PD Dr. med. Annina Salome Vischer

Tramèr, Lucas, Zumstein, Dominik, Medeiros-Domingo, Argelia, Vischer, Annina S., Erdogan, Firat, Tanner, Felix C., Manka, Robert, Prampolini, Lisa, Duru, Firat, & Saguner, Ardan M. (2025). KCNQ1 and GJA1 Variants Associated With Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy With a Lethal Outcome. Jacc Case Reports, 30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.105304

Hunziker, Samuel, Haaf, Philip, & Vischer, Annina S. (2025). Mavacamten for treatment of symptomatic mid-ventricular obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report. European Heart Journal - Case Reports, 9. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaf423

Hotz, Leana N., Burkard, Thilo, Rana, Alessandro, Wenker, Celine A., Jalanthiran, Subeedhja, Piattini, Leana, Strobel, Noémie, Vorster, Viviane, Menzinger, Zoë G., Eichler, Sophia, Schumacher, Christina, Mayr, Michael, Dickenmann, Michael, Hoesli, Irene, Lapaire, Olav, Mosimann, Beatrice, Vischer, Annina S., & Socrates, Thenral. (2025). Blood pressure control, hypertension phenotypes, and albuminuria: outcomes of the comprehensive Basel Postpartum Hypertension Registry. Hypertension Research, 48(7), 2095–2107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-025-02191-2

Vischer, Annina Salome, Bertsch, Maria, van der Velpen, Vera, Küng, Franziska, Socrates, Thenral, Mayr, Michael, Haschke, Manuel, & Burkard, Thilo. (2025). Monotherapy Blood Pressure Response and Control Rates in Treatment-Naïve Patients with Arterial Hypertension: A Randomized Comparison of Four Different Antihypertensive Drug Classes. Kidney and Blood Pressure Research, 50, 325–340. https://doi.org/10.1159/000545908

Reichl, Jakob Johannes, Hamid, Khaled Abdel, Burkard, Thilo, Vischer, Annina Salome, Guzman, Caroline, Dudek, Dariusz, Pawlik, Artur, Merkely, Bela, László, Janos Marcell, Manolis, Athanasios J., Kallistratos, Manolis S., Linz, Dominik, Dörr, Markus, Bahr, Christine, Belesin, Branko, Hübner, Thomas, König, Nicole, Piper, Diana, & Eckstein, Jens. (2025). PPG-based smartphone application vs usual care for atrial fibrillation screening: A European multicenter randomized trial. Heart Rhythm. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.07.060

Socrates, Thenral, Wenker, Céline, Vischer, Annina, Schumacher, Christina, Pugin, Fiona, Schötzau, Andreas, Mayr, Michael, Hösli, Irene, Mosimann, Beatrice, Lapaire, Olav, & Burkard, Thilo. (2024). Characteristics of the Basel Postpartum Hypertension Cohort (Basel-PPHT Cohort): An Interim Analysis. Diagnostics, 14(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14131347

Derendinger, Felicia C., Vischer, Annina S., Krisai, Philipp, Socrates, Thenral, Schumacher, Christina, Mayr, Michael, & Burkard, Thilo. (2024). Ability of a 24-h ambulatory cuffless blood pressure monitoring device to track blood pressure changes in clinical practice. Journal of Hypertension, 42(4), 662–671. https://doi.org/10.1097/hjh.0000000000003667

Socrates, T., Wenker, C., Vischer, A., Schumacher, C., Pugin, F., Schötzau, A., Mayr, M., Hösli, I., Mosimann, B., Lapaire, O., & Burkard, T. (2024, March 13). Protocol and Characteristics of the Basel Postpartum Hypertension Cohort (Basel-PPHT-Cohort): an Interim Analysis [Posted-content]. MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202403.0776.v1

Nemtsova, V., Vischer, A. S., & Burkard, T. (2024). Hypertensive Heart Disease: A Narrative Review Series—Part 3: Vasculature, Biomarkers and the Matrix of Hypertensive Heart Disease. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13020505

Nemtsova V, Burkard T, & Vischer AS. (2023). Hypertensive Heart Disease: A Narrative Review Series—Part 2: Macrostructural and Functional Abnormalities. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12175723

Socrates, Thenral, Krisai, Philipp, Meienberg, Andrea, Mayr, Michael, Burkard, Thilo, & Vischer, Annina S. (2023). Effect of Cuff Inflation on Blood Pressure, Arousals, Sleep Efficiency, and Desaturations: Sub-Analysis of the VAST Pilot Study. Diagnostics, 13(18). https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13182874

Socrates, T., Krisai, P., Meienberg, A., Mayr, M., Burkard, T., & Vischer, A. S. (2023, August 15). Effect of Cuff-Inflation on Blood Pressure, Arousals, Sleep Efficiency, and Desaturations: Sub-Analysis of the VAST Pilot Study [Posted-content]. MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0922.v2

Socrates, T., Krisai, P., Meienberg, A., Mayr, M., Burkard, T., & Vischer, A. S. (2023, August 11). Effect of Cuff-Inflation on Blood Pressure, Arousals, Sleep Efficiency, and Desaturations: Sub-Analysis of the VAST Pilot Study [Posted-content]. MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.0922.v1

