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Bader S, Faul C, Raab S, Schwaiblmair M, Berghaus TM. Erfolgreiche Fistelokklusion mittels Endobronchialventilen bei therapierefraktärem Spontanpneumothorax bei Pneumocystis jiroveci-Pneumonie. Pneumologie 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1619232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- S Bader
- I. Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Augsburg
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- I. Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Augsburg
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- Klinik für Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie, Klinikum Augsburg
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Kutsch J, Faul C, von Scheidt W, Schwaiblmair M, Berghaus TM. The association of the N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide response to exercise with disease severity in therapy-naive pulmonary arterial hypertension: a cohort study. Respir Res 2018; 19:8. [PMID: 29334941 PMCID: PMC5769493 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-017-0712-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background While the N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) at rest is known to be associated with prognosis in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), it is unclear if the NT-proBNP response to exercise (ΔNT-proBNP) can contribute to a better assessment of disease severity. Methods We investigated the association of NT-proBNP values at rest and during peak exercise with hemodynamics and cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameters in 63 therapy-naive PAH patients. Results The median NT-proBNP increases from 1414 at rest to 1500 pg/ml at peak exercise. The ΔNT-proBNP is baseline-dependent in PAH. Both, NT-proBNP at rest and NT-proBNP at peak exercise, are significantly correlated with hemodynamics and functional capacity. However, neither NT-proBNP at peak exercise nor ΔNT-proBNP correlated better with surrogate markers of disease severity than NT-proBNP at rest. Conclusion The ΔNT-proBNP does not contribute to a better assessment of disease severity in PAH. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12931-017-0712-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- J Kutsch
- Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Stenglinstrasse 2, 86156, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Stenglinstrasse 2, 86156, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Stenglinstrasse 2, 86156, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Stenglinstrasse 2, 86156, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Stenglinstrasse 2, 86156, Augsburg, Germany.
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Berghaus TM, Kutsch J, Faul C, von Scheidt W, Schwaiblmair M. The association of N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide with hemodynamics and functional capacity in therapy-naive precapillary pulmonary hypertension: results from a cohort study. BMC Pulm Med 2017; 17:167. [PMID: 29202745 PMCID: PMC5716236 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-017-0521-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is currently used as a surrogate marker for disease severity in pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, NT-proBNP tends to have a high variability and may insufficiently correlate with hemodynamics and exercise capacity. Methods To investigate the association of NT-proBNP with hemodynamics and cardio-pulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in 84 therapy-naive patients with precapillary PH. Results NT-proBNP levels were significantly correlated with hemodynamics and CPET parameters except for cardiac index, diffusion capacity, PaO2 at peak exercise, and peak minute ventilation. NT-proBNP correlated best with hemodynamics and CPET in women and patients >65 years. NT-proBNP correlated better with CPET in pulmonary arterial hypertension compared to chronic thromboembolic PH (CTEPH). Conclusion NT-proBNP is associated with disease severity in precapillary PH. The association might be age- and gender-dependent. NT-proBNP may insufficiently correlate with disease severity in CTEPH, possibly due to comorbidity.
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- T M Berghaus
- Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. .,Klinikum Augsburg, Stenglinstrasse 2, 86156, Augsburg, Germany.
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- Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, Klinikum Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Wittkowska A, Wagner T, Faul C, Schwaiblmair M, Berghaus TM. Manifestationszeitpunkt einer akuten Lungenembolie bei Patienten mit und ohne obstruktivem Schlafapnoe-Syndrom. Pneumologie 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1598288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Augsburg
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- Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Augsburg
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Behr J, Pittrow D, Kreuter M, Prasse A, Klotsche J, Koschel D, Andreas S, Neurohr C, Claussen M, Schwaiblmair M, Grohé C, Wilkens H, Skowasch D, Kirschner J, Meyer FJ, Ewert R, Held M, Huber RM, Bahmer T, Gläser S, Welte T, Randerath WJ, Wirtz H. Klinischer Verlauf von Patienten mit Idiopathischer Lungenfibrose: aktuelle Daten aus dem INSIGHTS-IPF Register. Pneumologie 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1598290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- J Behr
- Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting; Med. Klinik V, LMU München; Mitglied des Dzl
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- Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie, Med. Fakultät, Technische Universität Dresden
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- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg und Translationales Zentrum für Lungenforschung Heidelberg (Tlrc); Mitglied des Deutschen Zentrums für Lungenforschung (Dzl)
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- Klinik für Pneumologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
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- Epidemiologie, Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum
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- Zentrum für Pneumologie, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Fachkrankenhaus Coswig GmbH
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- Lungenfachklinik Immenhausen, Krs. Kassel; Pneumologische Lehrklinik Univ. Göttingen
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik V, Klinikum der Universität München, Großhadern
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- Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Lungenclinic Großhansdorf
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- I. Medizinsche Klinik, Funktionsbereich Pneumologie, Klinikum Augsburg
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- Klinik für Pneumologie, Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin
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- Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Kardiologie, Pneumologie, Uniklinikum Bonn
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- Klinik für Pneumologie, Gastroenterologie, Internistische Intensiv- und Beatmungsmedizin, Klinikum München-Harlaching; Städt. Klinikum München GmbH
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- Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Klinik für Innere B, Bereich Pneumologie, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Körperschaft des Öffentlichen Rechts
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin Pneumologie, Missionsärztliche Klinik, Klinikum Würzburg Mitte
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- Sektion Pneumologie Innenstadt und Thorakale Onkologie, Universität München; Thoracic Oncology Centre Munich
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin B, Bereich Pneumologie, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald; Klinik für Innere Medizin, Pneumologie, Vivantes Klinikum Spandau
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- Klinik für Pneumologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
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- Klinik für Pneumologie und Allergologie, Zentrum für Schlaf- und Beatmungsmedizin, Krankenhaus Bethanien GmbH
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- Abteilung für Pneumologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR
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Kreuter M, Wirtz H, Prasse A, Klotsche J, Geier S, Kramps T, Wilkens H, Grohé C, Skowasch D, Huber RM, Neurohr C, Kirschner J, Koschel D, Meyer FJ, Andreas S, Gläser S, Claussen M, Held M, Ewert R, Randerath WJ, Bahmer T, Welte T, Koch A, Herth FJF, Pittrow D, Schwaiblmair M, Behr J. Lebensqualität von Patienten mit idiopathischer Lungenfibrose: Daten aus dem deutschen INSIGHTS-IPF Register. Pneumologie 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1598409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- M Kreuter
- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg und Translationales Zentrum für Lungenforschung Heidelberg (Tlrc); Mitglied des Deutschen Zentrums für Lungenforschung (Dzl)
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- Abteilung für Pneumologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR
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- Klinik für Pneumologie, Medizinische Hochschule
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- Epidemiologie, Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
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- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
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- Medizinische Klinik V, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes
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- Klinik für Pneumologie, Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin
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- Medizinische Klinik II, Kardiologie, Pneumologie, Uniklinikum Bonn
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- Sektion Pneumologie Innenstadt und Thorakale Onkologie, Universität München
