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06.03.2024 | Letter to the Editors

Unravelling gender differences in coronary artery disease: are we equal?

verfasst von:
Kyriakos Dimitriadis, Panayiotis Iliakis, Nikolaos Pyrpyris, Konstantinos Tsioufis

Open Access 06.03.2024 | Original Paper

Role of preexisting right ventricular remodeling in symptoms and prognosis after transcatheter tricuspid valve repair

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is one of the most prevalent valvular diseases in the elderly population and significantly worsens clinical outcomes and survival in patients with heart failure [ 1 ]. With an aging population, the prevalence of TR is …

verfasst von:
Marc-André Ehrenfels, Caroline Fretter, Jennifer von Stein, Maria Isabel Körber, Hendrik Wienemann, Stephan Baldus, Roman Pfister, Christos Iliadis

06.03.2024 | Letter to the Editors

Clinical benefit and limitations of CT imaging substrate visualization technology for VT ablation

verfasst von:
Naoya Kataoka, Teruhiko Imamura

Open Access 04.03.2024 | Original Paper

Non-femoral focused transaxillary access in TAVI: GARY data analysis and future trends

As transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) continues to expand to a broader and lower risk patient population and operator experiences increase constantly, the use of the transfemoral (TF) access is becoming even more dominant [ 1 , 2 ]. The …

verfasst von:
Max M. Meertens, Matti Adam, Andreas Beckmann, Stephan Ensminger, Christian Frerker, Moritz Seiffert, Jan-Malte Sinning, Raffi Bekeredjian, Thomas Walther, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Helge Möllmann, Ümniye Balaban, Kaveh Eghbalzadeh, Tanja K. Rudolph, Sabine Bleiziffer

Open Access 26.02.2024 | Original Paper

Prognostic implication of heart failure stage and left ventricular ejection fraction for patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest: a 16-year retrospective cohort study

An estimated 292,000 patients in the United States experience in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) each year [ 1 ]. Approximately 18.8% of patients with IHCA survive to hospital discharge, and only about 12.9% of these patients have favorable …

verfasst von:
Chih-Hung Wang, Li-Ting Ho, Meng-Che Wu, Cheng-Yi Wu, Joyce Tay, Pei-I. Su, Min-Shan Tsai, Yen-Wen Wu, Wei-Tien Chang, Chien-Hua Huang, Wen-Jone Chen

26.02.2024

90. Jahrestagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie – Herz- und Kreislaufforschung e.V. (German Cardiac Society)

03. - 06. April 2024 Congress Center Rosengarten Mannheim

Open Access 26.02.2024 | Letter to the Editors

Human nerve distribution and density around the carotid artery bifurcation

Modulation of the autonomic nervous system represents an attractive treatment target for cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, heart failure and atrial fibrillation [ 1 ]. Stretch-sensitive baroreceptors in the carotid sinus contribute …

verfasst von:
Helge Struthoff, Lucas Lauder, Jan M. Federspiel, Mathias Hohl, Michael Böhm, Thomas Tschernig, Felix Mahfoud

26.02.2024 | Review

Causal association between lipoproteins and risk of coronary artery disease—a systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies

Despite advancements in healthcare, coronary artery disease (CAD) remains the leading cause of illness and death worldwide [ 1 , 2 ]. Epidemiological studies and human genetic analyses have shown that CAD is a chronic inflammation of the immune …

verfasst von:
Rongyuan Yang, Shirong Wu, Zhen Zhao, Xuanxuan Deng, Qiuying Deng, Dawei Wang, Qing Liu

Open Access 21.02.2024 | Publisher Correction

Publisher Correction: Respiratory exchange ratio overshoot during exercise recovery: a promising prognostic marker in HfrEF

verfasst von:
Marco Vecchiato, Daniel Neunhaeuserer, Emanuele Zanardo, Giulia Quinto, Francesca Battista, Andrea Aghi, Stefano Palermi, Luciano Babuin, Chiara Tessari, Marco Guazzi, Andrea Gasperetti, Andrea Ermolao

21.02.2024 | Letter to the Editors

How does electrocardiography-derived compare with angiography-derived coronary microcirculatory resistance index in patients with takotsubo syndrome?

verfasst von:
John E. Madias

Open Access 15.02.2024 | Original Paper

Incidence and clinical impact of renal failure and bleeding following transcatheter tricuspid valve annuloplasty

Clinically relevant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common entity especially in elderly patients. A prevalence of 4% in people aged 75 years or older was described and TR is associated with excess mortality on the community level comprising an …

verfasst von:
Thorsten Gietzen, Jan Althoff, Laurin Ochs, Muhammed Gerçek, Jennifer von Stein, Caroline Hasse, Christos Iliadis, Kai Friedrichs, Volker Rudolph, Stephan Baldus, Roman Pfister, Maria Isabel Körber

Open Access 15.02.2024 | Original Paper

Respiratory exchange ratio overshoot during exercise recovery: a promising prognostic marker in HFrEF

