Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II - Kardiologie, Angiologie, Pneumologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin

Blood Eosinophil Count in Asthma Is Associated With Increased Abdominal Aortic Diameter and Increased Vascular Stiffness
Biener, Leonie; Budimovska, Andrea; Skowasch, Dirk; Pizarro, Carmen; Frisch, Ben Christoph; Nickenig, Georg; Stumpf, Max Jonathan; Schaefer, Christian A.; Schahab, Nadjib (2025-02-20)
<strong>Background: </strong>Asthma is associated with atherosclerosis and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). However, the underlying pathomechanisms remain elusive. Blood eosinophil count (BEC) is implicated in both ...
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Pressure Gradient and Time-Averaged Mean Velocity of Small Pulmonary Arteries Can Serve as Sensitive Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Preclinical Study by 4D-Flow MRI
Nahardani, Ali; Leistikow, Simon; Grün, Katja; Krämer, Martin; Herrmann, Karl-Heinz; Schrepper, Andrea; Jung, Christian; Moradi, Sara; Schulze, Paul Christian; Linsen, Lars; Reichenbach, Jürgen R.; Hoerr, Verena; Franz, Marcus (2021-12-28)
(1) Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a serious condition that is associated with many cardiopulmonary diseases. Invasive right heart catheterization (RHC) is currently the only method for the definitive ...