Research report 2009
Image description:
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) occurs unexpectedly in young previously healthy women in the last month of pregnancy up to 6 months postpartum.
The image shows a sirius red colored longitudinal heart section of a female mouse with PPCM. The enlargement of all four heart chambers is clearly visible with a strong fibrotization (red) of the heart walls and a thrombus in the right ventricle.
The discovery of the pathomechanism of PPCM in a unique translational project from the mouse directly to new therapy concepts in patients was the last major project of Prof. Drexler, the long-standing head of the Clinical Department of Cardiology and Angiology. (Hilfiker-Kleiner et al. Cell 2007)
Research report 2009
Research Report 2009
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Prof. Dr. med. Christopher H. Baum
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Cover picture:
The cover picture of the research report shows peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) occurring unexpectedly in young, previously healthy women in the last month of pregnancy up to 6 months postpartum. Left picture shows a Sirius red stained longitudinal heart section of a healthy female mouse after rearing her young. Legal: Sirius red stained longitudinal heart section of a female mouse with a PPCM. The enlargement of all four heart chambers is clearly visible with a strong fibrotization (red) of the heart walls and a thrombus in the right ventricle.
The discovery of the pathomechanism of PPCM in a unique translational project from the mouse directly to new therapy concepts in patients was the last major project of Prof. Drexler, the long-time head of the Clinical Department of Cardiology and Angiology (Hilfiker-Kleiner et al. Cell 2007).
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