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    Testing new treatments for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    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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    Download the latest UK Defibrillator Location Data from the British Heart Foundation

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    Dietary fat affects blood vessel function in high blood pressure

    University of Edinburgh | Professor Michael Shipston

    People with high blood pressure are at higher risk of heart and circulatory disease. High blood pressure can arise as a result of blood vessels losing their elasticity, meaning that blood vessels cannot expand and contract as effectively to...

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    Understanding how blood flow causes vessel damage in atherosclerosis

    University of Sheffield | Dr Jovana Serbanovic Canic

    Atherosclerosis – the build-up of fatty deposits in the arteries – tends to develop in areas where the blood vessels are exposed to stress caused by changes in blood flow. This causes cells that line the blood vessel to die off, which furth...

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    How a protein called Epac controls blood vessel diameter

    University 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...

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    Improving heart repair after a heart attack

    Newcastle University | Professor Helen M Arthur

    A heart attack happens when there is a blockage in one of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart. It’s vital to quickly restore blood flow to limit the damage this causes, but doing so can itself sometimes cause further damag...

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    How a type of immune cell fights against atherosclerosis

    University of Cambridge | Professor Ziad Mallat

    BHF Professor Ziad Mallat from the University of Cambridge is studying how immune cells are involved in atherosclerosis, a process in which arteries become furred up with fatty plaques and they narrow. If the plaques rupture, they can trigg...

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    Understanding how zinc controls blood clotting

    Anglia 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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    Working out how congenital heart defects develop

    University College London | Professor Peter Scambler

    Professor Peter Scambler and his team at University College London study the underlying causes of different types of congenital heart disease – a condition where the heart doesn’t form properly as it develops in the womb. Professor Scam...