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Can we prevent heart tissue damage after treatment for a heart attack?Newcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos
Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos and his team at the University of Newcastle are studying how heart tissue becomes damaged after stents are fitted. When a coronary artery that supplies the heart becomes blocked, doctors open the blocked ar...
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Lucky stroke survivor whose only symptom was being unable to read
A stroke survivor is warning others to watch out for unusual symptoms after joining a study we're funding.
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A clinical trial to test a new treatment for Marfan syndromeImperial College London | Dr Michael J Mullen
Marfan syndrome is a life-threatening inherited disorder that causes the major blood vessel from the heart – the aorta – to expand, increasing the risk of dissection (where the aorta tears). Drugs called beta blockers slow the expansion ...
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Potential new drug for incurable vascular dementia
A drug already used to treat high blood pressure could be re-purposed as the first treatment to tackle a type of vascular dementia caused by damaged and ‘leaky’ small blood vessels in the brain, according to research we've part-funded and published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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Stroke - TWIST
TWIST explored whether people who wake up with a stroke should should be treated with clot-busting medicine
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Researchers identify three proteins which could prevent heart failure after heart attack
Scientists have discovered three new proteins that can be injected directly into the heart immediately after a heart attack, which could preserve heart function and prevent heart failure.
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Poorer heart health in middle age linked to increased dementia risk
People with signs of damage to their heart during middle age are more likely to develop dementia in later life according to a BHF-funded study
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A clinical trial to protect the heart during breast cancer treatmentUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Peter Henriksen
Dr Peter Henriksen from the University of Edinburgh is leading a clinical trial to find out if commonly used heart failure drugs can protect the heart in women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. Breast cancer is common - the lifet...
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£630k research project to determine best treatment after a heart attack
Nearly 20,000 people in Scotland will be included in a clinical trial to determine the best clot busting drug treatment for people after they have suffered a heart attack.
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“After my stroke, I spent the next decade trying to find ways to get some sleep”
Alice Timmons, from Glasgow, suffered a stroke in 2010, and a heart attack in 2020 – both of which greatly impacted her sleep.