Veranstaltungsprogramm

Genetic Risk Scores

Panagiotis Deloukas

Oueen Mary University of London, London, Vereinigtes Königreich

Kardiovaskuläre Prävention – wo stehen wir in Deutschland?

Amir Abbas Mahabadi

Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Deutschland

Erfolgreiche Integration des Lipidmanagements – Wie wichtig sind funktionierende Versorgungsstrukturen?

Alexander Beck

Praxis für Prävention und kardiovaskuläre Medizin, Essen, Deutschland

Lp(a) – ein unterschätzter Risikofaktor für kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen?

Ioanna Gouni-Berthold

Universitätsklinikum Köln (AöR), Köln, Deutschland

The polygenic nature of hypertriglyceridemia

Markus Kleber

Medical Faculty Mannheim at the University of Heidelberg, Mannheim

Genetics of LDL-C- and Lp(a) metabolism

Heribert Schunkert

Deutsches Herzzentrum München, München, Deutschland

Genetics (and Epigenetics) of Diabetes Mellitus

Annette Schürmann

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Deutschland

Genetics of adiposity

Triinu Peters

Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Deutschland

GLP-1 RA – Eine feste Säule in der kardiovaskulären Prävention?

Ingo Hilgendorf

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Deutschland

Longitudinal Assessment of Sub-clinical Arterial Inflammation in Patients Receiving Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitors by Sequential [18F]FDG PET Scans

Niklas Hempfling, Lucas Bacmeister, Dennis Wolf, Christian Goetz, Dirk Westermann

Uniklinik Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Hyperinsulinemia promotes atherosclerosis by inducing metabolic reprogramming of autoreactive CD4+ T cells

Felix Sebastian Nettersheim^1,2, Marco Orecchioni^1,3, Payel Roy^1,3, Monica Billitti^1,3, Thomas Riffelmacher¹, Mohammad Oliaeimotlagh³, Simon Brunel¹, Qingkang Lyu³, Sujit S. Armstrong¹, Yuko Tada¹, Martina Zoccheddu³, Fabrizio Drago^4,5, Coleen A McNamara^4,5,6, Chris A Benedict¹, Klaus Ley^1,3

¹La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA; ²Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; ³Immunology Center of Georgia (IMMCG), Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA; ⁴Carter Immunology Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; ⁵Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; ⁶Division of Cardiovascular Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Adenosine deaminase acting on RNA-2 (ADAR2) controls atherosclerosis progression in mice and humans

Michael Amponsah-Offeh¹, Simon Tual-Chalot², Georgios Georgiopoulos³, Kimon Stamatelopoulos³, Konstantinos Stellos¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Research, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.; ²Biosciences Institute, Vascular Biology and Medicine Theme, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.; ³Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.

Bidirectional crosstalk between macrophages and the heart: drivers of function and dysfunction post-injury.

Tamara Antonela Vico¹, Virginia Haacke¹, Bianca Dufner¹, Stefanie Perez Feliz², Christoph Koentges³, Tsai-Sang Dederichs¹, Alexander von Ehr¹, Sebastian Preißl⁴, Dirk Westermann¹, Ingo Hilgendorf¹

¹Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; ²Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Germany; ³Institute for Disease Modelling and Targeted Medicine (IMITATE), University Clinic Freiburg, Germany; ⁴Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg, Germany

Intestinal leukocytes regulate cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction

Nadim Tabaza¹, Rutuja Salagundi¹, Maximilian Neuhaus¹, Naresh Ganesh¹, Anmol Kapoor¹, Luis Quintana¹, Maximilian Sausen¹, Martin Reugels¹, Katharina Müser¹, Maria C. Arrivas¹, Susanne Just¹, Berkan Kurt¹, Jens Spießhoefer², Kai Markus Schneider³, Angela Schippers⁴, Holger Winkels⁵, Norbert Wagner⁴, Michael Lehrke¹, Carolin V. Schneider³, Nikolaus Marx¹, Florian Kahles¹

¹Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin (Medizinische Klinik I), Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland; ²Klinik für Pneumologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin (Medizinische Klinik V), Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland; ³Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Stoffwechselerkrankungen und Internistische Intensivmedizin (Medizinische Klinik III), Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland; ⁴Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland; ⁵Department III of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne

