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University of St Andrews | Dr Samantha Pitt

Dr Samantha Pitt from the University of St Andrew’s is studying how calcium is released from heart cells to maintain a regular heartbeat, and what goes wrong in heart failure. In healthy people, controlled calcium release causes the heart t...

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University of Manchester | Dr Luigi Venetucci

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a genetic disorder characterised by the onset of irregular heart rhythm during exertion. This irregular heart rhythm (often a ventricular arrhythmia) can cause collapse and sud...

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Massimo Caputo - Professor of Congenital Heart Surgery and Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Bristol

Professor Emanueli is announced as the latest BHF Chair and her work is summarised.

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University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

The heart’s ability to pump blood depends on co-ordinated electrical activity generated by molecules in heart cells called ‘ion channels’. One of these channels is called hERG, and is essential for normal heart function. However, many drugs...

Losing weight usually means putting it back on later. Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor presents 'intuitive eating' - an approach that could help you break the cycle.

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University of Edinburgh | Dr Mairi Brittan

BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Mairi Brittan is studying regenerative cells, called endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), to find out if they could be used to treat heart and circulatory disease. In heart and circulato...