Heinrich Körtke

TL;DR: The analysis showed that self-monitoring and self-management of oral coagulation is a safe option for suitable patients of all ages and patients should also be offered the option to self-manage their disease with suitable health-care support as back-up.

TL;DR: Through INR self-management, an improvement in the quality of ongoing oral anticoagulation could be shown and starting this form of therapeutic control early after mechanical heart valve replacement appears to effect a further reduction in antICOagulant-induced complications.

TL;DR: Survition in these selected young adult patients closely resembles that of the general population, possibly as a result of highly specialized anticoagulation self-management, better timing of surgery, and improved patient selection in recent years.

TL;DR: Despite favourable effects of both diets on weight loss, the carbohydrate-reduced diet was more beneficial with respect to cardiovascular risk factors compared to the fat-reducing diet.

TL;DR: From September 1987 to February 1994, 147 patients ranging between 11 and 82 years old with different mechanical circulatory support systems were treated, with the best survival rate achieved in group 2 with 72%, followed by group 1 with 44% and then group 3 with 28%.