Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Münster

Clinical research

1. Focus on aortic diseases

• Innovative methods of aortic management (aortic arch/thoracic/abdominal segment)
• Outcomes following treatment of acute/subacute aortic dissections
• Outcome following complex thoracoabdominal aortic treatment
• Management of complex endoleaks following endovascular treatment
• Dissections
• Post-implantation syndrome (thoracic/thoracoabdominal)
• Remodelling following endovascular aneurysm treatment/dissection
• Perioperative management following complex aortic surgery
• Risk factors for spinal ischaemia
• Development of new stent grafts for the thoracoabdominal region
• Prosthesis infections

2. Focus on imaging and radiation protection

• Evaluation of microcirculation
• 4D MRI and MRA following complex stent graft placement
• IVUS-guided treatment of aortic conditions and PAD
• The effect of ionising radiation on DNA double-strand breaks and senescence

3. Focus on conservative vascular medicine

• The impact of structured walking training
• Smoking cessation
• Lipid therapy

4. National/international multicentre projects

• CO2-EVAR
• CONFORM TAA/TAD
• CONNECT
• EASY
• EMINENT
• Flowgraft
• INNER-B
• INSIGHT
• Nephrocheck
• PAPAartis
• PERCEIVE
• PLIANTII
• POPART
• PROMOTE-ALI
• RbG Smoking Cessation Study
• SOLARIS
• STABILISE
• Triple arch branch

Translational:

• Endothelial markers in aortic pathologies

Background:       

• Gut microbiome and arterial vascular diseases
• Mechanisms of endothelial integrity in aortic pathologies
• Cellular sensing and signal transduction of metabolites (including short-chain fatty acids)
• Biobanking of vascular tissue, blood and stool samples