Publications by authors named "A Schmeisser"
Cardiovascular risk factors (high blood pressure, smoking, overweight, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, physical inactivity) substantially rise with increasing age, particularly after middle age, whereby women are affected to a much greater extent. In the population of Saxony-Anhalt the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is clearly increased and the population structure in Saxony-Anhalt is particularly characterized by a high average age as well as high morbidity and mortality rates due to cardiovascular diseases. Saxony-Anhalt therefore provides a model character for the demographic development in Europe.
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- A study in Germany compared two treatments for heart failure patients with secondary mitral regurgitation: transcatheter edge-to-edge repair and surgical mitral-valve repair or replacement.
- The trial involved 210 patients and assessed outcomes like death, hospitalizations, and major adverse events, finding that transcatheter repair had similar efficacy but significantly fewer safety issues than surgery.
- Results showed that transcatheter edge-to-edge repair was noninferior to the surgical approach, indicating it might be a safer alternative for this patient group.
Background: Severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is known to be associated with poor quality of life and increased risk of death when left untreated.
Objectives: We sought to report the 1-year clinical outcomes of subjects treated by tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) with the TriClip system (Abbott Cardiovascular) in a contemporary real-world setting.
Methods: The bRIGHT (An Observational Real-World Study Evaluating Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Patients Treated With the Abbott TriClip Device) postapproval study is a prospective, single-arm, open-label, multicenter postmarket registry conducted at 26 sites in Europe, with central event adjudication and echocardiographic core-laboratory assessment.
Pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease (PH-LHD) corresponds to group two of pulmonary hypertension according to clinical classification. Haemodynamically, this group includes isolated post-capillary pulmonary hypertension (IpcPH) and combined post- and pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (CpcPH). PH-LHD is defined by an mPAP > 20 mmHg and a PAWP > 15 mmHg, pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) with a cut-off value of 2 Wood Units (WU) is used to differentiate between IpcPH and CpcPH.
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