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What's the best way to choose a cardiologist?
Healthwatch England’s Benedict Knox talks about the best way to choose a cardiologist for your needs
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Deciphering the shape and structure of ADAMTS13 - for highly specific clotting controlImperial College London | Professor James Crawley
When we cut ourselves, our blood must clot to stem the bleeding. However, if clotting takes place in a coronary artery it can cause a heart attack. These opposing life-saving and life-threatening consequences mean that strategies that targe...
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Deciphering the fine structure of atrial cells in healthy hearts, and in those with heart failure, for clues to atrial fibrillationUniversity of Manchester | Dr Katharine Dibb
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of irregular heart rhythm, and people with heart failure are more at risk of the condition. AF affects the atria - the top two heart chambers – where disturbed electrical signals prevent rhyt...
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Developing 3D MRI for a better image of the heart and vesselsKing's College London | Professor Sven Plein
Heart patients commonly need to undergo imaging of their heart and vessels to identify what is wrong or to understand the extent of any damage (for example, after a heart attack). The benefit of MRI compared with some other tests is that it...
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How do blood vessel cells sense and respond to blood flow?Manchester Metropolitan University | Dr Stephen White
The build-up of fatty deposits in arteries is much more likely to occur in the bends and branches of arteries, where blood flow is disrupted. Changes in flow can cause the cells that line the blood vessel wall (endothelial cells) to detach....
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Obesity and diet
Over a third of children in the UK leave primary school obese. They are five times more likely to be obese as an adult and increase their risk of developing type-2 diabetes.
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Hot weather and your heart
Find out how about hot weather can affect you, especially during the coronavirus outbreak, and what you should do to stay cool.
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Using MRI to predict atrial fibrillation and prevent future strokesKing's College London | Dr Steven Williams
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a type of irregular heartbeat which can increase a person’s risk of stroke. If the heart beats irregularly it can lead to pooling of the blood in the lower heart chamber and increased chance of clots forming. ...
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Understanding if preterm birth affects heart development and ability to exercise in adultsUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Leeson
Professor Paul Leeson and colleagues from the University of Oxford will spend three years characterising the potential effects of premature birth on the long-term health of the heart and circulatory function. Nearly 10% of deliveries worldw...
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Developing a new type of MRI scanner to study the human heartUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a scanning technique that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce pictures of organs and tissues in the body. A fundamental principle of MRI is that the magnetic field remains fixed – u...