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Gold medal for DZHK heart researcher

The Frankfurt heart researcher and director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Center for Molecular Medicine at Goethe University,…

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Atrial fibrillation: Early rhythm control therapy prevents complications (Study EAST – AFNET 4)

The EAST-AFNET 4 study provides new evidence on how atrial fibrillation can best be treated in early stages: Therapies that stabilise the heart rhythm…

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Myocarditis after corona - virus material detected in the heart

Cardiologists from the DZHK partner sites Rhine-Main and Berlin find SARS-CoV-2 in the heart muscle of patients with myocarditis by biopsy - also with…

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Gene Editing: New therapeutic approach for congenital heart defects

DZHK Scientists at the Heart Center of the University Medical Center Göttingen have for the first time found an approach for a personalised therapy…

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July 2020

Noncanonical inhibition of caspase-3 by a nuclear microRNA confers endothelial protection by autophagy in atherosclerosis. Science Translational…

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High blood pressure in pregnancy is transmitted to the child

Healthy ageing begins with a healthy pregnancy. It starts with healthy blood pressure values. Scientists of the German Centre for Cardiovascular…

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MRT study: Corona could damage the heart in the long term

The majority of patients recovered from COVID-19 have inflammatory changes in the heart two months after the start of the disease. A team led by…

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First microRNA therapy for the heart works in humans

A group of researchers from Goethe University and University Hospital Frankfurt demonstrates that an inhibitor against microRNA-92a is effective in…

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New research: The coronavirus also attacks the heart

A surprising finding by scientists from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) reveals that the coronavirus can attack the heart and…

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More people die of heart failure in eastern Germany than in the west of the country

East Germany has many more hospitalisations for heart failure compared to West Germany despite a nationwide healthcare system, according to research…

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