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Risk classification for critically ill heart patients

Whether the SCAI shock classification can also be usefully applied to cardiac surgery patients has now been investigated by DHZC physician Dr. Tobias…

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EACTS: Consenus paper on the determination of frailty presented

A task force co-chaired by DZHK scientist and DHZC heart surgeon Simon Sündermann has developed an interdisciplinary consensus on the uniform…

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A heart can be repaired

After birth, the human heart loses its regenerative capacity almost completely. Damage to the heart muscle, for example through a heart attack, is…

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Mutation puts women at higher risk of heart failure

When the PRDM16 gene mutates, heart muscle cells undergo changes in their metabolism. This increases the risk of congenital heart failure in women…

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Blood cells with CHIP mutations stimulate other immune cells to be more inflammatory - and thus increase cardiovascular disease

A team led by Prof. Wesley Abplanalp at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) has gained new insights into why so-called CHIP mutations…

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Education and occupation influence cardiovascular health and mortality

As part of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS), researchers from the Department of Cardiology I at the Centre for Cardiology at the Mainz University…

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