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Scientists of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin are investigating a new concept for the treatment of heart failure in a study of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK). They want to treat the impaired energy metabolism in patients with heart failure and...

As the level of noise increases, the incidence of atrial fibrillation increases dramatically. Scientists from the Department of Cardiology at the Mainz University Medical Center were able to prove this with data from the Gutenberg Health Study. They found that the incidence of...

Ranking in Laborjournal: DZHK researchers among the 50 "most cited brains" in the field of Human Genetics.

All awardees of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK): Congratulations!

How new blood vessels are formed in mammals, for example, during development or after an injury, was previously not precisely known. Scientists of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) were now able to shed light on this process. They demonstrated that individual...

A study led by scientists of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) at the Rhine-Main partner site found that the risk of major adverse cardiac events in patients with coronary artery disease can be substantially better assessed with a short MRI examination than...

Recently, all 17 hospitals that are members of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) have had cardiovascular clinical research units at their disposal. These units that have been equipped by the DZHK are solely for the examination of patients participating in...

Atrial fibrillation ablation with continuous Apixaban does not increase the risk of stroke or bleeding compared to vitamin K antagonists and may have a positive effect on cognitive function. These are the key findings from the investigator-initiated clinical trial AXAFA – AFNET...