Klinik für Neurologie -
Dr. Matthias Lorenz

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Expertise

• Epidemiologie der Arteriosklerose
  
• Intima-Media-Dicke im Carotisstromgebiet
  
• Langzeitprognose intra- und extrakranieller Stentimplantationen
  
• Zerebrale Mikroangiopathie
  
• Neurologische Ultraschalldiagnostik
  
• Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie
  
  

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Methoden und Geräte

• Ultraschalllabor (ECD, TCD, Duplex, TCCD)
  
• Funktionelle Ultraschalldiagnostik und Messung der zerebralen Autoregulation
  
  

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Mitarbeiter

• Dr. F. Dvorak
  
• M. Gonzales
  
• N. Lösel
  
• Dr. med. W. Rölz
  
• C. Schäfer
  
• N. Thölen

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Publikationen

• Lorenz MW, Thoelen N, Loesel N, Lienerth C, Gonzalez M, Humpich M, Roelz W, Dvorak F, Sitzer M. Assessment of cerebral autoregulation with transcranial Doppler sonography in poor bone windows using constant infusion of an ultrasound contrast agent. Ultrasound Med Biol (2008) 34:345-353.
  
• Lorenz MW, Gonzalez M, Lienerth C, Loesel N, Thoelen N, Sitzer M. Influence of temporal insonation window quality on the assessment of cerebral autoregulation with transcranial Doppler sonography. Ultrasound Med Biol (2007) 33:1540-1545.
  
• Lorenz MW, Karbstein P, Markus HS, Sitzer M. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein is not associated with carotid intima-media progression: the carotid atherosclerosis progression study. Stroke (2007) 38:1774-1779.
  
• Labrum R, Bevan S, Sitzer M, Lorenz M, Markus HS. Toll receptor polymorphisms and carotid artery intima-media thickness. Stroke (2007) 38:1179-1184.
  
• Lorenz MW, Stephan C, Harmjanz A, Staszewski S, Buehler A, Bickel M, von Kegler S, Ruhkamp D, Steinmetz H, Sitzer M. Both long-term HIV infection and highly active antiretroviral therapy are independent risk factors for early carotid atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis (2008) 196:720-726.
  
• Lorenz MW, Markus HS, Bots ML, Rosvall M, Sitzer M. Prediction of clinical cardiovascular events with carotid intima-media thickness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Circulation (2007) 115:459-467.
  
• Lorenz M, Sterzer P, Sitzer M. Evaluation of different protocols for the leg cuff technique for measurement of dynamic cerebral autoregulation. Ultraschall Med (2006) 27:368-373.
  
• Lorenz MW, von Kegler S, Steinmetz H, Markus HS, Sitzer M. Carotid intima-media thickening indicates a higher vascular risk across a wide age range: prospective data from the Carotid Atherosclerosis Progression Study (CAPS). Stroke (2006) 37:87-92.