Accumulation of gut-derived metabolite phenylacetylglutamine in chronic kidney disease promotes cardiac remodeling and is associated with cardiovascular and overall mortality

Maren Gesper¹, Andreas Pütz¹, Ward Zadora², Martin Berger¹, Henriette de Loor², Kirsten Thiele¹, Philipp Thissen¹, Andreas Napp¹, Matthias Rau¹, Edgar Dahl¹, Chao-Chung Kuo⁴, Julia Franzen⁴, Katharina Marx-Schütt¹, Nikolaus Marx¹, Björn Meijers^2,3, Ben A. Kappel¹

¹Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Critical Care (Medical Clinic 1), Aachen, Germany; ²Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ⁴Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) Genomics Facility, Aachen, Germany

Characterization of IFNIC macrophages as potential therapeutic target in experimental aneurysm using scRNA- and CITE-sequencing

Christin Elster¹, Alexander Lang¹, Noura Kharrat¹, Miriam Ommer-Bläsius¹, Marius Böttenberg¹, Susanne Pfeiler¹, Tobias Lautwein², Holger Winkels³, Malte Kelm¹, Susanne V. Schmidt⁴, Norbert Gerdes¹

¹Division for Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; ²Genomics and Transcriptomics Laboratory, Biologisch-Medizinisches-Forschungszentrum (BMFZ), Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; ³Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; ⁴Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

C-reactive protein and cardiovascular risk in 454,203 individuals without ASCVD

Berkan Kurt¹, Martin Reugels¹, Kai Markus Schneider², Andrea Milzi¹, Alessandra Antwerpen¹, Konstantin Rex¹, Kaan Aygar¹, Justus Bornemann¹, Naresh Ganesh¹, Anna Giacin¹, Susanne Just¹, Anmol Kapoor¹, Marieke Mertens¹, Katharina Müser¹, Maximilian Neuhaus¹, Luis Quintana¹, Rutuja Salagundi¹, Maximilian Sausen¹, Nadim Tabaza¹, Alexander Gombert³, Michael Lehrke¹, Nikolaus Marx¹, Carolin Victoria Schneider², Florian Kahles¹

¹Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin (Medizinische Klinik I), Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland; ²Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Stoffwechselerkrankungen und Internistische Intensivmedizin (Medizinische Klinik III), Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland; ³Klinik für Gefäßchirurgie, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland

Characterizing the leukocyte diversity of the arterial vasculature in healthy mice by nuclear and single-cell RNA sequencing

Anton Christian Alexander, Timoteo Marchini, Xiaowei Li, Mark Colin Gissler, Dirk Westermann, Dennis Wolf, - et al

University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Deutschland

CKD triggers enhanced cardiac dysfunction, inflammation and metabolic alterations after myocardial infarction

Corinna Schulte¹, Sina Hourtz¹, Wollenhaupt Julia¹, Möllmann Julia², Kohlhaas Michael³, Jankowski Vera¹, Boor Peter⁴, Maack Christoph³, Marx Nikolaus², Noels Heidi¹

¹Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; ²Department of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany; ³Department of Translational Research, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (CHFC), University Hospital Würzburg, Germany; ⁴Institute of Pathology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Comparative Effects of Nano/Microparticles on NF-κB Activation: Implications for Inflammation Beyond Microplastics

Hannes Schiebisch, Michael Malysa, Bernhard Schieffer, Karsten Grote

Cardiology and Angiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

Effect of Myocardial Infarction on the immune response in the melanoma tumor immune microenvironment

Kristel Martinez Lagunas¹, Wiebke Kreuzberg¹, Katharina Tinaz¹, Felix Picard¹, Franziska Schneppenheim³, Tobias Bald³, Stephan Baldus¹, Holger Winkels^1,2

¹Department III of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; ²Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne, Germany; ³Institute of Experimental Oncology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Exposure to dietary α-amylase-trypsin inhibitors (ATI) induces vascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction

