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Imperial College London | Professor Ralph H Knoll

In this studentship, the researchers will investigate how a mutated gene – the muscle LIM protein gene – causes dilated cardiomyopathy. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a relatively common inherited heart muscle disease, which can lead to heart fa...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Gavin Jarvis

Some medicines do more than one thing at a time. For example, aspirin is great if you have a headache and is also used to help prevent a heart attack in people at high risk. It does this by blocking the action of platelets. Platelets are sm...

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Imperial College London | Dr Anne Burke Gaffney

After heart surgery, some patients can develop a condition called the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). When SIRS occurs, blood vessels become leaky and fluid can accumulate in the heart, lungs and other organs which prevents ...

Guidelines and terms of reference for BHF Trial Steering Committees.

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University of Manchester | Dr Wei Liu

BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Wei Liu is studying ways to treat diabetic cardiomyopathy, a condition that can lead to heart failure because the heart doesn’t pump as well as it should. Healthy hearts are fuelled by a...

We offer personal support for clinical and non-clinical cardiovascular researchers at all stages of their career. We offer project grants, programme grants, infrastructure grants and strategic initiatives, among other funding schemes.

BRAVO explored whether a simple measurement of blood pressure could help improve the settings of these pacemakers, maximising their benefit.

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Imperial College London | Professor Justin C Mason

Almost £242,000 has been awarded over three years to Professor Justin Mason’s team at Imperial College London team to study the regulation of endothelial cells, which line our arteries and are important for maintaining a healthy heart and c...

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Imperial College London | Dr Zachary Whinnett

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is a way of synchronising the heart beat in people with heart failure. It uses a type of pacemaker with leads that monitor the heart beat for irregularities and then send out tiny electrical pulses to...