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Horst Sievert is affiliated with the Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt in Germany and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Surgery.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics centered around cardiovascular health. Main research themes include:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

Sievert has contributed articles to several frequent publication venues, such as:

  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • EuroIntervention
  • Clinical Research in Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Sievert include:

  • "Acute Stroke Intervention," 2022, Interventional Cardiology
  • "EHRA/EAPCI expert consensus statement on catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusion - an update," 2020, EuroIntervention
  • "Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Arterial Coupling and Afterload Reserve in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair," 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Predictors of Device-Related Thrombus Following Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion," 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Repeat Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Transcatheter Prosthesis Dysfunction," 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Throughout their career, Sievert has frequently collaborated with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Azeem Latib
  • Stefan Bertog
  • Kolja Sievert
  • Kerstin Piayda
  • Georg Nickenig

Best Publications

  • Renal sympathetic denervation in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension (The Symplicity HTN-2 Trial): A randomised controlled trial

    Murray D. Esler;Henry Krum;Paul A. Sobotka;Markus P. Schlaich

  • Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation for resistant hypertension: a multicentre safety and proof-of-principle cohort study

    Henry Krum;Markus Schlaich;Robert Whitbourn;Paul Sobotka

  • Percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage versus warfarin therapy for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: a randomised non-inferiority trial

    David R Holmes;Vivek Y Reddy;Zoltan G Turi;Shephal K Doshi

  • Prospective Randomized Evaluation of the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Versus Long-Term Warfarin Therapy: The PREVAIL Trial

    David R. Holmes;Saibal Kar;Matthew J. Price;Brian Whisenant

  • 2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)

    Victor Aboyans;Jean-Baptiste Ricco

  • Percutaneous Mitral Valve Interventions in the Real World: Early and 1-Year Results From the ACCESS-EU, A Prospective, Multicenter, Nonrandomized Post-Approval Study of the MitraClip Therapy in Europe

    Francesco Maisano;Olaf Franzen;Stephan Baldus;Ulrich Schäfer

  • Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure vs Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Vivek Y Reddy;Horst Sievert;Jonathan Halperin;Shephal K Doshi

  • Left atrial appendage closure with the Watchman device in patients with a contraindication for oral anticoagulation: the ASAP study (ASA Plavix Feasibility Study With Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure Technology).

    Vivek Y. Reddy;Sven Möbius-Winkler;Marc A. Miller;Petr Neuzil

  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: first results from a multi-centre real-world registry

    Ralf Zahn;Ulrich Gerckens;Eberhard Grube;Axel Linke

  • Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Stroke Prophylaxis in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation 2.3-Year Follow-up of the PROTECT AF (Watchman Left Atrial Appendage System for Embolic Protection in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation) Trial

    Vivek Y. Reddy;Shephal K. Doshi;Horst Sievert;Maurice Buchbinder

  • Incidence and clinical course of thrombus formation on atrial septal defect and patient foramen ovale closure devices in 1,000 consecutive patients

    Ulrike Krumsdorf;Stefan Ostermayer;Kai Billinger;Thomas Trepels

  • Global experience in cervical carotid artery stent placement

    M H Wholey;M Wholey;K Mathias;G S Roubin

  • Aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: incidence and early outcome. Results from the German transcatheter aortic valve interventions registry

    Mohamed Abdel-Wahab;Ralf Zahn;Martin Horack;Ulrich Gerckens

  • Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Transcatheter Occlusion to Prevent Stroke in High-Risk Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Early Clinical Experience

    Horst Sievert;Michael D. Lesh;Thomas Trepels;Heyder Omran

  • Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Transcatheter Occlusion (PLAATO System) to Prevent Stroke in High-Risk Patients With Non-Rheumatic Atrial Fibrillation : Results From the International Multi-Center Feasibility Trials

    Stefan H. Ostermayer;Mark Reisman;Paul H. Kramer;Ray V. Matthews

  • Left Atrial Appendage Closure as an Alternative to Warfarin for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: A Patient-Level Meta-Analysis

    David R. Holmes;Shephal K. Doshi;Saibal Kar;Matthew J. Price

  • Left atrial appendage closure with Amplatzer cardiac plug in atrial fibrillation: initial European experience.

    Jai‐Wun Park;Armando Bethencourt;Horst Sievert;Gennaro Santoro

  • Left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: multicentre experience with the AMPLATZER Cardiac Plug.

    Apostolos Tzikas;Samera Shakir;Sameer Gafoor;Heyder Omran

  • Expert consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology on catheter-based renal denervation

    Felix Mahfoud;Thomas Felix Lüscher;Bert Andersson;Iris Baumgartner

  • ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Artery Diseases

    Michel Tendera;Victor Aboyans;Marie-Louise Bartelink;Iris Baumgartner

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Schofer
Joachim Schofer Universität Hamburg
Karl-Heinz Kuck
Karl-Heinz Kuck Universität Hamburg
Bernhard Meier
Bernhard Meier University Hospital of Bern
Azeem Latib
Azeem Latib Montefiore Medical Center
Rainer Hambrecht
Rainer Hambrecht University of Lübeck
Francesco Maisano
Francesco Maisano University of Zurich
Antonio Colombo
Antonio Colombo Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS
Georg Nickenig
Georg Nickenig University of Bonn
Stephan Windecker
Stephan Windecker University of Bern
Vivek Y. Reddy
Vivek Y. Reddy Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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