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Omega-6 fatty acids and cardiovascular diseases

What role do omega-6 fatty acids play in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes? Scientists from Mannheim, together with researchers from Heidelberg,…

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Improving care for patients with heart failure through artificial intelligence

The Carl Zeiss Foundation is funding a joint project between the Heidelberg Medical Faculty and the Mainz University Medical Centre with five million…

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Patients with artificial hearts benefit from exercise training (Ex-VAD-DZHK11 trial)

People with severe heart failure who have an external ventricular assist device benefit from tailored exercise training. This is the finding of the…

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AFNET trials provide key evidence for atrial fibrillation guideline recommendations

Investigator-initiated trials led by the German Atrial Fibrillation NETwork (AFNET) provide evidence for several recommendations in the 2023 guideline…

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Heart failure: defective iron transport pathway as a possible treatment approach

Researchers at the Heart Centre of the University Medical Centre Göttingen (UMG) have discovered a defective iron transport pathway in patients with…

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Early detection of cardiac side effects of new drugs

Scientists at the University Medical Center Göttingen and the University of Göttingen have developed a new method that makes it easier to predict the…

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Researchers from Mainz and Lübeck discover new risk factor for cardiovascular disease

A research team from the University Medical Centre Mainz and the University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck Campus, working together…

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Phasing out fossil fuels could prevent more than five million deaths

According to current estimates, the mortality rate caused by air pollution from fossil fuels is significantly higher than previously assumed - a rapid…

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The ageing heart

Dr. Daniel Reichart is a doctor at the LMU Hospital in Munich and head of a research group at the LMU Gene Centre. For his research on ageing…

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Plaques in the heart vessels differ in men and women

Young DZHK scientist Dr. Lena Marie Seegers from the University Hospital Frankfurt, Centre for Internal Medicine III, receives the German Heart…

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