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Cardiomyocytes fuse when the heart grows and regenerates

Cardiomyocytes fuse during cardiac development and regeneration. A scientist of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) discovered these…

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2,300 Patients in the DZHK Registry for Cardiomyopathies

The initial recruitment phase of the DZHK initiated study was successfully completed. The 2,300th patient was enrolled in the TORCH-DZHK1 Registry at…

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December 2017

A proteolytic fragment of histone deacetylase 4 protects the heart from failure by regulating the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway, DZHK authors:…

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Myocardial infarction: Elderly women arrive at the hospital too late

It takes women aged over 65 the longest to arrive at the emergency department after the onset of myocardial infarction symptoms. As a consequence,…

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DZHK study on stroke prevention in high-risk patients

The largest global clinical study on the best-possible therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation at high risk of having a stroke and at increased…

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Exercise is good for the heart, high blood pressure is bad – Researchers find out why

When the heart is put under stress during exercise, it is considered healthy. Yet stress due to high blood pressure is bad for the heart. Why? And is…

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November 2017

Salt-responsive gut commensal modulates TH17 axis and disease. Nature. DZHK authors: Wilck, Bartolomaeus, Balogh, Markó, Müller…

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Anorexia aggravates disease progression in heart failure

Researchers of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) have discovered that patients with heart failure who have anorexia are also more…

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Early invasive coronary angiography is beneficial in high-risk patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes.

Researchers of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) and the Leipzig Heart Center have discovered that in the setting of an acute…

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Gut bacteria are sensitive to salt

Common salt reduces the number of certain lactic acid bacteria in the gut of mice and humans according to a study published in Nature by Berlin’s Max…

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