Remote magnetic versus manual c ...
Background Only limited data exist on the clinical utility of remote magnetic navigation (RMN) for pulmonary vein (PV) ablation. Aim of this prospec ...
Autonomic regulation during mil ...
Objective We investigated whether there are differences in autonomic cardiovascular regulation in resuscitated patients undergoing therapeutic hypot ...
Transplantation of progenitor c ...
Background Limited data is available for investigating the long-term safety and effects of intracoronary progenitor cell therapy in patients with ac ...
Cardiac troponin T concentratio ...
Objective A recently developed immunoassay for highsensitivity measurement of cardiac troponin T (hsTnT) allows measurement at the 99th percentile f ...
Impact of N-acetylcysteine on c ...
Background The aim of this study was to assess the effects of N-acetylcysteine (N-ACC) on contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) defined by Cystatin C ( ...
Discontinuation of long term cl ...
Background Stent thrombosis occurs frequently within the first weeks after cessation of longterm clopidogrel therapy. We investigated if rebound pla ...
Reducing elevated heart rate in ...
Background Heart rate (HR) is of relevant prognostic value not only in the general population and patients with cardiovascular disease, but also in ...
A decade of developments in chr ...
Aims To investigate determinants and temporal developments of treatment strategies, 5-year survival and heart transplantation rates between patients ...
As time goes by? The fallacy of ...
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is superior to thrombolysis (TL) as reperfusion therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STE ...
Soluble TWEAK predicts hemodyna ...
Soluble TWEAK is a member of the TNF-alpha family of cytokines that has been shown to predict mortality in patients with heart failure. Pulmonary ar ...
Catheter-based renal sympatheti ...
Background Renal sympathetic hyperactivity is associated with hypertension, a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Renal sympathetic denervation vi ...
A comparative evaluation of ele ...
Background When assessing the function of the cardiovascular system, cardiac output (CO) is a substantial parameter. For its determination, numerous ...
The frequency of vascular compl ...
Objective This study aimed at exploring access siterelated vascular complication rates associated with the use of the vascular closure device (VCD) ...
Maladaptive hypertrophy after a ...
Objective In the aftermath of myocardial infarction, increased loading conditions will trigger hypertrophy of viable myocardium. This in turn causes ...
Biomarkers of structural remode ...
Introduction Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated not only with inflammation but also with structural remodelling and altered endothelial activati ...
N-terminal pro-brain natriureti ...
Background Serum concentrations of N-terminal natriuretic pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) correlate well with the severity of cardiac dise ...
Sympatho-renal axis in chronic ...
Essential hypertension, insulin resistance, heart failure, congestion, diuretic resistance, and functional renal disease are all characterized by ex ...
Contribution of comorbidities t ...
Background Comorbidities negatively affect prognosis more strongly in heart failure with preserved (HFpEF) than with reduced (HFrEF) ejection fracti ...
Age-related differences in anti ...
Introduction This analysis examines the influence of age on antithrombotic therapy, success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and in- ...
Coronary angiography and interv ...
Purpose Mild therapeutic hypothermia is a neuroprotective procedure after cardiac arrest. Therefore, it is increasingly used. Likewise, there is a g ...
Permutation criteria to evaluat ...
Background Clinically relevant endpoints cannot be routinely targeted with reasonable power in a small study. Hence, proof-of-concept studies are of ...
Optimizing of thienopyridine th ...
Aims One possible cause of stent thrombosis is an insufficient effect of clopidogrel. In a prospective study, we aimed to optimize the platelet inhi ...
Comparison of the temporal rele ...
Background Early detection of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) using cardiac biomarkers of myocardial necrosis remains limited since these biomarke ...
Clinical experience with a nove ...
Background Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce mortality in both primary and secondary prevention, but are associated with substan ...
Biomarkers: optimizing treatmen ...
Heart failure is a frequent and life-threatening syndrome which is not only the result of myocardial injury or hemodynamic overload as commonly perc ...