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik V, Klinikum der Universität München, Großhadern; Schwerpunkt Pneumologie, Klinikum Großhadern der LMU
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- Zentrum für Pneumologie, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Fachkrankenhaus Coswig GmbH
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- Klinik für Pneumologie, Gatsroenterologie, Internistische Intensiv- und Beatmungsmedizin, Klinikum München-Harlaching, Städt. Klinikum München GmbH
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- Lungenfachklinik Immenhausen, Krs. Kassel; Pneumologische Lehrklinik Univ. Göttingen
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- Pneumologie, Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin B, Universitätsmedizin Greifswaldstation Mosler
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- Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Lungenclinic Großhansdorf
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- Abteilung Innere Medizin Pneumologie, Klinikum Würzburg Mitte gGmbH
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- Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Klinik für Innere B, Bereich Pneumologie, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald Körperschaft des Öffentlichen Rechts
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- Klinik für Pneumologie und Allergologie, Zentrum für Schlaf- und Beatmungsmedizin, Krankenhaus Bethanien GmbH
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- Klinik für Pneumologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik V, AG Obstruktive Lungenerkrankungen, Klinikum der LMU München
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- Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin, Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg und Translationales Zentrum für Lungenforschung Heidelberg (Tlrc); Mitglied des Deutschen Zentrums für Lungenforschung (Dzl)
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- Medizinische Fakultät, Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie, Technische Universität
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- I. Medizinsche Klinik, Funktionsbereich Pneumologie, Klinikum Augsburg
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- Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Med. Klinik V, Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, LMU; Mitglied des Dzl
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Leuchte HH, Ten Freyhaus H, Gall H, Halank M, Hoeper MM, Kaemmerer H, Kähler C, Riemekasten G, Ulrich S, Schwaiblmair M, Ewert R. [Risk stratification and follow-up assessment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: Recommendations of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2016]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2016; 141:S19-S25. [PMID: 27760446 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-114524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The 2015 European Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension are also valid for Germany. The guidelines contain detailed information about the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, and furthermore provide novel recommendations for risk stratification and follow-up assessments. However, the practical implementation of the European Guidelines in Germany requires the consideration of several country-specific issues and already existing novel data. This requires a detailed commentary to the guidelines, and in some aspects an update already appears necessary. In June 2016, a Consensus Conference organized by the PH working groups of the German Society of Cardiology (DGK), the German Society of Respiratory Medicine (DGP) and the German Society of Pediatric Cardiology (DGPK) was held in Cologne, Germany. This conference aimed to solve practical and controversial issues surrounding the implementation of the European Guidelines in Germany. To this end, a number of working groups was initiated, one of which was specifically dedicated to risk stratification and follow-up assessment of patients with PAH. This manuscript summarizes the results and recommendations of this working group.
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Behr J, Wirtz H, Prasse A, Pittrow D, Klotsche J, Koschel D, Grohé C, Andreas S, Neurohr C, Claussen M, Wilkens H, Skowasch D, Welte T, Kirschner J, Meyer FJ, Ewert R, Schwaiblmair M, Koch A, Huber RM, Held M, Bahmer T, Gläser S, Herth FJF, Randerath WJ, Kreuter M. Klinischer Verlauf von Patienten mit Idiopathischer Lungenfibrose in der klinischen Praxis: aktuelle Daten aus dem INSIGHTS-IPF Register. Pneumologie 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1572077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Behr J, Kreuter M, Pittrow D, Hoeper MM, Klotsche J, Koschel D, Andreas S, Neurohr C, Grohé C, Claussen M, Wilkens H, Randerath WJ, Skowasch D, Kirschner J, Koch A, Meyer FJ, Ewert R, Welte T, Held M, Schwaiblmair M, Gamarra F, Herth FJF, Huber RM, Wirtz H. Klinischer Verlauf von Patienten mit Idiopathischer Lungenfibrose in der klinischen Praxis: INSIGHTS-IPF Register. Pneumologie 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1544826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Berghaus TM, Wagner T, Faul C, Schwaiblmair M. Prognostische Relevanz von schlafbedingten Atemstörungen bei Patienten mit akuter Lungenembolie. Pneumologie 2014. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1368076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Schwaiblmair M, Faul C, Berghaus TM. 6-Minuten-Gehtest bei Patienten mit pulmonal-arterieller Hypertonie: Korrelation der Gehstrecke und des Referenzwertes der Gehstrecke zur Hämodynamik. Pneumologie 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1334598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Berghaus TM, Behr W, von Scheidt W, Schwaiblmair M. The N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide based short-term prognosis in patients with acute pulmonary embolism according to renal function. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2011; 33:58-63. [DOI: 10.1007/s11239-011-0649-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Berghaus TM, Thilo C, von Scheidt W, Schwaiblmair M. The Impact of Age on the Delay in Diagnosis in Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2011; 17:605-10. [DOI: 10.1177/1076029611404218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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It has been speculated that the atypical clinical presentation of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in older patients leads to a late diagnosis and therefore contributes to a worse prognosis. Therefore, we prospectively evaluated the delay in diagnosis and its relation to the in-hospital mortality in 202 patients with acute PE. Patients >65 years presented more often with hypoxia ( P = .017) and with a history of syncope ( P = .046). Delay in diagnosis was not statistically different in both age groups. Older age was significantly associated with an increased risk for in-hospital mortality (OR 4.36, 95% CI 0.93-20.37, P = .043), whereas the delay in diagnosis was not associated with an increase of in-hospital mortality. We therefore conclude that the clinical presentation of acute PE in older patients cannot be considered as a risk factor for late diagnosis and is not responsible for their higher in-hospital death rate.
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- T. M. Berghaus
- Department of Cardiology, Pneumology, Intensive Care and Endocrinology, Klinikum Augsburg, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pneumology, Intensive Care and Endocrinology, Klinikum Augsburg, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pneumology, Intensive Care and Endocrinology, Klinikum Augsburg, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Augsburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pneumology, Intensive Care and Endocrinology, Klinikum Augsburg, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Augsburg, Germany
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Schwaiblmair M, Faul C, Berghaus T. Stellenwert der Ergospirometrie in der Diagnostik belastungsinduzierter pulmonaler Hypertonie. Pneumologie 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Berghaus T, Thilo C, Behr W, Barac M, Sumer C, Schwaiblmair M, Scheidt WV. Klinische Determinanten einer echokardiographisch nachweisbaren akuten Rechtsherzbelastung bei normotensiven Patienten mit akuter Lungenembolie. Pneumologie 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1272271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Grünig E, Barner A, Bell M, Claussen M, Dandel M, Dumitrescu D, Gorenflo M, Holt S, Kovacs G, Ley S, Meyer JF, Pabst S, Riemekasten G, Saur J, Schwaiblmair M, Seck C, Sinn L, Sorichter S, Winkler J, Leuchte HH. [Non-invasive diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension: ESC/ERS Guidelines with commentary of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2010]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2010; 135 Suppl 3:S67-77. [PMID: 20862623 DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1263314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The 2009 European Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension have been adopted for Germany. The guidelines contain detailed recommendations for the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. However, the practical implementation of the European Guidelines in Germany requires the consideration of several country-specific issues and already existing novel data. This requires a detailed commentary to the guidelines, and in some aspects an update y appears necessary. In June 2010, a Consensus Conference organized by the PH working groups of the German Society of Cardiology (DGK), the German Society of Respiratory Medicine (DGP) and the German Society of Pediatric Cardiology (DGPK) was held in Cologne, Germany. This conference aimed to solve practical and controversial issues surrounding the implementation of the European Guidelines in Germany. To this end, a number of working groups was initiated, one of which was specifically dedicated to non-invasive diagnosis of PH. This commentary summarizes the results and recommendations of the working group on treatment of PAH.
