TY - JOUR A1 - Rogowski-Lehmann, Natalie A1 - Geroula, Aikaterini A1 - Prejbisz, Aleksander A1 - Timmers, Henri J. L. M. A1 - Megerle, Felix A1 - Robledo, Mercedes A1 - Fassnacht, Martin A1 - Fliedner, Stephanie M. J. A1 - Reincke, Martin A1 - Stell, Anthony A1 - Januszewicz, Andrzej A1 - Lenders, Jacques W. M. A1 - Eisenhofer, Graeme A1 - Beuschlein, Felix T1 - Missed clinical clues in patients with pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma discovered by imaging JF - Endocrine Connections N2 - Background: Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are rare but potentially harmful tumors that can vary in their clinical presentation. Tumors may be found due to signs and symptoms, as part of a hereditary syndrome or following an imaging procedure. Objective: To investigate potential differences in clinical presentation between PPGLs discovered by imaging (iPPGLs), symptomatic cases (sPPGLs) and those diagnosed during follow-up because of earlier disease/known hereditary mutations (fPPGL). Design: Prospective study protocol, which has enrolled patients from six European centers with confirmed PPGLs. Data were analyzed from 235 patients (37 iPPGLs, 36 sPPGLs, 27% fPPGLs) and compared for tumor volume, biochemical profile, mutation status, presence of metastases and self-reported symptoms. iPPGL patients were diagnosed at a significantly higher age than fPPGLs (P<0.001), found to have larger tumors (P=0.003) and higher metanephrine and normetanephrine levels at diagnosis (P=0.021). Significantly lower than in sPPGL, there was a relevant number of self-reported symptoms in iPPGL (2.9 vs 4.3 symptoms, P< 0.001). In 16.2% of iPPGL, mutations in susceptibility genes were detected, although this proportion was lower than that in fPPGL (60.9%) and sPPGL (21.5%). Patients with PPGLs detected by imaging were older, have higher tumor volume and more excessive hormonal secretion in comparison to those found as part of a surveillance program. Presence of typical symptoms indicates that in a relevant proportion of those patients, the PPGL diagnosis had been delayed. Precis: Pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma discovered by imaging are often symptomatic and carry a significant proportion of germline mutations in susceptibility genes. KW - pheochromocytoma KW - paraganglioma KW - imaging KW - signs and symptoms KW - prospective KW - Biochemical-Diagnosis KW - Plasma KW - MASS KW - Normetanephrine KW - Metanephrine KW - Paraganglioma KW - Society KW - Utility Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-226481 VL - 7 IS - 11 ER - TY - THES A1 - Lehmann, Martin T1 - Postoperative Veränderungen der regionalen Ventilation unter Spontanatmung bei Patienten nach Lungenresektion T1 - Redistribution of pulmonary ventilation detected with electric impedance tomography after lung surgery in adults N2 - Hintergrund: Die pulmonale elektrische Impedanztomographie (EIT) stellt die regionale Ventilation der Lunge dar. Ziel dieser Studie war es, die postoperative Umverteilung der regionalen Ventilation nach lungenchirurgischen Eingriffen in Abhängigkeit von der Operationsseite und deren Zusammenhang mit der forcierten Vitalkapazität zu untersuchen. Methoden: In dieser Beobachtungsstudie wurden Patienten untersucht, die sich rechts- und linksseitig offenen und videothorakoskopischen Eingriffen unterzogen. Es wurden Messungen mit EIT und Spirometrie durchgeführt. Jeweils 13 links- und 13 rechtsseitig operierte erwachsene Patienten, wurden präoperativ, sowie am dritten postoperativen Tag untersucht. Der Center of Ventilation (COV) innerhalb einer 32 x 32 Matrix wurde aus den EIT-Daten berechnet. COVx (links/rechts) wurde zu COVx' (ipsilateral/kontralateral) mit invertiertem Vektor der perioperativen Veränderung bei rechtsseitiger Operation modifiziert, um den Effekt der Zeit und der Seite der Operation in beiden Gruppen mit Two-way ANOVA für wiederholte Messungen zu testen. Ergebnisse: Die perioperative Verschiebung von COVx' war abhängig von der Operationsseite (p=0,007) und war um -1,97 Matrixpunkte (p<0,001) bei rechtsseitiger und -0,61 Matrixpunkte (p=0,425) bei linksseitiger Operation von der Operationsseite weg gerichtet. Die forcierte Vitalkapazität (%vom Soll) verringerte sich von 94 (83-109) % [Median (Perzentile)] (linksseitig) und 89 (80-97) % (rechtsseitig) auf 61 (59-66) % bzw. 62 (40-72) % (p<0,05) und korrelierte mit COVx' für beide Gruppen. Schlussfolgerung: Nur nach rechtsseitiger Lungenoperation konnte die EIT eine reduzierte Ventilation auf der Seite der Operation zeigen, während die Vitalkapazität in beiden Gruppen deutlich reduziert war. N2 - Background: Pulmonary electric impedance tomography (EIT) shows the regional ventilation of the lung. The aim of this study was to examine postoperative redistribution of the regional ventilation after lung surgery dependent on the side of surgery and its association with forced vital capacity. Methods: This observational study investigated patients