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RESEARCH
The media and statinsLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Professor Krishnan Bhaskaran
Dr Krishnan Bhaskaran and his team are studying whether media interest in statin side effects caused fewer patients to start taking statins, or stop taking them. Statins are drugs used to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart at...
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Can the splicing protein SRSF3 help the heart repair itself?University of Oxford | Dr Nicola Smart
Dr Nicola Smart from the University of Oxford is finding out if proteins involved in a process called splicing can help heart muscle repair itself after a heart attack. Several years ago, Dr Smart and her colleagues found that a molecule...
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Heart disease and emotional health
Having a heart condition can affect your mental wellbeing too. This section offers tips for coping, information about antidepressants, and real stories, plus results of our exclusive survey.
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Why and how do vascular ‘risk genes’ actually increase heart disease risk?University of Oxford | Professor Hugh Watkins
Genetic studies of large groups of people have identified changes in certain parts of their DNA that are more frequently found in people with coronary heart disease. Many of these changes are in regions of DNA that influence the walls of ou...
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Evaluating the success of transcatheter aortic valve implantationUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Marc Dweck
Every year in the UK, thousands of people undergo life-saving surgery to replace a diseased aortic valve. The aortic valve sits at the exit of the heart, allowing fresh blood to flow to the rest of the body while stopping it leaking back in...
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Tests
The Tests section of Heart Matters contains guides to the different tests for heart conditions, with answers to frequently asked questions.
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Digoxin
Derived from the purple foxglove plant, Digoxin was first used to treat heart complaints 200 years ago. An expert tells us about modern uses for the drug.
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Improving the diagnosis of people with type 2 myocardial infarctionUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills
Supervised by Professor Nicholas Mills the Clinical Research Training Fellow on this project wants to find out the causes and prognosis of heart muscle damage that is not caused by a typical heart attack. A heart attack is the result of a ...
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Intravenous diuretics in the community
Our innovative project means that many patients can be treated for excessive fluid retention, a common symptom of heart failure, in their own homes.