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- E Grünig
- Zentrum für pulmonale Hypertonie, Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg.
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Berghaus T, Haeckel T, Behr W, Wehler M, von Scheidt W, Schwaiblmair M. Central thromboembolism is a possible predictor of right heart dysfunction in normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Thromb Res 2010; 126:e201-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2010.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2010] [Revised: 06/07/2010] [Accepted: 06/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Berghaus TM, Thilo C, Bluethgen A, von Scheidt W, Schwaiblmair M. Effectiveness of thrombolysis in patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism: influence on length of hospital stay. Adv Ther 2010; 27:648-54. [PMID: 20694805 DOI: 10.1007/s12325-010-0058-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The effects of thrombolysis on the clinical outcome of patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) are still under debate. The effect of thrombolysis on the length of stay (LOS) in hospital is unknown. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with LOS and to investigate whether LOS is suitable to assess effectiveness of thrombolysis in patients with intermediate-risk PE. METHODS Data were reviewed from December 2005 until October 2009. The LOS in the intensive care unit (ICU) was expressed in hours, and total LOS was recorded in days. Total LOS was not noted in case of preterm withdrawal of therapy or death. RESULTS Of a total of 202 patients, 84 received alteplase plus heparin and 118 patients were treated with anticoagulants alone. Total median LOS was significantly shorter (10 vs. 12 days) in the alteplase group (P=0.005), while there was no difference in the LOS in the ICU. Age above 65 years (P=0.036) and comorbidity (P<0.001) were independent predictors for a prolonged hospital stay, whereas thrombolysis independently predicted a shorter total LOS in multivariate analysis (P=0.001). Thrombolysis has shown to be able to independently predict home discharge (P=0.029). CONCLUSION LOS is influenced by patient-related factors such as age and comorbidity. Thrombolysis may lead to a reduction of total median LOS for patients with intermediate-risk PE, possibly indicating that it is more effective than anticoagulant therapy alone in this group of patients.
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- T M Berghaus
- Department of Cardiology, Pneumology, Intensive Care and Endocrinology, Klinikum Augsburg, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Stenglinstrasse 2, D-86156 Augsburg, Germany.
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Faul C, Schwaiblmair M, Barnert R, Weinerth J, Blüthgen A, Scheidt WV, Berghaus T. Anti-Jo-1-Syndrom und Lungenbeteiligung: Aktueller Stand in Diagnostik und Therapie. Pneumologie 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1251230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Berghaus T, Blüthgen A, Scheidt WV, Schwaiblmair M. Einfluss der Lyse-Therapie auf die stationäre Behandlungsdauer von Patienten mit akuter Lungenembolie und Rechtsherzbelastung sowie erhöhtem Troponin I. Pneumologie 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1251196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Schwaiblmair M, Faul C, Haeckel T, Behr W, Wagner T, Berghaus T. Stellenwert der bronchoalveolären Lavage in der Diagnostik amiodaroninduzierter Lungenveränderungen. Pneumologie 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1251179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lipoid pneumonia, first described by Laughlen 1925 may be classified as endogenous or exogenous. The endogenous form is seen when fat is deposited into the lung tissue. It is usually associated with proximal obstructive lesions, necrotic tissue after radio- or chemotherapy, with lipid storage disease or hyperlipidemia . Exogenous lipoid pneumonia results from inhaling or aspirating animal, vegetable or mineral oil. There are usually some underlying neurological defects or esophageal abnormalities. Patients may present with cough, sputum, hemoptysis and chest pain or may be asymptomatic. There is no classic chest film appearance: it may appear as diffuse airspace infiltration or localized consolidation simulating tumour. Computed tomography is diagnostically helpful and shows hypodense areas measuring from -100 to - 30 Hounsfield units. Bronchoscopic biopsies are mandatory for histological confirmation of the diagnosis. Treatment of exogenous lipoid pneumonia has always been conservative by discontinuing the use of oil, correction of underlying defects that may favor aspiration and treatment of intercurrent pneumonia. Other measures, for example corticosteroid therapy, are of uncertain benefit. Complications of lipoid pneumonia that worsen prognosis are recurrent bacterial pneumonias including nontuberculous mycobacteria or aspergillus, or lung cancer that has developed in areas of pre-existing exogenous lipoid pneumonia.
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- M Schwaiblmair
- Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Augsburg, Stenglinstrasse 2, 86156 Augsburg.
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Berghaus T, Faul C, Schwaiblmair M. Erfolgreiche Therapie einer hypoxämiegetriggerten Sinusbradykardie bei schwerem obstruktiven Schlaf-Apnoe-Syndrom mittels n-CPAP-Therapie. Pneumologie 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Schwaiblmair M, Berghaus T, Faul C, Lampl L, Schulze R, Arnholdt H. Trefferquote transbronchialer Lungenbiopsien bei solitären peripheren Lungenherden. Pneumologie 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1213870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Berghaus T, Faul C, Schwaiblmair M. Stellenwert von Spiroergometrie und Stress-Echokardiographie in der Diagnosestellung der pulmonal-arteriellen Hypertonie – ein schwierig zu diagnostizierender Fall. Pneumologie 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1074405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Berghaus T, Faul C, Kuprat G, Häckel T, Striebel M, Leipprand E, Arnholdt H, Schwaiblmair M. Hämangioperizytom der Pleura – eine seltene Ursache eines chronischen Pleuraergusses. Pneumologie 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Neurohr C, Huppmann P, Leuchte H, Schwaiblmair M, Bittmann I, Jaeger G, Hatz R, Frey L, Uberfuhr P, Reichart B, Behr J. Human herpesvirus 6 in bronchalveolar lavage fluid after lung transplantation: a risk factor for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome? Am J Transplant 2005; 5:2982-91. [PMID: 16303014 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01103.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is the limiting factor to long-term survival after lung transplantation. Previous studies suggested respiratory viral tract infections are associated with the development of BOS. To identify the impact of virus detection in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, we analyzed BAL samples from 87 consecutive lung transplant recipients for human herpesvirus (HHV)-6, Epstein-Barr virus, Herpes simplex virus 1/2, Cytomegalovirus, respiratory syncytical virus and adenovirus by PCR. Acute rejection, BOS and death were recorded for a mean follow-up time of 3.27 +/- 0.47 years. Results of PCR analysis and other potential risk factors were entered into a Cox regression analysis of BOS predictors and death. Only acute rejection was a distinct risk factor for BOS of all stages, death and death from BOS. HHV-6 was detected in 20 patients. Univariate and multivariate analysis revealed that HHV-6 was associated with an increased risk to develop BOS > orb = stage 1 and death, separate from the risk attributable to acute rejection. Identification of HHV-6 DNA in BAL fluid is a potential risk factor for BOS. Our results warrant further studies to elucidate a possible causal link between HHV-6 and BOS.
