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Improving heart failure care at home
We’ve been developing and testing new ways of delivering care for heart failure patients, to improve the lives of people living with heart failure.
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Controlling inflammation that arises in atherosclerosis and after a stentHeriot Watt University, Edinburgh | Professor Stephen Yarwood
Dr Stephen Yarwood is studying ways to combat chronic inflammation, a key part of heart and circulatory disease. In conditions like atherosclerosis, when blood vessels narrow with fatty plaques, chronic inflammation causes excessive leakine...
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London to Brighton Bike Ride raises over £1m for vital heart research
Sir Patrick Vallance joined over 12,000 cyclists who pedalled their way to success in the British Heart Foundation's (BHF) London to Brighton Bike Ride on Sunday 16th June, raising over £1 million for vital heart research.
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Finding out why obesity leads to heart diseaseUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Antonio Vidal Puig
Obesity can lead to a number of serious or life-threatening diseases, including diabetes and heart disease. When adipose tissue cannot store any more fat, then the excess fats can go to other organs, poisoning them. This is called ‘lipotoxi...
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Searching for the causes of congenital heart diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Dr Duncan Sparrow
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common human birth defect, affecting around one in 100 babies. Heart defects can occur because of faulty genes inherited from the parents, or they can be caused by environmental factors in the womb...
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No difference in key heart attack symptoms between men and women
Women who have heart attacks experience the same key symptoms as men, quashing one of the reasons given for women receiving unequal care.
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Boosting the long-term effectiveness of heart cell therapyUniversity of Manchester | Dr Delvac Oceandy
Adult heart cells have a limited ability to regenerate and are often replaced with scar tissue after damage such as a heart attack. This affects the heart’s ability to pump blood around the body and can eventually lead to heart failure. A...
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Can we predict which aneurysms pose the most risk?University of Leicester | Professor Matthew Bown
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a swelling of the main blood vessel of the body, the aorta. The aorta is usually about 2cm wide, but aneurysms can cause this to increase to over 5.5cm. AAAs are dangerous as they can burst and cause in...
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Nearly 284,000 heart patients waiting for vital care in England
Nearly 284,000 people were waiting for time critical heart operations and other heart procedures at the end of November 2021, latest NHS England figures reveal – 22 per cent higher than at the beginning of the pandemic.