St. Josefs Hospital ·
Area of research
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.
Pulmonary Vein Isolation Only for Atrial Fibrillation With Heart Failure (POLAR-HF)
Pulmonary Vein Isolation or Pace and Ablate in Elderly Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (ABLATE Versus PACE)—Rationale, Methods, and Design
Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Elderly Patients ≥ 75 Years: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis With Focus on Differences Among Atrial Fibrillation Types
Angiotensin Receptor‐Neprilysin Inhibitor Is Associated With Improved Cardiac Autonomic Function in Heart Failure
Cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation in obese patients: A non-inferiority analysis
Telemedical cardiac risk assessment by implantable cardiac monitors in patients after myocardial infarction with autonomic dysfunction (SMART-MI-DZHK9): a prospective investigator-initiated, randomised, multicentre, open-label, diagnostic trial
Impact of cryoballoon application abortion due to phrenic nerve injury on reconnection rates: a YETI subgroup analysis
Phrenic Nerve Injury During Cryoballoon-Based Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Results of the Worldwide YETI Registry
Acupuncture at the auricular branch of the vagus nerve enhances heart rate variability in humans: An exploratory study
Inverse remodelling of K<sub>2P</sub>3.1 K<sup>+</sup>channel expression and action potential duration in left ventricular dysfunction and atrial fibrillation: implications for patient-specific antiarrhythmic drug therapy
Stretch-activated two-pore-domain (K2P) potassium channels in the heart: Focus on atrial fibrillation and heart failure
Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Upregulation of K <sub>2P</sub> 3.1 K <sup>+</sup> Current Causes Action Potential Shortening in Patients With Chronic Atrial Fibrillation”
Upregulation of K <sub>2P</sub> 3.1 K <sup>+</sup> Current Causes Action Potential Shortening in Patients With Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
MicroRNA-34a regulates cardiac ageing and function
The STS score is the strongest predictor of long-term survival following transcatheter aortic valve implantation, whereas access route (transapical versus transfemoral) has no predictive value beyond the periprocedural phase