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- C Neurohr
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Elssner A, Jaumann F, Wolf WP, Schwaiblmair M, Behr J, Fürst H, Reichenspurner H, Briegel J, Niedermeyer J, Vogelmeier C. Bronchial epithelial cell B7-1 and B7-2 mRNA expression after lung transplantation: a role in allograft rejection? Eur Respir J 2002; 20:165-9. [PMID: 12166565 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00268102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Obliterative bronchiolitis is commonly interpreted as chronic rejection and involves the bronchial and bronchiolar epithelium. Upregulation of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II on bronchial epithelial cells (BEC) had been hypothesised to be an important trigger of a bronchus directed rejection response. More recently, the additional expression of the costimulatory molecules B7-1 (CD80) and B7-2 (CD86) on antigen presenting cells were found to play an important role in the activation of T-lymphocytes in transplant rejection. The role of the expression of these molecules by BEC is unclear. BEC obtained by bronchial brushing and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) cells from lung transplant recipients were studied and evaluated for messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression of B7-1 and B7-2 by semi-quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Significantly elevated B7-1/glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA ratios were found in BEC from patients examined during the first 3 months after lung transplantation. Interestingly, in a small group of patients with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome the B7-1/GAPDH and B7-2/GAPDH ratios were significantly elevated for BEC, whereas no differences were found for the BALF cells. In summary, B7 messenger ribonucleic acid expression by bronchial epithelial cells may play a role in (chronic) lung allograft rejection.
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- A Elssner
- Section for Pulmonary Diseases, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany.
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Koglin J, Pehlivanli S, Schwaiblmair M, Vogeser M, Cremer P, vonScheidt W. Role of brain natriuretic peptide in risk stratification of patients with congestive heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38:1934-41. [PMID: 11738297 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01672-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Using a prospective study design, we assessed the value of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) to identify patients with heart failure who have an increased risk of deterioration of their functional status. Furthermore, we examined the relationship between BNP and various clinical characteristics incorporated into an established survival model used for risk stratification. BACKGROUND Prediction of the clinical course is a crucial part of the decision-making process about the adequate treatment strategy for patients with advanced congestive heart failure (CHF). Although laborious, multivariable indexes have been established for risk stratification, simple plasma BNP measurements may be as useful as prognostic indicators. METHODS In 78 patients referred to our heart failure clinic, plasma BNP levels were compared with the results of a multivariable prognostic model. To assess the prognostic power of BNP, the clinical course of this cohort was monitored for a median follow-up period of 398 days. RESULTS At study entry, plasma BNP and the heart failure survival score (HFSS) showed a significant correlation (r = -0.706). During follow-up, Kaplan-Meier estimates of freedom from clinical events differed significantly for patients above and below the 75th percentile concentrations of plasma BNP (p < 0.0001). Changes in plasma BNP were significantly related to changes in limitations of physical activity, as demonstrated by logistic regression analysis (chi-square statistic = 24.9, p < 0.0001). Proportional hazards analysis confirmed BNP as a powerful predictor of functional status deterioration (p < 0.0001). This prognostic information was as powerful as that derived from the multivariable HFSS. CONCLUSIONS Measurement of plasma BNP concentrations might provide a useful and cost-effective screening tool that helps reduce the need and frequency for more expensive cardiac tests.
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- J Koglin
- Medizinische Klinik I, Universitätsklinikum Grosshadern, Munich, Germany.
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Boekstegers P, Steinbigler P, Molnar A, Schwaiblmair M, Becker A, Knez A, Haberl R, Steinbeck G. Pressure-guided nonsurgical myocardial reduction induced by small septal infarctions in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38:846-53. [PMID: 11527644 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01412-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the safety and efficacy of pressure-guided nonsurgical myocardial reduction (NSMR) with the induction of small septal infarctions in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). BACKGROUND Nonsurgical myocardial reduction has been shown to decrease left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction and to improve symptoms in patients with HOCM. Infarct sizes differ considerably among studies published so far. METHODS In 50 patients, the LVOT gradient was invasively determined at the time of the intervention, four to six months (n = 49) and 12 to 18 months (n = 25) after NSMR. New York Heart Association functional class and quality of life were assessed by using a standard questionnaire. Exercise capacity was tested by spiro-ergometry. Left ventricular (LV) mass was determined by electron beam computed tomography. RESULTS Small septal infarctions (mean creatine kinase value 413 +/- 193 U/l) resulted in a sustained decrease in LVOT gradients, from 80 +/- 33 to 18 +/- 17 mm Hg after four to six months (p < 0.001, n = 49) and to 17 +/- 15 mm Hg (p < 0.001, n = 25) after 12 to 18 months. Nonsurgical myocardial reduction was followed by a decrease in LV hypertrophy, which was associated with a sustained increase in exercise capacity, as well as improvement in quality of life. CONCLUSIONS Pressure-guided NSMR inducing small septal infarctions was sufficient to result in a sustained decrease in LVOT obstruction and to improve symptoms. The incidence of complications, such as complete heart block with necessary permanent pacemaker implantation (<10%), seems to be diminished by minimizing the infarct size.
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- P Boekstegers
- Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
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Bittmann I, Dose T, Baretton GB, Müller C, Schwaiblmair M, Kur F, Löhrs U. Cellular chimerism of the lung after transplantation. An interphase cytogenetic study. Am J Clin Pathol 2001; 115:525-33. [PMID: 11293900 DOI: 10.1309/gafn-5mpa-ly8e-dtpq] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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The present study evaluated the origin of endothelial and epithelial cells, as well as of lymphocytes and macrophages, after lung transplantation. Biopsy specimens from patients who underwent lung and heart-lung transplantation and received organs of sex-mismatched donors were studied by means of nonisotopic in situ hybridization with DNA probes of the X and Y chromosome. By means of monoclonal antibodies against leukocytes, T and B lymphocytes, and macrophages, the various infiltrating cell types were analyzed. In all allografted lungs, the endothelial cells and bronchial and alveolar epithelium retained the donor sex type. The lymphocytes of the donor were almost completely replaced by recipient cells 1 month after transplantation. Low numbers of alveolar macrophages of the donor were present during the entire period under study. Low numbers of donor lymphocytes and high numbers of donor alveolar macrophages in the allografted lung seem to be correlated with a worse clinical course.
