The clinical studies at the DZHK collect data and samples according to uniform standards. The data standardization working group continuously makes sure to improve them. The working group calls for participation to ensure that additional know-how can be incorporated and various...
The human heart can only marginally heal itself when it is damaged. Because heart muscle cells hardly divide at all in a fully-grown organism. DZHK scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim, together with an international team of...
The German Heart Center Berlin (DHZB), a partner institution of the DZHK, is the first clinic in Germany to use a new type of system for the preservation of donor hearts. This allows the hearts to be transported over a longer period of time.
Researchers have analysed the genetic makeup of around 25,000 people and discovered new genes involved in the development of congenital heart defects (AHF). The team around the Kiel human geneticist and DZHK professor Marc-Phillip Hitz used biobank data and samples as well as the...
Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and increased mortality. This is the result of a study by scientists from the Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH) of the Mainz University Medical Center and the German Center...
