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How heart valves become calcified in aortic stenosisUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
Supervised by BHF Professor David Newby, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is working out if a drug used to treat osteoporosis can also treat aortic stenosis. Blood leaves the heart through a large artery called the aorta and flows ...
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Why is pulmonary arterial hypertension more common in women?University of Glasgow | Professor Margaret MacLean
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare but fatal disorder of high blood pressure in the blood vessels that supply the lungs. The condition is caused by the narrowing of these vessels. Although treatments are available, they are not fully...
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Heart Voices: Heart health care essentialsInformation Sheet, 4 pages, published on 14/01/2013
This factsheet sets out the five key themes that we and other charities feel are important for improving care so that you can feel comfortable asking about these issues and making your opinions heard.
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Are histone proteins involved in heart complications in sepsis?University of Liverpool | Dr Guozheng Wang
Sepsis and septic shock are the main cause of death in patients in intensive care. Patients with sepsis, a widespread infection, often die because their blood pressure and heart function drop significantly, and they can’t supply enough bloo...
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Watch: Healthy comfort food
Indulge with these healthy versions of macaroni cheese, pizza, and spaghetti bolognese.
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Understanding genetic errors that affect myosin in cardiomyopathyUniversity of Kent | Professor Michael Geeves
Individuals with inherited genetic errors in heart muscle proteins are at risk of sudden death at any age. This is because the error leads to two major types of heart disease: a thickened heart wall (called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy); or ...
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Preventing remodelling of blood vessels after vein graft surgeryUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
The way that our blood vessels heal after injury has important consequences for our future health. Blood vessels are known to ‘remodel’ after being damaged, and this remodelling can trigger a disease process that leads to thickening of the ...
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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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How NRP1 protects our blood vessel liningQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Claudio Raimondi
The inner surface of our blood vessels is covered by a layer of cells called endothelial cells. Maintenance of this cell layer is essential for keeping the blood vessels healthy and for making new blood vessels. BHF-funded researcher Dr Cla...
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What controls how heart muscle cells contract?Cardiff University | Dr Nia Thomas
Dr Nia Lowri Thomas and her team at Cardiff University are studying the processes that control how heart muscle cells contract during each heartbeat and what goes wrong in abnormal heart rhythms. For heart muscle cells to contract, calci...