Scientific publications

Here you can find scientific publications that resulted from my work at the German Heart Center Munich in cooperation with the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the Technical University of Munich. Some of these publications make up my doctoral thesis about »Physical Activity in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease«.

»Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test and Daily Physical Activity in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease: an Exploratory Analysis«

The American Journal of Cardiology

»Move more - be happier? Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Congenital Heart Disease«

American Heart Journal

»Children with Congenital Heart Disease Are Active but Need to Keep Moving: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Wrist-Worn Physical Activity Trackers«

The Journal of Pediatrics

»Adults with Congenital Heart Disease move well, but lack intensity: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Wrist-Worn Physical Activity Trackers«

Cardiology

»Resilience in children with congenital heart disease: a comparative study with health counterparts«

Archives of Disease in Childhood

»Perceived Parental Style Is Better in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease than Healthy Controls—But There Is Work Left to Do in Specific Subgroups «

Journal of Vascular Diseases

»Objective Physical Activity Assessment in Clinical Congenital Heart Disease Research: A Systematic Review on Study Quality, Methodology, and Outcomes«

Cardiology

»Association between Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Arterial Stiffness in Children with Congenital Heart Disease«

Journal of Clinical Medicine

»Bewegung und Sport bei chronischen Erkrankungen«

Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde

»Health-Related Physical Fitness and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents With Isolated Left-to-Right Shunt«

Frontiers in Pediatrics

»Hs-TnT and NT-proBNP independently predict survival and cardiac-related events in adults with congenital heart disease«

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

»The cardiovascular burden of congenital heart disease - not only in times of COVID-19«

International Journal of Cardiology

»COVID-19 and paediatric patient involvement - cardiovascular aspects«

European Heart Journal Supplement

»Overweight and Obesity in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review«

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

»E-Health Exercise Intervention for Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial«

The Journal of Pediatrics

»Current state of home-based exercise interventions in patients with congenital heart disease: a systematic review«

Heart

»Impaired grip strength in children with congenital heart disease«

Archives of Disease in Childhood

»Web-Based Motor Intervention to Increase Health-Related Physical Fitness in Children With Congenital Heart Disease: A Study Protocol«

Frontiers in Pediatrics

»Prognostic value of non-acute high sensitive troponin-T for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in adults with congenital heart disease: A systematic review«

Journal of Cardiology

»Diminished Endothelial Function but Normal Vascular Structure in Adults with Tetralogy of Fallot«

Journal of Clinical Medicine

»Reduction in Health-related Quality of Life during Covid-19 pandemic in Children with Congenital Heart Disease - Findings from self and proxy report«

Journal of Preventive Cardiology

»High-sensitive troponin T and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide independently predict survival and cardiac-related events in adults with congenital heart disease «

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing