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TAVI or SAVR for Aortic-Valve Stenosis

Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation is increasingly used instead of surgical valve replacement, but evidence comparing the two approaches in clinical practice is limited. New research findings are summarized in a short video. The video can be found here: https://www.nejm.org/do/10.1056/NEJMdo007487/

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Modifiable risk factors responsible for half of cardiovascular diseases

Scientists of the Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium under the auspices of the Department of Cardiology at the University Heart & Vascular Center of the Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and participation of Cardio-CARE have shown that the five classic cardiovascular risk factors overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, and diabetes

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Kühne-Foundation Annual Report 2021

“The Kühne Foundation has dedicated itself to education and research as well as science in the field of logistics – including humanitarian logistics. Another focus is our medicine funding through research, therapy and training for allergology and gebirgsklinik, a renowed rehabilitation hospital, and various research institutions. In the area of

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