Press Releases

An ECG printout, a stethoscope, and several medical journals lie on a light wooden desk. An anatomical heart model stands blurred in the background. The scene is brightly lit and looks like a workplace in a medical or scientific environment.

An international panel of experts led by Prof. Dr. Wolfram Döhner (Charité and DZHK) has introduced a standardized definition of atrial fibrillation…

A young man with dark hair in a white doctor's coat, identified as Dr Kami Pekayvaz, stands in a white hospital corridor and smiles in a friendly manner.

At the LMU University Hospital in Munich, Dr Kami Alexander Pekayvaz is launching a new junior research group. His research focuses on the connection…

A person in a white doctor's coat holds a heart-shaped earth in his hands.

Leading mid-career researchers in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK are uniting to drive innovations in detecting, diagnosing and treating…

A synthetic peptide called S100A1ct significantly improves heart function and increases the survival rate in preclinical models, according to a recent…

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Men who lose their Y chromosome in part of their blood cells have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease - in particular a fatal heart attack.…

A man with short, slightly wavy, light brown hair and glasses with thin, brown frames stands in a brightly lit corridor. He is wearing a white medical top and smiles friendly into the camera. Scientific posters and glass doors can be seen in the background, suggesting a research facility or hospital.

A new therapeutic approach could help millions of patients to prevent the late effects of a heart attack - the excess formation of scar tissue. Philip…

A doctor or scientist holds a stethoscope to a digital, holographic image of a heart. The image shows an ECG line that symbolises the heartbeat. A laptop is visible in the background, indicating the use of modern technologies and digital medicine. Surrounding the heart are symbols symbolising medical research and cardiovascular health.

An interdisciplinary research team from the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) has demonstrated for the first time in a long-term…

Successful preclinical testing in an animal model enables the world's first treatment of patients with heart tissue cultivated from stem cells. The…

On the left, a man in a white doctor's coat (it is Prof Dr Benjamin Meder) smiles in a friendly manner. On the right, a man in a white doctor's coat (it is Dr Johannes Trebing) smiles in a friendly manner.

The aim of the research collaboration is to optimise the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and adapt it to the individual needs of…

A team of researchers from the DZHK Munich site, together with colleagues from the USA, France and the Netherlands, has received funding from the…

Press releases

Atrial Fibrillation Burden: New Consensus Definition Aims to Improve Care and Research

New junior research group investigates how the immune system responds to stress and its potential impact on cardiovascular health

European funders commit over €5 million for research into heart and circulatory diseases

New therapeutic approach: synthetic peptide improves cardiac performance

Loss of the Y chromosome discovered as a new risk factor for heart disease

Patented therapeutic approach could prevent severe heart damage after a heart attack

Artificial intelligence detects heart aging in ECG and provides early warning of cardiovascular risks.

DZHK research paves the way for ‘heart patch’ therapy in heart failure

Treating cardiomyopathies: DZHK and Bristol Myers Squibb collaborate to evaluate real-world data

Immunological processes in atrial fibrillation: 8 million dollars for research on disease mechanism