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Dancing back to health: Katharine's story
Find out how Katharine's favourite hobby helped her to recover after suffering aortic dissection and stroke.
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Finding the best treatment for stopping major bleeds after heart surgeryQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Laura Green
During heart surgery, about one in five patients are at risk of experiencing a major bleed which requires a blood transfusion. During bleeds, doctors often give these patients a product called fresh-frozen-plasma (FFP), which is made up of ...
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Studying what causes angina after exerciseKing's College London | Professor Simon Redwood
Supervised by Professor Simon Redwood, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is studying angina, chest pain that occurs when the blood supply to the heart muscle is restricted. Coronary heart disease – when the arteries supplying the h...
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Could switching on PKD improve the heart’s ability to pump after heart failure?King's College London | Professor Jonathan Kentish
Professor Jonathan Kentish and his team at King’s College London are working out if switching on an enzyme called protein kinase D (PKD) could help the heart to pump blood around the body after heart failure. In some people who have had a...
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5 cholesterol-lowering foods
Learn how to reduce cholesterol through your diet. Learn what foods lower cholesterol and how you can add them to your diet.
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Feeling confident about my body after an S-ICD
Amy Millns had an S-ICD inserted after she suffered a cardiac arrest in her sleep. She tells us how she regained confidence in her body.
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Can carbon monoxide treatment prevent certain types of heart disease?University of Sheffield | Dr Janet Chamberlain
Many patients with heart disease undergo stent implantation to improve the function of disease vessel walls. Some patients receive stents that release chemicals to help prevent disease after fitting, but these are not without risks; biodegr...
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Could miR-150 prevent or treat pulmonary arterial hypertension?Imperial College London | Dr Beata J Wojciak Stothard
Dr Beata Wojciak Stothard and her team at Imperial College London are studying pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe disease which begins when cells lining the inner surface of lung blood vessels, called endothelial cells, become ...
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Prior coronavirus infection boosts response to variants after first vaccine dose
BHF-funded researchers have found that a single dose of vaccine boosts protection against coronavirus variants, but only in those with previous Covid-19.
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Developing a new drug to treat a heart attackQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Adrian Hobbs
Professor Adrian Hobbs and his colleagues at Queen Mary University of London are looking for new ways to prevent and treat heart muscle damage after a heart attack. C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is a member of a family of naturally oc...