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Dirk Westermann

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Oct 2026

Endovascular versus open repair for aortoiliac occlusive disease - nationwide in-hospital outcomes by sex.

Background: Evidence comparing endovascular therapy and open surgery for aorto-iliac occlusive disease remains limited, particularly for early complications, resource use, and sex-specific outcomes. Patients and methods: We conducted a retrospective nationwide cohort study using the 2023 German inpatient dataset. Adult...

Jonas Salm, T. Böhme, E. Noory et al. · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

Inclisiran vs bempedoic acid for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering in high-risk patients: the VICTORION-Challenge trial.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) targets remain unmet in many high-risk atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) patients on statins (± ezetimibe). VICTORION-Challenge compared inclisiran with bempedoic acid (BPA) for LDL-C lowering and target attainment in these patients, directly....

I. Hilgendorf, Dirk Westermann, Bernd Nowak et al. · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

Immunological risk identified by single-cell multi-omics and cardiovascular outcomes.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS While inflammation and (auto-)immunity are modifiers of atherosclerosis, immunological determinants of cardiovascular risk beyond the established inflammatory markers, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) remain incompletely defined in humans. This exploratory proof-o...

H. Horstmann, Nathaly Anto Michel, C. Losert et al. · 0 citations
Aug 2026

2-Year outcomes of endovascular therapy of popliteal artery restenosis.

Background: To assess the mid-term outcome of endovascular treatment for popliteal artery restenosis. Patients and methods: This retrospective study included patients with peripheral artery disease (Rutherford class (RC) 2-5) and popliteal artery restenosis treated between January 2007 and December 2017. Patients were...

T. Böhme, E. Noory, U. Beschorner et al. · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

Coronary plaque burden and composition in an ESC guideline-selected outpatient CCTA cohort: age- and sex-specific percentile distributions.

The presented age- and sex-specific percentile distributions provide benchmark values for quantitative plaque assessment in a real-world CCTA population and may facilitate standardized reporting and future outcome-based investigations of coronary plaque burden and composition.

Philipp Breitbart, C. Liebetrau, Dimitri Grün et al. · 0 citations

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