undergoing right and left sided open and video-thoracoscopic procedures. Measurements with EIT and spirometry were performed. Thirteen patients for each side of surgery with measurements at the preoperative and at the third postoperative day were recruited. The center of ventilation (COV) within a 32 x 32 matrix was calculated from the EIT data. COVx (left/right) was modified to COVx’ (ipsilateral/contralateral) with inverted vector of perioperative change in right sided surgery to enable testing the effect of time and side of surgery in both groups with Two-way ANOVA for repeated measurements. Results: The perioperative shift of COVx’ was dependent on the side of surgery (p=0.007) and was directed away from the side of surgery by -1.97 matrix points (p<0.001) in right sided and -0.61 matrix points (p=0.425) in left sided surgery. The forced vital capacity (%predicted) diminished from 94 (83–109) % [median (percentiles)] (left sided) and 89 (80–97) % (right sided surgery) to 61 (59–66) % and 62 (40–72) % (p<0.05), respectively and was correlated with COVx’ for both groups. Conclusion: Only after right sided lung surgery EIT was able to show reduced ventilation on the side of surgery while vital capacity was markedly reduced in both groups. KW - Impedanztomografie KW - Lunge KW - Chirurgie KW - Spirometrie KW - Ventilation KW - Thorax KW - Operation Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-222214 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bellinger, Daniel A1 - Wehrmann, Kristin A1 - Rohde, Anna A1 - Schuppert, Maria A1 - Störk, Stefan A1 - Flohr-Jost, Michael A1 - Gall, Dominik A1 - Pauli, Paul A1 - Deckert, Jürgen A1 - Herrmann, Martin J. A1 - Erhardt-Lehmann, Angelika T1 - The application of virtual reality exposure versus relaxation training in music performance anxiety: a randomized controlled study JF - BMC Psychiatry N2 - Background Performance anxiety is the most frequently reported anxiety disorder among professional musicians. Typical symptoms are - on a physical level - the consequences of an increase in sympathetic tone with cardiac stress, such as acceleration of heartbeat, increase in blood pressure, increased respiratory rate and tremor up to nausea or flush reactions. These symptoms can cause emotional distress, a reduced musical and artistical performance up to an impaired functioning. While anxiety disorders are preferably treated using cognitive-behavioral therapy with exposure, this approach is rather difficult for treating music performance anxiety since the presence of a public or professional jury is required and not easily available. The use of virtual reality (VR) could therefore display an alternative. So far, no therapy studies on music performance anxiety applying virtual reality exposure therapy have investigated the therapy outcome including cardiovascular changes as outcome parameters. Methods This mono-center, prospective, randomized and controlled clinical trial has a pre-post design with a follow-up period of 6 months. 46 professional and semi-professional musicians will be recruited and allocated randomly to an VR exposure group or a control group receiving progressive muscle relaxation training. Both groups will be treated over 4 single sessions. Music performance anxiety will be diagnosed based on a clinical interview using ICD-10 and DSM-5 criteria for specific phobia or social anxiety. A behavioral assessment test is conducted three times (pre, post, follow-up) in VR through an audition in a concert hall. Primary outcomes are the changes in music performance anxiety measured by the German Bühnenangstfragebogen and the cardiovascular reactivity reflected by heart rate variability (HRV). Secondary outcomes are changes in blood pressure, stress parameters such as cortisol in the blood and saliva, neuropeptides, and DNA-methylation. Discussion The trial investigates the effect of VR exposure in musicians with performance anxiety compared to a relaxation technique on anxiety symptoms and corresponding cardiovascular parameters. We expect a reduction of anxiety but also a consecutive improvement of HRV with cardiovascular protective effects. Trial registration This study was registered on clinicaltrials.gov. (ClinicalTrials.gov Number: NCT05735860) KW - music performance anxiety KW - virtual reality exposure therapy KW - progressive muscle relaxation KW - heart rate variability Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-357833 VL - 23 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lambov, Martin A1 - Hensiek, Nicola A1 - Pöppler, Ann‐Christin A1 - Lehmann, Matthias T1 - Columnar Liquid Crystals from Star‐Shaped Conjugated Mesogens as Nano‐Reservoirs for Small Acceptors JF - ChemPlusChem N2 - Shape‐persistent conjugated mesogens with oligothiophene arms of different lengths have been synthesized. Such mesogens possess free intrinsic space between their conjugated arms. They form columnar liquid‐crystalline phases, in which the void is filled by dense