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List of works by Dirk Skowasch

A Long-Term Follow-Up Investigation of Endobronchial Valves in Emphysema (the LIVE Study): Study Protocol and Six-Month Interim Analysis Results of a Prospective Five-Year Observational Study

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A married couple suffering from progressive dyspnoea

scientific article published on 3 March 2016

A matched-pair analysis on survival and response rates between German and non-German cancer patients treated at a Comprehensive Cancer Center

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Antiplatelet effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors compared with aspirin and clopidogrel: a pilot study with whole-blood aggregometry

scientific article (publication date: February 2003)

Antiplatelet effects of antidepressant treatment: a randomized comparison between escitalopram and nortriptyline

scientific article published in August 2010

Antiplatelet effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids compared with aspirin: a pilot study with whole-blood aggregometry.

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Anxiety and depression in patients three months after myocardial infarction: Association with markers of coagulation and the relevance of age.

scientific article published on 19 June 2017

Apoptosis-regulated survival of primarily extravascular cells in proliferative active poststent neointima

scientific article published on 10 September 2009

Asthma is associated with atherosclerotic artery changes.

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Bone marrow-derived cells and vascular growth

scientific article published on 01 April 2004

COPD - You'll never walk alone

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Cardiac amyloidosis presenting as recurrent syncope

scientific article published on June 12, 2011

Cardiovascular armamentarium in a patient with bronchopulmonary fistula: Figure 1

scientific article published on March 3, 2012

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and clinical performance of somatostatin receptor positron emission tomography in cardiac sarcoidosis

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance-guided diagnosis of cardiac affection in a Caucasian sarcoidosis population

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

Carotid strain measurement in patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum - Hint for a different pathomechanism?

scientific article published in February 2018

Cells of primarily extra-valvular origin in degenerative aortic valves and bioprostheses.

scientific article published on 22 August 2005

Cells of primarily extravascular origin in neointima formation following stent implantation: coordinated expression of endothelial progenitor, dendritic and neural crest-derived cells

scientific article published on 4 December 2007

Circulating monocytes and late in-stent restenosis

scientific article published in August 2004

Clinical Trials with Combination of Cytokine-Induced Killer Cells and Dendritic Cells for Cancer Therapy

scientific article published on 03 September 2019

Clinical features of sarcoidosis patients presenting with head and neck manifestations - a two-center retrospective study and proposal of a diagnostic algorithm for the otorhinolaryngologist

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Degenerative valve disease and bioprostheses: risk assessment, predictive diagnosis, personalised treatments

scientific article published on April 3, 2011

Dendritic cells in neointima formation after rat carotid balloon injury: coordinated expression withanti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and HSP47 in arterial repair

scientific article published on September 2003

Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased ex vivo-platelet aggregation and decreased response to aspirin - antithrombotic potential of ACE-inhibitors and AT1-antagonists.

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Diagnostic Value of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Diagnostic value of speckle-tracking echocardiography in confirmed cardiac sarcoidosis

scientific article published on 6 June 2016

Differential antiplatelet effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors: comparison of ex vivo platelet aggregation in cardiovascular patients with ramipril, captopril and enalapril

scientific article (publication date: April 2006)

Differential profile of the OPG/RANKL/RANK-system in degenerative aortic native and bioprosthetic valves

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Diffusion-weighted whole-body MRI with background body signal suppression: technical improvements at 3.0 T

scientific article published on 08 November 2011

Effect of endobronchial valve therapy on pulmonary perfusion and ventilation distribution

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Effects of untreated obstructive sleep apnea on left and right ventricular myocardial function

scientific article published on January 9, 2012

Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction in COPD: The Impact of Coil Implantation on Patients' Physical Activity

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction: Can Endobronchial Valves Be Safely Removed?

