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Overview

Walter Zidek is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany, with a focus on multiple areas within medicine. Their research spans cardiology, nephrology, surgery, endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, and physiology, indicating a broad engagement with internal medicine and related fields.

The scientist's work covers a range of main and subfields including:

  • Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Nephrology
  • Surgery
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Physiology

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension

Frequently publishing in notable venues, Walter Zidek has contributed extensively to:

  • CardioVasc
  • MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin
  • Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Kidney International
  • Basic Research in Cardiology

Some recent publications demonstrate the topics and scope of their research:

  • Reduction of protein-bound uraemic toxins in plasma of chronic renal failure patients: A systematic review, 2021, Journal of Internal Medicine
  • A paired-kidney allocation study found superior survival with HLA-DR compatible kidney transplants in the Eurotransplant Senior Program, 2023, Kidney International
  • Prevention of vascular calcification by the endogenous chromogranin A-derived mediator that inhibits osteogenic transdifferentiation, 2021, Basic Research in Cardiology
  • Diagnostische Schwierigkeiten beim Bluthochdruck, 2020, CardioVasc
  • So wichtig ist Blutdruckkontrolle bei VHF, 2020, MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin

Walter Zidek has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Setareh Orth-Alampour
  • Danilo Fliser
  • Vera Jankowski
  • Joachim Jankowski
  • Klemens Budde

Their research output includes more than 60 publications primarily focused on medicine, with a significant portion dedicated to cardiovascular and renal disease management topics. The diversity of their research interests and frequent publishing activity suggests sustained engagement with clinical and physiological aspects of internal medicine.

Best Publications

  • Prevention of radiographic-contrast-agent-induced reductions in renal function by acetylcysteine.

    M Tepel;M van der Giet;C Schwarzfeld;U Laufer

  • Review on uremic toxins: Classification, concentration, and interindividual variability

    Raymond Vanholder;Rita De Smet;Griet Glorieux;Angel Argilés

  • Morbidity and Mortality After Stroke, Eprosartan Compared With Nitrendipine for Secondary Prevention Principal Results of a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study (MOSES)

    Joachim Schrader;Stephan Lüders;Anke Kulschewski;Frank Hammersen

  • The ACCESS Study: Evaluation of Acute Candesartan Cilexetil Therapy in Stroke Survivors

    Joachim Schrader;Stephan Lüders;Anke Kulschewski;Jürgen Berger

  • HDL induces NO-dependent vasorelaxation via the lysophospholipid receptor S1P3

    Jerzy Roch Nofer;Markus Van Der Giet;Markus Tölle;Iza Wolinska

  • The antioxidant acetylcysteine reduces cardiovascular events in patients with end-stage renal failure: a randomized, controlled trial.

    Martin Tepel;Markus van der Giet;Mario Statz;Joachim Jankowski

  • Aerobic Exercise Reduces Blood Pressure in Resistant Hypertension

    Fernando Dimeo;Nikolaos Pagonas;Felix Seibert;Robert Arndt

  • Fatal hepatitis B virus reactivation by an escape mutant following rituximab therapy

    Timm H Westhoff;Friederike Jochimsen;Alexander Schmittel;Marina Stoffler-Meilicke

  • The PHARAO study: prevention of hypertension with the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor ramipril in patients with high-normal blood pressure: a prospective, randomized, controlled prevention trial of the German Hypertension League.

    Stephan Lüders;Joachim Schrader;Jürgen Berger;Thomas Unger

  • Aliskiren, an Orally Effective Renin Inhibitor, Provides Antihypertensive Efficacy Alone and in Combination With Valsartan

    James L Pool;Roland E Schmieder;Michel Azizi;Jean-Claude Aldigier

  • Diadenosine phosphates and the physiological control of blood pressure

    Hartmut Schlüter;Elmar Offers;Gitte Brüggemann;Marcus van der Giet

  • Validation of the mobil-O-Graph: 24 h-blood pressure measurement device.

    Wolfgang Wei;Markus Tölle;Walter Zidek;Markus van der Giet

  • Direct vasopressor effect of recombinant human erythropoietin on renal resistance vessels

    Stefan Heidenreich;Karl-Heinz Rahn;Walter Zidek

  • Hyperhomocysteinemia and the risk for vascular disease in hemodialysis patients.

    J Bachmann;M Tepel;H Raidt;R Riezler

  • Pulmonary hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

    Bernd M. Sanner;Claus Doberauer;Martin Konermann;Alexander Sturm

  • Platelet function in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.

    B.M. Sanner;M. Konermann;M. Tepel;J. Groetz

  • Mass-Spectrometric Identification of a Novel Angiotensin Peptide in Human Plasma

    Vera Jankowski;Raymond Vanholder;Markus van der Giet;Markus Tölle

  • Oscillometric estimation of central blood pressure: validation of the Mobil-O-Graph in comparison with the SphygmoCor device.

    Wolfgang Weiss;Christopher Gohlisch;Christl Harsch-Gladisch;Markus Tölle

  • Uridine adenosine tetraphosphate: a novel endothelium- derived vasoconstrictive factor

    Vera Jankowski;Markus Tölle;Raymond Vanholder;Gilbert Schönfelder

  • Performance of a minimally invasive uncalibrated cardiac output monitoring system (Flotrac™/Vigileo™) in haemodynamically unstable patients†

    F.D. Compton;B. Zukunft;C. Hoffmann;W. Zidek

Frequent Co-Authors

Hartmut Goldschmidt
Hartmut Goldschmidt University Hospital Heidelberg
Joachim Jankowski
Joachim Jankowski RWTH Aachen University
Gerd Assmann
Gerd Assmann University of Münster
Michael Karas
Michael Karas Goethe University Frankfurt
Christoph Loddenkemper
Christoph Loddenkemper Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Susanne Schmidt
Susanne Schmidt University of Bonn
Udo Seedorf
Udo Seedorf Universität Hamburg
Raymond Vanholder
Raymond Vanholder Ghent University
Matthias Ballauff
Matthias Ballauff Freie Universität Berlin
Roland E. Schmieder
Roland E. Schmieder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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