helical packing in the neat phase similar to an oligo(phenylene vinylene) derivative of equal size. The void can also be compensated by the inclusion of the small acceptor molecule 2,4,7‐trinitrofluorenone. In solution, the acceptor interacts with the core as the largest π‐surface, while in the solid material, it is incorporated between the arms and sandwiched by the star‐shaped neighbours along the columnar assemblies. The TNF acceptors are not nanosegregated from the star‐shaped donors, thus the liquid crystal structure converts to a nano‐reservoir for TNF (endo‐receptor). These host–guest arrangements are confirmed by comprehensive X‐ray scattering experiments and solid‐state NMR spectroscopy. This results in ordered columnar hexagonal phases at high temperatures, which change to helical columnar mesophases or to columnar soft crystals at room temperature. KW - donor-acceptor interactions KW - host-guest systems KW - intrinsic free space KW - liquid crystals KW - mesogens Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-218014 VL - 85 IS - 10 SP - 2219 EP - 2229 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lehmann, Martin A1 - Oehler, Beatrice A1 - Zuber, Jonas A1 - Malzahn, Uwe A1 - Walles, Thorsten A1 - Muellenbach, Ralf M. A1 - Roewer, Norbert A1 - Kredel, Markus T1 - Redistribution of pulmonary ventilation after lung surgery detected with electrical impedance tomography JF - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica N2 - Background: Regional ventilation of the lung can be visualized by pulmonary electrical impedance tomography (EIT). The aim of this study was to examine the post‐operative redistribution of regional ventilation after lung surgery dependent on the side of surgery and its association with forced vital capacity. Methods: In this prospective, observational cohort study 13 patients undergoing right and 13 patients undergoing left‐sided open or video‐thoracoscopic procedures have been investigated. Pre‐operative measurements with EIT and spirometry were compared with data obtained 3 days post‐operation. The center of ventilation (COV) within a 32 × 32 pixel matrix was calculated from EIT data. The transverse axis coordinate of COV, COVx (left/right), was modified to COVx′ (ipsilateral/contralateral). Thus, COVx′ shows a negative change if ventilation shifts contralateral independent of the side of surgery. This enabled testing with two‐way ANOVA for repeated measurements (side, time). Results: The perioperative shift of COVx′ was dependent on the side of surgery (P = .007). Ventilation shifted away from the side of surgery after the right‐sided surgery (COVx′‐1.97 pixel matrix points, P < .001), but not after the left‐sided surgery (COVx′‐0.61, P = .425). The forced vital capacity (%predicted) decreased from 94 (83‐109)% (median [quartiles]; [left‐sided]) and 89 (80‐97)% (right‐sided surgery) to 61 (59‐66)% and 62 (40‐72)% (P < .05), respectively. The perioperative changes in forced vital capacity (%predicted) were weakly associated with the shift of COVx′. Conclusion: Only after right‐sided lung surgery, EIT showed reduced ventilation on the side of surgery while vital capacity was markedly reduced in both groups. KW - electrical impedance tomography KW - general anaesthesia KW - one‐lung ventilation KW - postoperative complications KW - pulmonary function tests KW - pulmonary surgical procedures Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-213575 VL - 64 IS - 4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lehmann, Matthias A1 - Baumann, Maximilian A1 - Lambov, Martin A1 - Eremin, Alexey T1 - Parallel polar dimers in the columnar self‐assembly of umbrella‐shaped subphthalocyanine mesogens JF - Advanced Functional Materials N2 - The self-assembly of umbrella-shaped mesogens is explored with subphthalocyanine cores and oligo(thienyl) arms with different lengths in the light of their application as light-harvesting and photoconducting materials. While the shortest arm derivatives self-assemble in a conventional columnar phase with a single mesogen as a repeating unit, the more extended derivatives generate dimers that pile up into liquid crystalline columns. In contrast to the antiparallel arrangement known from single crystals, the present mesogens align as parallel dimers in polar columnar phases as confirmed by X-ray scattering, experimental densities, dielectric spectroscopy, second harmonic generation, alignment, and conductivity studies. UV–vis and fluorescence spectroscopies reveal a broad absorption in the visible range and only weak emission of the Q-band. Thus, these light-collecting molecules forming strongly polar columnar mesophases are attractive for application in the area of photoconductive materials. KW - umbrella-shaped mesogens KW - parallel polar dimers KW - subphthalocyanine KW - columnar phases KW - ferroelectrics KW - liquid crystal alignment KW - organic semiconductors Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256343 VL - 31 IS - 38 ER -