Publications by authors named "Marcus Doerr"
Design and rationale of MYOFLAME-19 randomised controlled trial: MYOcardial protection to reduce post-COVID inFLAMmatory heart disease using cardiovascular magnetic resonance Endpoints.
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- Cardiac symptoms can affect individuals who had mild COVID-19 and no prior heart issues, and cardiac MRI can detect these hidden issues linked to long-term heart problems.
- This study tests a new treatment combining low-dose prednisolone and losartan against a placebo in people with post-COVID heart inflammation, with assessments like cardiac MRI and exercise testing.
- The main goal is to see if the treatment improves left ventricular ejection fraction after 16 weeks, while also monitoring changes in symptoms and safety over a year for 280 participants.
This review critiques the literature supporting clinical assessment and management of cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular disease risk stratification with brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). First, we outline what baPWV actually measures-arterial stiffness of both large central elastic arteries and medium-sized muscular peripheral arteries of the lower limb. Second, we argue that baPWV is not a surrogate for carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Biomarkers may help clinicians predict cardiovascular risk. We aimed to determine if the addition of endocrine, metabolic, and obesity-associated biomarkers to conventional risk factors improves the prediction of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality.
Methodology/principal Findings: In a population-based cohort study (the Study of Health in Pomerania) of 3,967 subjects (age 20-80 years) free of cardiovascular disease with a median follow-up of 10.
Purpose: To report our experience with excimer laser-facilitated recanalization of acute and subacute thrombotic occlusions of hemodialysis shunts.
Methods: Twenty-one patients (16 women; mean age 54+/-19 years, range 31-76) presented with acute and subacute thrombotic occlusions of their hemodialysis shunts (4 Cimino, 17 prosthetic; 18 forearm, 3 upper arm); mean occlusion time was 4.1+/-3 days (range 1-14), and the thrombotic occlusion measured a mean 17.