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December 2020

An Important Role for DNMT3A-Mediated DNA Methylation in Cardiomyocyte Metabolism and Contractility. Circulation (2020), DZHK authors: Alexandra…

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Certain antihypertensive drugs protect cardiovascular patients from adverse course of COVID-19

People with high blood pressure get COVID-19 more severely and have an increased risk of death. Their immune cells are probably already pre-activated,…

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Breathing rate predicts therapeutic benefits for heart patients

Conditions causing arrhythmia are among the most common cardiac conditions. A study headed by DZHK Scientist Prof. Georg Schmidt of the Technical…

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Avoiding unnecessary interventions – new DZHK study investigates who benefits from an implanted defibrillator (Study CMR-ICD-DZHK23)

To protect against sudden cardiac death, all patients with severe cardiac insufficiency, in which the heart's pumping capacity is highly restricted,…

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Heart attack research: How do heart cells communicate under stress?

DZHK researchers at Heidelberg University Hospital have developed a new method for "listening" to stressed heart muscle cells. They have been awarded…

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Inflammatory markers as an early warning system for a complicated course of COVID-19 in cardiovascular patients

A research study led by the University Hospital Frankfurt concludes that biomarkers indicate a critical course of COVID-19 disease in cardiovascular…

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19 DZHK-Forscher unter den einflussreichsten Wissenschaftlern weltweit

19 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler des DZHK zählen zum „Who is who“ der weltweit meistzitierten Forscher. Sie wurden in die Liste der „Highly…

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DZHK stellt Dateninfrastruktur für Coronaforschung bereit

Das Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK) stellt für die Coronaforschung seine Forschungsplattform zur Verfügung, mit der klinische…

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Deutsche Universitätskliniken schaffen neue Basis für Coronaforschung

Die deutschen Universitätskliniken schaffen mit ihren Partnern aus anderen Gesundheitssektoren eine hochqualitative übergreifende Arbeitsgrundlage für…

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Tracking down the causes of heart attack: Misguided immune cells can contribute to vascular damage

Heart attacks strike suddenly and have a range of different triggers. Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the German Centre for…

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