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Three people in portrait shots, side by side: Heribert Schunkert in a lab coat and with glasses, Rabea Hinkel with blonde, shoulder-length hair and a dark green top, and Holger Gerhardt in a dark T-shirt, his hand resting on his chin, against a light-coloured background.

New Leadership Team for the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research

The German Centre for Cardiovascular Research has elected a new Executive Board – Prof. Heribert Schunkert will serve as the new spokesperson. The new…

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Could weight-loss drugs also help prevent cardiovascular disease in the context of primary prevention?

Researchers at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) from its North and Rhine-Main sites have, for the first time, modelled the…

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Laureates of the 92th DGK Annual Meeting

The 92nd Annual Meeting of the German Cardiac Society – Cardiovascular Research (DGK) was held in Mannheim from 8 to 11 April 2026. During the…

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DZHK Study: Spironolactone Shows No Significant Benefit in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (SPIRIT-HF-DZHK8 Trial)

Results of the DZHK trial SPIRIT-HF-DZHK8, presented at ACC.26, show no clear evidence of efficacy – interpretability limited due to COVID-related…

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CRISPR Technology Reactivates the Heart’s Own Protective Program

Researchers have developed a new strategy to slow heart failure: instead of modifying or replacing genes, an intrinsic protective program of heart…

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Blood Markers Reflect Cardiac Damage in Aortic Valve Stenosis

DZHK team from Göttingen identifies biomarkers linked to fibrosis, heart function, and mortality

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