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For the first time, engineered heart muscle (EHM) from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) will be used to treat patients with heart failure.…

Diastolic heart failure can be reliably detected with a newly developed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, shows a study by the German…

Circulatory disorders in the heart can have two causes: The large blood vessels can be narrowed, which can be treated with a stent, for example, or…

What role does the so-called cytoskeleton play in heart failure? An international group of researchers led by Prof. Lucie Carrier from the University…

After an infection, the risk of a heart attack in cardiovascular risk patients increases up to twenty times. Scientists from the German Centre for…

An Important Role for DNMT3A-Mediated DNA Methylation in Cardiomyocyte Metabolism and Contractility. Circulation (2020), DZHK authors: Alexandra…

People with high blood pressure get COVID-19 more severely and have an increased risk of death. Their immune cells are probably already pre-activated,…

Conditions causing arrhythmia are among the most common cardiac conditions. A study headed by DZHK Scientist Prof. Georg Schmidt of the Technical…

To protect against sudden cardiac death, all patients with severe cardiac insufficiency, in which the heart's pumping capacity is highly restricted,…

DZHK researchers at Heidelberg University Hospital have developed a new method for "listening" to stressed heart muscle cells. They have been awarded…