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Cardioversion
A cardioversion aims to get your abnormal heart rhythm back to normal. It is a type of treatment used for heart conditions.
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Identifying the molecules needed to make new mitochondriaUniversity College London | Professor Shamshad Cockcroft
Supervised by Professor Shamshad Cockroft, a PhD student is investigating how we keep the mitochondria inside heart cells working properly, so they can provide the energy the heart needs to beat. A molecule called cardiolipin is essential ...
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An ECG score to predict the risk of sudden death in Brugada syndromeSt George's, University of London | Professor Elijah Behr
Dr Elijah Behr and his colleagues at St George’s, University of London, are developing ways to detect people with Brugada syndrome at high risk of dying suddenly from a fatal abnormal heart rhythm. Brugada syndrome is an inherited heart ...
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The average Brit spends five years of their life feeling BORED
The average Brit spends five years of their life feeling bored. A survey of 2,000 adults found we succumb to boredom twice a day on average - for a total of two hours every day.
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Why do some people with pulmonary hypertension not respond to drugs?Imperial College London | Dr Christopher Rhodes
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Christopher Rhodes is looking for ways to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a serious condition where people have high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. Current treatme...
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Finding new ways to diagnose and treat myocarditisQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Federica Marelli Berg
Supervised by BHF Professor Federica Marelli Berg, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is looking for new ways to diagnose and treat myocarditis, when the heart muscle becomes severely inflamed. It is difficult to diagnose myocarditi...
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Rebecca's story: "I thought I was having a heart attack but pushed that thought away"
Rebecca tells us how she wrote off her chest pain for a day while having a heart attack.
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Treating heart failure: the breakthrough of new treatments
Learn about the breakthroughs BHF-funded researchers have made in medicines to treat heart failure.
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Developing better ways to measure body fat in childrenSt George's, University of London | Dr Claire Nightingale
Childhood obesity is a major UK public health challenge. The way that children are measured is vital in keeping track of the problem, and in monitoring the success or failure of attempts to address it. The most widely used measure of body f...
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Why does obesity cause inflammation and lead to heart disease?Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Maria Paula Longhi
Dr Paula Longhi and her team at Queen Mary, University of London are studying why people who are obese are at higher risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. White blood cells can become i...