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Fast exclusion of a heart attack thanks to AI algorithm

A rapid troponin test combined with machine learning can rule out a heart attack faster and more efficiently than before. This has been demonstrated…

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New clues on how the heart makes arteries

A team in the labs of Holger Gerhardt and Norbert Hübner at the Max Delbrück Center have elucidated how new arteries form, potentially helping to…

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ESC 2024 - Selection of programme

Overwhelmed by the number of talks, discussions and presentations at this year's congress by the European Society of Cardiology in London? Here is a…

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Fully implantable artificial heart can bridge the waiting time for a donor organ

For the first time, the cardiac surgery team at Heidelberg University Hospital has implanted two patients with complete artificial hearts from Carmat.…

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Heart & Brain Center Göttingen inaugurated

Ceremonial opening of the new Heart & Brain Center Göttingen (HBCG) of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) on 22 August 2024. The federal…

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Better protection of donor hearts

An international study published in the journal ‘The Lancet’ has investigated a new method for preserving donor hearts prior to transplantation. The…

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Genetic metabolic disorder identified as the basis for atrial fibrillation

Human atrial fibrillation is associated with congenital changes in the vicinity of the PITX2 gene - researchers at the University Medical Centre…

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