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Research begins to rapidly understand deadly link between Covid-19 and cardiovascular diseases
Improved care for people with heart and circulatory disease suffering from Covid-19 could soon be available after we and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) announced support for six flagship research programmes.
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Understanding the heart’s protective mechanisms to prevent heart failureKing's College London | Professor Ajay Shah
The focus of most heart failure treatments is to prevent further degeneration of the heart muscle, a process called adverse cardiac remodelling. There is, however, another type of remodelling that is good for the heart. Adaptive remodelling...
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Using stem cells to study atherosclerosis and Marfan syndromeUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Sanjay Sinha
Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in the blood vessel wall contribute to the ‘furring up’ of vessels in coronary heart disease and stroke. SMCs are also involved in an inherited condition known as Marfan syndrome, where a defect in fibrillin-1, a ...
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How the brain and cardiovascular system communicate: implications for diseaseUniversity College London | Professor Andrew G Ramage
Information about your blood pressure and heart rate is continuously sent to a specialised area of your brain via nerves. Processing of the information arriving in the brain concerning blood pressure and heart rate involves the release of c...
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Donate your old phones and tablets
Your old phone or tablet can help fund lifesaving research. Find out the steps you need to take to prepare your old mobile phones and tablets for donation to charity.
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Studying the eye to improve detection of small vessel disease in the brainUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Joanna Wardlaw
Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a common disease affecting the small blood vessels of the brain. SVD is responsible for nearly half of all dementia cases and a fifth of all strokes worldwide. The cause of the disease is poorly unders...
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Studying new-borns to understand the causes of high blood pressureSt George's, University of London | Dr Tarek Antonios
Adults with high blood pressure have a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, or of having a heart attack or stroke. Understanding the causes of high blood pressure is vital to developing new treatments to prevent these life-threat...
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Understanding how small arteries in the heart respond to stressUniversity of Oxford | Professor Kim A Dora
Professor Kim Dora at the University of Oxford aims to better understand how small arteries in the heart respond to stress and how this response changes in coronary heart disease. Small arteries in the heart dilate and contract to keep up w...
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Expanding platelets to understand the detail of blood clottingUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Steven Thomas
Platelets play an essential role in normal blood clotting to prevent blood loss after injury, but also when there is unwanted clotting in a blood vessel, called thrombosis. Scientists now have a greater understanding of the blood clotting p...
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PUBLICATION
Understanding a heart attack - large printLarge Print, published on 16/08/2024
A large print booklet to help you and your loved ones understand what a diagnosis of angina means. It includes information on diagnosis, causes, treatment and living with a heart condition. As well as steps you can take to look after your heart, and where to get support.
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