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Cardiovascular system dysfunction

Description

The cardiovascular system includes the heart and the blood vessels by which blood is pumped and circulated throgh the body. Cardiovascular diseases describe pathological conditions involving the cardiovascular system, including the heart, blood vessels or the pericardium. Description adapted from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68002319 & https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68002318.

Research projects
25
Research types
13
Research networks
6
Working groups
9
People
60
Publications
54
Event items
8

Research projects

Altered Endothelial Dysfunction‐related miRs in Plasma from ME/CFS Patients
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Austria
Principal investigator:
Francisco Westermeier
Organisations:
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences,Warsaw University of Technology
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Characterisation of brain function and vascular pathology with a focus on autonomic dysfunctions during sleep
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Robert Goeder
Organisations:
University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) - Kiel
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Clinic and granulocytes
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Alexander Dejaco
Organisations:
University Clinic Regensburg
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Immune system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction, General
Clinical characterisation, integrative morphological and functional studies of organ perfusion and biomarkers in patients with ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Wolfram Doehner
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research, Clinical research
Research areas:
Musculoskeletal system dysfunction, Nervous system dysfunction, Nutritional and metabolic system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Decreased NO Production in Endothelial Cells Exposed to Plasma from ME/CFS Patients
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Austria
Principal investigator:
Jennifer Blauensteiner
Organisations:
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Endothelial Dysfunction and Altered Endothelial Biomarkers in Patients with Post-COVID-19 Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Milan Haffke
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Max Delbrück Center (MDC),Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Endothelial Peripheral Arterial Tonometry (EndoPAT)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carsten Finke
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin School of Mind and Brain
Research period:
2022-10
to not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Endothelial dysfunction in post-infection fatigue syndromes
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Austria, Germany
Principal investigator:
Francisco Westermeier
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences,Medical University of Vienna,Warsaw University of Technology
Research period:
2024-07
to 2027-06
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Evaluation of retinal vascular analysis as a diagnostic marker in post-infectious ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Christoph Schmaderer
Organisations:
University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM)
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Evidence and Effect of Serum Factors in Patients with ME/CFS after COVID-19 on Endothelial Cell Function In Vitro
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Kanchan Dulal
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Extracellular Vesicles from Plasma as Potential Biomarkers for an Improved Diagnosis of Endothelial Dysfunction in ME/CFS
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Diana Boristowski
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Harmonised clinical phenotyping and biological signatures
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Martina Seifert
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Basic research, Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction, General
Hyperbaric High Pressure Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in Post-COVID Syndrome and ME/​CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
2023-07
to 2025-08
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Impact of the serum of Post-COVID-Syndrome patients without vs with ME/CFS on endothelial cell function
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Lavinia Flaskamp
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Investigating Cerebral Oxygen Metabolism Dysfunction as a pathomechanism of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Austria
Principal investigator:
Lucas Haider
Organisations:
Medical University of Vienna
Research period:
2025-01
to 2026-02
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Mobile sleep studies in adolescents
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Insa Wolf
Organisations:
Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT)
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Multimodal characterisation of brain function and blood flow, neuronal metabolism and genetic risk structure
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Claudia Schilling
Organisations:
Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH)
Research period:
2024-11
to 2027-11
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCT-A) and Non-invasive Dynamic Vessel Analysis (DVA)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carsten Finke
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin School of Mind and Brain,Max Delbrück Center (MDC)
Research period:
2022-10
to not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
POTS-CFS Study: Orthostatic Intolerance in the Context of Pediatric ME/​CFS (POTS-CFS)
Project status:
Completed
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Uta Behrends
Organisations:
University Hospital rechts der Isar (MRI TUM),University Clinic Aachen,Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Research period:
2021-12
to 2022-11
Research types:
Epidemiological research
Research areas:
Nervous system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Plasma Extracellular Vesicles as Potential Biomarkers for Endothelial Dysfunction in ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Martina Seifert
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Post-exertional malaise: a starting point to study and understand ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Netherlands
Principal investigator:
C.A.T. (Inge) Zijdewind
Organisations:
University of Groningen
Research period:
2023-01
to 2027-12
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Musculoskeletal system dysfunction, Nervous system dysfunction, Nutritional and metabolic system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Structural and Functional MRI Studies and Accompanying Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Carsten Finke
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Berlin School of Mind and Brain,Max Delbrück Center (MDC)
Research period:
2022-10
to not available
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Nervous system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Study to Investigate Improvement in Physical Function in SF-36 With Vericiguat Compared With Placebo in Participants With Post-COVID-19 Syndrome (VERI-LONG)
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Germany
Principal investigator:
Judith Bellmann-Strobl
Organisations:
Charité – University Medicine Berlin,Max Delbrück Center (MDC)
Research period:
2023-06
to 2025-04
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction
The role of the skeletal muscle and myocardial metabolism in ME/CFS: in vivo MRS study.
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Austria
Principal investigator:
Martin Krssak
Organisations:
Medical University of Vienna
Research period:
2025-01
to 2026-03
Research types:
Clinical research
Research areas:
Musculoskeletal system dysfunction, Nutritional and metabolic system dysfunction, Cardiovascular system dysfunction
Unraveling Endothelial Function in ME/CFS
Project status:
Ongoing
Country:
Austria
Principal investigator:
Francisco Westermeier
Organisations:
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences,Warsaw University of Technology,Medical University of Graz
Research period:
Not available
Research types:
Basic research
Research areas:
Cardiovascular system dysfunction

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