Publications by authors named "Thomas Butz"

52Publications

[Speckle Tracking Echocardiography - a New Tool for the Intensive Care Unit?]

Authors:
Norbert Reckefuß Jan Florian Heuer Thomas Butz

Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 2019 May 13;54(5):356-363. Epub 2019 May 13.

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May 2019

Effect of patient's age on the profitability of inpatient cardiac catheterization: a contribution margin analysis of frequently performed procedures over a 5-year period.

Authors:
Gunnar Plehn Thomas Butz Petra Maagh Axel Meissner

BMC Health Serv Res 2017 01 18;17(1):49. Epub 2017 Jan 18.

Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.

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January 2017

Is it time to rebalance the case mix? A portfolio analysis of direct catheterization laboratory costs over a 5-year period.

Authors:
Gunnar Plehn Thomas Butz Petra Maagh Ahmet Oernek Axel Meissner Natalie Plehn

Eur J Med Res 2016 Nov 3;21(1):44. Epub 2016 Nov 3.

Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, University of Wuppertal, Gaussstrasse 20, 42119, Wuppertal, Germany.

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November 2016

Clinical and Subclinical Femoral Vascular Complications after Deployment of two Different Vascular Closure Devices or Manual Compression in the Setting of Coronary Intervention.

Authors:
Hakan Yeni Meissner Axel Ahmet Örnek Thomas Butz Petra Maagh Gunnar Plehn

Int J Med Sci 2016 20;13(4):255-9. Epub 2016 Feb 20.

1. Department of Cardiology, Johanniter-Hospital Duisburg Rheinhausen, Germany, Kreuzacker 1-7, 47228 Duisburg / Ruhr-University of Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801 Bochum.

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December 2016

Earliest Bedside Assessment of Hemodynamic Parameters and Cardiac Biomarkers: Their Role as Predictors of Adverse Outcome in Patients with Septic Shock.

Authors:
Benjamin Sasko Thomas Butz Magnus Wilhelm Prull Jeanette Liebeton Martin Christ Hans-Joachim Trappe

Int J Med Sci 2015 5;12(9):680-8. Epub 2015 Aug 5.

Department of Cardiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Marien Hospital Herne, Herne, Germany.

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June 2016

Transradial versus transfemoral approach in coronary angiography: a matched pair analysis of cath lab equipment costs.

Authors:
Gunnar Plehn Ahmet Örnek Georgios Gkiouras Julia Vormbrock Petra Maagh Thomas Butz Axel Meissner

J Vasc Access 2015 Sep-Oct;16(5):413-7. Epub 2015 May 30.

1 Department of Cardiology, Johanniter-Hospital Duisburg Rheinhausen, Duisburg - Germany.

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July 2016

Determinants of right ventricular muscle mass in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: impact of left ventricular muscle mass and pulmonary hypertension.

Authors:
Julia Vormbrock Jeanette Liebeton Sophia Wirdeier Axel Meissner Thomas Butz Hans-Joachim Trappe Gunnar Plehn

Int J Med Sci 2014 7;11(8):834-40. Epub 2014 Jun 7.

2. Department of Cardiology, Johanniter-Krankenhaus, Duisburg, Germany.

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February 2015

Elite athletes with mitral or aortic regurgitation and their cardiopulmonary capability.

Authors:
Christoph Langer Thomas Butz Klaus-Peter Mellwig Emanoel Oepangat Andreas Fruend Lothar Faber Dieter Horstkotte Marcus Wiemer Frank Van Buuren

Acta Cardiol 2013 Oct;68(5):475-80

Dept. of Cardiology and Angiology, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.

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October 2013

Pulmonary vein isolation in 2012: is it necessary to perform a time consuming electrophysical mapping or should we focus on rapid and safe therapies? A retrospective analysis of different ablation tools.

Authors:
Petra Maagh Thomas Butz Gunnar Plehn Arndt Christoph Axel Meissner

Int J Med Sci 2013 7;10(1):24-33. Epub 2012 Dec 7.

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Klinikum Merheim, University Witten/Herdecke/Germany, Cologne, Germany.

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July 2013

The occurrence of atrial fibrillation in former top-level handball players above the age of 50.

Authors:
Frank Van Buuren Klaus P Mellwig Lothar Faber Christian Prinz Andreas Fruend Johannes B Dahm Tanja Kottmann Nikola Bogunovic Dieter Horstkotte Thomas Butz Christoph Langer

Acta Cardiol 2012 Apr;67(2):213-20

Dept. of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.

