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In patients with inflammatory cardiomyopathy, the heart muscle is permanently inflamed even though there is no viral infection. In the TRINITY-DZHK26 study, researchers are testing whether it helps to suppress the immune system with drugs for a limited period of time.

Research teams around the world are searching for the causes of Long COVID. Scientists PD Dr Leo Nicolai, Dr Rainer Kaiser and Prof. Konstantin Stark from the Munich partner site of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) have now taken a closer look at...

Environmental stressors such as air pollution, noise, unhealthy urban planning, and climate change increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, as do traditional risk factors such as smoking, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. An article recently today in Nature Review...

International study lays the foundations for potential new therapy of a large number of diseases | Joint press release by the Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University and the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research

Environmental stressors such as traffic noise pose a threat to human health worldwide. A study by DZHK researcher Prof. Thomas Münzel, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, shows that noise has negative effects on blood vessels and the brain within a very...

When the heart gets out of rhythm, characteristic processes occur in the heart muscle cells. Among other things, the currents of electrically charged particles (ions) change. In chronic atrial fibrillation, one of these currents is reduced. Dr. Cristina Molina from the University...

At the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), clinical study data and samples belong not to individual clinics but to a superordinate structure - the DZHK. The basis for this is the collaborative clinical research platform launched ten years ago, which makes data and...

The world's only clinical trial to implant artificial heart tissue in patients with heart failure to permanently strengthen the heart muscle has reached its first important milestone: the determination of the maximum safe dose could be completed after the treatment of 10...

Heart failure is one of the leading causes of death. Approximately one million people with heart failure also suffer from atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder that causes uncontrolled impulses in the atria and irregular heartbeats. This arrhythmia can usually be...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women and men worldwide. However, there are numerous differences between the hearts of the two sexes. The new junior research group of the German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) led by PD Dr. Claudia Crocini is...