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A Post Hoc Holter ECG Analysis of Olodaterol and Formoterol in Moderate-to-Very-Severe COPD

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

A new method to assess ventricular wall stress in patients with heart failure and its relation to heart rate variability

scientific article published on 26 October 2008

A new methodological approach to assess cardiac work by pressure-volume and stress-length relations in patients with aortic valve stenosis and dilated cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 25 August 2007

Absence of Adverse Effects of Tiotropium/Olodaterol Compared with the Monocomponents on Long-Term Heart Rate and Blood Pressure in Patients with Moderate-to-Very-Severe COPD

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Accuracy of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging modalities to diagnose myocarditis

scientific article published on 02 August 2011

Activated nuclear transcription factor kappaB in patients with myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy--relation to inflammation and cardiac function

scientific article published on 10 November 2005

Acute heart failure--basic pathomechanism and new drug targets.

scientific article published on November 2006

Adherence To Respiratory And Nonrespiratory Medication In Patients With COPD: Results Of The German COSYCONET Cohort

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

Airflow limitation in COPD is associated with increased left ventricular wall stress in coincident heart failure

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Airway obstruction and lung hyperinflation in COPD are linked to an impaired left ventricular diastolic filling

scientific article published on 19 February 2018

Amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity

scientific article published in January 2002

Angiography, CT and MR imaging of a high vena cava inferior interruption in a patient with Hirschsprung disease

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Apoptosis in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy: does enterovirus genome persistence protect from apoptosis? An endomyocardial biopsy study

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

Assessment and relevance of ventricular wall stress in heart failure

scientific article published on 10 July 2008

Association of hyperhomocysteinemia with left ventricular dilatation and mass in human heart

scientific article published in April 2010

B-type natriuretic peptide and wall stress in dilated human heart

scientific article published on 07 May 2008

Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia due to digitalis intoxication

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CAT score single item analysis in patients with COPD: Results from COSYCONET

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

COPD as a risk factor of the complications in lower limb arthroplasty: a patient-matched study

Caffeine inhibits cytokine expression in lymphocytes

scientific article published in May 2005

Cardiac arrest following carotid sinus massage

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Cardiotoxicity of 5-fluorouracil.

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Cell death in inflammatory heart muscle diseases--apoptosis or necrosis?

scientific article published in May 1999

Comparison of geometry-based and CT voxel-based finite element modelling and experimental validation

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Complications of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in 440 consecutive patients

scientific article published in September 2005

Coronary artery spasm induced by 5-fluorouracil

scientific article published in January 2005

Depression of heart rate variability in patients with increased ventricular wall stress

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Development of a saphenous vein coronary artery bypass graft pseudoaneurysm

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Diabetic cardiomyopathy--fact or fiction?

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Diagnosis of primary cardiac lymphoma by endomyocardial biopsy

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

Differentiation of malignant from nonmalignant, inflammatory pericardial effusions with biomarkers

scientific article published in December 2009

Dilated cardiomyopathies as a cause of congestive heart failure.

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Distribution of volatile compounds in the pulp, cloud, and serum of freshly squeezed orange juice

scientific article published in May 2003

Doxepin-induced torsade de pointes tachycardia

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Early occurrence of septic pericarditis after Nissen fundoplication

scientific article published in October 2003

Echocardiographic findings mimicking type A aortic dissection

scientific article published in April 2006

Effect of long-acting β-agonists olodaterol and formoterol on heart rate and blood pressure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

scientific article published on 02 August 2018

Effects of airway obstruction and hyperinflation on electrocardiographic axes in COPD

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Endomyocardial fibrosis in Churg-Strauss syndrome assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

scientific article published in March 2006

Escape from cardiomyocyte apoptosis by enterovirus persistence due to elevated soluble Fas-receptors

scientific article published in July 2004

Exercise training leads to physiological left ventricular hypertrophy in COPD

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

Failure of omega-3 fatty acids in atrial fibrillation? No deficiency of highly unsaturated fatty acids in the absence of heart failure

scientific article published on 11 May 2011

Feasibility and safety of whole-body vibration therapy in intensive care patients

scientific article published on 13 April 2017

From Heart Failure to Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acid Deficiency and Vice Versa: Bidirectional Heart and Liver Interactions.

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From sleep-disordered breathing to increased left ventricular wall stress in heart failure

scientific article published in September 2012

Heart rate variability in patients with cardiac hypertrophy--relation to left ventricular mass and etiology.

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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: diagnostic problems with a known disease.

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High-sensitivity troponin I and all-cause mortality in patients with stable COPD: an analysis of the COSYCONET study

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

Image of the month. Cardiac arrest due to severe hyperkalemia

scientific article published in May 2004

Impact of Education on COPD Severity and All-Cause Mortality in Lifetime Never-Smokers and Longtime Ex-Smokers: Results of the COSYCONET Cohort

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

Increased end diastolic wall stress precedes left ventricular hypertrophy in dilative heart failure--use of the volume-based wall stress index

scientific article published on 08 September 2011

Increased ventricular wall stress and late gadolinium enhancement in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 05 January 2014

Increased ventricular wall stress and late gadolinium enhancement in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 21 April 2014

Indications for angiography subsequent to coronary artery bypass grafting

scientific article published in June 2005

Influence of body mass on predicted values of static hyperinflation in COPD

Interruption of the inferior vena cava in a patient with Hirschsprung disease

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

Intrapericardial procedures for cardiac regeneration by stem cells: need for minimal invasive access (AttachLifter) to the normal pericardial cavity

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Inverse shift in serum polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids is associated with adverse dilatation of the heart

scientific article published on 31 August 2009

Late gadolinium enhancement and higher risk of arrhythmias: fibrosis or increased ventricular wall stress?

