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[The heart in cases of viral, bacterial and parasitic infections]B Maisch
Klinik fur Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Kardiologie, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Baldingerstr 1, 35033 Marburg, Deutschland
Internist (Berl) 48:255-67. 2007..Infective agents and their adequate diagnosis and treatment are discussed for these clinical entities according to current guidelines and clinical pathways...
MR, CT, and PET imaging in pericardial diseasePeter Alter
Internal Medicine Cardiology, Philipps University, Baldingerstrasse, 35033, Marburg, Germany
Heart Fail Rev 18:289-306. 2013..These imaging techniques provide advanced information of anatomy and cardiac function to optimize the pericardial access, for example by the AttachLifter system, for diagnosis and treatment...- Increased end diastolic wall stress precedes left ventricular hypertrophy in dilative heart failure--use of the volume-based wall stress indexPeter Alter
Internal Medicine Cardiology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
Int J Cardiol 157:233-8. 2012.... - A new methodological approach to assess cardiac work by pressure-volume and stress-length relations in patients with aortic valve stenosis and dilated cardiomyopathyP Alter
Internal Medicine Cardiology, Philipps University, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany
Pflugers Arch 455:627-36. 2008..Most likely, deterioration of myocardial work is crucial for the prognosis. It is suggested to include these basic physiological procedures in the clinical assessment of the pump function of the heart... - Relation of B-type natriuretic peptide to left ventricular wall stress as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with dilated cardiomyopathyP Alter
Philipps University, Internal Medicine Cardiology, Baldingerstrasse, D 35033 Marburg, Germany
Can J Physiol Pharmacol 85:790-9. 2007..g., EF) appear to be secondary. Since an increased wall stress is associated with cardiac dilatation, early diagnosis and treatment could potentially prevent worsening of the outcome... - B-type natriuretic peptide and wall stress in dilated human heartP Alter
Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Philipps University, Baldingerstrasse, Marburg, Germany
Mol Cell Biochem 314:179-91. 2008..It is concluded that the diagnostic use of BNP should primarily be directed to assess ventricular wall stress rather than the extent of functional ventricular impairment in LVD... - Depression of heart rate variability in patients with increased ventricular wall stressPeter Alter
Department of Internal Medicine Cardiology, Philipps University, Marburg, Gremany
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 32:S26-31. 2009..Depression of HRV is related to several hemodynamic parameters. We hypothesized that an increased left ventricular (LV) wall stress is related to a depressed HRV in patients with LV dilatation or dysfunction... - Association of hyperhomocysteinemia with left ventricular dilatation and mass in human heartPeter Alter
Internal Medicine Cardiology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
Clin Chem Lab Med 48:555-60. 2010..We hypothesized that hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with left ventricular (LV) dilatation and hypertrophy in dilative cardiomyopathy... - Occurrence of late gadolinium enhancement is associated with increased left ventricular wall stress and mass in patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathyPeter Alter
Department of Internal Medicine Cardiology, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
Eur J Heart Fail 13:937-44. 2011..Occurrence of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has been attributed to various myocardial injuries. We hypothesized that LGE is associated with left ventricular (LV) wall stress... - Apoptosis in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy: does enterovirus genome persistence protect from apoptosis? An endomyocardial biopsy studyP Alter
Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Philipps University Marburg Lahn, Baldingerstrasse, D 35033, Marburg, Germany
Cardiovasc Pathol 10:229-34. 2001..Apoptosis thus contributes to cell death in active myocarditis and may play a role not to be neglected in dilated cardiomyopathy. Enteroviruses seem to have anti-apoptotic effects, because no apoptosis at all was found in the myocardium... - Intrapericardial procedures for cardiac regeneration by stem cells: need for minimal invasive access (AttachLifter) to the normal pericardial cavityH Rupp
Department of Internal Medicine Cardiology, Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland
Herz 35:458-65. 2010..A fiberscope can be used to inspect the pericardium prior to puncture. Based on these procedures, the role of the pericardial space and the presence of pericardial effusion in cardiac regeneration can be assessed... - Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia due to digitalis intoxicationW Grimm
Department of Cardiology, Hospital of the Phillips-University Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany