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- I Bittmann
- Institute of Pathology, University of Munich, Thalkirchner Str 36, 80337 Munich, Germany
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Koglin J, Pehlivanli S, Schwaiblmair M, Vogeser M, Cremer P, Von Scheidt W. Clinical value of brain natriuretic peptide for candidate selection before cardiac transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2001; 20:164. [PMID: 11250248 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-2498(00)00298-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- J Koglin
- Universitaetsklinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Elssner A, Jaumann F, Dobmann S, Behr J, Schwaiblmair M, Reichenspurner H, Fürst H, Briegel J, Vogelmeier C. Elevated levels of interleukin-8 and transforming growth factor-beta in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: proinflammatory role of bronchial epithelial cells. Munich Lung Transplant Group. Transplantation 2000; 70:362-7. [PMID: 10933164 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200007270-00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Obliterative bronchiolitis (OB), the most important long-term complication after lung transplantation, is thought to be a manifestation of chronic rejection within the airways, with the hallmarks inflammation and fibroproliferation. METHODS To characterize the inflammatory process in the context of OB we quantified tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin (IL)-8, IL-10, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta on the protein and mRNA level in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples obtained from patients with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and without BOS. In addition, bronchial cells sampled by bronchial brushing were analyzed for mRNA expression. RESULTS In respiratory epithelial lining fluid (ELF) from BOS patients the protein levels of IL-8 (52.4+/-22.2 vs. 4.4+/-0.9 pg/ml ELF, P<0.005) and TGF-beta (5.6+/-1.9 vs. 0.9+/-0.2 ng/ml ELF, P<0.005) were significantly elevated. In addition, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cells of BOS patients showed increased expression of TGF-beta (1.13+/-0.44 vs. 0.45+/-0.16, optical density [O.D.]/O.D. glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [GAPDH], P=0.11) and IL-8 (0.25+/-0.13 vs. 0.09+/-0.03 O.D/O.D. GAPDH, P=0.53) without the differences reaching statistical significance. In contrast, IL-8 mRNA expression of bronchial cells was significantly higher in the BOS group (0.85+/-0.40 vs. 0.22+/-0.10 O.D./O.D. GAPDH, P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS We assume that IL-8 and TGF-beta may act as key mediators for airway inflammation and fibroproliferation in the pathogenesis of OB, with bronchial epithelial cells serving as a relevant source of IL-8.
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- A Elssner
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany.
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Löffler R, Müller CJ, Peller M, Penzkofer H, Deimling M, Schwaiblmair M, Scheidler J, Reiser M. Optimization and evaluation of the signal intensity change in multisection oxygen-enhanced MR lung imaging. Magn Reson Med 2000; 43:860-6. [PMID: 10861881 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2594(200006)43:6<860::aid-mrm12>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The behavior of the signal intensity in MRI of human lungs was investigated during inhalation of pure oxygen. Nine volunteers were examined, five using a breath-hold and four using a non-breath-hold technique. Four coronal slices were acquired in each volunteer using an inversion recovery turbo spin-echo sequence. The inversion time of the sequence was optimized for maximum contrast. Breathing of pure oxygen and room air was alternated in the volunteers. Breath-hold and non-breath-hold cases were compared. Breathing pure oxygen lead to a statistically significant signal intensity increase (up to 18%) compared to breathing room air. In addition, T(1) maps were acquired during breathing 100% oxygen and room air. Inhalation of pure oxygen reduced the mean T(1) time of the lungs from 1280 (+/-85) msec to 1224 (+/-139) msec without breath-hold and from 1219 (+/-176) to 1074 (+/-92) msec with breath-hold. Therefore, an optimized sequence and measurement protocol provided significant signal intensity changes utilizing 100% oxygen. Magn Reson Med 43:860-866, 2000.
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- R Löffler
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Behr J, Maier K, Braun B, Schwaiblmair M, Vogelmeier C. Evidence for oxidative stress in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung and heart-lung transplantation. The Munich Lung Transplant Group. Transplantation 2000; 69:1856-60. [PMID: 10830222 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200005150-00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is the most serious long-term sequel of lung or heart-lung transplantation (H/LTX). Neutrophilia in the lower respiratory tract is a prominent feature of BOS. Because polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) are capable of releasing large quantities of reactive oxygen species, we measured indicators of oxidative stress and glutathione levels representing antioxidant defense in H/LTX patients (HLTX, n=6; double-LTX, n=7; single-LTX, n=9). We analyzed 19 bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples from 13 non-BOS patients (nine female, four male: age 39+/-4 years) and 17 BAL samples from nine BOS patients (five female, four male: age 33+/-2 years). PMN were the predominant BAL cell population in BOS (61.7+/-7.8% vs. 12.3+/-3.4%, P<0.001). Myeloperoxidase activity in the epithelial lining fluid and oxidized methionine residues in BAL-derived proteins were elevated in BOS (8.6+/-1.6 U/ml vs. 2.2+/-0.6 U/ml, P<0.01; and 12.6+/-1.1% vs. 7.7+/-0.8%, P<0.001, respectively). In addition, the concentration of reduced glutathione in epithelial lining fluid was decreased in BOS (162.6+/-20.1 microM vs. 345.8+/-57.1 microM, P<0.01), whereas the proportion of oxidized glutathione was increased (13.9+/-2.0O% vs. 6.7+/-1.2%, P<0.001). PMN, myeloperoxidase, and oxidized methionine residues were inversely correlated, whereas reduced glutathione was positively correlated with forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (P<0.05 to P<0.001). We conclude that excessive oxidative stress and a lack of glutathione are associated with BOS after H/LTX and may play relevant roles in the development of this disorder.
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- J Behr
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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Uberfuhr P, Ziegler S, Schwaiblmair M, Reichart B, Schwaiger M. Incomplete sympathic reinnervation of the orthotopically transplanted human heart: observation up to 13 years after heart transplantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000; 17:161-8. [PMID: 10731652 DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00367-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Heart transplantation (HTx) is associated with autonomic denervation of the donor heart. Sympathetic reinnervation (RI) as defined by the presence of functional nerve terminals occurs only if sympathetic ganglia outside the heart are connected with nerve terminals in the transplanted heart. The purpose of this study was to define the incidence and functional consequences of RI over time after HTx. The activity and distribution of norepinephrine (NE) uptake sites were assessed by positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Symptom limited exercise testing was performed by bicycle-ergometer. METHODS Forty-seven patients (m:f=42:5, 47.6+/-8. 2 years, age range 27-65 years) were investigated between 2 months and 13.6 years after HTx using PET and the NE analogue C-11-hydroxyephedrine (HED). Tracer uptake was quantified using dynamic imaging protocols yielding regional HED retention fraction. A regional value above 7%/min (+/-2.5 SD above the mean value of denervated hearts) was considered evidence for RI. The functional significance of RI was investigated in 34 patients (m:f=30:4, 49. 3+/-8.4 age range 27-62 years) by symptom limited exercise testing. Cardiac catheterization was performed at the time of PET imaging. RESULTS RI could not be assessed in the first year after HTx, in 11% in the second year and in 80% of the patients from the third year on. Retention values plateaued then. In all time intervals, beyond the third year, not reinnervated patients were found. RI remained incomplete and was always restricted to the anterior wall of the left ventricle. Extent of retention of the left ventricle revealed a large individual range up to 66%, averaging of 20%. Recipient age at the time of HTx, reinnervated patients were 5.5 years younger than not reinnervated ones, proved as the only significant influencing factor for RI (P<0.05). Dividing patients into scintigraphically reinnervated (n=20) and not reinnervated (n=14), reinnervated patients displayed during exercise a higher maximal heart rate (137+/-14 vs. 123+/-20/min, P<0.05), heart rate increase (40+/-15 vs. 28+/-13/min, P<0.05), max. oxygen consumption (1674+/-424 vs. 1279+/-308 ml/min, P<0.01) and anaerobic threshold (887+/-170 vs. 717+/-183 mlO(2)/min, P<0.01) than not reinnervated ones. A correlation between transplant vasculopathy and RI could not be demonstrated. CONCLUSION ++: RI assessed by PET and the NE analogue HED is time dependent, incomplete, displays a typical pattern and demonstrates a broad individual spread. Furthermore, RI enhances functional parameters of exercise testing.
