摘要
Over the past two decades, improved diagnosis, pharmaceutical therapies, and interventional strategies have impressively improved the armamentarium of modern cardiologists in the fight against the most incident and lethal diseases： heart failure, ischemic heart disease, and arrhythmia. The innovations in the field have mostly been enabled by inventions based on hypothesis-driven approaches. The invention and development of key cardiac biomarkers, such as natriuretic peptides and cardiac-specific troponins, may serve as examples.
Over the past two decades, improved diagnosis, pharmaceutical therapies, and interventional strategies have impressively improved the armamentarium of modern cardiologists in the fight against the most incident and lethal diseases： heart failure, ischemic heart disease, and arrhythmia. The innovations in the field have mostly been enabled by inventions based on hypothesis-driven approaches. The invention and development of key cardiac biomarkers, such as natriuretic peptides and cardiac-specific troponins, may serve as examples.
基金
supported by grants from the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung (DZHK, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), and Siemens Health Care Gmb H (Siemens/University Heidelberg Joint Research Project: Care4DCM) of Germany as well as the European Union (FP7 Best Ageing)
supported by grants from Siemens Health Care Gmb H (Siemens/University Heidelberg Joint Research Project: Care4DCM) of Germany and the European Union (FP7 Best Ageing)
