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A genetic defect in the ADAMTS19 gene is one of the causes of leaking heart valves in humans. Researchers led by Professor Marc-Phillip Hitz, head of the Cardiogenetics working group at the Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology at the...

Pneumologists of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) and basic researchers of the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) conducted a study on serum troponin I as predictor of mortality in COPD patients. For this reason they evaluated a wide range of cardiovascular...

Insights into how the heart recovers after myocardial infarction (heart attack) can be obtained with a new radiotracer that targets fibroblast activity prior to it causing permanent damage. Positron emission tomography (PET) can effectively image fibroblast activation after...