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King's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan

Supervised by Professor Catherine Shanahan, this PhD student is studying a process called vascular calcification, when arteries stiffen and harden. This can lead to heart attacks and high blood pressure. During calcification, blood vessel m...

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University of Glasgow | Dr William Fuller

Every cell in the body uses small chemical messengers to communicate with their neighbours and the rest of the body. These chemical messengers work by interacting with proteins called receptors that are embedded in the surface of cells. In ...

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University of Leeds | Dr Erica Dall Armellina

The BHF has awarded an Intermediate Clinical Research Fellowship to Dr Erica Dall Armellina from the University of Oxford to launch an imaging programme which will use innovative techniques to look at injury to heart muscle in patients who ...

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University of Leeds | Dr Jian Shi

Dr Jian Shi from the University of Leeds is studying how arteries ‘sense’ blood flow. Blood flow has a major effect on artery health – arteries are more likely to become diseased in areas where the flow is disturbed, leading to heart attack...

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Imperial College London | Professor Cesare M N Terracciano

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is an increasing common form of heart failure, but the mechanisms underlying the condition remain unclear. HFpEF is known to be characterised by a type of scarring called fibrosis – a p...

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Imperial College London | Professor Mengxing Tang

As blood flows through our arteries it exerts forces on the artery wall. The strength of these forces varies according to the shape of the vessel – whether it is straight or has bends or branches. We know that these forces affect how the ar...

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Newcastle University | Dr Gavin Richardson

During a heart attack, it is vital to restore blood flow to the heart but this restored blood flow can itself cause further damage that may lead to heart failure over time. Dr Gavin Richardson’s research suggests that this damage may make t...

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University College London | Dr Catherine Roberts

Our vital organs require constant nourishment with oxygen and nutrients via their blood supply. The heart’s blood supply is delivered through the coronary arteries, and if one of these becomes blocked in coronary artery disease, it causes a...