Simon Lange¹, Karin Keppeler¹, Aline Pesi², Manjusha Neerukonda², Henning Ubbens¹, Lea Strohm¹, Ivana Kuntic¹, Marin Kuntic¹, Alexandra Rosenberger¹, Detlef Schuppan², Philipp Lurz¹, Andreas Daiber¹, David Leistner³, Sebastian Steven³

¹Laboratory for Molecular Cardiology, University Hospital Mainz, Germany; ²Institute of Translational Immunology, University Hospital Mainz, Germany; ³Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

Hypercholesterolemia triggers innate immune imbalance and transforms brain infarcts after stroke

Vikramjeet Singh¹, Ali Ata Tuz¹, Nils Hoerenbaum¹, Özgür Ulusoy¹, Adel Ahmadi¹, Alana Gerlach¹, Alexander Beer¹, Andreas Kraus¹, Anja Hasenberg¹, Nina Hagemann³, Dirk M Hermann³, Matthias Gunzer^1,2

¹Institute of Experimental Immunology and Imaging, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; ²Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS -e.V., Dortmund, Germany; ³Department of Neurology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Inhibition of B cell activation by Ibrutinib improves cardiac function in experimental myocardial infarction in mice

Xiaowei Li, Timoteo Marchini, Hauke Horstmann, Lucia Mitre, Timothy Mwinyella, Simon Heitlinger, Scheu-Tijiani Abogunloko, Dirk Westmann, Dennis Wolf

University Heart Centre Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Germany

Kynurenine predicts outcome in pulmonary infections with a link to cardiac dysfunction

Andreas Pütz¹, Martin Berger¹, Victoria Michalczyk¹, Philipp Thissen¹, Maren Gesper¹, Jens Spiesshoefer², Philipp Hohlstein³, Alexander Koch³, Henriette de Loor⁴, Alexander Kersten¹, Marlo Verket¹, Edgar Dahl⁵, Andreas Napp¹, Matthias Rau¹, Michael Dreher², Björn Meijers⁴, Nikolaus Marx¹, Ben Arpad Kappel¹

¹Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Medizinische Klinik 1, Aachen, Deutschland; ²Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Medizinische Klinik 5, Aachen, Deutschland; ³Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Medizinische Klinik 3, Aachen, Deutschland; ⁴Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Research Group, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ⁵Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Institut für Pathologie, RWTH centralized Biomaterial Bank, Aachen, Deutschland

Ligature-induced Periodontitis Alters Hematopoiesis and Aggravates Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation in Mice

Samuel Jung^1,2,3, Henning Guthoff^1,2, Sina Steinhofer^1,2,3, Katharina Tinaz^1,2,3, Simon Grimm^1,2,3, Anton Windfelder⁵, Matti Adam^1,2,3, Stephan Baldus^1,2,3, Marc Driessen⁴, Anna Greta Barbe⁴, Sonja Henny Maria Derman⁴, Holger Winkels^1,2,3, Martin Mollenhauer^1,2,3, Jan Wrobel^1,2,3

¹University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinic III for Internal Medicine, Cologne, Germany; ²Center of Cardiovascular Medicine (CCM ABCD) – Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf; ³Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; ⁴Polyclinic for Operative Dentistry and Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne; ⁵Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Gießen

Liver fat content predicts cardiovascular events in 39,953 individuals without ASCVD

Martin Reugels¹, Berkan Kurt¹, Kai Markus Schneider^2,3, Nikolaus Marx¹, Carlin Victoria Schneider^2,4, Florian Kahles¹

¹Department of Internal Medicine I – Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany; ²Department of Medicine III – Gastroenterology, Metabolic Diseases and Intensive Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany; ³Medical Department 1, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany; ⁴The Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, The Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Mex3a protects against atherosclerosis: evidence from mice and humans.

