Dr. Tania Garfias-Veitl
E-mail address: tania.garfiasveitl(at)med.uni-goettingen.de
Contact at the Department of Medical Statistics:
Telephone: +49 551 3963371
Fax: +49 551 3965605
Location: Humboldtallee 32, EG 153
Contact at the Clinic for Cardiology and Pneumology:
Telephone: +49 551 3965191
Fax: +49 551 3962524
Location: Robert-Koch-Str. 40, room 4.B4 621
Short biography
[Since 01/2024]
Research associate in the scientific core facility “Medical Biometry and Statistical Bioinformatics” at the Department of Medical Statistics of the University of Göttingen.
[Since 06/2018]
Research associate as biostatistician at the Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center Göttingen.
[04/2013 – 06/2017]
Data Scientist and Programmer at Qlaym GmbH & Qlaym Healthcare AG, Göttingen.
[02/2012 – 03/2013]
Research associate at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Göttingen.
[10/2002 – 10/2012]
PhD at the Institute of Mathematics, University of Göttingen.
[10/1995 – 07/2002]
Studies in Mathematical Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Degree: Licentiate degree in Mathematics.
Fields of research
Medical statistics and clinical studies. Focus area on the applications in the cardiology.
Exam theses
- Doctoral thesis (University of Göttingen, 2012): “Approximation of Baker domains and convergences of Julia sets”
- Diploma thesis (National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), 2002): „Fractal growth in bacteria colonies“
Publications
[27.12.2023]
Iron deficiency in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: rationale and design of the FAIR-HFpEF trial.
von Haehling S, Doehner W, Evertz R, Garfias-Veitl T, Diek M, Karakas M, Birkemeyer R, Fillippatos G, Ponikowski P, Böhm M, Friede T, Anker SD (2023). Global Cardio 1(15). DOI: 10.4081/globcardio.2023.15.
[08.09.2023]
Predictors of lower exercise capacity in patients with cancer.
Evertz R, Diehl C, Gödde K, Valentova M, Garfias-Veitl T, Overbeck TR, Braulke F, Lena A, Hadzibegovic S, Bleckmann A, Keller U, Landmesser U, König AO, Hasenfuss G, Schuster A, Anker MS, von Haehling S (2023). Sci Rep. 13(1):14861. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41390-0.
[07.03.2023]
Bone status in men with heart failure: results from the Studies Investigating Co-morbidities Aggravating Heart Failure.
Loncar G, Garfias-Veitl T, Valentova M, Vatic M, Lainscak M, Obradović D, Dschietzig TB, Doehner W, Jankowska EA, Anker SD, von Haehling S (2023). Eur J Heart Fail 25(5):714-723. DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.2794. Epub 2023 Mar 7.
[31.02.2023]
Role of Copeptin and hs-cTnT to Discriminate AHF from Uncomplicated NSTE-ACS with Baseline Elevated hs-cTnT-A Derivation and External Validation Study.
von Haehling S, Müller-Hennessen M, Garfias-Veitl T, Goßling A, Neumann JT, Sörensen NA, Haller PM, Hartikainen T, Vollert JO, Möckel M, Blankenberg S, Westermann D, Giannitsis E (2023). Cells 12(7):1062. DOI: 10.3390/cells12071062.
[30.09.2022]
Cardiovascular and metabolic determinants of quality of life in patients with cancer.
Evertz R, Gödde K, Diehl C, Valentova M, Garfias-Veitl T, Braulke F, Wulf GG, Overbeck TR, Bleckmann A, König AO, Weinländer P, Potthoff S, Hadzibegovic S, Lena A, Keller U, Landmesser U, Schuster A, Anker MS, Hasenfuß G, von Haehling S (2023). ESC Heart Fail 10(1):167-176. DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.14175. Epub 2022 Sep 30.
[06.05.2022]
Birth weight and heart failure: hindsight as an exact science?
Fonseca GWPD, Garfias-Veitl T, von Haehling S (2022). Eur J Prev Cardiol 6;29(6):968-970. DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac012.
[10.01.2022]
Skeletal muscle derived Musclin protects the heart during pathological overload.
Szaroszyk M, Kattih B, Martin-Garrido A, Trogisch FA, Dittrich GM, Grund A, Abouissa A, Derlin K, Meier M, Holler T, Korf-Klingebiel M, Völker K, Garfias Macedo T, Pablo Tortola C, Boschmann M, Huang N, Froese N, Zwadlo C, Malek Mohammadi M, Luo X, Wagner M, Cordero J, Geffers R, Batkai S, Thum T, Bork N, Nikolaev VO, Müller OJ, Katus HA, El-Armouche A, Kraft T, Springer J, Dobreva G, Wollert KC, Fielitz J, von Haehling S, Kuhn M, Bauersachs J, Heineke J (2022). Nat Commun 13(1):149. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27634-5.
[08.01.2022]
Biomarkers-in-Cardiology 8 RE-VISITED-Consistent Safety of Early Discharge with a Dual Marker Strategy Combining a Normal hs-cTnT with a Normal Copeptin in Low-to-Intermediate Risk Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome-A Secondary Analysis of the Randomized Biomarkers-in-Cardiology 8 Trial.
Giannitsis E, Garfias-Veitl T, Slagman A, Searle J, Müller C, Blankenberg S, von Haehling S, Katus HA, Hamm CW, Huber K, Vollert JO, Möckel M (2022). Cells 11(2):211. DOI: 10.3390/cells11020211.
[16.11.2020]
Cardiotoxicity and Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Patients With Breast Cancer: Data From the GeparOcto-GBG 84 Trial.
Rüger AM, Schneeweiss A, Seiler S, Tesch H, van Mackelenbergh M, Marmé F, Lübbe K, Sinn B, Karn T, Stickeler E, Müller V, Schem C, Denkert C, Fasching PA, Nekljudova V, Garfias-Macedo T, Hasenfuß G, Haverkamp W, Loibl S, von Haehling S (2020). J Am Heart Assoc 9(23):e018143. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.018143. Epub 2020 Nov 16.
[11.05.2020]
Improving exercise capacity and quality of life using non-invasive heart failure treatments: evidence from clinical trials.
von Haehling S, Arzt M, Doehner W, Edelmann F, Evertz R, Ebner N, Herrmann-Lingen C, Garfias Macedo T, Koziolek M, Noutsias M, Schulze PC, Wachter R, Hasenfuß G, Laufs U (2021). Eur J Heart Fail 23(1):92-113. DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1838. Epub 2020 May 11.
[28.08.2020]
Muscle mass, muscle strength, and functional capacity in patients with heart failure of Chagas disease and other aetiologies.
Fonseca GWPD, Garfias Macedo T, Ebner N, Dos Santos MR, de Souza FR, Mady C, Takayama L, Pereira RMR, Doehner W, Anker SD, Negrão CE, Alves MJNN, von Haehling S (2020). ESC Heart Fail 7(5):3086-3094. DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12936. Epub 2020 Aug 28.
[06.08.2020]
Muscle wasting as an independent predictor of survival in patients with chronic heart failure.
von Haehling S, Garfias Macedo T, Valentova M, Anker MS, Ebner N, Bekfani T, Haarmann H, Schefold JC, Lainscak M, Cleland JGF, Doehner W, Hasenfuss G, Anker SD (2020). J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 11(5):1242-1249. DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12603. Epub 2020 Aug 6.