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Using state-of-the-art gene analysis, a German research team was able to show that a complex form of congenital heart disease is caused by alterations in several genes and demonstrate how these genetic variations interact. For many years, the team investigated 12 people, from a...

Scientists from the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) have found that the use of the Impella heart pump does not reduce the number of deaths in people with cardiogenic shock after a heart attack. This is the result...

New German research shows that beating human heart muscle can be grown in a laboratory from donated skin cells. The study, published in Stem Cell Reports and part-funded by the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), could lead to personalised treatments for heart...

In 2018, these 14 researchers of the DZHK will be among the one percent of the most cited scientists worldwide. This is the result of Clarivate Analytics' list of "Highly Cited Researchers":

Ackermann, Lutz | Göttingen | Chemistry

Anker, Stefan D. | Berlin | Clinical Medicine ...

Scientists at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) were the first to show that Empagliflozin, a diabetes drug, directly affects the human heart muscle and improves heart function. The results provide hope for the treatment of heart failure with preserved pump...

The Medical Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich is supporting young doctors to carry out medical research by expanding its clinical research and training program to include vascular research. The LMU and the University Hospital of Munich are partner...

The German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) has received a donation of €400,000 to fund a research position that will study cardiac genetics at the Children's Heart Center of Kiel University Hospital in Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH).

A new study from the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) is investigating whether a known drug could bring hope to the millions of people living with heart failure. There is currently no cure for some forms of heart failure and doctors can only treat the symptoms and...

Why do heart disease and stroke so often occur together? How can the care of people who have heart attack following a stroke be improved? Neurologists and cardiologists are investigating this in the PRAISE study. This study is conducted under the direction of Charité -...

The German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) is hosting a global meeting of world leading scientists to answer the question: How can the benefits of medical research reach the patient?