Disease management programs in chronic heart failure : Position statement of the Heart Failure Working Group and the Wor...
...Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
Oversensing of the wearable cardioverter defibrillator during bipolar ventricular stimulation.
Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
The wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is a temporary treatment option for patients with potentially reversible risk of sudden cardiac death. This case demonstrates a pitfall during WCD usage in a pacemaker-dependent patient as well as a possible solution allowing continuation of WCD therapy. Bipolar stimulation may lead to double counting o...
Disease management programs in heart failure: half a century of an unmet need.
Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
Synthetic extracellular volume fraction-state of play.
Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
Chronic meningoencephalitis caused by Echo virus 6 in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency : Successful treat...
Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
Chronic enteroviral meningoencephalitis, most commonly caused by echoviruses, can particularly be seen in agammaglobulinemic patients. In spite of the fact that no specific treatment for enteroviral infections exists, pleconaril is an antiviral drug reported to be efficient against enteroviral infections in infants and adults. We present a case of ...
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in otherwise healthy individuals between the ages of 18 and 90 years in southeast Tur...
Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
Commuter exposure to fine and ultrafine particulate matter in Vienna.
Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
Mass concentrations PM10, PM2.5, PM1, particle number concentrations of ultrafine particles and lung deposited surface area were measured during commutes with a subway, tram, bus, car and bicycle in Vienna for the first time. Obtained data were examined for significant differences in personal exposure when using various transport modalities along s...
The patients' perspective: living with lupus in Austria.
Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogeneous disease with a vast variety of clinical manifestations. Timely diagnosis is important for gaining access to specific therapy and care. In this survey, we asked SLE patients with an established diagnosis to report about their personal history and their daily life with SLE in order to gain knowled...
Citicoline in severe traumatic brain injury: indications for improved outcome : A retrospective matched pair analysis fr...
Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
Goal-oriented management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) can save the lives and/or improve the long-term outcome of millions of affected patients worldwide. Additionally, enhancing quality of life will save enormous socio-economic costs; however, promising TBI treatment strategies with neuroprotective agents, such as citicoline (CDP-choline), lacke...
Multiple thrombophilia mutations as a possible cause of premature myocardial infarction.
Published in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
The incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increases with clustering of predisposing risk factors. In younger subjects with a positive family history of AMI occurring in relatives under the age of 60 years without obvious risk factors for atherosclerosis, there is a potential for strong inherited traits contributing to the risk of coronary ...
