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Eckart Fleck is affiliated with Humboldt State University in the United States and specializes in medicine, with a focus on cardiology and related fields. Their scholarly work spans several subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, molecular biology, clinical biochemistry, and oncology. The research primarily addresses cardiac health, advanced MRI techniques, metabolism and genetic disorders, mitochondrial function, cardiac imaging, pacing and defibrillation studies, and heart failure treatment and management.

The scientist's research topics include these areas:

  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management

Frequent academic collaborators include:

  • Sebastian Kelle
  • Patrick Doeblin
  • Rolf Gebker
  • Norbert Frey
  • Radu Tanacli

The scientist has published regularly in the following journals:

  • Der Kardiologe
  • Die Kardiologie
  • Telemedicine Journal and e-Health
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • European Heart Journal - Imaging Methods and Practice

Significant recent publications include:

  • The First Year of Noninvasive Remote Telemonitoring in Chronic Heart Failure Is not Cost Saving but Improves Quality of Life: The Randomized Controlled CardioBBEAT Trial, 2022, Telemedicine Journal and e-Health
  • Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Reveals Incipient Cardiomyopathy Traits in Adult Patients With Phenylketonuria, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Multimodale kardiale Bildgebung, 2024, Die Kardiologie
  • Virtual cardiovascular magnetic resonance training proves feasible and effective: survey data from international participants of the CMR Academy Berlin, Germany, 2023, European Heart Journal - Imaging Methods and Practice
  • Vorstellung des neuen Online-Lernmoduls CMR (eCardiology), 2020, Der Kardiologe

Best Publications

  • Noninvasive Diagnosis of Ischemia-Induced Wall Motion Abnormalities With the Use of High-Dose Dobutamine Stress MRI Comparison With Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

    Eike Nagel;Hans B. Lehmkuhl;Wolfgang Bocksch;Christoph Klein

  • Randomized multicenter comparison of conventional anticoagulation versus antiplatelet therapy in unplanned and elective coronary stenting. The full anticoagulation versus aspirin and ticlopidine (fantastic) study.

    M. E. Bertrand;Victor Legrand;J. Boland;E. Fleck

  • Effect of resynchronization therapy stimulation site on the systolic function of heart failure patients.

    Christian Butter;Angelo Auricchio;Christoph Stellbrink;Eckart Fleck

  • Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Measurements for the Noninvasive Detection of Coronary Artery Disease

    Eike Nagel;Christoph Klein;Ingo Paetsch;Sabine Hettwer

  • Noninvasive detection of myocardial ischemia from perfusion reserve based on cardiovascular magnetic resonance

    Nidal Al-Saadi;Eike Nagel;Michael Gross;Axel Bornstedt

  • Prognostic Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Stress Tests Adenosine Stress Perfusion and Dobutamine Stress Wall Motion Imaging

    Cosima Jahnke;Eike Nagel;Rolf Gebker;Thomas Kokocinski

  • Prognostic Value of Intracoronary Flow Velocity and Diameter Stenosis in Assessing the Short- and Long-term Outcomes of Coronary Balloon Angioplasty: The DEBATE Study (Doppler Endpoints Balloon Angioplasty Trial Europe)

    P.W. Serruys;C. di Mario;J.J. Piek;E. Schroeder

  • Hemodynamic and neurohormonal effects of the angiotensin II antagonist losartan in patients with congestive heart failure.

    S S Gottlieb;K Dickstein;E Fleck;J Kostis

  • Comparison of Dobutamine Stress Magnetic Resonance, Adenosine Stress Magnetic Resonance, and Adenosine Stress Magnetic Resonance Perfusion

    Ingo Paetsch;C. Jahnke;A. Wahl;R. Gebker

  • Magnetic Resonance Low-Dose Dobutamine Test Is Superior to Scar Quantification for the Prediction of Functional Recovery

    Ernst Wellnhofer;Adriana Olariu;Christoph Klein;Michael Gräfe

  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation Is Involved in Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-Directed Migration by Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Kristof Graf;Xiao-Ping Xi;Dong Yang;Eckart Fleck

  • PPARγ-ligands inhibit migration mediated by multiple chemoattractants in vascular smooth muscle cells

    Stephan Goetze;Xiao-Ping Xi;Hiroaki Kawano;Tina Gotlibowski

  • Regulation, Chamber Localization, and Subtype Distribution of Angiotensin II Receptors in Human Hearts

    V. Regitz-Zagrosek;N. Friedel;A. Heymann;P. Bauer

  • Rationale and design of a large registry on renal denervation: The Global SYMPLICITY registry

    Michael Böhm;Felix Mahfoud;Christian Ukena;Axel Bauer

  • Safety and feasibility of high-dose dobutamine-atropine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance for diagnosis of myocardial ischaemia: experience in 1000 consecutive cases.

    Andreas Wahl;Ingo Paetsch;Albrecht Gollesch;Stefan Roethemeyer

  • Comparison of myocardial infarct size assessed with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and left ventricular function and volumes to predict mortality in patients with healed myocardial infarction.

    Stijntje D. Roes;Sebastian Kelle;Theodorus A.M. Kaandorp;Thomas Kokocinski

  • Functional cardiac MR imaging with steady-state free precession (SSFP) significantly improves endocardial border delineation without contrast agents.

    Holger Thiele;Eike Nagel;Ingo Paetsch;Bernhard Schnackenburg

  • Leptin Induces Endothelial Cell Migration Through Akt, Which Is Inhibited by PPARγ-Ligands

    Stephan Goetze;Anne Bungenstock;Cornelia Czupalla;Friedrich Eilers

  • Intracellular energetic units in red muscle cells.

    Valdur A. Saks;Valdur A. Saks;Tuuli Kaambre;Peeter Sikk;Margus Eimre

  • TNF-α–Induced Migration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Is MAPK Dependent

    Stephan Goetze;Xiao-Ping Xi;Yasuko Kawano;Hiroaki Kawano

Frequent Co-Authors

Eike Nagel
Eike Nagel Goethe University Frankfurt
Christoph Klein
Christoph Klein Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Matthias Stuber
Matthias Stuber University of Lausanne
Fernando Alfonso
Fernando Alfonso Hospital Universitario de La Princesa
Roland Hetzer
Roland Hetzer Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Gerd Heusch
Gerd Heusch University of Duisburg-Essen
Vera Regitz-Zagrosek
Vera Regitz-Zagrosek Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Hugo A. Katus
Hugo A. Katus Heidelberg University
Jeanette Erdmann
Jeanette Erdmann University of Lübeck
Willa A. Hsueh
Willa A. Hsueh The Ohio State University

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