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Treatments for abnormal heart rhythms
Get our quick guide to pacemakers, ICDs, and ablations, which are used to treat heart rhythm problems. Find out what the treatments involve and how long they last.
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Targeting T cells to control their behaviour in heart diseaseQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Federica Marelli Berg
Coronary heart disease (CHD) can be caused by the inappropriate behaviour of T cells—a type of immune cell. Although T cells help us fight infection, sometimes their action on the heart and blood vessels is unwanted. T cells can contr...
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Worst vegan foods you should avoid – and healthy alternatives
High-protein vegan foods such as meat and fish alternatives and plant-based milks can be as unhealthy as animal-based versions. A BHF dietitian shares swaps.
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Harnessing the diverse power of VEGF in blood vessel growthUniversity College London | Professor Christiana Ruhrberg
Problems with blood vessel contribute to heart attacks, strokes and blindness, and giving drugs to stimulate new vessel growth is a promising treatment for these conditions. One of the most effective treatments to stimulate blood vessel g...
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Improving the diagnosis of people with type 2 myocardial infarctionUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills
Supervised by Professor Nicholas Mills the Clinical Research Training Fellow on this project wants to find out the causes and prognosis of heart muscle damage that is not caused by a typical heart attack. A heart attack is the result of a ...
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BHF appoints Prof Bryan Williams as Chief Scientific and Medical Officer
We have appointed distinguished research leader and NHS Consultant Physician, Professor Bryan Williams, as our first Chief Scientific and Medical Officer.
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Reconstructing heart development to understand what causes congenital heart defectsUniversity College London | Professor Claudio Stern
The human heart begins as a simple tube, which loops and folds itself to form a four-chambered heart, containing many different types of cells. This process of embryonic development in the womb sometimes goes wrong, causing congenital heart...
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Studying better ways to identify heart scar tissue causing dangerous heart rhythm disturbancesNewcastle University | Dr Ruairidh Martin
Dr Ruairidh Martin has been awarded a travel fellowship to travel to a hospital in Bordeaux, France, for one year to enhance his research and clinical training. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a life-threatening heart rhythm disturbance...
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Preventing heart and circulatory diseases in young people with type 1 diabetesUniversity College London | Professor John E Deanfield
Having high blood sugar levels damages the heart and circulation. Adults with type 1 diabetes have a higher than normal risk of heart and kidney problems, especially if they have had diabetes since they were very young. Measuring a protein ...
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Could drugs like Viagra help to treat people with heart failure?University of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford
Supervised by Professor Andrew Trafford, this Clinical Research Training Fellowship is investigating new ways to treat heart failure. Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle has become damaged, often after a heart attack or long term ...