Publications by authors named "Laurenz Hauptmann"
Right ventricular pacing is an effective and safe treatment option for patients experiencing symptomatic bradycardia. However, some individuals may develop left ventricular dysfunction as a consequence. Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), which is not present in a healthy adult heart, is upregulated in cardiomyocytes in response to various stress stimuli.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) has recently been proposed to replace non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and focus on patients with progressive disease due to the presence of metabolic dysfunction. However, it is unclear whether the new definition actually identifies patients with hepatic steatosis at increased cardiovascular risk.
Methods: A total of 4,286 asymptomatic subjects from the SAKKOPI study aged 45-80 years undergoing screening colonoscopy were analyzed.
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- * A study involving 251 COVID-19 hospitalized patients found that major cardiovascular events (MACE) occurred in 8.4% of participants during follow-up, with hs-TnI and sST-2 serving as reliable indicators of these events.
- * Both biomarkers, when combined with age, showed strong predictive power for MACE, suggesting they play a significant role in the long-term health problems associated with COVID-19 recovery.
Introduction: Short-long-short (SLS) sequences are an important cause of ICD pro-arrhythmia and can initiate both polymorphic and monomorphic ventricular tachycardias (VT). Depending on the programming of a single-chamber ICD, the interplay between SLS sequences and combined VT detection criteria can be responsible for withholding adequate anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) or shock therapy.
Methods: A 78-year-old patient with ICD was admitted to our emergency department after external cardioversion of a long-lasting VT with hemodynamic compromise.