Z Kardiol 94:79-80. 2005 - Cardiotoxicity of 5-fluorouracilP Alter
Philipps University of Marburg Lahn, Department of Internal Medicine Cardiology, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany
Cardiovasc Hematol Agents Med Chem 4:1-5. 2006..It could be assumed that 5-FU toxicity is reversible in the majority of cases when acute complications, e.g., arrhythmias, are resolved... - Diabetic cardiomyopathy--fact or fiction?B Maisch
Klinik für Innere Medizin Kardiologie, UKGM GmbH und Philipps Universität Marburg, Baldingerstr, 35043, Marburg, Deutschland
Herz 36:102-15. 2011..In stage 1 and 2 DCM diabetic cardiomyopathy is clearly a fact. However, precise determination of to what degree the various underlying pathogenetic processes are responsible for the overall heart failure phenotype remains a fiction... - [Cell death in inflammatory heart muscle diseases--apoptosis or necrosis?]S Pankuweit
Klinik für Innere Medizin und Kardiologie, Philipps Universitat Marburg
Herz 24:211-8. 1999..Therefore, studies on the extent of apoptotic processes in diseased versus healthy cardiac tissue are of great importance... - Caffeine inhibits cytokine expression in lymphocytesM Ritter
Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
Cytokine 30:177-81. 2005..The ryanodine receptor dependent intracellular calcium store does not seem to play a significant role in this process. Possibly, the blockade of IP3 receptors by caffeine is more important for cytokine suppression... - [Amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity]P Alter
Zentrum für Innere Medizin Kardiologie, Philipps Universität Marburg Lahn, Germany
Pneumologie 56:31-5. 2002..In contrast to patients with coronary artery disease, there are only a few data about pulmonary toxicity in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy... - [Dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis. Current diagnostic requirements and therapeutic possibilities]B Maisch
, Angiologie, , Baldinger Strasse 1, Postfach 23 60, 35033 Marburg
Internist (Berl) 43:S45-6, S49-65. 2002 
Varicella myocarditis in an adultP Alter
Department of Internal Medicine Cardiology, Philipps University of Marburg, Baldingerstrabetae, D 35033 Marburg Lahn, Germany
Heart 85:E2. 2001..This case report is a reminder that a varicella infection can cause myocarditis in adults. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of this rare form of myocarditis may lead to complete recovery...- Angiography, CT and MR imaging of a high vena cava inferior interruption in a patient with Hirschsprung diseaseP Alter
Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Philipps University Marburg Lahn, Germany
Vasa 30:299-302. 2001..We suggest that the association of these two malformations are most likely interrelated and should be considered as a new syndrome... - Inverse shift in serum polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids is associated with adverse dilatation of the heartH Rupp
Philipps University, Department of Internal Medicine Cardiology, Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Karl von Frisch Strasse 1, Marburg, Germany
Heart 96:595-8. 2010..Cardiac dilatation is associated with impaired pump function, progression of heart failure and electrical instability. Risk of sudden death is associated with a low blood level of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids... - Coronary artery spasm induced by 5-fluorouracilP Alter
Philipps University of Marburg Lahn, Department of Internal Medicine Cardiology, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany
Z Kardiol 94:33-7. 2005.... - Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum. Diagnosis by cardiac magnetic resonance imagingP Alter
Philipps University of Marburg/Lahn, Department of Internal Medicine--Cardiology, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany
Z Kardiol 94:429-30. 2005 - [Recurrent syncope in left bundle branch block with normal PQ time]P Alter
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Internist (Berl) 43:879-82. 2002 - Escape from cardiomyocyte apoptosis by enterovirus persistence due to elevated soluble Fas-receptorsP Alter
University of Marburg Lahn, Department of Internal Medicine Cardiology, Baldingerstrasse, 35033 Marburg, Germany
Z Kardiol 93:524-32. 2004..Apoptosis causes loss of contractile cardiomyocytes in inflammatory heart disease. Despite recent examinations, the influence of virus infection on apoptosis remained ill-defined... - [Possibilities and limits of outpatient antibiotic therapy of infective endocarditis]M Ritter
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Herz 26:418-23. 2001..However, considering cost-effectiveness outpatient as compared to inpatient antibiotic therapy could be an interesting economically advantageous alternative... - Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: diagnostic problems with a known diseaseD Wichmann
, , D-35037 Marburg, Germany
J Clin Microbiol 39:3414-6. 2001..In this report we describe a clinical case, which is a rare occurrence but is a prime example of the difficulties in the diagnosis of HFRS in areas with a low prevalence of the disease...