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Ethnic Differences in Cardiovascular Disease 2008Booklet, 52 pages, published on 10/01/2010
A supplement to the Coronary Heart Disease Statistics series, this booklet focuses on ethnic inequalities in the experience of cardiovascular disease in the UK. Designed for use by health professionals, policy makers, medical researchers and anyone with an interest in cardiovascular disease.
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Understanding how mast cells drive inflammation in blood vesselsQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Sussan Nourshargh
Inflammation is an essential part of the body’s defence system against viruses and bacteria. It is also an underlying cause of many heart and circulatory conditions like atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is the build-up of fatty substances i...
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Boosting the long-term effectiveness of heart cell therapyUniversity of Manchester | Dr Delvac Oceandy
Adult heart cells have a limited ability to regenerate and are often replaced with scar tissue after damage such as a heart attack. This affects the heart’s ability to pump blood around the body and can eventually lead to heart failure. A...
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Preventing coronary heart disease by treating gum diseaseQueen's University Belfast | Professor Gerard Linden
Gum disease is caused by bacteria that build up on the teeth, resulting in dental plaque. As the plaque progresses, the gum comes away from the teeth leaving pockets into which bacteria spread, causing inflammation and infection. During nor...
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Harnessing the diverse power of VEGF in blood vessel growthUniversity College London | Professor Christiana Ruhrberg
Problems with blood vessel contribute to heart attacks, strokes and blindness, and giving drugs to stimulate new vessel growth is a promising treatment for these conditions. One of the most effective treatments to stimulate blood vessel g...
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The role of the KCNJ5 potassium channel in blood pressure controlUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Kevin O'Shaughnessy
Up to 10% of people with high blood pressure (hypertension) have an excess of a hormone called aldosterone. Aldosterone is secreted by the adrenal gland and conserves salt in the body, thereby controlling blood pressure. In some people with...
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The CVD Challenge
The 2018 CVD Challenge reports for the UK on cardiovascular disease and how tackling medical risk factors can save live and improve lives.
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Developing SABRE magnetic resonance imaging techniques for heart diseaseUniversity of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein
The BHF, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council (as part of its Clinical Research Capabilities and Technologies Initiative) has awarded a grant to a team at the Universities of Leeds and York, led by magnetic resonance imaging (...
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Understanding how high blood pressure causes kidney damageUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Robert Menzies
BHF Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Robert Menzies is working out how uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to kidney damage. Drugs that target blood pressure directly do reduce kidney damage but kidney function steadily d...
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