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- P Uberfuhr
- Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Grosshadern Medical Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Hirsch J, Elssner A, Mazur G, Maier KL, Bittmann I, Behr J, Schwaiblmair M, Reichenspurner H, Fürst H, Briegel J, Vogelmeier C. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after (heart-)lung transplantation. Impaired antiprotease defense and increased oxidant activity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 160:1640-6. [PMID: 10556134 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.5.9902012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Increased numbers of neutrophils are a common finding in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples obtained from patients after (heart-)lung transplantation [(H)LTX]. Since proteases and reactive oxygen species secreted by neutrophils are capable of causing substantial damage to the lung tissue if not counterbalanced by the antiprotease and antioxidant screen, we hypothesized that neutrophil products may play a role in the development of obliterative bronchiolitis (OB). A total of 72 BALF samples obtained from 33 patients after (H)LTX were evaluated. Sixteen of these patients were suffering from bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) at the time of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). As a control, BALF samples from 17 healthy volunteers were analyzed. Anti-neutrophil elastase (NE) activity was quantified by a titration assay. Concentrations of alpha(1)-protease inhibitor (API), secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), NE-API complex, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) were measured by ELISA. Oxidized methionine [Met(O)] was quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Epithelial lining fluid (ELF) from patients suffering from BOS showed significantly increased neutrophil counts, significantly elevated concentrations of NE-API complex and Met(O), and a significant decrease in the concentration of SLPI. Furthermore, a trend toward an increased NE activity and MPO concentration was observed. These findings suggest that neutrophils may be involved in the development of BOS.
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- J Hirsch
- Division for Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine I, Institute for Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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Schwaiblmair M, von Scheidt W, Uberfuhr P, Ziegler S, Schwaiger M, Reichart B, Vogelmeier C. Functional significance of cardiac reinnervation in heart transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 1999; 18:838-45. [PMID: 10528745 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-2498(99)00048-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is accumulating evidence of structural sympathetic reinnervation after human cardiac transplantation. However, the functional significance of reinnervation in terms of exercise capacity has not been established as yet; we therefore investigated the influence of reinnervation on cardiopulmonary exercise testing. METHODS After orthotopic heart transplantation 35 patients (mean age, 49.1 +/- 8.4 years) underwent positron emission tomography with scintigraphically measured uptake of C11-hydroxyephedrine (HED), lung function testing, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Two groups were defined based on scintigraphic findings, indicating a denervated group (n = 15) with a HED uptake of 5.45%/min and a reinnervated group (n = 20) with a HED uptake of 10.59%/min. RESULTS The two study groups did not show significant differences with regard to anthropometric data, number of rejection episodes, preoperative hemodynamics, and postoperative lung function data. The reinnervated group had a significant longer time interval from transplantation (1625 +/- 1069 versus 800 +/- 1316 days, p < .05). In transplant recipients with reinnervation, heart rate at maximum exercise (137 +/- 15 versus 120 +/- 20 beats/min, p = .012), peak oxygen uptake (21.0 +/- 4 versus 16.1 +/- 5 mL/min/kg, p = .006), peak oxygen pulse (12.4 +/- 2.9 versus 10.2 +/- 2.7 mL/min/beat, p = .031), and anaerobic threshold (11.2 +/- 1.8 versus 9.5 +/- 2.1 mL/min, p = .046) were significantly increased in comparison to denervated transplant recipients. Additionally, a decreased functional dead space ventilation (0.24 +/- 0.05 versus 0.30 +/- 0.05, p = .004) was observed in the reinnervated group. CONCLUSIONS Our study results support the hypothesis that partial sympathetic reinnervation after cardiac transplantation is of functional significance. Sympathetic reinnervation enables an increased peak oxygen uptake. This is most probably due to partial restoration of the chronotropic and inotropic competence of the heart as well as an improved oxygen delivery to the exercising muscles and a reduced ventilation-perfusion mismatching.
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- M Schwaiblmair
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany.
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Schwaiblmair M, von Scheidt W, Uberfuhr P, Reichart B, Vogelmeier C. Lung function and cardiopulmonary exercise performance after heart transplantation: influence of cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Chest 1999; 116:332-9. [PMID: 10453859 DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.2.332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVE The reduced exercise capacity observed in most patients after heart transplantation may be due to treatment with immunosuppressive drugs, deconditioning, cardiac denervation, and graft rejection. Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is presently the major factor limiting long-term survival after transplantation. Little information is available with regard to the relationship between CAV and functional impairment in these patients. DESIGN Prospective. SETTING A university hospital and a large transplant center. PATIENTS About 37+/-5 months (range, 2 to 137 months) after orthotopic heart transplantation, 120 patients underwent lung function testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and right and left heart catheterization. Significant CAV was defined as a stenosis > or =70% or severe diffuse obliteration in any of the three main vessels. Group I (n = 28) had a significant CAV; group II (n = 92), without a remarkable CAV, was the control group. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Overall, the maximum heart rate was 86+/-2% of what was predicted, and the peak oxygen consumption was 18.8+/-0.7 mL/kg/min (64% of that predicted). Groups I and II did not show significant differences with regard to anthropometric data, hemodynamic measurements, or number of rejection episodes. Group I exhibited significant differences in maximum heart rate (120+/-5 vs. 134+/-3 beats/min; p<0.01), work capacity (47+/-5% vs. 59+/-3%; p<0.05), peak oxygen uptake (16+/-1 vs. 20+/-1 mL/min/kg; p<0.01), and functional dead space ventilation (31+/-2 vs. 26+/-1; p<0.01). Pretransplant status, etiology of heart failure, ischemic time, and the number of rejection episodes did not correlate with any exercise parameter. CONCLUSIONS Following heart transplantation, patients with significant CAV show a diminished exercise capacity, a reduced oxygen uptake, and a ventilation-perfusion mismatch. Thus, CAV may be a major factor limiting exercise capacity in heart-transplant patients.
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Reichenspurner H, Kur F, Treede H, Meiser BM, Deutsch O, Welz A, Vogelmeier C, Schwaiblmair M, Müller C, Fürst H, Briegel J, Reichart B. Optimization of the immunosuppressive protocol after lung transplantation. Transplantation 1999; 68:67-71. [PMID: 10428269 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199907150-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The successful use of tacrolimus (Tac)-based immunosuppressive therapy in organ transplantation and our own positive experience in heart transplantation led us to investigate regimens including this agent at our center for lung transplantation. METHODS From 1991 to 1998, 86 patients underwent lung transplants at our center and 78 of them were included in this analysis. The first 34 patients were treated with cyclosporin (CsA), azathioprine (Aza), and rabbit antilymphocyte globulin; the subsequent 30 patients received Tac with Aza, and the most recent 12 patients Tac with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). In addition, all patients received prednisone. RESULTS The number of acute rejection episodes per 100 patient days was 1.5, 0.6, and 0.3 for three treatment groups, respectively. Similarly, the incidence of refractory acute rejection per 100 patient days was lower in both Tac groups (0.20, 0.03, and 0, respectively). Freedom from acute rejection was highest in the Tac-MMF group (P=0.0037 vs. Tac/Aza, P=0.0007 vs. CsA/Aza). Freedom from recurrent acute rejection was significantly higher in both Tac groups (P=0.027 Tac/ Aza vs. CsA/Aza and P=0.025 Tac/MMF vs. CsA/Aza). The incidence of infections per 100 patient days was similar (0.8, 0.5, and 0.8) in all three treatment groups, with a similar distribution of fungal, bacterial, and viral infections. Freedom from infection also showed no difference. The survival rate was significantly higher for the Tac population, with actuarial 1- and 3-year survival rates of 93% and 71%, compared with the CsA group (71% and 51%, respectively, P=0.04). Prevalence of renal dysfunction (creatinine >2.0 mg/ dL) was 18%, 13%, and 0% in the 3 treatment groups, respectively. The development of glucose metabolism disorders was lower in the CsA group than in the Tac-Aza group (15% vs. 27%, P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Tac-based immunosuppressive therapy results in a lower rate of acute rejection after pulmonary transplantation, with similar infection rates and a slightly higher incidence of new onset diabetes mellitus compared with CsA-based therapy.
