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University of Edinburgh | Dr Matthew Reed

Around 300,000 people in the UK attend hospital emergency departments each year with palpitations, which are irregular heartbeats, and presyncope, a sudden feeling that you are about to lose consciousness. In some patients, these symptoms c...

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University of Oxford | Dr Charalampos Sigalas

CPVT1 is a rare inherited disease that affects children and young adults. It causes disturbances to the heart rhythm (arrhythmias) and can lead to sudden cardiac death. CPVT1 is caused by a genetic mutation of a protein called ryanodine re...

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St George's, University of London | Professor Peter S Mortimer

Lymphoedema is the swelling of any part of the body caused by a fault or obstruction in the lymphatic system, which is a network of tissues and organs that help rid the body of toxins, waste and other unwanted materials. It also transports ...

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University of Oxford | Professor Sarah De Val

Dr Sarah de Val and her colleagues at the University of Oxford are working out how new blood vessels grow during development and after a heart attack, to find clues on how to repair damaged heart muscle. After a heart attack, new blood ves...

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University of Oxford | Professor Hugh Watkins

Professor Hugh Watkins and his team at the University of Oxford have had a key role in understanding how certain gene faults can lead to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). HCM is a disease of the heart muscle where the muscle wall becomes t...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Morris Brown

One cause of high blood pressure is a benign tumour in the adrenal gland which secretes aldosterone, the hormone regulating salt and water balance. The over- secreting tumour is called an aldosterone-producing adrenal adenoma (APA). To unde...

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University 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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University of Bristol | Professor Andrew Newby

BHF Professor Andrew Newby has been awarded a three year grant to investigate the intricate processes that lead to plaque rupture in atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis occurs when fatty deposits build up inside artery walls and harden, causin...