesity. A…”
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Proteomic Profiling Implies Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Tachycardia-Induced Heart Failure
Published in Journal of cardiac failure (01-08-2012)“…Abstract Background/Objectives Molecular mechanisms of congestive heart failure as reflected by alterations of protein expression patterns are still…”
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Direct Visualization of Regurgitant Orifice by CMR Reveals Differential Asymmetry According to Etiology of Mitral Regurgitation
Published in JACC. Cardiovascular imaging (01-10-2011)“…Objectives This study sought to characterize the shape of regurgitant orifice area (ROA) and mitral apparatus in various forms of mitral regurgitation (MR) by…”
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Experimental Heart Failure Induces Alterations of the Lung Proteome - Insight into Molecular Mechanisms
Published in Cellular physiology and biochemistry (01-01-2014)“…Background: Heart failure (CHF) is characterized by dyspnea and pulmonary changes. The underlying molecular adaptations are unclear, but might provide targets…”
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Head-to-head comparison of BNP and IL-6 as markers of clinical and experimental heart failure: Superiority of BNP
Published in Cytokine (Philadelphia, Pa.) (01-11-2007)“…Activation of BNP and IL-6 are hallmarks of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and congestive heart failure (CHF). To assess the relative activation of BNP and…”
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N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide from fresh urine for the biochemical detection of heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction
Published in European journal of heart failure (01-04-2010)“…Aims Plasma N‐terminal pro‐brain natriuretic peptide (NT‐proBNP) is a strong biochemical marker of heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction (LVD). Due to…”
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