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New scanning technique could reveal severity of hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Leeds | Dr Irvin Teh
In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart muscle cells lose their normal highly-ordered arrangement and become more randomly arranged. There is also a thickening and stiffening of the heart muscle wall, called fibrosis. This thickening makes it...
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Understanding how zinc controls blood clottingAnglia Ruskin University | Dr Nicholas Pugh
Blood clots form when small cells in the blood called platelets are activated and stick together. Controlling when platelets become activated is essential to ensure clotting happens when it is needed - for example, after injury - whilst lim...
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Investigating a protein that promotes blood vessel repairKing's College London | Dr Lingfang Zeng
Dr Lingfang Zeng and his team at King’s College London study the cells that make up the inner lining of blood vessels (the endothelium).These cells, called endothelial cells, do not work correctly in several heart and circulatory diseases, ...
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Can export control stop cells releasing von Willebrand factor?Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Thomas Nightingale
Dr Thomas Nightingale and his team at Queen Mary, University of London, are looking for ways to control levels of a protein called von Willebrand factor, or VWF, which is linked to heart and circulatory disease. When the body is injured,...
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Developing a heart research tool using fruit fliesUniversity of Sussex | Dr Jeremy Niven
Supervised by Dr Jeremy Niven, a PhD student is studying heart cells from fruit flies to explore its use as a model for heart and circulatory disease research. Despite their obvious stark differences, fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaste...
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How stem cell research could help repair heart attack damage
Two professors at the cutting edge of stem cell research tell us how their work could affect people's lives in the future
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Understanding heart injury after a heart attack through advanced imaging studiesUniversity 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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Why should I know my blood pressure?
Associate Medical Director Dr Mike Knapton tells Senior Cardiac Nurse Emily McGrath why it's important to get your blood pressure checked
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Developing whole heart MRIImperial College London | Dr Peter Gatehouse
Coronary artery disease and some inherited heart muscle diseases cause patients to experience symptoms of breathlessness, fatigue and chest pain, because of a restricted blood supply to the heart muscle. A relatively new method for measurin...
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How a protein called Epac controls blood vessel diameterUniversity of Liverpool | Professor Caroline Dart
Dr Caroline Dart and colleagues at the University of Liverpool are studying how a protein called Epac controls blood vessel diameter. Blood vessels constantly change their diameter to match blood flow to the oxygen needs of tissues. These a...