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Bio-engineering blood vessels to improve long term success of heart bypass surgeryUniversity of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu
More than two million people are living in the UK with coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease occurs when the vessels supplying blood to the heart – the coronary arteries – become narrowed or blocked by fatty plaques. A common treat...
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My daughter has a rapid heart rate. Should I worry?
Learn what can cause a rapid heart rate in children and adults, and how any problems can be diagnosed.
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Using statistics to find the parts of the human genome that relate to our risk of heart and circulatory diseasesUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Adam Butterworth
Around 130 regions of DNA in the human genetic code are known to have an effect on our risk of heart attacks or strokes. However, in most cases we don’t yet understand how the genes in these regions have these effects. One way to tackle thi...
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Obesity linked to damaging changes in failing hearts
Obesity is linked to changes in the structure and pumping action of the heart before it develops heart failure, according to research we've funded and presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.
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Working out new ways to break down blood clotsUniversity of Leeds | Professor Ramzi Ajjan
Supervised by Dr Ramzi Ajjan, this PhD student is looking for new ways to break down blood clots and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Blood clots are made up of blood cells and proteins that stick together to form a mesh of...
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Restoring blood flow to damaged tissues - do stem cells hold the key?Queen's University Belfast | Professor David Grieve
In diseases where blood flow to tissues becomes reduced (ischaemia), new blood vessels grow – this is called ‘angiogenesis’. Ischaemic diseases such as those affecting the heart and limbs affect millions of people each year and are major ca...
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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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Targeting T cells to control their behaviour in heart diseaseQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Federica Marelli Berg
Coronary heart disease (CHD) can be caused by the inappropriate behaviour of T cells—a type of immune cell. Although T cells help us fight infection, sometimes their action on the heart and blood vessels is unwanted. T cells can contr...
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Understanding how the kidney helps to regulate blood pressureUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Kevin O'Shaughnessy
The control of sodium and potassium salts in the body is important for regulating blood pressure. This balance is regulated in a special part of the kidneys called the distal convoluted tubule, or DCT. However, the exact mechanism used by t...
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Number of Northern Ireland heart patients waiting over six months for surgery increases 30-fold
Thirty times more people are waiting over six months for cardiac surgery than a year ago, according to analysis by British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland.