Research projects

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Using stem cells to understand atherosclerosis

Finding efficient ways to regenerate the heart and blood vessels

Trialling physical exercise and psychological support in the treatment of ’broken heart syndrome’

Targeting a key step in blood clotting, towards a new anticoagulant medicine

Refining promising techniques for guiding catheter ablation to stop atrial fibrillation

Alterations to MLC2 in human tissue; a suspect for poor contraction in heart failure

Determining the role of the gene Prpf8 in causing congenital heart defects

Could inhibiting PMCA4 protect people from death after a heart attack?

Improving the accuracy of cardiac MRI stress tests for the diagnosis of heart failure

What do bright spots in pregnancy scans tell us about children’s hearts?

Using ultrasound to make lab-grown heart cells more like the real thing

Understanding how small arteries work, to shed light on high blood pressure

Research projects

Search

Filter by

View all of our research

Using stem cells to understand atherosclerosis

Finding efficient ways to regenerate the heart and blood vessels

Trialling physical exercise and psychological support in the treatment of ’broken heart syndrome’

Targeting a key step in blood clotting, towards a new anticoagulant medicine

Refining promising techniques for guiding catheter ablation to stop atrial fibrillation

Alterations to MLC2 in human tissue; a suspect for poor contraction in heart failure

Determining the role of the gene Prpf8 in causing congenital heart defects

Could inhibiting PMCA4 protect people from death after a heart attack?

Improving the accuracy of cardiac MRI stress tests for the diagnosis of heart failure

What do bright spots in pregnancy scans tell us about children’s hearts?

Using ultrasound to make lab-grown heart cells more like the real thing

Understanding how small arteries work, to shed light on high blood pressure

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