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Why do some patients with heart failure have a normal ejection fraction?University of East Anglia | Professor Michael Frenneaux
People with heart failure experience symptoms such as breathlessness, fatigue and swelling that develop when the heart struggles to pump blood efficiently around the body. But some people with symptoms of heart failure appear to have hearts...
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Heart plaster to stop children needing repeated heart surgeries
Researchers we've funded have developed a new type of ‘heart plaster’ to revolutionise the way surgeons treat children living with congenital heart disease, so they don’t need as many open-heart operations.
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How cardiac hypertrophy leads to heart rhythm disturbancesUniversity of Surrey | Dr Rita Jabr
Dr Rita Jabr and Professor Christopher Fry from the University of Surrey will be investigating the potentially dangerous disturbances to heart rhythm that can occur as a result of cardiac hypertrophy. Cardiac hypertrophy is enlargement of t...
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Can partial support with an assist device help a damaged heart recover?Imperial College London | Professor John Pepper
Heart failure is a common condition, and the number of people with advanced heart failure continues to increase. We need new treatments that improve patients’ symptoms and extend life. Mechanical pumps can be used to help the heart beat mor...
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Understanding how the heart adapts to high blood pressureUniversity of Reading | Professor Angela Clerk
High blood pressure puts strain on the heart and, if untreated, can cause permanent changes to heart cells which may later lead to heart failure. These changes are controlled by signals between and within heart cells, some of which influen...
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One in five people with unhealthy fat could have a heart attack
A simple blood test has revealed one in five people living with overweight and ‘unhealthy fat’ could have a heart attack in the next 10 years
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Does a genetic mutation indicate when high blood pressure can be cured by surgery?Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Morris Brown
High blood pressure – or hypertension - is serious problem which affects a quarter of all adults. A common cause of hypertension is a condition called primary aldosteronism, where too much of the hormone aldosterone is produced. Excess ...
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Developing better ways to detect heart failureQueen's University Belfast | Dr Chris Watson
Heart failure is a serious condition where the heart is unable to pump blood efficiently around the body. We urgently need to better understand the mechanisms of heart failure and to develop better screening tools to detect and manage this ...
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Understanding how platelets are switched on to help improve anti-clotting treatmentsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Stuart Mundell
Heart attacks occur when blood flow is blocked, usually by a blood clot developing in the blood vessels of the heart. Platelets are the major cells involved in the formation of blood clots and can be ‘switched on’ by substances inside the b...
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Heart patients urged to get free flu jab
Heart patients urged to get free flu jab