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Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

HealthcareBad Oeynhausen, Germany
About: Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia is a healthcare organization based out in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Vitamin D and neurology & Heart failure. The organization has 288 authors who have published 357 publications receiving 9276 citations.


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TL;DR: This systematic review shows that the results of cardiac retransplantation in adults are inconclusive, but retrans transplantation for cardiac allograft vasculopathy is associated with satisfactory outcomes.
Abstract: Background It remains a matter of dispute whether cardiac retransplantation should be performed. We aimed to systematically review the available evidence regarding cardiac retransplantation in adults. Material and methods In PubMed, we searched for original reports on cardiac retransplantation in adults. The evidence level of individual studies was assessed. Results Twenty-two studies met our selection criteria. The cumulative incidence was 3% (range: 1% to 15%). The incidence rate was 164/10,000 person-years (range: 145 to 318/10,000 person-years). The main indications for retransplantation were cardiac allograft vasculopathy (55%), acute rejection (19%), and primary graft failure (17%). The early mortality rate was 16% (range: 5% to 38%). Refractory acute rejection and primary graft failure, female donor, shorter transplant interval, initial diagnosis of ischemic cardiomyopathy, need for mechanical circulatory support, a center volume of less than 9 transplantations/year, older recipient age, requirement of pretransplant ventilator and intensive care, and ischemic time were associated with poorer outcomes, while cardiac allograft vasculopathy as the cause of allograft failure, employment, and later transplant period were associated with improved survival. Conclusion This systematic review shows that the results of cardiac retransplantation in adults are inconclusive. Retransplantation for cardiac allograft vasculopathy is associated with satisfactory outcomes.

24 citations

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TL;DR: Patient selection for TAVI cannot be based on the EuroSCORE, because it lacks discrimination and center-specific calibration, and individual, surgical judgment that weighs institutional expertise for high-risk patients against a possible reduction of mortality by using interventional techniques is recommended.
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is used as an alternative to conventional surgery in high-risk patients. The EuroSCORE quantifies the risk, and patients are selected for this procedure if their predicted mortality is high. The study aim was to evaluate the risk discrimination and calibration of the EuroSCORE, as well as the surgical judgment that is used when selecting the aortic valve replacement (AVR) approach. METHODS Between 2003 and 2006, a total of 2757 patients underwent isolated, open AVR. The EuroSCORE was compared to the observed in-hospital mortality. A survey among surgeons assessed the relevance of patient-specific factors towards the approach of TAVI versus open AVR. RESULTS Survivors of AVR had a lower additive EuroSCORE than non-survivors (7.2 +/- 3.34 versus 12.0 +/- 3.34; p < 0.001). The EuroSCORE demonstrated reasonable risk stratification (c-statistic 0.843, p < 0.001). However, none of the 67 non-survivors was correctly predicted (Hosmer-Lemeshow test; p < 0.001), and most patients with a high EuroSCORE survived AVR. The actual mortality was 2.8% as compared to a EuroSCORE-predicted mortality of 12.5 +/- 14.2% (p < 0.001). This poor calibration was worse with higher EuroSCOREs (Cusum test; p < 0.001). Surgeons identified a porcelain aorta as the only factor that warranted TAVI. Most EuroSCORE variables had either no relevance for treatment selection, or prompted open AVR. CONCLUSION Patient selection for TAVI cannot be based on the EuroSCORE, because it lacks discrimination and center-specific calibration. Thus, individual, surgical judgment that weighs institutional expertise for high-risk patients against a possible reduction of mortality by using interventional techniques, is recommended.