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is recognized as the gold standard in the evaluation of physical fitness, efficiency and exercise limitations in athletes, healthy subjects and patients with different chronic diseases [ 1 ]. CPET is …

verfasst von:
Marco Vecchiato, Daniel Neunhaeuserer, Emanuele Zanardo, Giulia Quinto, Francesca Battista, Andrea Aghi, Stefano Palermi, Luciano Babuin, Chiara Tessari, Marco Guazzi, Andrea Gasperetti, Andrea Ermolao

Open Access 15.02.2024 | Original Paper

Clinical and serological characterization of acute pleuropericarditis suggests an autoinflammatory pathogenesis and highlights risk factors for recurrent attacks

Acute pleuropericarditis (PP) is the most common inflammatory heart disorder and accounts for about 5% of all emergency department admissions for acute chest pain [ 1 , 2 ]. Although acute PP usually is a mild and self-limiting disease, about 30% …

verfasst von:
Dorothee Kaudewitz, Lukas John, Jan Meis, Norbert Frey, Hanns-Martin Lorenz, Florian Leuschner, Norbert Blank

Open Access 15.02.2024 | Original Paper

Frailty, periinterventional complications and outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous mitral and tricuspid valve repair

Catheter-based percutaneous heart valve repair has become an established treatment option for patients with symptomatic mitral and tricuspid valve regurgitation who are considered inoperable or at high surgical risk by the heart team. The …

verfasst von:
Matthieu Schäfer, Hannah Nöth, Clemens Metze, Christos Iliadis, Maria Isabel Körber, Marcel Halbach, Stephan Baldus, Roman Pfister

Open Access 15.02.2024 | Original Paper

Comparison of Arctic Front Advance Pro and POLARx cryoballoons for ablation therapy of atrial fibrillation: an intraprocedural analysis

The development of effective therapeutic strategies in atrial fibrillation (AF) is of utmost importance due to increasing incidence and prevalence of the disease [ 1 ]. In recent years, ablation therapy has emerged as a promising treatment option [ …2

verfasst von:
Vincent Knappe, Caroline Lahrmann, Maximilian Funken, Andreas Zietzer, Christopher Gestrich, Georg Nickenig, Jan W. Schrickel, Thomas Beiert

Open Access 14.02.2024 | Original Paper

Valve unit instead of intensive or intermediate care unit admission following transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair is safe and reduces postprocedural complications

Percutaneous transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (M-TEER) is well established for interventional treatment of moderate to severe mitral regurgitation (MR) in symptomatic patients with high surgical risk and favorable anatomy [ 1 ]. Due …

verfasst von:
Matthias Gröger, Dominik Felbel, Michael Paukovitsch, Leonhard Moritz Schneider, Sinisa Markovic, Wolfgang Rottbauer, Mirjam Keßler

Open Access 14.02.2024 | Original Paper

Cost-effectiveness of a multidimensional post-discharge disease management program for heart failure patients—economic evaluation along a one-year observation period

Heart failure (HF) is recognized as an escalating public health problem in industrialized countries [ 1 , 2 ]. Hospitalization for acute heart failure as the principal diagnosis is the most common cause of hospitalization in patients over 65 years …

verfasst von:
T. Egelseer-Bruendl, B. Jahn, M. Arvandi, S. Puntscher, J. Santamaria, L. Brunelli, K. Weissenegger, B. Pfeifer, S. Neururer, C. Rissbacher, A. Huber, B. Fetz, C. Kleinheinz, R. Modre-Osprian, K. Kreiner, U. Siebert, G. Poelzl

12.02.2024 | Correction

Correction to: The Zwolle experience with left bundle branch area pacing using stylet-driven active fixation leads

verfasst von:
F. Daniëls, A. Adiyaman, K. M. Aarnink, F. J. Oosterwerff, J. R. A. Verbakel, A. Ghani, J. J. J. Smit, M. A. Kanters, P. P. H. M. Delnoy, A. Elvan

Open Access 07.02.2024 | Original Paper

Epicardial ventricular tachycardia ablation: safety and efficacy of access and ablation using low-iodine content

Ventricular tachycardia (VT) often complicates advanced stages of structural heart diseases and is an important cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) [ 1 ]. In the past decades, catheter ablation of sustained VTs has become an important and effective …

verfasst von:
Julian Müller, Ivaylo Chakarov, Philipp Halbfass, Karin Nentwich, Artur Berkovitz, Kai Sonne, Sebastian Barth, Heiko Lehrmann, Thomas Deneke

Open Access 07.02.2024 | Original Paper

Epicardial adipose tissue as an independent predictor of long-term outcome in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Severe aortic stenosis (AS) is an emerging problem in modern-day aging populations with severe affection of patients’ quality of life and overall survival [ 1 , 2 ]. Within the past years, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become an …

verfasst von:
Alexander Schulz, Bo E. Beuthner, Zoé M. Böttiger, Svante S. Gersch, Torben Lange, Judith Gronwald, Ruben Evertz, Sören J. Backhaus, Johannes T. Kowallick, Gerd Hasenfuß, Andreas Schuster