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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

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...

Congratulations! At the 89th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Cardiology (DGK), numerous DZHK scientists were honored today.

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...

It is a unique process in German health research: 20 experts and patients have worked together on a roadmap to systematically expand active patient participation in medical research.

A leaking mitral valve can be repaired surgically or with catheter-based techniques. A so-called mitral valve prolapse is particularly common, in which part of the valve protrudes (prolapses) into the left atrium. The American PRIMARY study investigates which method is most...

This is what ideal medicine would look like: Doctors could specifically alter molecular processes in diseased cells in the body and thus causally cure patients. This is the goal of the German Centers for Health Research (DZG) in the project "Cell type specific targeting for...