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Johannes Backs joins HI-TAC as scientific director

Johannes Backs has joined the Helmholtz Institute for Translational AngioCardioScience (HI-TAC) as one of two scientific directors – alongside Karina…

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DZHK Calls for Applications for Second Central Biobank for the Heart Bank

The DZHK is inviting applications for a second central biobank for its Heart Bank. Biobanks at research institutions in Germany may apply until 31…

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Endothelial cells under a fluorescence microscope: left, healthy tightly packed cells (green); right, cells pathologically transformed into connective-tissue-like cells (red) that have lost cohesion.

New approach to tackling unstable vascular plaques

Atherosclerosis develops when deposits known as plaques build up in the walls of blood vessels over many years. These plaques are particularly…

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ACS Pathfinder Approved as a Medical Device: Algorithm Supports Heart Attack Diagnosis

An algorithm developed at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) calculates an individual's probability of having had a heart attack.…

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Fluorescence microscopy image of cardiac muscle tissue (green: cell structure, blue: cell nuclei), each panel showing one elongated cell highlighted in false colour (white on the left, red with yellow markers on the right). The right-hand image is labelled "HCM" and shows tissue from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, compared with the control image on the left. Scale bar: 40 µm.

Mapping the molecular pathways of heart disease

An international team, involving DZHK researchers, has created a detailed molecular map of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, one of the most common forms…

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DZHK Study Investigates Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Following Mitral Valve Repair

CABA-MiTRA-AFNET12-DZHK34, a new clinical trial run by the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the Atrial Fibrillation Competence…

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Anatomical illustration of the mediastinum showing the heart with adjacent major vessels (aorta and pulmonary arteries in red, superior vena cava in blue) alongside the trachea and main bronchi in an upright orientation. The lymphatic system is depicted as a network of teal-colored vessels with oval lymph nodes running along the trachea, bronchi, and heart surface. Faint outlines of both lung fields are shown in the background.

Fewer cardiac lymphatic vessels promote inflammation and cardiac ageing

As we age, the network of lymphatic vessels in the heart diminishes. Researchers at the DZHK's Frankfurt site have found that this decline in…

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How the spleen regulates the proportion of activated platelets in the blood

Researchers at the Munich site of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) have discovered a previously unknown control mechanism by which…

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Sudden Cardiac Death: New Data Call Routine Prophylactic Defibrillator Use After Myocardial Infarction into Question

An analysis now published in the European Heart Journal, involving DZHK researchers, calls an established myocardial infarction therapy into question:…

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Photo of Dr Jan Kölemen standing in front of his scientific poster at the ESC Congress, titled "From evidence to practice: Mavacamten in obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – data from the multicenter TORCH-Plus-DZHK21". He is wearing glasses, a dark suit, light blue tie, and an ESC Congress lanyard with name badge, smiling at the camera.

DZHK registry shows how new therapies perform in routine clinical care

How does a new medicine perform once it is used in everyday clinical practice after approval? This is the question being investigated jointly by the…

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