Nemtsova V, Vischer AS, & Burkard T. (2023). Hypertensive Heart Disease: A Narrative Review Series—Part 1: Pathophysiology and Microstructural Changes. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12072606

Castelletti S, Orini M, Vischer AS, McKenna WJ, Lambiase PD, Pantazis A, & Crotti L. (2023). Circadian and Seasonal Pattern of Arrhythmic Events in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Patients. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042872

Apitz A, Socrates T, Burkard T, Mayr M, & Vischer AS. (2023). Prevalence and Characterisation of Severe Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Diagnosed by Echocardiography in Hypertensive Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010228

Vischer AS, Rosania J, Socrates T, & Burkard T. (2023). Reply to Hungerford, S.; Bart, N. Blood-Pressure-Monitoring Smartphone Applications: Ushering in a New Era of Wearable Cardiac Devices? Comment on “Vischer et al. Comparability of a Blood-Pressure-Monitoring Smartphone Application with Conventional Measurements—A Pilot Study. Diagnostics 2022, 12, 749”. Diagnostics, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13020291

Gandjbakhch E, & Vischer AS. (2022). Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: the never-ending quest for a risk calculator. European Heart Journal, 43(32), 3068–3070. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac324

Schulz LP, & Vischer AS. (2022). Cardiomyopathies in the Clinical Practice - an Overview. Praxis, 111(11), 623–631. https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-8157/a003912

Vischer AS, & Burkard T. (2022). Special Issue: Hypertensive Heart Disease—From Pathophysiology to Therapeutical Challenges (Patent No. 16). Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(16), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11164640

Vischer AS, Dutilh G., Socrates T, & Burkard T. (2022). A model for early failure prediction of blood pressure measurement devices in a stepped validation approach. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 24(5), 582–590. https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.14474

Vischer AS, Rosania J., Socrates T, Blaschke C, Eckstein J., Proust Y.-M., Bonnier G, Proença M, Lemay M, & Burkard T. (2022). Comparability of a Blood-Pressure-Monitoring Smartphone Application with Conventional Measurements—A Pilot Study. Diagnostics, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030749

Meienberg, Andrea, Mayr, Michael, Vischer, Annina, Zellweger, Michael J, & Burkard, Thilo. (2021). Smoking prevention in adolescents: A cross-sectional and qualitative evaluation of a newly implemented prevention program in Switzerland. BMJ Open, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048319

Socrates T, Krisai P, Vischer AS, Meienberg A, Mayr M, & Burkard T. (2021). Improved agreement and diagnostic accuracy of a cuffless 24-h blood pressure measurement device in clinical practice. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80905-x

Glinz D, Bläsi C, Villiger A, Meienberg A, Socrates T, Pfister O, Mayr M, Haschke M, Vischer AS, & Burkard T. (2021). Hemodynamic profiles in treatment-naive arterial hypertension and their clinical implication for treatment choice: An exploratory post hoc analysis. Journal of Hypertension, 39(6), 1246–1253. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002766

Vischer AS, Hug R, Socrates T, Meienberg A, Mayr M, & Burkard T. (2021). Accuracy of abbreviated protocols for unattended automated office blood pressure measurements, a retrospective study. PLoS ONE, 16(3 March), e0248586. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248586

Vischer AS, Kuster GM, Twerenbold R, Pfister O, Zhou Q, Villiger A, Poglitsch M, Krähenbühl S, Mayr M, Osswald S, Haschke M, & Burkard T. (2021). Influence of antihypertensive treatment on raas peptides in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. Cells, 10(3), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10030534

Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Blum, Steffen, Meyre, Pascal B., Coslovsky, Michael, Vischer, Annina S., Sinnecker, Tim, Rodondi, Nicolas, Beer, Jürg H., Moschovitis, Giorgio, Moutzouri, Elisavet, Hunkeler, Christof, Burkard, Thilo, Eken, Ceylan, Roten, Laurent, Zuern, Christine S., Sticherling, Christian, Wuerfel, Jens, Bonati, Leo H., Conen, David, et al. (2021). Blood Pressure and Brain Lesions in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Hypertension, 77(2), 662–671. https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.120.16025

Vischer AS, & Burkard T. (2021). How should we measure and deal with office blood pressure in 2021? Diagnostics, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11020235

Vischer AS, Socrates T, Winterhalder C, Eckstein J, Mayr M, & Burkard T. (2021). How should we measure blood pressure? Implications of the fourth blood pressure measurement in office blood pressure. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 23(1), 35–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.14130

Kilian L, Krisai P, Socrates T, Arranto C, Pfister O, Meienberg A, Mayr M, Vischer AS, & Burkard T. (2020). Analyzing 24-hour blood pressure measurements with a novel cuffless pulse transit time device in clinical practice-does the software for heartbeat detection matter? Diagnostics, 10(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10060361

