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Thomas F. Lüscher

Researcher at University of Zurich

Publications -  1613
Citations -  88517

Thomas F. Lüscher is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Endothelium & Myocardial infarction. The author has an hindex of 134, co-authored 1560 publications receiving 79034 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas F. Lüscher include University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center & Durham University.

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Calcium Gluconate in Severe Verapamil Intoxication

TL;DR: A 65-year-old woman treated with sustained-release verapamil for hypertension was admitted to the authors' hospital in a coma, and gastric lavage was performed, and results of a routine drug screening were negative.
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Sweet and Sour Unraveling Diabetic Vascular Disease

TL;DR: It is likely that the increasing prevalence of diabetes will greatly affect the cardiovascular disease burden in the future and the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disease has fallen over the last 3 decades, but this trend may flatten or even reverse.
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From Eisenhower's heart attack to modern management: a true success story!

TL;DR: In Eisenhower’s case, the initial presentation was atypical, an ECG was not commonly available, cardiac enzymes had not been introduced as diagnostic tests, nor was echocardiography or coronary angiography at hand for emergency physicians or cardiologists, and the treatment of acute myocardial infarction was really only ‘tender loving care’.
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Renal venous renin determinations in renovascular hypertension. Diagnostic and prognostic value in unilateral renal artery stenosis treated by surgery or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.

TL;DR: To assess the diagnostic and prognostic value of renal venous renin levels in renovascular hypertension, 95 patients with severe unilateral renal artery stenosis were studied.