Recovery from failure – impact of fibrosis and transcription signature (D01(B04))

• Subject Area: Cardiology, Angiology
• Term: since 2012
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 193793266

In D01, we will analyze the recovery from heart failure following relief of pressure overload in patients after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for high-grade aortic stenosis and with varying degrees of heart failure. The study combines molecular and high resolution imaging analyses of myocardial biopsy samples with clinical meta-data and cardiac imaging, and is based on an established and ongoing biobank with extensive clinical meta-data. D01 also includes clinical and biomarker data analyses from an investigator-initiated antifibrotic clinical trial, which is associated with CRC 1002 and based on previous findings from the first and the second funding period.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1002: Modulatory Units in Heart Failure
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Heads: Privatdozent Dr. Sören Jan Backhaus; Professor Dr. Gerd Hasenfuß