Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
Function: Junior Supervisor N094
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine II
Medical University of Vienna
Währinger Gürtel 18-20
A-1090 Vienna
Phone: +43 (0)1 40400 - 46140
E-Mail: christopher.adlbrecht@meduniwien.ac.at
Research Interests: Heart Failure, Prognosis
Our research focuses on clinically relevant prognostic factors and pathophysiologic processes in patients with heart failure concentrating on patients with advanced disease. We also perform interventional trials in patients with heart failure or at risk for developing heart failure.
Clinical research; database analysis; international cooperation; proteomics; Metabolomics; ELISA
MacDonald MR, She L, Doenst T, Binkley PF, Rouleau JL, Tan RS, Lee KL, Miller AB, Sopko G, Szalewska D, Waclawiw MA, Dabrowski R, Castelvecchio S, Adlbrecht C, Michler RE, Oh JK, Velazquez EJ, Petrie MC. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with and without diabetes in the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial. Eur J Heart Fail 17: 725-734, 2015
Adlbrecht C, Hülsmann M, Neuhold S, Strunk G, Pacher R. Prognostic utility of the Seattle Heart Failure Score and amino terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide in varying stages of systolic heart failure. J Heart Lung Transplant 32: 533-538, 2013
Adlbrecht C, Hülsmann M, Strunk G, Berger R, Mörtl D, Struck J, Morgenthaler NG, Bergmann A, Jakowitsch J, Maurer G, Lang IM, Pacher R. Prognostic value of plasma midregional pro-adrenomedullin and C-terminal-pro-endothelin-1 in chronic heart failure outpatients. Eur J Heart Fail 11: 361-366, 2009
Mark DB, Pan W, Clapp-Channing NE, Anstrom KJ, Ross JR, Fox RS, Devlin GP, Martin CE, Adlbrecht C, Cowper PA, Ray LD, Cohen EA, Lamas GA, Hochman JS; Occluded Artery Trial Investigators. Quality of life after late invasive therapy for occluded arteries. N Engl J Med 360: 774-783, 2009
Adlbrecht C, Kommata S, Hülsmann M, Szekeres T, Bieglmayer C, Strunk G, Karanikas G, Berger R, Mörtl D, Kletter K, Maurer G, Lang IM, Pacher R. Chronic heart failure leads to an expanded plasma volume and pseudoanaemia, but does not lead to a reduction in the body's red cell volume. Eur Heart J 29: 2343-2350, 2008