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Late gadolinium enhancement in sarcoidosis: ventricular wall stress should not be overlooked

scientific article published on 01 March 2015

Left ventricular volume and wall stress are linked to lung function impairment in COPD.

scientific article published in June 2018

Lethal heart failure caused by aluminium phosphide poisoning

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Letter by Alter and Rupp regarding article, "OMEGA, a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to test the effect of highly purified omega-3 fatty acids on top of modern guideline-adjusted therapy after myocardial infarction"

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Letter by Alter regarding article, "Myocardial fibrosis as a key determinant of left ventricular remodeling in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: a contrast-enhanced cardiovascular magnetic study".

scientific article published in November 2013

Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum. Diagnosis by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Long-term survival with acquired ventricular septal defect after myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Longitudinal stability of blood eosinophil count strata in the COPD COSYCONET cohort

MR, CT, and PET imaging in pericardial disease.

scientific article published on May 2013

Magnetic resonance imaging in pericardial diseases. Indications and diagnostic value.

scientific article published on October 2006

Marine omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids: From mechanisms to clinical implications in heart failure and arrhythmias.

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Mechanisms increasing n-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in the heart

scientific article published on 17 September 2015

Mechanisms involved in the differential reduction of omega-3 and omega-6 highly unsaturated fatty acids by structural heart disease resulting in "HUFA deficiency"

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

Myocardial fibrosis in left ventricular non-compaction: is late gadolinium enhancement indeed indicative of fibrosis?

scientific article published in April 2011

Mystery of myocardial midwall late enhancement?

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and statins in heart failure

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

No Influence on Cardiac Arrhythmia or Heart Rate from Long-Term Treatment with Tiotropium/Olodaterol versus Monocomponents by Holter ECG Analysis in Patients with Moderate-to-Very-Severe COPD

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Non-compaction cardiomyopathy in an adult with hereditary spherocytosis

scientific article published on 30 May 2006

Occurrence of late gadolinium enhancement in ventricular ballooning or Tako-Tsubo syndrome: increased wall stress should not be overlooked

scientific article published on 03 November 2009

Occurrence of late gadolinium enhancement is associated with increased left ventricular wall stress and mass in patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 28 July 2011

Omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids and arrhythmia risk: influences of load conditions and a differential endogenous metabolism

scientific article published on 01 March 2015

Outcomes of elderly recipients of implantable cardioverter defibrillators

scientific article published in January 2007

Personalized medicine for patients with COPD: where are we?

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Possibilities and limits of outpatient antibiotic therapy of infective endocarditis

scientific article published on September 2001

Prediction of air trapping or pulmonary hyperinflation by forced spirometry in COPD patients: results from COSYCONET

scientific article published on 27 July 2020

Prevalence of cardiac comorbidities, and their underdetection and contribution to exertional symptoms in COPD: results from the COSYCONET cohort

scientific article published on 20 September 2019

Prognostic value of late gadolinium enhancement in cardiomyopathy: causative risk factor or surrogate marker?

scientific article published on 25 November 2014

Pronounced epsilon waves in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

scientific article published in February 2004

RE: Relation of Late Gadolinium Enhancement to Increased Ventricular Wall Stress in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 6 January 2016

Rapid determination of polyphenols and vitamin C in plant-derived products.

scientific article published in March 2005

Relation of B-type natriuretic peptide to left ventricular wall stress as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Relationship of spirometric, body plethysmographic, and diffusing capacity parameters to emphysema scores derived from CT scans.

scientific article published in January 2018

Replacement of reduced highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA deficiency) in dilative heart failure: dosage of EPA/DHA and variability of adverse peroxides and aldehydes in dietary supplement fish oils

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Reversible grade III atrioventricular block in a 35-year-old patient

scientific article published in June 2001

Right ventricular cardiac myxoma. Diagnostic usefulness of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Stress analysis of an anatomically-adapted femur shaft prosthesis (Lubinus SPII)

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

The missing link between heart failure and sleep disordered breathing: increased left ventricular wall stress

scientific article published on 6 April 2012

The revised GOLD 2017 COPD categorization in relation to comorbidities

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in heart failure: reduction of high ventricular wall stress should be a diagnostic and therapeutic target

scientific article published on 16 August 2012

Usefulness of cytokines interleukin-6 and interleukin-2R concentrations in diagnosing active infective endocarditis involving native valves

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Validity and Usability of Physical Activity Monitoring in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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Varicella myocarditis in an adult

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Wall stress determines systolic and diastolic function--Characteristics of heart failure.

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

[Dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis. Current diagnostic requirements and therapeutic possibilities]

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

[Endocarditis prophylaxis]

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

[Fully automated generation of hip prosthesis voxel models of the femur for finite element analysis. Comparison of direct and subsequent prosthesis implantation]

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

[Impediment of cellular immune response under treatment with ticlopidine in a patient with Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis]

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

[Physical activity and sports in heart failure due to myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy]

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

[The heart in cases of viral, bacterial and parasitic infections]

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

[Use of voxel-oriented femur models for stress analysis. Generation, calculation and validation of CT-based FEM models]

scientific article published on 01 June 1995