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We Do Research for Your Heart.

There are many questions regarding congenital heart disease. Thanks to your donated data and samples, more and more of these are able to be answered. Over 60,000 children, adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease take part in the National Register.

Welcome to the Heart Register

Tanja, educator, 39 years old., Nationales Register | privat — Tanja, educator, 39 years old.

Tanja, educator, age 39

"After my heart valve surgery, I felt like the crocodile in Peter Pan."

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Marc coming from his annual routine follow-up examination, Wolfram Scheible für Nationales Register — Marc coming from his annual routine follow-up examination

Marc, assistant tax consultant, 27 years

“When I was a child, I didn’t like the fact that I wasn’t allowed to do many things. I find life as an adult with congenital heart disease much easier.”

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Barbara with two of her Border Collies, Nationales Register | privat — Barbara with two of her Border Collies

Barbara, dog breeder, 54 years.

The doctor listened to my heartbeat and paused.

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Current Issues

Research at the Register

Father in skin-to-skin contact with his premature baby.

Research Projects | Medicine and Healthcare, Everyday Life

Child With Congenital Heart Defect? How Do Fathers Deal With It?

Nothing can prepare you for life with a child with a congenital heart defect. For the successful treatment of patients on the long term, the involvement of fathers is also crucial. We want to know more about this.

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Research Projects | Knowledge and Communication

Was bedeutet die Corona-Pandemie für AHF Patienten?

Wie beeinflusst Corona den Alltag von Menschen mit angeborenem Herzfehler? Dazu hat das Kompetenznetz in Anlehnung an COSMO eine zweite Umfrage gestartet.

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How well do children and adolescents with congenital heart defects eat?

Research Projects | Health and nutrition

What's For Dinner?

Too fat, too sweet, and too much of it. More and more children and young people in Germany are eating an unbalanced diet. In the case of congenital heart defects, such eating habits can be particularly dangerous. The Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects has now launched a study on this topic.

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Results of our studies

There is a link between congenital heart defects and reduced body defense against pathogens.

Research Results | Medicine and Healthcare

Deadly Danger: Immune Deficiency in Congenital Heart Defects

Immune deficiency appears to be more common in congenital heart defects than previously thought. And it can be life-threatening. That's the finding of a new study based on data from the Barmer Health Insurance Fund.

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In CHD, sports and exercise are rarely risky. The opposite is true. Physical activity with heart-healthy people of the same age strengthens and protects against dangerous secondary diseases.

Research Results | Exercise Capacity and Sports

Strong Duo for Children with Congenital Heart Defect

The Special Olympics World Summer Games have impressively shown us what sport means for all people. Sport and a positive self-image are a powerful duo, even among children with congenital heart defects. New studies show that this urgently needs to be promoted.

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An elderly couple looks at a map while hiking.

Patients | Medicine and Healthcare, Healthcare Research

Growing Old With a Congenital Heart Defect?

OptAHF was the first comprehensive study to examine life with a congenital heart defect into old age. It is the largest care study ever conducted in this area. We interviewed those responsible for the study about the results.

To the heart researcher talk

In good hands at the pediatric heart center: parents with a heart-child.,

Each Heart Counts.

The more participants the better.

More than 60,000 children, adolescents adults with congenital heart disease contribute to medical research by donating their data and samples. The more patients take part the better the research conducted at the Register gets. Since better research leads to better healthcare, this also benefits the patients.

Find out what we can do together to enhance medical progress.

OptAHF-Spezial

Child With Congenital Heart Defect?

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Microcephaly - a Risk?

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Research Duration: Many Lifetimes!

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Covid-19 Vaccination

Why We Do Research

We Do Research for Your Heart.

Welcome to the Heart Register

Current Issues

Therapy Progress Only through Registry Research

Smarter Through Whole Genome Sequencing?

Who is Treating Your Heart?

Updated Corona Special 2022

Julia Remmele awarded research prize

Nach Corona-Pause: 7. Watt-Moor-Ultra-60

Ausgezeichnet

Kiel Researchers Discover Further CHD Genes

DZHK Paper of the Month

Evaluierung des Pulsoxymetrie-Screenings gestartet

Anticoagulants in Patients with Congenital Heart Defects

Austausch, Beratung, Interessenvertretung bei AHF

New Corona Special

Abschied von einem Visionär

Children with Congenital Heart Defects Sit too Much

Widespread Participation in the Corona Survey

Wir trauern um Ingram Schulze-Neick

Schwere Herzfehlbildungen früh erkennen

DGPK Posterpreis für S-BAHn-Studie

Angeborene Herzfehler - ein unterschätztes Forschungsgebiet?

Paper of the Month

Wir sind soweit!

Startschuss für den 6. Watt-Moor-Ultra

Herzkinder sind gut in der Schule

KNAHF startet KI-Forschung

Rettung schwerstkranker Kinder bedroht

Herzschrittmacher: Zu teuer für ein Kind?

Neue Studie: Optimal versorgt bei AHF?

Neue Technologie erspart Kindern Herz-OP

Press Release | Medicine and Healthcare

Die Transition ist die große Hürde

Wissen Sie genug über Ihr Endokarditis-Risiko?

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