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April 2012

Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction due to congenital coronary anomalies: technical skills and clinical outcome.

Authors:
Petra Maagh Ingo Wickenbrock Magnus W Prull Max O Schrage Thomas Butz Hans-Joachim Trappe Axel Meissner

Acute Card Care 2011 Sep 16;13(3):148-54. Epub 2011 Mar 16.

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

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September 2011

Segment-orientated analysis of two-dimensional strain and strain rate as assessed by velocity vector imaging in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Authors:
Thomas Butz Corinna N Lang Marc van Bracht Magnus W Prull Hakan Yeni Petra Maagh Gunnar Plehn Axel Meissner Hans-Joachim Trappe

Int J Med Sci 2011 Feb 1;8(2):106-13. Epub 2011 Feb 1.

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Marienhospital Herne, Ruhr University Bochum, Herne, Germany.

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February 2011

The first three-dimensional visualization of a thrombus in transit trapped between the leads of a permanent dual-chamber pacemaker: a case report.

Authors:
Petra Maagh Thomas Butz Andreas Ziegler Axel Meissner Magnus W Prull Hans-J Trappe

J Med Case Rep 2010 Nov 11;4:359. Epub 2010 Nov 11.

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Ruhr-University Bochum/Germany, Hölkeskampring 40, 45625 Herne, Germany.

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November 2010

Evaluation of longitudinal and radial left ventricular function by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in a large cohort of normal probands.

Authors:
Norbert Reckefuss Thomas Butz Dieter Horstkotte Lothar Faber

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2011 Apr 13;27(4):515-26. Epub 2010 Oct 13.

Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstraße 11, 32545, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

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April 2011

New-onset versus chronic atrial fibrillation in acute myocardial infarction: differences in short- and long-term follow-up.

Authors:
Petra Maagh Thomas Butz Ingo Wickenbrock Magnus Wilhelm Prull Gunnar Plehn Hans-Joachim Trappe Axel Meissner

Clin Res Cardiol 2011 Feb 23;100(2):167-75. Epub 2010 Sep 23.

Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Medizinische Klinik II (Cardiology and Pneumology), St. Marien Hospital Lünen, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Münster, Altstadtstr. 23, 44534, Lünen, Germany.

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February 2011

Peak systolic longitudinal strain of the lateral left ventricular wall improves after septal ablation for symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a follow-up study using speckle tracking echocardiography.

Authors:
Lothar Faber Christian Prinz Dirk Welge Detlef Hering Thomas Butz Olaf Oldenburg Nicola Bogunovic Dieter Horstkotte

Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2011 Mar 8;27(3):325-33. Epub 2010 Aug 8.

Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North-Rhine Westphalia, Ruhr-University Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

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March 2011

Eighteen months follow-up of the clinical efficacy of the high density mesh ablator (HDMA) in patients with atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation.

Authors:
Petra Maagh Marc van Bracht Thomas Butz Hans-Joachim Trappe Axel Meissner

J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2010 Oct 16;29(1):43-52. Epub 2010 Jul 16.

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Hölkeskampring 40, 44625, Herne, Germany.

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October 2010

Systolic and early diastolic left ventricular velocities assessed by tissue Doppler imaging in 100 top-level handball players.

Authors:
Thomas Butz Frank van Buuren Klaus Peter Mellwig Christoph Langer Olaf Oldenburg Kuno Alexander Treusch Axel Meissner Gunnar Plehn Hans-Joachim Trappe Dieter Horstkotte Lothar Faber

Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2010 Jun;17(3):342-8

Department of Cardiology, Heart Center Northern-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

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June 2010

Detection of a type 1 Brugada ECG by ECG recording at a higher intercostal space of leads V(1) and V (2).

Authors:
Thomas Butz Jürgen Vogt Christian Vielhauer Ulrike Wetzel Christoph Langer Dieter Horstkotte

Herz 2010 Mar;35(2):112

Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

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March 2010

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvulotomy and coexisting left atrial hemangioma: case report and long-term follow-up.

Authors:
Frank van Buuren Christoph Langer Lothar Faber Thomas Butz Henning Karl Schmidt Hermann Esdorn Nikola Bogunovic Klaus Peter Mellwig Werner Scholtz Dieter Horstkotte

Tex Heart Inst J 2010 ;37(1):106-8

Department of Cardiology, Heart & Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.

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May 2010