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What causes different types of left ventricular hypertrophy?University of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider
Supervised by Dr Oliver Rider, a Clinical Research Training Fellow is working out what causes different types of left ventricular hypertrophy, or LVH. In LVH, the heart muscle enlarges. It can occur naturally in response to exercise train...
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Understanding how blood vessel stiffness arisesUniversity of East Anglia | Dr Derek Warren
Healthy blood vessels are constantly responding to their surrounding environment. They are lined with muscle cells that can expand and contract which helps them cope with changes in blood pressure and maintains blood flow throughout the bod...
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Finding out why exercise causes heart rhythm disturbances in long QT syndromeQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Andrew Tinker
People with a type of inherited heart condition called long QT syndrome are at risk of abnormal heart rhythms. These abnormal heart rhythms put people at risk of sudden cardiac death, particularly during or following exercise. Long QT syndr...
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Preventing blood clots by stopping P2X1 receptor activation on plateletsUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Andrew Thompson
Heart attacks and strokes are caused by blood clots (thrombosis) that prevent blood from reaching the heart and brain. There are drugs available that prevent these clots from forming but they can cause unwanted bleeding. New drugs to preven...
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How does blood flow affect new blood vessel formation?University of Sheffield | Professor Tim Chico
Damage to blood vessels can cause serious conditions like coronary heart disease and stroke. Understanding how new blood vessels form, in a process called angiogenesis, and how their growth can be controlled could help scientists devise way...
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Explaining why some nanoparticles are harmfulUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Mark Miller
Dr Mark Miller is working out whether a group of fats made in the body are responsible for harming our heart and circulatory system. The fats, called eicosanoids, may be causing the harmful effects that very small particles, known as nanopa...
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How tissue factor triggers blood clottingCardiff University | Professor Peter Collins
When blood clots form in blood vessels they block the flow of blood and can cause heart attacks and strokes. Finding new ways to manage blood clotting could prevent and treat blood clots that lead to a heart attack or stroke. Blood clot...
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Developing SABRE magnetic resonance imaging techniques for heart diseaseUniversity of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein
The BHF, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council (as part of its Clinical Research Capabilities and Technologies Initiative) has awarded a grant to a team at the Universities of Leeds and York, led by magnetic resonance imaging (...