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Wolfgang Koenig

Researcher at Technische Universität München

Publications -  130
Citations -  14704

Wolfgang Koenig is an academic researcher from Technische Universität München. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Coronary artery disease. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 130 publications receiving 10052 citations. Previous affiliations of Wolfgang Koenig include University of Ulm & McGill University.

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Determinants of elevated carbohydrate antigen 125 in patients with severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis referred for transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

TL;DR: Clinical, laboratory and echocardiographic determinants of elevated CA125 in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis referred for TAVI summarize a subset of patients with an overall worse clinical profile who are more symptomatic.
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Low-dose colchicine in patients treated with percutaneous coronary interventions for myocardial infarction in the Colchicine Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial (COLCOT)

TL;DR: Low-dose colchicine markedly reduces the risk of ischemic cardiovascular events in patients treated with PCI for their index MI, and this study population is the COLCOT-PCI study population, which represents an important subpopulation that may derive particularly important benefits from col chicine.
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Echocardiographic B-mode evaluation of the right heart in older people: The ActiFE Study

TL;DR: The results suggest an ageing-associated right heart enlargement in older adults, which is not a consequence of accompanying cardiac diseases or risk factors but of a more obese body composition.
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The Associations of Diuretics and Laxatives Use with Cardiovascular Mortality. An Individual Patient-Data Meta-analysis of Two Large Cohort Studies.

TL;DR: Although not statistically significant in this study, a drug-drug interaction of non-potassium-sparing diuretics and laxatives appears plausible and Physicians and pharmacists are advised to clarify additional laxative use in users ofNon-pot potassium-spared diuretic in specific, and inform about the risk of concurrent use.