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The German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the Heidelberg University Hospital have entered into a research collaboration with Novo Nordisk to understand and treat dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). This severe heart disease often leads to heart failure. The project...

The blood marker troponin is also suitable for better recognising an acute heart attack in patients with an acute stroke. This is shown by the PRAISE study jointly funded by the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases...

An innovative tool for the targeted modification of gene activity in heart muscle cells could establish itself as a standard method for research into cardiovascular diseases. Dr Patrick Laurette and his colleagues at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), led by...

Numerous DZHK scientists received prizes and awards at the 90th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Cardiology - Cardiovascular Research (DGK). The DGK Annual Meeting took place from 3 to 6 April 2024 in Mannheim.

Catheter-based aortic valve replacement is on a par with surgical aortic valve replacement, even in younger low-risk patients. This is the result of the one-year evaluation of the DEDICATE-DZHK6 study, which was conducted under the direction of Prof. Dr Stefan Blankenberg at the...

Leading mid-career researchers in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK will join forces to drive breakthroughs in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of heart and circulatory diseases, thanks to a pioneering partnership between the British Heart Foundation (BHF), Dutch Heart...

In clinical trials, new therapies or drugs are tested on a large number of patients or healthy volunteers: Nothing works without biometrics. This is because studies have to be statistically planned, systematically checked and carefully analysed. This is Tim Friede's speciality:...

Researchers at the University Medical Center Mainz led by DZHK scientist Dr Tilman Emrich have shown that a new type of computer tomography (CT) with a so-called photon counting detector (PCD-CT) can improve the assessment of coronary heart disease. Ultra-high-resolution PCD-CT...

In a study funded by the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), researchers at Heidelberg University Hospital are investigating whether an anti-inflammatory drug can alleviate myocardial damage in broken heart syndrome for the first time.

People with severe heart failure who have an external ventricular assist device benefit from tailored exercise training. This is the finding of the Ex-VAD-DZHK-11 study conducted at eight centers in Germany. Both quality of life and submaximal exercise capacity improved...