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Changes in areas of the brain associated with emotion have been identified in people with Takotsubo syndrome, according to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society centenary conference in Manchester.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett

Atherosclerosis occurs when fatty deposits, known as plaques, form in the walls of our blood vessels, such as the coronary supplying the heart. Some of these plaques can rupture and create a blood clot, which can cause a heart attack. Card...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell

The BHF have awarded a grant to Professor Nick Morell at the University of Cambridge to establish a cohort of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and their families throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. The cohort will ...

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University of Leeds | Professor Robert Ariens

Thrombosis occurs when a clot forms in a blood vessels and prevents the blood supply from reaching the tissues supplied by that vessel. Clots are primarily made up of platelets embedded in a network of fibres made of a protein called fibrin...

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Imperial College London | Professor David A Lane

Following blood vessel injury, platelets are needed to form a blood clot and mend the vessel. Von Willebrand factor (VWF) a ‘sticky’ protein, helps platelets bind to the site of injury. VWF must unfold at the molecular level for this to hap...

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University of Leeds | Professor Chris Peers

Carbon monoxide inhalation is the most common form of death by poisoning and can cause dangerous disruption to heart rhythm. Professor Chris Peers and co-workers based at the University of Leeds are carrying out BHF-funded research into the...

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University of Bath | Dr Stefan Bagby

Dr Stefan Bagby and colleagues at the University of Bath are working how to increase the activity of a protective enzyme called HACE1 in the heart. HACE1 protects the heart against high pressures and oxidative stress. When HACE1 is absent o...

Average ambulance response times for category 2 calls - which includes suspected heart attacks and strokes - rose to over 42 minutes in October in England.

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Medical Research Council | Ms Unknown Medical Research Council

The British Heart Foundation has joined a consortium of UK government and charity funders, led by the Medical Research Council (MRC), to contribute to a £19 million investment to establish four electronic-health research Centres of Excellen...

Scientists develop a new type of 3D microscopy to capture the growing hearts of zebrafish embryos for the first time, which could also teach us more about the human heart.