James Henderson^1,2, Donato Santovito^1,2,3

¹Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany; ²German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Germany; ³Institute for Genetic and Biomedical Research, Unit of Milan, National Research Council, Italy

Neutrophils Extracellular Traps Myeloperoxidase and Elastase Predict Cerebral Vasospasms after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Saba Sajjad¹, Michael Hewera², Majeed Rana¹, Michael Gliem³, Igor Fischer², Dilaware Khan²

¹Department of Oral, Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany; ²Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland; ³Department of Neurology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Pairing of single-cell RNA analysis and T cell antigen receptor profiling indicates breakdown of T cell tolerance checkpoints in atherosclerosis

Changjun Yin^1,2

¹The first affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat Sen University; ²Institute for cardiovascular prevention, LMU, Munich

Product problems of in vitro diagnostics for differential diagnostics of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism – Analysis of field safety notes published by BfArM between 2014 and 2023

Rüdiger Siekmeier¹, Angela Patricia Moissl², Winfried März³

¹Pharmazeutisches Institut Universität Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland; ²Institut für Ernährungswissenschaften, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena; ³Synlab Akademie, Mannheim

Role of complement in adhering platelets and immune cells to endothelium of various organs

Serena Gregori¹, Manuela Sauter¹, Sonja Ebenhöch², Frederic Emschermann², Harald Langer¹, Daniel Dürschmied¹

¹UMM, Mannheim, Deutschland; ²Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Senolytic Therapy Reduces IL-6-Mediated Inflammation in the Diabetic Heart

Alexander Lang¹, Ashley-Jane Duplessis¹, Camila Zöhner¹, Diana Klees¹, Stephan Angendohr¹, Maria Grandoch², Dennis Sohn³, Malte Kelm¹, Norbert Gerdes¹

¹1Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; ²Institute for Translational Pharmacology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; ³Molecular Radiooncology Clinic for Radiation Therapy and Radiooncology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Senolytics restore diabetes-induced aortic dysfunction in DIO mice

Camila Zöhner¹, Diana Klees¹, Ashley Duplessis¹, Antonia Chira¹, Vithya Yogathasan¹, Isabella Solga-Kamp¹, Lina Hofer¹, Ramesh Chennupati¹, Julia Duvenbeck¹, Maria Grandoch^2,3, Elvira Weber⁴, Hug Aubin⁴, Malte Kelm^2,3, Norbert Gerdes^1,3, Alexander Lang¹

¹Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Düsseldorf, Deutschland; ²Institute for Translational Pharmacology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; ³Cardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf (CARID), Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; ⁴Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Duesseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany

Sex-related differences of cardiovascular health in a murine model of celiac disease

Simon Lange¹, Karin Keppeler¹, Aline Pesi², Manjusha Neerukonda², Henning Ubbens¹, Lea Strohm¹, Ivana Kuntic¹, Marin Kuntic¹, Alexandra Rosenberger¹, Detlef Schuppan², Philipp Lurz¹, Andreas Daiber¹, David Leistner³, Sebastian Steven³

¹Laboratory for Molecular Cardiology, University Hospital Mainz, Germany; ²Institute of Translational Immunology, University Hospital Mainz, Germany; ³Department of Medicine, Cardiology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

T regulatory cells (Tregs) lose their protective phenotype in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)

Timoteo Marchini, Ana-Sophia Burkard, Sophie Hansen, Sheu-Tijani Olawale Abogunloko, Mark Colin Gissler, Dirk Westermann, Dennis Wolf

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

The Effects of Fasting on Leukocyte Trafficking in Organ Crosstalk

Naresh Ganesh¹, Sikander Hayat², Anne Babler², Maximilian Neuhaus¹, Nadim Tabaza¹, Luis Quintana¹, Maximilian Sausen¹, Rutuja Salagundi¹, Katharina Mueser¹, Anmol Kapoor¹, Susanne Just¹, Maria C. Arrivas¹, Berkan Kurt¹, Jens Spiesshoefer³, Michael Lehrke¹, Jochen Dutzmann⁴, Daniel Sedding⁴, Nikolaus Marx¹, Rafael Kramann², Florian Kahles¹

¹Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin (Medizinische Klinik I), Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland; ²Klinik für Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, Rheumatologische und Immunologische Erkrankungen (Medizinische Klinik II), Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland; ³Klinik für Pneumologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin (Medizinische Klinik V), Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland; ⁴Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale), Deustchland

The human early atherosclerotic lesion: Insights from Technovit® embedding and integrative imaging

