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Erland Erdmann is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several specialized subfields, including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Speech and Hearing, and Rheumatology.

The main topics addressed in Erland Erdmann's work include:

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • GDF15 and Related Biomarkers

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Erdmann are:

  • Helmut Teschler
  • Holger Woehrle
  • Martín Cowie
  • Karl Wegscheider
  • Christiane E. Angermann

Erdmann has published multiple studies in several notable scientific venues, including:

  • ESC Heart Failure
  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • European Journal of Medical Research
  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Journal of Cardiology

Examples of recent papers authored by Erland Erdmann include:

  • "Prevalence and predictors of sleep-disordered breathing in chronic heart failure: the SchlaHF-XT registry," 2022, ESC Heart Failure
  • "Biomarkers in patients with heart failure and central sleep apnoea: findings from the SERVE-HF trial," 2020, ESC Heart Failure
  • "Effect of adaptive servo ventilation on central sleep apnea and sleep structure in systolic heart failure patients: polysomnography data from the SERVE-HF major sub study," 2022, Journal of Sleep Research
  • "Heart rate at discharge in patients with acute decompensated heart failure is a predictor of mortality," 2020, European Journal of Medical Research
  • "Multicentre, randomized, double-blind, prospective study on the effects of ImmunoAdSorptiOn on cardiac function in patients with Dilated CardioMyopathy (IASO-DCM): Rationale and design," 2024, European Journal of Heart Failure

Best Publications

  • The effect of cardiac resynchronization on morbidity and mortality in heart failure

    John G.F. Cleland;Jean-Claude Daubert;Erland Erdmann;Nick Freemantle

  • Secondary prevention of macrovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes in the PROactive Study (PROspective pioglitAzone Clinical Trial In macroVascular Events): a randomised controlled trial.

    John A. Dormandy;Bernard Charbonnel;David J A Eckland;Erland Erdmann

  • Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases: executive summary. The Task Force on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).

    Lars Rydén;Eberhard Standl;Małgorzata Bartnik;Greet Van den Berghe

  • Altered expression of beta-adrenergic receptor kinase and beta 1-adrenergic receptors in the failing human heart.

    M Ungerer;M Böhm;J S Elce;E Erdmann

  • Adaptive Servo-Ventilation for Central Sleep Apnea in Systolic Heart Failure

    Martin R. Cowie;Holger Woehrle;Karl Wegscheider;Christiane Angermann

  • Longer-term effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on mortality in heart failure [the CArdiac REsynchronization-Heart Failure (CARE-HF) trial extension phase].

    John G. F. Cleland;Jean-Claude Daubert;Erland Erdmann;Nick Freemantle

  • Renal Sympathetic Denervation Reduces Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Improves Cardiac Function in Patients With Resistant Hypertension

    Mathias C. Brandt;Felix Mahfoud;Sara Reda;Sara Reda;Stephan H. Schirmer

  • Cardiovascular outcomes with etoricoxib and diclofenac in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in the Multinational Etoricoxib and Diclofenac Arthritis Long-term (MEDAL) programme: a randomised comparison

    Christopher P Cannon;Sean P Curtis;Garret A FitzGerald;Henry Krum

  • Unchanged Protein Levels of SERCA II and Phospholamban but Reduced Ca2+ Uptake and Ca2+-ATPase Activity of Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum From Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients Compared With Patients With Nonfailing Hearts

    Robert H.G. Schwinger;Michael Böhm;Ulrich Schmidt;Peter Karczewski

  • Adherence to guidelines is a predictor of outcome in chronic heart failure: the MAHLER survey

    Michel Komajda;Pablo Lapuerta;Nancy Hermans;José Ramon Gonzalez-Juanatey

  • The effect of pioglitazone on recurrent myocardial infarction in 2,445 patients with type 2 diabetes and previous myocardial infarction: results from the PROactive (PROactive 05) Study.

    Erland Erdmann;John A. Dormandy;Bernard Charbonnel;Massimo Massi-Benedetti

  • Expression of beta-arrestins and beta-adrenergic receptor kinases in the failing human heart.

    M Ungerer;G Parruti;M Böhm;M Puzicha

  • Effect on Survival and Hospitalization of Initiating Treatment for Chronic Heart Failure With Bisoprolol Followed by Enalapril, as Compared With the Opposite Sequence. Results of the Randomized Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study (CIBIS) III.

    Ronnie Willenheimer;Dirk Jan van Veldhuisen;Bernard Silke;Erland Erdmann

  • The CARE-HF study (CArdiac REsynchronisation in Heart Failure study): rationale, design and end-points

    J.G.F. Cleland;J.G.F. Cleland;J.C. Daubert;J.C. Daubert;E. Erdmann;E. Erdmann;N. Freemantle;N. Freemantle

  • Dobutamine Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predicts Contractile Recovery of Chronically Dysfunctional Myocardium After Successful Revascularization

    Frank M Baer;Peter Theissen;Christian A Schneider;Eberhard Voth

  • Reduced Ca2+-Sensitivity of SERCA 2a in Failing Human Myocardium due to Reduced Serin-16 Phospholamban Phoshorylation

    Robert H.G. Schwinger;Götz Münch;Brigit Bölck;Peter Karczewski

  • Pioglitazone Use and Heart Failure in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Preexisting Cardiovascular Disease: Data from the PROactive Study (PROactive 08)

    Erland Erdmann;Bernard Charbonnel;Robert G. Wilcox;Allan M. Skene

  • Evidence for reduction of norepinephrine uptake sites in the failing human heart

    Michael Böhm;Karl La Rosée;Robert H.G Schwinger;Erland Erdmann

  • The failing human heart is unable to use the Frank-Starling mechanism.

    R. H. G. Schwinger;M. Böhm;A. Koch;U. Schmidt

  • The Prospective Pioglitazone Clinical Trial in Macrovascular Events (Proactive)

    Bernard Charbonnel;John Dormandy;Erland Erdmann;Massimo Massi-Benedetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Rosenkranz
Stephan Rosenkranz University of Cologne
Karl Werdan
Karl Werdan Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Karl Wegscheider
Karl Wegscheider Universität Hamburg
Luigi Tavazzi
Luigi Tavazzi University of Ferrara
Michael Böhm
Michael Böhm Saarland University
Martin R. Cowie
Martin R. Cowie King's College London
Nick Freemantle
Nick Freemantle University College London
Patrick Levy
Patrick Levy Grenoble Alpes University
John G.F. Cleland
John G.F. Cleland University of Glasgow
Faiez Zannad
Faiez Zannad University of Lorraine

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