
Prof. Dr. med.
Michael Kühne
Position(s)
Head of Clinic Atrial Fibrillation
Institution
University Hospital Basel
Phone +41 61 265 52 14
Research Group Michael Kühne
Research Focus
Cardiovascular & Perioperative Medicine
Area of Research
Atrial fibrillation, especially evaluation of new technologies in the field of interventional therapy
Approved Research Projects
- Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Cohort Study (Swiss-AF)
- Health consequences of the burden of atrial fibrillation (Swiss-AF Burden)
- Mechanisms of cognitive declin in the patients with atrial fibrillation (Swiss AF-Brain)
- Brain lesions and cognitive function in patients with versus without atrial fibrillation (Swiss-AF Control)
- Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Pulmonary Vein Isolation Registry (SWISS-AF-PVI)
- BasEl ATriAl Fibrillation Cohort Study (BEAT-AF)
- Apixaban for the reduction of thrombo-embolism in patients with device-detected sub-clinical atrial fibrillation (ARTESiA)
- Prospective, observational Bern and Basel study on atrial fibrillation diagnosis in patients implanted with a cardiac monitor – the 2B-AF-PIC study
- Incidence of silent atrial fibrillation in patients with clinically silent brain ischemic lesions (SILENT2 – study)
Collaborations
National Collaborations
- Inselspital Bern – Prof. Tobias Reichlin, Prof. Nicolas Rodondi
- Stadtspital Triemli – Prof. Raban Jeger, Dr Andreas Müller
- Kantonsspital Baden (KSB) – Prof. Jürg Beer
- Kantonsspital St. Gallen (KSSG) – Prof. Peter Ammann
- Kantonsspital Luzern (LUKS) – Prof. Richard Kobza
- Bürgerspital Solothurn – Dr. Frank Peter Stephan
- Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino/EOC – Prof. Angelo Auricchio, Prof. Giulio Conte, PD Dr. Marcello di Valentino, Dr. Giorgio Moschovitis
- Hopital Universitaire de Geneve (HUG) – Prof. Dipen Shah
- Reha Rheinfelden – Prof. Leo Bonati
- Universität Basel – Prof. Andreas Monsch
- Universität Zürich – Prof. Matthias Schwenkglenks
- Medical Image Analysis Center (MIAC) – Dr. Tim Sinnecker
- Schiller AG – Ramun Schmid
- Roche AG – Dr. André Ziegler
International Collaborations
- Population Health Research Institute - Prof. David Conen
- Population Health Research Institute - Prof. Guillaume Paré
- Politecnico Milano – Prof. Valentina Corino
Ongoing Research Projects
- Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Cohort Study (Swiss-AF)
- Health consequences of the burden of atrial fibrillation (Swiss-AF Burden)
- Mechanisms of cognitive decline in the patients with atrial fibrillation (Swiss AF-Brain)
- Brain lesions and cognitive function in patients with versus without atrial fibrillation (Swiss-AF Control)
- Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Pulmonary Vein Isolation Registry (SWISS-AF-PVI)
- BasEl ATriAl Fibrillation Cohort Study (BEAT-AF)
- Apixaban for the reduction of thrombo-embolism in patients with device-detected sub-clinical atrial fibrillation (ARTESiA)
- Prospective, observational Bern and Basel study on atrial fibrillation diagnosis in patients implanted with a cardiac monitor – the 2B-AF-PIC study
- Incidence of silent atrial fibrillation in patients with clinically silent brain ischemic lesions (SILENT2 – study)