Tipack Ayothyapattanam Shanmugam¹, Annemarie Witz¹, Julia Theil¹, Meng Dong¹, Michael Torzewski²

¹Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany; ²Department of Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Hygiene, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany

The Role of Enzymatically Modified LDL (eLDL) and Angiopoietin-like Protein 4 (ANGPTL4) in Aortic Valve Stenosis

Annemarie Witz¹, Tipack Ayothyapattanam Shanmugam¹, Nora Goebel², Bartosz Rylski², Michael Torzewski³

¹Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology (IKP), Stuttgart, Deutschland; ²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany; ³Department of Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Hygiene, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany

The role of Fumarate hydratase 1 (Fh1) in foam cell formation

Jan Wrobel^1,2,3, Sina Steinhofer^1,2,3, Désirée Schatton⁴, Mehrnaz Babaki³, Samuel Jung^1,2,3, Katharina Tinaz^1,2,3, Patrik Schelemei^1,2,3, Felix Picard^1,2,3, Christian Frezza^4,5, Stephan Baldus^1,2,3, Holger Winkels^1,2,3

¹University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Clinic III for Internal Medicine, Cologne, Germany; ²Center of Cardiovascular Medicine (CCM ABCD) – Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf; ³Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; ⁴University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute for Metabolomics in Ageing, Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany; ⁵University of Cologne, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Genetics, Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, Germany

Unraveling T regulatory cell instability and protective immunity loss in murine atherosclerosis

Sheu-Tijani Olawale Abogunloko, Timoteo Marchini, Timothy Myinwella, Fabienne Ehret, Simon Hiltenger, Juana Dominguez, Xiaowei Li, Mark Colin Gissler, Dirk Westermann, Dennis Wolf

Vascular Immunology lab, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Heart Centre Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany.

Lipoprotein (a) and Incident Coronary Heart Disease in the Community: Impact of Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors

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UKE, Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland

Assessing the role of olfactory receptor 2 in a diet-induced obesity animal model

Yein Park

University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Deutschland

Cholesterol efflux pathways, vascular function, and atherosclerosis

Marit Westerterp

University Medical Center Groningen, AV Groningen, Niederlande

Vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques: novel mechanisms and tools to detect them

Isabel Goncalves

Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Schweden

Smooth muscle cells in progressing and regressing atherosclerosis

Jacob Fog Bentzon

Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University

Cellular mechanism of plaque calcification.

Claudia Göttsch

TU Dresden, Deutschland

Experiences from the genetic screening program for FH in the Netherlands (1994 to 2014)

Erik Stroes

Amsterdam UMC, , Niederlande

FH screening: more than 20 years of experiences in the Czech Republic

Michal Vrablik

Charles University, Prague 2, Tschechische Republik

FH screening - insights from the VRONI study

Heribert Schunkert

Deutsches Herzzentrum München, München, Deutschland

FH-Screening - pro

Volker Schettler

Nephrologisches Zentrum Göttingen GbR, Göttingen, Deutschland

FH-Screening - contra

Winfried März

Synlab Holding Deutschland GmbH, Mannheim, Deutschland

Kampagnen für bessere kardiovaskuläre Versorgung

Heribert Schunkert

Deutsches Herzzentrum München, München, Deutschland

Atherosklerose: Früh erkannt - Gefahr gebannt?

Catharina Hamm

Kerckhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Deutschland

Nachholbedarf? Lipidmanagement bei PAVK-Patienten

Christos Rammos

University of Duisburg Essen, Essen, Deutschland

Cardio-Oncology

Raluca Mincu

Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Deutschland

Autoimmune mechanisms post-MI

Gustavo Ramos

Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

Endocardium as base of inflammation in MI

Florian Leuschner

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, -

Clinical imaging of atherosclerosis

Hendrik Sager

Deutsches Herzzentrum München, München, Deutschland

New guidelines for hypertension

Joachim Hoyer

Universitätsklinikum Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland

Local thyroid hormone action revisited - consequences for metabolism and beyond

Lars Möller

Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Deutschland

Microbiome and cardiovascular diseases

Daniel Messiha

Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Deutschland

The impact of neutrophils on lymphatic microcirculation and post stroke immune suppression.