23 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, fundus autofluorescence (qAF) values of a circular ring centered on the fovea were measured and compared to 108 healthy controls (mean age 40 years, range 18-64), indicating that Bruch's membrane disease may result in a modification of the accumulation, distribution, or composition of lipofuscin in retinal pigment epithelial cells.
Abstract: Purpose To quantify lipofuscin-associated fundus autofluorescence in patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE), a model disease for Bruch's membrane pathology. Methods In this prospective, monocenter, cross-sectional case-control study, 49 patients with PXE (mean age: 46 years, range 18-62) underwent quantitative fundus autofluorescence (qAF) imaging with a modified scanning laser ophthalmoscope containing an internal fluorescent reference for normalization of images. The mean qAF values of a circular ring centered on the fovea (qAF8) were measured and compared to 108 healthy controls (mean age 40 years, range 18-64). Results Overall, patients with PXE showed lower qAF8 values compared to controls (difference from controls -23%, 95% confidence interval [CI] -29% to -16%, P < 0.001). The reduction was most pronounced in patients older than 40 years (-30%, 95% CI -36% to -23%, P < 0.001) and was negatively correlated with the extent of Bruch's membrane calcification (r = -0.49, 95% CI: -0.67 to -0.22). The topographic distribution revealed a greater reduction of qAF values toward the optic disc than temporally compared to controls (P < 0.001). The phenotype of patients with reduced qAF values was characterized by pattern-dystrophy-like changes (71%; 10 of 14), reticular pseudodrusen (71%; 10 of 14) and limited areas of atrophy (29%, 4 of 14). Conclusions Reduced qAF8 values are a characteristic finding in patients with PXE, indicating that Bruch's membrane disease may result in a modification of the accumulation, distribution, or composition (or a combination thereof) of lipofuscin in retinal pigment epithelial cells.

23 citations

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TL;DR: Not only endurance training, but also sports activity with a relevant static component, like team handball, might predispose for AF above the age of 50.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Cardiac adaptation to sports activity in endurance athletes is considerably different from that in power athletes. The effects of a high-level team sport like handball, one of the most popular sports in the world, performed at a younger age, on cardiac rhythm in individuals above the age of 50 have not been investigated to date. METHODS Thirty-three former top-level handball players from the first German league (6 former world champions and numerous Olympians) (57.5 +/- 5.5 y) joined our screening programme for former athletes and underwent electrocardiography, echocardiography and spiroergometry. Data were compared to 24 sedentary healthy controls. RESULTS Ten of the 33 athletes suffered from atrial fibrillation (AF). Left ventricular diameter was 53.68 +/- 4.88 mm in the athletes group and 50.58 +/- 4.12 mm in the healthy controls. Analysing the subgroups of handball players ('AF group' and 'non-AF group'), spiroergometry showed oxygen consumption at the anaerobic threshold of 27.54 +/- 6.77 ml/kg/min in the AF group and 31.24 +/- 10.33 ml/kg/min in the non-AF group (P = 0.228). Absolute left atrial diameter was 44.34 +/- 4.41 mm in the AF group (non-AF group 38.94 +/- 3.77 mm, P < 0.001) (healthy controls 37.54 +/- 4.34 mm, compared with all athletes P = 0.015). In all individuals left ventricular wall thickness was within normal limits. However, myocardial walls were thicker in the AF group (11.28 +/- 1.83 mm) than in the non-AF group (9.44 +/- 1.26 mm, P = 0.002). Athletes in the AF group (187.6 +/- 6.42 cm) were significantly taller than in the non-AF group (180.91 +/- 7.31 cm, P = 0.018). CONCLUSION Not only endurance training, but also sports activity with a relevant static component, like team handball, might predispose for AF above the age of 50. LA size, height and myocardial wall thickness seem to affect the risk of developing AF. More data in non-endurance sports are mandatory to confirm this hypothesis.

22 citations

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TL;DR: In this real‐world propensity score–matched minimally invasive aortic valve replacement, transapical transcatheter aorti valve implantation, transfemoral transcat heterogeneously matched cohort of intermediate‐risk patients, early mortality was not significantly different, whereas the rates of periprocedural complications were different depending on the approach.

22 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Jan Gummert5529010570
Armin Zittermann5425212697
Dieter Horstkotte4545710554
Andreas Koster411905602
Reiner Körfer392405546
Jan D. Schmitto382965560
Reiner Koerfer381905844
Philipp Beerbaum381474769
Jochen Börgermann351473814
Jens Dreier351143472
Tanja K. Rudolph351183780
Joachim Kuhn351424226
Christian Götting351094349
Aly El-Banayosy341424652
Olaf Oldenburg341844736
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
20231
202229
202121
202022
201916
201820