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Heart attack - causes, symptoms and recovery
Learn about the causes of a heart attack, how a heart attack is diagnosed, treated and how to take care of yourself at home and in the hospital.
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Searching for molecules in the blood to prevent or treat heart diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Dr Michael Holmes
Although research has revealed the main causes of heart disease, there is still much detail we don’t know. In this fellowship, Dr Holmes intends to analyse the blood in intricate detail to determine whether certain molecules and processes c...
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London to Brighton Bike Ride open to charities
WWF and Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK) are among charities taking part in the BHF's iconic London to Brighton Bike Ride in 2022.
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Can the zebrafish teach us how to repair scarred heart muscle tissue?University of Bristol | Dr Rebecca Richardson
Unlike us, zebrafish can heal damage to their heart remarkably well. Although heart injury in the zebrafish can result in a scar, this later disappears and it is replaced by new, functional heart tissue. In humans, white blood cells, which ...
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Activating NKT cells to stop the immune system rejecting a heart transplantUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Nicholas Jones
Heart transplantation may be the only option available for some patients with irreversibly damaged and failing hearts. But the donor heart can be rejected by the person’s immune system. Although certain types of immune cells are responsible...
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Understanding the role of a ‘microRNA’ in causing heart arteries to narrowQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Dr Qingzhong Xiao
Dr Qingzhong Xiao and his team at Queen Mary, University of London are working out why arteries re-narrow after coronary angioplasty. Doctors carry out this procedure to restore the blood supply to the heart muscle. It involves widening nar...
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Scientists reveal the way blood clots reduce the chance of infection
New research that we've part-funded has identified the way nature creates its own plaster to try and prevent bacteria and other micro-organisms from penetrating open wounds.
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A new approach to prevent heart rhythm disorders at the cellular levelCardiff University | Professor Alan Williams
Our heart requires an electrical signal to beat correctly. If this signal breaks down, disturbances in the heart beat rhythm called arrhythmias occur. Some arrhythmias occur because the amount of calcium in the heart muscle cells is abnorma...
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Looking for ways to prevent heart and circulatory disease in people with diabetesUniversity of Leeds | Professor Mark Kearney
Type 2 diabetes affects millions of people across the world and is a major cause of heart attacks and strokes. We urgently need to find new treatments to prevent heart and circulatory disease in people with diabetes, so we can improve the ...
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How does inflammation in the hearts smallest blood vessels contribute to heart failure?King's College London | Professor Simon Redwood
Researchers at St Thomas’ Hospital are trying to understand a form of heart failure that’s currently very hard to treat. Heart failure occurs when the heart can’t pump enough blood around the body and is a major cause of death and disabi...