Matthias Gunzer

Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Deutschland

Prevent The First Event - Herzkreislauf-Erkrankungen vorbeugen

Katharina Lechner

Deutsches Herzzentrum München

Prevent The Event - PCSK9-Inhibition nach kardiovaskuläremAkutereignis

Julia Brandts

Universitätsklinik Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland

Increased inflammation due to microplastics

Karsten Grote

Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Deutschland

New concepts of neutrophil maturation – a matter of location

Oliver Söhnlein

Cells in Motion Interfaculty Centre, Münster, Deutschland

What, when and how much to eat for a healthy heart?

Stefan Lorkowski

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Deutschland

The effect of food on immune cells in health and disease

Florian Kahles

Uniklinikum Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland

APOC3 and ANGPTL3

Günther Silbernagel

Medical University of Graz, Graz, Österreich

Lipoprotein apheresis in children

Christina Taylan

Universitätsklinikum Köln (AöR), Köln, Deutschland

New RNA-based therapies

Sotirios {Sam} Tsimikas

Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center at UC San Diego Health, BSB 1080, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0682, USA

Remnants - contra

Winfried März

Synlab Holding Deutschland GmbH, Mannheim, Deutschland

Remnants - pro

Børge Nordestgaard

University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Genetik sHTG: Werden die genetischen Befunde verstanden?

Winfried März

Synlab Holding Deutschland GmbH, Mannheim, Deutschland

Versorgung: Werden die Triglyceride bei akuter Pankreatitis bestimmt?

Joachim Labenz

Privatpraxis, Siegen, Deutschland

Therapie: Nutzen der ApoC-III Inhibition bei genetischen und klinischen Risikokonstellationen

Ulrike Schatz

Universitätsklinikum Dresden, Dresden, Deutschland

Ehrung für das Lebenswerk Lipidologie durch Verleihung der Chevreul-Medaille der DGFL – Lipid-Liga e. V. an Prof. Dr. Heiner Greten

Gerald Klose

Praxis Dr. Beckenbauer & Dr. Maierhof, Bremen, Deutschland

Verleihung der Schönheimer Medaille der DGAF an Prof. Dr. Dr. Christoph Bode

Daniel Sedding

Universitätsklinikum Halle, Halle, Deutschland

Verleihung des W. H. Hauss-Preis der DGAF an Dr. Hauke Horstmann

Daniel Sedding

Universitätsklinikum Halle, Halle, Deutschland

Cross-Species Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Decodes Adaptive Immunity in Human and Murine Atherosclerosis

Hauke Georg Horstmann

NYU Langone Health, New York, USA

Atherosclerotic plaque fibroblasts originate from adventitial PDGFRA+ progenitor fibroblasts, and a minority acquires a SMC, or macrophage-like fate in the plaque

Judith Sluimer

Department of Pathology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands

The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) as novel regulator of atherosclerosis

Emiel van der Vorst

Aachen Maastricht Insitute for CardioRenal Disease (AMICARE), Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland

Regulation of smooth muscle cells in health and disease

Helle Jørgensen

Universitäy of Cambridge, Cambridge, Vereinigtes Königreich

Immunometabolism in the Vascular Wall: New Opportunities to fight Cardiovascular Diseases

Daniel Ketelhuth

University of Southern Denmark - SDU

Haematometabolism rewiring in Atherosclerosis

Laurent Yvan-Charvet

C3M Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire, Nice, Frankreich

Endothelial cell metabolism

Sofia Iris Bibli

European Center for Angioscience, Mannheim, Deutschland

Wenn Fettgewebsverlust zu Hypertriglyceridämie führt - eine Fallvorstellung

Jantje Weiskorn

Auf der Bult, Hannover, Deutschland

Seltene Form der familiären Hypercholesterinämie - eine extreme Herausforderung in der Therapie

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LMU, Medizinische Klinik IV, München, Deutschland

Verlust des Y-Chromosoms und kardiovaskuläre Ereignisse bei Chronischer Nierenerkrankung

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Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Franfurt a.M., Deutschland

Trans-Gender und kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen

Lena Seegers

Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M., Deutschland

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Andrea Bäßler

Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Deutschland