Knecht, Sven, Schaer, Beat, Reichlin, Tobias, Spies, Florian, Madaffari, Antonio, Vischer, Annina, Fahrni, Gregor, Jeger, Raban, Kaiser, Christoph, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, & Kühne, Michael. (2020). Electrophysiology Testing to Stratify Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 9(5), e014446. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.119.014446

Vischer AS, Castelletti S, Syrris P, McKenna WJ, & Pantazis A. (2019). Heart failure in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: Genetic characteristics. International Journal of Cardiology, 286, 99–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.01.065

Krisai, Philipp, Vischer, Annina Salome, Kilian, Leo, Meienberg, Andrea, Mayr, Michael, & Burkard, Thilo. (2019). Accuracy of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring by a novel cuffless device in clinical practice. Heart (British Cardiac Society), 105(5), 399–405. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313592

Vischer, Annina S., Castelletti, Silvia, Syrris, Petros, Bastiaenen, Rachel, Miles, Chris, Akdis, Deniz, Denhaerynck, Kris, Jacoby, Daniel, Saguner, Ardan M., Krahn, Andrew D., Behr, Elijah R., McKenna, William J., & Pantazis, Antonios. (2019). Risk score for the exclusion of arrhythmic events in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy at first presentation. International Journal of Cardiology, 290, 100–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.04.090

Vischer, Annina S., Mayr, Michael, Socrates, Thenral, Winterhalder, Clemens, Leonardi, Licia, Eckstein, Jens, & Burkard, Thilo. (2019). Impact of Single-Occasion American vs. Canadian Office Blood Pressure Measurement Recommendations on Blood Pressure Classification. American Journal of Hypertension, 32(2), 143–145. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpy159

Vischer, Annina S., Socrates, Thenral, Winterhalder, Clemens, Eckstein, Jens, Mayr, Michael, & Burkard, Thilo. (2019). Impact of single-visit American versus European office blood pressure measurement procedure on individual blood pressure classification: a cross-sectional study. Clinical Research in Cardiology : Official Journal of the German Cardiac Society, 108(9), 990–999. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-019-01426-w

Vischer AS. (2018). Seeking the common, but unsuspected: Arterial hypertension in Indian schoolchildren (Patent No. 16). European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 25(16), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487318799393

Burkard T, Mayr M, Winterhalder C, Leonardi L, Eckstein J, Vischer AS, & Vischer AS. (2018). Reliability of single office blood pressure measurements. Heart, 104(14), 1173–1179. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312523

Raichle CJ, Eckstein J, Lapaire O, Leonardi L, Brasier N, Vischer AS, & Burkard T. (2018). Performance of a blood pressure smartphone app in pregnant women: The iPARR Trial (iPhone App Compared with Standard RR Measurement). Hypertension, 71(6), 1164–1169. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.10647

Castelletti S, Vischer AS, Syrris P, Crotti L, Spazzolini C, Ghidoni A, Parati G, Jenkins S, Kotta MC, McKenna WJ, Schwartz PJ, & Pantazis A. (2017). Desmoplakin missense and non-missense mutations in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: Genotype-phenotype correlation. International Journal of Cardiology, 249, 268–273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.05.018

Vischer AS, Connolly DJ, Coats CJ, Fuentes VL, McKenna WJ, Castelletti S, & Pantazis AA. (2017). Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in Boxer dogs: The diagnosis as a link to the human disease. Acta Myologica, 36(3), 135–150.

Vischer AS, & Burkard T. (2017). Principles of blood pressure measurement – current techniques, office vs ambulatory blood pressure measurement. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 956, 85–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2016_49

Vischer,Annina, Seiler,Karin, Uthoff,Heiko, Uthoff,Heiko, & Burkard,Thilo. (2015). [Renal artery intervention in the post-CORAL era - obsolete or sometimes reasonable?]. Deut Med Wochenschr (Print-Ausgabe), 140(4), 5–1372.

Vischer A, Seiler K, Uthoff H, & Burkard T. (2015). [Renal artery intervention in the post-CORAL era - obsolete or sometimes reasonable?]. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 140(18), 5–1372. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-103629

Vischer AS, Mutschelknauss M., Kuhne M.S., Osswald S, Sticherling C, & Schaer BA. (2015). Concurrent Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation during ICD Shock Testing. PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 38(7), 864–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/pace.12644

Pantazis A, Vischer AS, Perez-Tome MC, & Castelletti S. (2015). Diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Echo Research and Practice, 2(1), R45–R53. https://doi.org/10.1530/ERP-15-0007

Vischer AS, Sticherling C, Kühne MS, Osswald S, & Schaer BA. (2013). Role of defibrillation threshold testing in the contemporary defibrillator patient population. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 24(4), 437–441. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.12042

Schaer BA, & Vischer AS. (2013). Should we test all defibrillators at the time of implantation? An unanswered question. Reply to the letter of Hadid et al. (Patent No. 12). Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 24(12), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.12261

Vischer, Annina, Osswald, Stefan, Sticherling, Christian, & Schaer, Beat. (2009). Outcome of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy in a contemporary Swiss population. Acta Cardiologica, 64(3), 50–347. https://doi.org/10.2143/ac.64.3.2038020