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Evaluation of dual-source parallel RF excitation for diffusion-weighted whole-body MR imaging with background body signal suppression at 3.0 T.

scientific article published on 15 December 2011

Health related quality of life in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in clinical practice: insights-IPF registry

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High prevalence of COPD in atherosclerosis patients

scientific article published on 19 October 2017

High prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with resistant paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation

scientific article published on 17 August 2010

Higher number of multidisciplinary tumor board meetings per case leads to improved clinical outcome

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

Hypoxia-induced endothelial dysfunction in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice; effects of infliximab and L-glutathione

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Identification of a novel Comamonas testosteroni gene encoding a steroid-inducible extradiol dioxygenase

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Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension phenotypes determined by cluster analysis from the COMPERA registry

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

Impact of endoscopic lung volume reduction on right ventricular myocardial function

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Impact of intimal pathogen burden in acute coronary syndromes--correlation with inflammation, thrombosis, and autoimmunity

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Impact of macitentan on right ventricular myocardial function in pulmonary arterial hypertension

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

Impact of pulmonary vein isolation on obstructive sleep apnea in patients with atrial fibrillation

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Impact of untreated obstructive sleep apnea on left and right ventricular myocardial function and effects of CPAP therapy

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Impairment of vascular strain in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

scientific article published on 28 February 2018

Increased expression of C-reactive protein and tissue factor in acute coronary syndrome lesions: Correlation with serum C-reactive protein, angioscopic findings, and modification by statins

scientific article published on 22 April 2008

Increased vascular occlusion in patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

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Influence of smoking dosage and chronic obstructive lung disease on the incidence of appropriate therapies and mortality in patients with structural heart disease and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

scientific article published on 8 September 2014

Invasive coronary angiography in patients with acute exacerbated COPD and elevated plasma troponin

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Is the degeneration of aortic valve bioprostheses similar to that of native aortic valves? Insights into valvular pathology.

scientific article published on July 2006

Left Ventricular Myocardial Fibrosis, Atrophy, and Impaired Contractility in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and a Preserved Left Ventricular Function: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Study.

scientific article published on 16 November 2016

Left internal mammary angiography complicated by subclavian tortuosity: a technical note

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Letter by Heling et al Regarding Article, “Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Human Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: From Promise to Disappointment?”

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

Longitudinal Multi-omics Analyses Identify Responses of Megakaryocytes, Erythroid Cells, and Plasmablasts as Hallmarks of Severe COVID-19

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Lower extremity and carotid artery disease in COPD

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Lung cancer screening with MRI: results of the first screening round.

scientific article published on 20 September 2017

MRI of the lung using the PROPELLER technique: Artifact reduction, better image quality and improved nodule detection

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Management of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in clinical practice: the INSIGHTS-IPF registry

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Management of sudden cardiac death in cardiac sarcoidosis using the wearable cardioverter defibrillator

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

Mehr Klarheit für PAH-Therapie bei Vorliegen von Komorbiditäten : Medikamentöse Einstellung -- Autor: D. Skowasch

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Modulation of carotid strain by statin therapy in atherosclerosis patients

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Neointimal expression of rapamycin receptor FK506-binding protein FKBP12: postinjury animal and human in-stent restenosis tissue characteristics

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Nitinol stent insertion in tracheomalacia

scientific article published on 4 March 2016

Noninvasive model including right ventricular speckle tracking for the evaluation of pulmonary hypertension

scientific article published on August 2016

Obstructive sleep apnoea as a risk factor for atherosclerosis – implication for preventive and personalised treatment

scientific article published on March 26, 2011

Pathogen burden in degenerative aortic valves is associated with inflammatory and immune reactions

scientific article published on July 2009

Pathogen burden, inflammation, proliferation and apoptosis in human in-stent restenosis. Tissue characteristics compared to primary atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 28 October 2004

Pathology of explanted ASD occluder

scientific article published on 14 September 2006

Percutaneous Treatment of Idiopathic Chylopericardium

Persistence of Chlamydia pneumoniae in degenerative aortic valve stenosis indicated by heat shock protein 60 homologues.

scientific article published on January 2003

Personalized cardiac regeneration by stem cells-Hype or hope?

scientific article published on 05 March 2011

Presence of bone-marrow- and neural-crest-derived cells in intimal hyperplasia at the time of clinical in-stent restenosis

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Presentation, diagnosis and clinical course of the spectrum of progressive-fibrosing interstitial lung diseases

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Prevalence and Impact of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

Prevalence of cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis detected by CMR: Initial results in 90 patients

Prevalence of intimal heat shock protein 60 homologues in unstable angina and correlation with anti-heat shock protein antibody titers

scientific article published on March 18, 2011

Prevalence of sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension: cumulative analysis of two PULSAR studies

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Prevention of sudden cardiac death by the wearable cardioverter defibrillator in a young patient with cardiac sarcoidosis

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

Primary extragonadal germ cell tumor of the prostate in a young man

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Progenitor cells and valve degeneration

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum - Also a Lung Disease? The Respiratory Affection of Patients with Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum.