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- H Reichenspurner
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
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Schwaiblmair M, Reichenspurner H, Müller C, Briegel J, Fürst H, Groh J, Reichart B, Vogelmeier C. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing before and after lung and heart-lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 159:1277-83. [PMID: 10194177 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.4.9805113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Heart-lung (HLT) and lung transplantation (LT) have been shown to be effective procedures for patients with end-stage cardiopulmonary disorders. As yet, few data exist on the exercise performance of patients before and after thoracic transplantation except with regard to 6-min walk tests. In this article we report cardiopulmonary exercise test results of lung and heart-lung transplant recipients in comparison with their pretransplant values. We studied 103 consecutive recipients of single-lung (n = 46), bilateral lung (n = 32), and heart-lung (n = 25) transplants. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing with a cycle ergometer was performed before and shortly after surgery. Before transplantation, all patients showed severe exercise intolerance and markedly impaired parameters reflecting cardiopulmonary function (e.g., work capacity: 20 +/- 11% predicted; oxygen uptake: 34 +/- 12% predicted; oxygen pulse: 50 +/- 18% predicted; functional dead space ventilation: 57 +/- 10% of minute ventilation; alveolar-arterial oxygen difference during exercise: 79 +/- 15 mm Hg). At 55 +/- 9 d after transplantation, transplant recipients reached maximum oxygen uptakes in the range of 22 to 71% of predicted values; the peak oxygen uptake was increased after transplantation (13.1 +/- 3.4 ml/min/kg versus 10.4 +/- 3.8 ml/min/kg; p < 0.001). Work capacity, oxygen pulse, tidal volume, and peak minute ventilation did not differ in patients following single- or double-lung tranplantation or HLT. Ventilatory factors did not appear to limit exercise capacity in any group. Despite the persistent limitations in aerobic capacity and work rate seen in many of the recipients, cardiopulmonary performance is reasonably well restored shortly after LT and HLT.
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- M Schwaiblmair
- Departments of Internal Medicine, Heart Surgery, and Surgery, and Institute for Anaesthesiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany. The Munich Lung Transplant Group.
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Trautnitz M, Pehlivanli S, Behr J, Schwaiblmair M, Überfuhr P, Meiser B, von Scheidt W. Pharmakologische Testung der Reversibilität eines erhöhten Lungengefäßwiderstandes vor Herztransplantation mit Prostaglandin I2 (Prostacyclin). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/pl00007358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Trautnitz M, Pehlivanli S, Behr J, Schwaiblmair M, Uberfuhr P, Meiser B, von Scheidt W. [Pharmacological testing of the reversibility of increased pulmonary vascular resistance before heart transplantation with prostaglandin I2 (prostacyclin)]. Z Kardiol 1999; 88:133-40. [PMID: 10209834 DOI: 10.1007/s003920050269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) or an increased transpulmonary gradient (TPG) is a risk factor for increased 3-day and 3-month mortality after heart transplantation (HTx). The reversibility of increased PVR or TPG under pharmacologic testing is supposed to indicate a decreased probability of right ventricular failure/death after transplantation. We tested the response of an increased PVR (> 2.5 Wood units, WU) and/or of an increased TPG (> 15 mm Hg) in 29 right heart catheterizations (thermodilution catheter) of 23 patients (54 +/- 8 years, mean NYHA-class 3.1 +/- 0.6, ischemic n = 8, dilated cardiomyopathy n = 15). Increasing doses of prostaglandin I2 (PGI2, mean maximum dose 13.5 +/- 6.4 ng/kg/min) were applied stepwise over at least 10 min at the maximum dose level. We analyzed any dependence of the reversibility of PVR and TPG under prostaglandin I2 on hemodynamic values, echocardiographic parameters, demographic data, and laboratory findings. A decrease of PVR to a range usually accepted as no contraindication for HTx (< or = 4 WU) was found in each patient without symptomatic systemic hypotension during application of PGI2 (baseline value: 4.7 +/- 1.3 WU, during PGI2: 2.3 +/- 0.6 WU). An unresponsive, fixed increased PVR or TPG was not observed using PGI2. In 62% of investigations, both PVR and TPG decreased below 2.5 WU and 15 mmHg, respectively. The extent of reversibility of PVR and TPG was individually different and did not depend on the mean pulmonary artery pressure, mean capillary wedge pressure, cardiac output, mean systemic artery pressure or echocardiographic parameters (EDD, FS, ES-distance), sodium, urea or bilirubin levels, medication, age of the patients or the duration of the disease. The baseline PVR correlated inversely with its percentile value during PGI2 (r = -0.76, p < 0.05). In advanced heart failure, PGI2 decreases PVR in ranges of lower risk concerning orthotopic HTx, without causing an intolerable systemic hypotension. The individual extent of reversibility of PVR and TPG under PGI2 is not influenced by basic hemodynamic parameters or the patient's demographic profile.
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- M Trautnitz
- Med. Klinik und Poliklinik I Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Klinikum Grosshadern, München
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Schwaiblmair M, Beinert T, Seemann M, Behr J, Reiser M, Vogelmeier C. Relations between cardiopulmonary exercise testing and quantitative high-resolution computed tomography associated in patients with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. Eur J Med Res 1998; 3:527-32. [PMID: 9810033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) can be used to diagnose and quantify emphysema noninvasively, as significant correlations have been found between the histological grade on resected lung specimens and quantified (q) computed tomography (CT). In this study, we performed thin section qHRCT in patients with severe hereditary alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency. AAT deficiency is the most common genetic cause of emphysema in adults, and exercise intolerance is the most disabling, distressing consequence of emphysema for the majority of patients. qHRCT was used to quantify precisely the alterations in the lung parenchyma due to pulmonary emphysema. Up until now, the important relationship between the severity of emphysema and the reduced exercise capacity has received little attention. Therefore the purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between emphysema as displayed by qHRCT and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) in patients with severe cardiopulmonary impairment. - qHRCT was performed in 21 patients with homozygous AAT deficiency. CT scans were obtained at three spirometrically standardized levels at the carina and (5 cm above and below the carina). The mean lung density at 50% of vital capacity and a quantitative histogram analysis of the frequencies of CT values were determined. All patients underwent symptom-limited CPX to analyse simultaneously cardiovascular and ventilatory systems responses. - In all patients, qualitative CT assessment demonstrated panlobular emphysema with large and extensive areas of uniform low attenuation, characteristically with a lower-lobe distribution. Mean CT density values of the patients (-845 +/- 6.9 (mean +/- SEM)) were significantly correlated with work capacity (r = 0.55, p <0.01), oxygen-pulse (r = 0.54, p <0.01) and functional dead space ventilation (r = -0.54, p <0.01). Moreover, severe emphysema index (CT values below a threshold value of 950 HU) correlated positively with functional dead space ventilation (r = 0.60, p <0.01) and alveolar-arterial oxygen difference (r = 0.70, p <0.001). - These results clearly demonstrate that CPX parameters, indicating a disturbed pulmonary gas exchange and a ventilation-perfusion-mismatch during exercise, are significantly related to the extent of lung emphysema.
