Christian Puelacher

Christian Puelacher, MD PhD

Position(s)
Assistant physician Cardiology

Institution
University Hospital Basel

Phone +41 61 556 58 30

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Research Focus

Cardiovascular & Perioperative Medicine

Area of Research

Perioperative myocardial infarction/injury and perioperative heart failure 


Approved Research Projects

  • Basel Incidence, Patient Characteristics, Pathophysiology, and Outcome of Perioperative Myocardial Injury After Non-cardiac Surgery (BASEL-PMI, NCT02573532); prospective pragmatic observational study [2014]
  • Reliability of cardiac troponins for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction in the presence of rhabdomyolysis; retrospective cohort study [2016] (CLOSED)
  • Impact of implementation of a routine screening and response system for perioperative myocardial injuries/infarctions after non-cardiac surgery (Impact-PMI); retrospective case-cohort study [2019]
  • Implementation of a clinical screening and response system for perioperative myocardial infarction/injury after noncardiac surgery (Implement-PMI); prospective multicenter before-after comparison, pilot study [2021]
  • Continuous Monitoring of Vital Signs for Improved Phenotyping of Perioperative Myocardial Infarction/Injury after noncardiac surgery in high risk patients (PMI-VITAL); prospective observational study [2022]
     

Collaborations

National Collaborations

  • Implement-PMI: Kantonsspital Olten, Kantonsspital Solothurn, Kantonsspital Luzern, Universitätsspital Genf
  • Basel-PMI: Kantonsspital Aarau, Kantonsspital St. Gallen
  • Impact-PMI: Kantonsspital Aarau
  • USB-Kollaborationen: Anästhesie, Orthopädie
  • Kollaborationen: AUTOREGULATE-NONCARDIAC-Studie (Dr. Patrick Wanner)

International Collaborations

  • Implement-PMI: Universitätsklinikum Innsbruck, Österreich
  • Basel-PMI: INCOR Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brasilien
  • MINSS: Michelle Chew, Linköping University, Schweden
  • Kollaborationen: A-PoMI (Dr. Jan Larmann, Uniklinikum Heidelberg)

Ongoing Research Projects

  • Basel Incidence, Patient Characteristics, Pathophysiology, and Outcome of Perioperative Myocardial Injury After Non-cardiac Surgery (BASEL-PMI, NCT02573532); prospective pragmatic observational study [2014]
  • Impact of implementation of a routine screening and response system for perioperative myocardial injuries/infarctions after non-cardiac surgery (Impact-PMI); retrospective case-cohort study [2019]
  • Implementation of a clinical screening and response system for perioperative myocardial infarction/injury after noncardiac surgery (Implement-PMI); prospective multicenter before-after comparison, pilot study [2021]
  • Continuous Monitoring of Vital Signs for Improved Phenotyping of Perioperative Myocardial Infarction/Injury after noncardiac surgery in high risk patients (PMI-VITAL); prospective observational study [2022]

Research Team

Noemi Glarner, PhDc

Research fellow

Phone +41 61 328 58 56
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Samantha Weder, MDc 

Research fellow

Phone +41 61 556 58 30
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Anke Grabs

Research fellow

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Mirjam Pargger, PhDc 

Research fellow

Phone +41 61 556 58 30
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Philip Müller, MDc 

Research fellow

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Gabrielle Huré, BSc 

Research fellow

Phone +41 61 556 58 30
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Silvia Maiorano, MDc 

Research fellow

Phone +41 61 556 58 30
Email