Press releases

Many diseases progress differently in women and men. There are often differences in the way they develop. This also applies to cardiovascular…

In a television report on the NDR health programme Visite, Prof. Dr Rolf Wachter from Göttingen University Hospital reports on how atrial fibrillation…

Twelve European experts have been commissioned by the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) to analyse the scientific status and…

Despite successful treatment of narrowed aortic valves by catheter-assisted aortic valve implantation (TAVI), patients with severely scarred hearts…

Should the tricuspid valve be treated at the same time as the mitral valve reconstruction? In cases of mild tricuspid valve insufficiency, cardiac…

Fat cells are much more than simply a calorie storage for scarce times. DZHK scientist Alexander Bartelt studies the role of healthy fat cells in…

People with a thickened heart muscle (cardiac hypertrophy) have a thinner cerebral cortex and white matter damage. Scientists from the German Center…

Immediate angiograms are not necessary, and can even cause worse outcomes, after a cardiac arrest where there is no obvious cause. These are the…

After a heart attack, an implanted heart monitor can better detect those at risk of serious complications, when compared to conventional follow-up…

SARS-CoV-2 infection can weaken the heart, but it recovers in most patients after two months. Munich scientists from the German Centre for…