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Studying the benefits of blood transfusions after heart surgery
Largest trial of its kind, involving two BHF Professors, shows patients having heart surgery do not benefit from doctors waiting for them to become severely anaemic before giving a blood transfusion.
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Can we prevent more damage to heart muscle after a heart attack?Newcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos
Supervised by Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos, a PhD student is looking for ways to prevent further heart muscle damage after a heart attack. Doctors carry out a procedure called coronary angioplasty to open up blocked or narrowed arteries ...
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ICD - your quick guideBooklet, 16 pages, published on 01/05/2014
This short illustrated leaflet explains how an ICD - or implantable cardioverter defibrillator works and answers some common questions about everyday life.
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Can a CT heart scan predict and prevent heart attacks more effectively than a risk score?University of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
Doctors currently calculate a person’s risk of a future heart attack caused by coronary artery disease using a risk score based on a person’s age, gender and risk factors. If this score is high, doctors may suggest taking preventive measure...
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Improving the long-term safety of a common heart procedure in young people.Newcastle University | Professor Mark Pearce
Cardiac catheterisation is a procedure where a dye or device is delivered down a flexible tube into the heart’s blood supply while being visualised by X-rays. It’s used in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of lots of different heart ...
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Understanding how Ang2 switches from being helpful to harmful in blood vesselsUniversity of Leicester | Professor Nicholas Brindle
People who have had heart attacks, heart failure or need a heart transplant have high levels of a protein called Ang2 in their blood. In these people, there is a switch in their blood vessels that makes them respond differently to Ang2. Thi...
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Can a protein called caveolin-3 reveal a new way to treat heart failure?University of Bristol | Professor Clive Orchard
A regular and synchronised heartbeat is crucial for the heart to pump blood efficiently around the body. Levels of calcium must rapidly increase in a synchronised way in every heart cell to enable the heart to contract. Folds or ‘invaginati...
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Statins link to diabetes
New Research shows taking statins over a period of 4 years may lead to increased risk of diabetes
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Heart patients' lives at risk as waiting lists continue to grow
NHS waiting list data for January in England shows that waiting lists for cardiac patients continues to grow