China National Center For Cardiovascular Diseases

This large, phase 4 trial is testing whether berberine, a natural compound, can prevent heart disease and diabetes in over 2,000 high-risk adults in China. Participants take berberine or a placebo twice daily, plus receive lifestyle advice. The study tracks blood sugar and heart …

This observational study looks at 165 people with two different types of heart muscle thickening: syndromic/metabolic cardiomyopathy (SMCs) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Researchers want to see if SMCs patients have worse heart outcomes like death or heart failure, and w…

This study looks at 120 adults getting a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) to see how often infections happen and how their immune system changes after surgery. The goal is to find what makes some patients more likely to get infections. This research does not test a new treat…