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In a television report on the NDR health programme Visite, Prof. Dr Rolf Wachter from Göttingen University Hospital reports on how atrial fibrillation can be detected early with the help of a rhythm patch. The effect of the patch was clinically tested in the DZHK study SCREEN-AF.

The German Research Foundation funds two new Collaborative Research Centers on cardiovascular research led by DZHK partner institutions in Frankfurt and Heidelberg. Another Collaborative Research Center (SFB) at the DZHK site in Munich was extended.

DZHK researcher at the German Heart Center Berlin investigates disease mechanisms of myocardial inflammation in children - supported by Gerd Killian project funding from the Heart Foundation.

Four of six German Centres for Health Research (DZG) celebrated their tenth anniversary today with a ceremony in Berlin and around 300 guests from the worlds of politics and science. Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Hessian Science Minister Angela Dorn, Berlin...

People with an altered release of the stress hormone cortisol have an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Researchers reported this in the journal Psychoneuroimmunology. According to the study, it is essential to assess the risk by looking at the daily profile of...

Atherosclerosis and the resulting secondary diseases, coronary heart disease (CHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) are the leading causes of death worldwide. Despite intensive research, it is still unclear why this disease can be inherited. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr....

At its spring meetings, the German Science Council rated the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Control (CCDC) proposed by the Mannheim Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University as "very good to outstanding" and recommended it for funding. The research building at the DZHK partner...