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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: local anaesthesia as safe as general anaesthesia

If the valve between the aorta and the heart needs to be replaced, doctors have a minimally invasive procedure called Transcatheter Aortic Valve…

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COVID-19: researchers target inflammatory cells

A research project is starting at Frankfurt University Hospital to investigate how the body's own immune response causes cardiovascular patients…

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Munich study accompanies corona patients with a hybrid smartwatch (Study COVID SMART)

A recent study provides Covid-19 patients in quarantine with a hybrid smartwatch from Withings, which measures ECG and oxygen saturation. The study…

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COVID-19: Increasing risk of developing thrombosis

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 leads to respiratory disease, which can result in lung failure in severe cases. It is then usually necessary to provide…

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ACE inhibitors also work in COVID-19

A study conducted by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin found that blood pressure medications have the same effect on COVID-19 patients as they do…

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Gold medal for DZHK heart researcher

The Frankfurt heart researcher and director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Center for Molecular Medicine at Goethe University,…

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Atrial fibrillation: Early rhythm control therapy prevents complications (Study EAST – AFNET 4)

The EAST-AFNET 4 study provides new evidence on how atrial fibrillation can best be treated in early stages: Therapies that stabilise the heart rhythm…

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Myocarditis after corona - virus material detected in the heart

Cardiologists from the DZHK partner sites Rhine-Main and Berlin find SARS-CoV-2 in the heart muscle of patients with myocarditis by biopsy - also with…

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Gene Editing: New therapeutic approach for congenital heart defects

DZHK Scientists at the Heart Center of the University Medical Center Göttingen have for the first time found an approach for a personalised therapy…

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July 2020

Noncanonical inhibition of caspase-3 by a nuclear microRNA confers endothelial protection by autophagy in atherosclerosis. Science Translational…

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