PD Dr. med. Andreas Schoenenberger
Type of Scholarship: Mid Career
Duration: April 2005 to December 2010
Center: Geriatrie Universität Bern, Inselspital, Bern/Switzerland
Duration: April 2005 to December 2010
Center: Geriatrie Universität Bern, Inselspital, Bern/Switzerland
Research
Dr. Schoenenberger’s main interest is cardiovascular research, especially the use of non-invasive methods to predict cardiovascular mortality resulting from heart rhythm disturbances. As part of this research, he is currently carrying out and/or planning the following projects:
- Risk stratification in patients with coronary heart disease using signal-averaged ECG: observing the long-term survival of patients after myocardial infarction to determine the predictive power of signal-averaged-ECG specifically in elderly patients.
- Risk stratification in patients with acute myocardial infarction using Wedensky Stimulation: investigating the use of this new technology, which is expected to predict heart rhythm disturbances more effectively.
- Risk stratification in patients with coronary heart disease using heart rhythm variability analysis: analyzing heart rhythm variability using new methodology (chaos theory) and observing patients’ development in relation to cardiovascular mortality. In the context of this study, the physiological changes that occur with increasing age are of particular interest.
- Analysis of blood pressure behavior using non-linear deterministic models (chaos theory): a specific analysis of the influence of aging on blood pressure behavior.
- The therapeutic effectiveness of Thiamine (Vitamin B1) in the treatment of patients with heart insufficiency who are treated with diuretics. The therapeutic benefit for elderly patients is of particular interest here, since both heart insufficiency and diuretics use increase with age.