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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum - also a microvascular disease

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Sarcoidosis: The Pulsar Single Center Experience

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Therapeutic Management and Prognostic Factors from 16 Years of Monocenter Experience

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Pulmonary Hypertension in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Real-World Data from the International COMPERA-CHD Registry

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease on Dialysis and without Dialysis: Results of the PEPPER-Study

scientific article published on April 18, 2012

Pulmonary Manifestations in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Peripheral Spondyloarthritis Prevalence, Diagnostic Approach and Treatment Options

scientific article published on 05 September 2020

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is associated with increased T1 relaxation times and decreased left ventricular performance in spite of preserved left ventricular function.

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Pulmonary hypertension due to lung diseases: Updated recommendations from the Cologne Consensus Conference 2018

scientific article published on 11 August 2018

Pulmonary hypertension: Hemodynamic evaluation. Updated Recommendations of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2011.

scientific article published on December 2011

Recurrent Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations after Endobronchial Valve Implantation Are Associated with the Presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

Role of dendritic cells in specific atherosclerosis types

scientific article published on 2 November 2005

Safety and Adverse Events after Targeted Lung Denervation for Symptomatic Moderate to Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AIRFLOW). A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Sleep apnoea is common in severe peripheral arterial disease

scientific article published on 31 July 2017

Somatostatin receptor based PET/CT in patients with the suspicion of cardiac sarcoidosis: an initial comparison to cardiac MRI.

scientific article published on 21 October 2016

Speckle tracking echocardiography in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and overlapping obstructive sleep apnea

scientific article published on 3 August 2016

State-of-the-art classification and multimodality treatment of malignant thymoma

scientific article published on January 13, 2012

Strategy for safe performance of extrathoracic magnetic resonance imaging at 1.5 tesla in the presence of cardiac pacemakers in non-pacemaker-dependent patients: a prospective study with 115 examinations

scientific article published on 11 September 2006

Survival and course of lung function in the presence or absence of antifibrotic treatment in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: long-term results of the INSIGHTS-IPF registry

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

The clinical course of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and its association to quality of life over time: longitudinal data from the INSIGHTS-IPF registry

The imbalance between proliferation and apoptosis contributes to degeneration of aortic valves and bioprostheses

scientific article published in January 2013

Toll-Like Receptor-9 Polymorphisms in Sarcoidosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Transcatheter valve implantation improves central sleep apnoea in severe aortic stenosis

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Two-Year Outcomes for the Double-Blind, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Study of Targeted Lung Denervation in Patients with Moderate to Severe COPD: AIRFLOW-2

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

Underdiagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Peripheral Arterial Disease

scientific article published on 21 February 2015

Usefulness of Sleep-Disordered Breathing to Predict Occurrence of Appropriate and Inappropriate Implantable-Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death

scientific article published on February 11, 2013

Volumetric and scintigraphic changes following endoscopic lung volume reduction.

scientific article published on 30 October 2014

[22-Year-Old Man with Suspected Lung Cancer]

scientific article published on 02 January 2019

[A 60-Year-Old Patient with Asthma and Dyspnoea after Bronchial Thermoplasty]

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

[Comorbidities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease]

scientific article published on 02 January 2019

[Complication of oxygen-therapy in a 63-year-old patient with COPD]

scientific article published on 31 July 2009

[Comprehensive medication analysis in a multi-morbid patients with chronic renal failure]

scientific article published on 01 April 2015

[Current Therapeutic Approaches to Sarcoidosis]

scientific article published on 05 January 2017

[Exacerbation of COPD: Treatment and follow-up]

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

[Spontaneous rupture of aneurysmatic pulmonary artery in homozygotic alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency]

scientific article published on 12 January 2015

[Test Your Knowledge]

scientific article published on 15 May 2017

[The role of PET in lung cancer staging]

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

[Therapy according to current guidelines. Practical management of pulmonary arterial hypertension.].

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

[Which therapy is meaningful for atrial septal aneurysm TIA and persistent foramen ovale?]

scientific article published on 01 April 2002