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- M Schwaiblmair
- Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany.
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Schoepf UJ, Seemann M, Schuhmann D, Brüning RD, Becker C, Schwaiblmair M, Müller C, Knez A, Haubner M, Krapichler C, Gebicke K, Vogelmeier C, Haberl R, Englmeier KH, Reiser MF. [Virtual and three-dimensional bronchoscopy with spiral and electron beam computed tomography]. Radiologe 1998; 38:816-23. [PMID: 9830661 DOI: 10.1007/s001170050429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare spiral computed tomography (CT) and electron-beam CT (EBT) for 3D and virtual CT-bronchoscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS 17 patients with various disorders of the tracheobronchial system were examined using fiberoptic bronchoscopy, spiral CT and EBT. 3D images were reconstructed from CT data sets using automated segmentation based on volume-growing methods. Surface-rendered, volume-rendered, and hybrid reconstructions were visualized in real time using a data helmet. RESULTS All data sets could be processed to high-quality three-dimensional (3D) and virtual reconstructions. The reduction of motion artifacts due to shorter scan times made EBT data sets better suited for automated segmentation and less susceptible to motion artifacts. 3D and virtual reconstructions did not increase the diagnostic sensitivity of CT compared to axial reconstructions alone. CONCLUSIONS Shorter scan times of CT imaging yield higher-quality 3D and virtual reconstructions. Modern reconstruction techniques are valuable visualization tools for select indications and are the prerequisite for future developments in computer-aided medicine.
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- U J Schoepf
- Institut für Radiologische Diagnostik, Klinikum Grosshadern, LMU München
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Alpha 1-Antitrypsin (alpha 1AT) deficiency is the most common genetic cause of liver disease in children and emphysema in adults. Therapy for pulmonary disease attributable to alpha 1AT deficiency includes alpha 1AT augmentation therapy along with supportive measures. The alpha 1AT preparation that is currently used for therapy is derived from fractionated plasma. The results of clinical trials suggest that augmentation therapy with alpha 1AT slows the progression of emphysema and causes few adverse events. Patients with plasma levels of alpha 1AT that are < 11 mumol/L and who have airway obstruction should be considered for augmentation therapy. Novel approaches include the administration of aerosolised alpha 1AT, recombinant alpha 1AT, gene therapy and synthetic elastase inhibitors.
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- M Schwaiblmair
- Department of Internal Medicine, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany
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Schwaiblmair M, Vogelmeier C, Fruhmann G. Occupational asthma in hairdressers: results of inhalation tests with bleaching powder. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1998; 70:419-23. [PMID: 9439990 DOI: 10.1007/s004200050239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE To analyze the extent to which the clinical diagnosis of bleach-induced asthma can be confirmed by laboratory tests and to determine the role of work-related exposure to bleaching powder in a group of hairdressers with respiratory complaints. METHODS The study population consisted of 55 female hairdressers who had regular contact with various hair products and a clinical history of job-related rhinitic and/or asthmatic symptoms. We divided the individuals into two groups: group I, with asthmatic symptoms (n = 38), and group II, without asthmatic symptoms (control group, n = 17). All subjects underwent immunological, pulmonary-function, and nonspecific bronchial provocation tests, and 46 study participants were subjected to a standardized bleaching-powder test in a designated chamber. RESULTS There were 13 positive responses to bleaching powder in the skin test, and 32 individuals showed positive bronchial responsiveness to acetylcholine; positive responses to the challenge with bleaching powder occurred in 9 women (22% of those tested). None of the women in group II reacted to bleaching powder. There was no significant difference between persons with a positive or a negative bronchial provocation test with regard to the evaluated parameters. CONCLUSIONS In the diagnostic workup of hairdressers with work-related respiratory symptoms, bleaching powder is one of the products that need to be tested. As not every patient with an asthmatic response to bleaching powder shows a positive response to the acetylcholine challenge test, in doubtful cases a specific exposure test may be recommendable.
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- M Schwaiblmair
- Abteilung für Pneumologie, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany
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In patients experiencing an acute episode of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), the alveoli and interstitium show a marked inflammation. The effects of this infiltration with effector cells on gas exchange and the cardiopulmonary system are not well characterized, and there are no data regarding cardiopulmonary exercise testing during hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The aim of this study was to gain new insights into the pathophysiology of acute farmer's lung using cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing was performed in patients who had farmer's lung (n=21) before and 4 h after a standardized exposure with mouldy hay. Farmers who were asymptomatic for this condition (n=15) served as controls. At baseline, patients who had farmer's lung had a decreased breathing reserve and a greater alveolar to arterial oxygen difference. Following exposure, all of these patients developed hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Compared to the asymptomatic farmers, they showed an increase of alveolar to arterial oxygen difference and functional dead space ventilation during exercise and a reduction of the breathing reserve. In addition, 40% of the asymptomatic farmers demonstrated a pathological increase of the alveolar to arterial oxygen difference during exercise following exposure. In conclusion, our data signify that acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis induces significant changes in pulmonary gas exchange during exercise. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing may help to identify individuals with possible subclinical farmer's lung disease.
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- M Schwaiblmair
- Dept of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany
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- M Schwaiblmair
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Schwaiblmair M, Vogelmeier C, Fruhmann G. Long-term augmentation therapy in twenty patients with severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency--three-year follow-up. Respiration 1997; 64:10-5. [PMID: 9044469 DOI: 10.1159/000196636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The purpose of this uncontrolled, prospective study was to evaluate the influence of long-term augmentation therapy with plasma-derived alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) on lung function parameters in patients with severe emphysema caused by AAT deficiency. Twenty patients (mean age 48 years) received AAT infusions once weekly for up to 36 months. No adverse effects were observed. At the beginning of the study, mean (+/- SEM) FEV1 was 1.35 +/- 0.12 liters and mean TLCO was 54 +/- 4% of predicted. After 36 months of treatment, mean FEV1 was 1.25 +/- 0.12 liters (p = n.s) and the TLCO was 52 +/- 4% predicted (p = n.s). Similar values were obtained before and after therapy for FVC (2.79 +/- 0.23 vs. 2.82 +/- 0.21 liters), MEF50 (0.72 +/- 0.09 vs. 0.68 +/- 0.08 liters/s), RV (4.60 +/0 0.44 vs 4.45 +/- 0.311) and TLC (7.72 +/- 0.49 vs. 7.38 +/- 0.42 l). The calculated annual loss of FEV1 (35.6 ml/year) was smaller than in historical untreated patients with AAT deficiency.
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- M Schwaiblmair
- Abeitilung für Pneumologie, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt, München, Deutschland
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