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Understanding how NPP1 works to prevent artery calcificationUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Vicky MacRae
Heart and circulatory diseases are common complications of people with kidney disease. This is mainly due to a build-up of bone-like deposits in their arteries – causing them to stiffen and narrow. This is called calcification and can lead...
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Switching on blood vessel regeneration after a heart attackUniversity of Oxford | Professor Sarah De Val
The growth of new blood vessels could help to repair the damage caused to the heart by a heart attack. But efforts to promote the growth of new blood vessels in the heart have been limited by a lack of understanding of the normal biological...
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Drug could help diabetic hearts recover after a heart attack
Research we've funded at the University of Oxford has identified a drug, currently in clinical trials for another condition, that could reduce the risk that people with diabetes will go on to develop heart failure after a heart attack.
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Newcastle research team hopes to reduce damage to the heart after heart attack
A team of researchers at Newcastle University have been awarded BHF funding to research new ways to reduce damage after heart attacks.
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Can ‘conditioning’ the heart improve the outlook for people after a heart attack?University College London | Professor Derek Hausenloy
Currently, the best way to reduce damage after a heart attack and improve chances of survival is to restore blood flow to the heart muscle using a treatment called primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). But this process is not r...
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Is constipation after heart surgery normal?
Our expert answers a question on whether it's normal to experience constipation after heart surgery and suggests ways to help avoid it.
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The journey to a cure
CureHeart’s ambition is to reach early clinical trials in 5 years. See our journey to trialling a cure for inherited heart muscle diseases.
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Understanding the heart’s protective mechanisms to prevent heart failureKing's College London | Professor Ajay Shah
The focus of most heart failure treatments is to prevent further degeneration of the heart muscle, a process called adverse cardiac remodelling. There is, however, another type of remodelling that is good for the heart. Adaptive remodelling...
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Prevention - ASCEND
The BHF supported the ASCEND trial, to find out whether a daily aspirin tablet and/or a fish oil capsule could help to prevent these conditions in people with diabetes.
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Targeting molecule scissors to prevent the development of blood clotsUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Michael Tomlinson
Platelets are small cells that clump together to plug wounds and minimise blood loss, but when they clump together too much, it can block blood flow and cause heart attacks or strokes. This is called thrombosis. Scientists are studying plat...