Cardiovascular Diseases: News and Research on Heart Failure

MeSH tree: C14.280.434

Gut microbes can affect the heart via the brain

Hypertension and heart failure affect millions worldwide. Yet in many patients, doctors cannot fully explain why the heart becomes stiff and struggles to relax—a condition known as diastolic dysfunction.

Molecular switch for treatment after heart attack discovered

More than 300,000 people suffer a heart attack in Germany every year. The heart muscle is then no longer supplied with sufficient blood and oxygen, and part of the tissue dies and scars. Unlike the liver, the heart of an ...

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