PD Dr med. Lukas Altwegg

Priority areas

• Percutaneous treatment of acute coronary syndrome
• Percutaneous non-coronary interventions: especially percutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

Areas of research and interest

• Acute coronary syndrome
• Research into the mechanisms (including the role of inflammation)
• Improvement of early diagnosis
• Percutaneous treatment of aortic stenosis
• Evaluation of new catheters and prostheses
• Procedural safety (co-operation with Swiss Aviation Training)
• Research into postoperative inflammatory reactions
• Quality control of clin. Results (via national register)
  
  

• Riwanto M., Rohrer L., Roschitzki B., Besler C., Mocharla P., Mueller M., Perisa D., Heinrich K., Altwegg L., von Eckardstein A., Lüscher T.F., Landmesser U.: Altered activation of endothelial anti- and proapoptotic pathways by high-density lipoprotein from patients with coronary artery disease: role of high-density lipoprotein-proteome remodelling. Circulation. 2013; 127(8): 891-904.
• Ghadri J.R., Jaguszewski M., Sacron A., Srikantharupan S., Pfister P., Siddique A., Kaufmann P.A., Wyss C.A., Gaemperli O., Landmesser U., Altwegg L., Maier W., Corti R., Lüscher T.F., Templin C.: Current outcome of acute coronary syndromes: data from the Zurich-Acute Coronary Syndrome (Z-ACS) Registry. Cardiovascular Medicine. 2013; 16(4): 115-122.
• Stähli B.E., Tasnady H., Lüscher T.F., Gebhard C., Mikulicic F., Erhart L., Bühler I., Landmesser U., Altwegg L., Wischnewsky M.B., Grünenfelder J., Falk V., Corti R., Maier W.: Early and late mortality in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: comparison of the novel EuroScore II with established risk scores. Cardiology. 2013; 126(1): 15-23.
• Stähli B.E., Tasnadya H., Altwegg L., Bühler I., Grünenfelder J., Landmesser U., Tanner F.C., Wischnewsky M.B., Falk V., Lüscher T.F., Corti R., Maier W.: Outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a single centre registry of 350 consecutive cases. Cardiovascular Medicine. 2013; 16(9): 235-242.
• Nguyen-Kim T.D., Sahin A., Sündermann S.H., Winklehner A., Grünenfelder J., Emmert M.Y., Maier W., Altwegg L., Frauenfelder T., Falk V., Plass A.: Evaluation of calcium loss after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2014; 18(1): 67-72.