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Angina medication: Questions about nitrates answered
Nitrates are a tried-and-tested treatment for angina, but it's important to be informed about their usage and potential side effects.
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Andrew Baker
BHF Professor of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences, Andrew Baker, is leading a team of scientists aiming to 'translate' discoveries made in the lab into new treatments for heart patients.
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Matching heart problems to electrical readings on ECGsImperial College London | Professor Nicholas Peters
Professor Nicholas Peters and his colleagues at Imperial College London are working out how the electrical readings on ECGs (electrocardiograms) relate to underlying heart damage, so that doctors may be better able to diagnose heart problem...
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Professor Steffen Petersen to become interim Director of the BHF Data Science Centre
Professor Petersen is to become interim Director of the BHF Data Science Centre, taking over from founding Director Professor Cathie Sudlow who is stepping down to lead a major new population study exploring the adolescent health.
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Average ambulance waits for heart attacks and strokes rise to 46 minutes
Average ambulance response times for category 2 calls - which includes suspected heart attacks and strokes were 46 minutes in December in England, up from 39 minutes in November, latest NHS figures show.
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Congenital heart disease and Covid-19: what you need to know
Our medical experts explain what you need to know about the Covid-19 coronavirus if you have congenital heart disease.
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Devising new tests that better predict which patients with coronary heart disease should receive a stentUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Keith G Oldroyd
Coronary heart disease is caused by blockage in the coronary arteries - the vessels that supply blood to the heart muscle. Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a method of measuring pressure waves in the coronary artery to estimate the severity...
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Helping stem cells stay in the injured heart to repair damageUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Neena Kalia
In heart failure, the heart cannot pump blood around the body as well as it used to and people become extremely tired and short of breath. Heart failure usually occurs after the heart muscle becomes damaged from a heart attack and, in sever...
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Weight loss drugs could have cardiovascular benefits, new research shows
Weight loss drugs that have semaglutides could have cardiovascular benefits, according to new research.
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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...