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  • PUBLICATION

    Learning points for the successful introduction of Intravenous diuretics in the community

    Booklet, 4 pages, published on 09/03/2015

    Learning points for the successful introduction of Intravenous diuretics in the community.

    This publication is only available to download or view online

  • Wetherby Fundraising Group to deliver CPR training in the community

    Find out how our Wetherby Fundraising Group fundraised for the BHF during the Covid-19 pandemic and are now looking forward to delivering CPR training in their local community.

  • RESEARCH

    Hijacking the immune system to help prevent heart transplant rejection

    King's College London | Professor Giovanna Lombardi

    When the heart becomes irreversibly damaged and fails, heart transplantation can be the only treatment option. However rejection of the donor heart by the immune system is a major problem. Immunosuppressant drugs have unpleasant side effect...

  • RESEARCH

    Using stem cells to study atherosclerosis and Marfan syndrome

    University of Cambridge | Dr Sanjay Sinha

    Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in the blood vessel wall contribute to the ‘furring up’ of vessels in coronary heart disease and stroke. SMCs are also involved in an inherited condition known as Marfan syndrome, where a defect in fibrillin-1, a ...

  • RESEARCH

    Studying new-borns to understand the causes of high blood pressure

    St George's, University of London | Dr Tarek Antonios

    Adults with high blood pressure have a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, or of having a heart attack or stroke. Understanding the causes of high blood pressure is vital to developing new treatments to prevent these life-threat...

  • Running during pregnancy

    We’ve teamed up with Full Potential to offer you a guide to the highs and lows of running with a baby on board, and the importance of listening to your body.

  • Menopause and your heart

    Find out why the menopause increases your risk of heart and circulatory conditions, and what you can do to lower your risk and help with menopausal symptoms like heart palpitations.

  • RESEARCH

    Investigating the potential to control blood vessel growth in disease

    University of Nottingham | Professor David Bates

    Throughout our life, new blood vessels grow to maintain a healthy circulatory system – a process called angiogenesis. However, the formation of new blood vessels can also occur in conditions such as heart disease and diabetes and can lead t...

  • RESEARCH

    How do ADAMTS contribute to damaging changes to the extracellular matrix in heart disease?

    King's College London | Dr Javier Barallobre Barreiro

    Researchers at King’s College London are studying why the mesh of proteins around the heart changes in heart disease. During heart failure the heart can’t pump strongly enough to respond to the demands of the body. It is a life-limiting ...

  • RESEARCH

    Enhancing the body’s natural anti-clotting system to treat thrombosis

    Imperial College London | Professor James Crawley

    Blood clotting is highly coordinated and involves processes that promote clotting and others that inhibit it. One of the body’s natural clot-inhibiting pathways is called the “TFPI-protein S anticoagulant system”. In this system, the TFPI...