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A tug of war to help new blood vessels growUniversity of East Anglia | Dr Stephen Robinson
Dr Stephen Robinson studies how cells that form the inner lining of blood vessels, endothelial cells, interact with their environment. This process may affect how they are involved in angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels. Angiog...
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Simon Gillespie to retire from the British Heart Foundation
Today we announce that our chief executive, Simon Gillespie, will be retiring from the charity at the end of December after almost seven years.
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A new virtual tool to detect heart patients needing stentsUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Julian Gunn
Supervised by Professor Julian Gunn, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is developing a new computer based tool for doctors to decide which patients with coronary heart disease need stents. In people with coronary heart disease, doc...
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BHF pays tribute to Professor Tony Gershlick
The British Heart Foundation has paid tribute to the life and work of Professor Tony Gershlick, who sadly died on Friday the 20th of November 2020 after contracting Covid-19. Professor Gershlick was considered a ‘leading light’ interventional cardiology – a field which involves using angiograms and stents to treat heart attacks and heart disease.
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A new method to spot complex narrowed arteries that need treatmentKing's College London | Professor Divaka Perera
Supervised by Dr Divaka Perera, a Clinical Research Training Fellow is developing new techniques that help doctors decide whether to operate on complicated narrowed coronary arteries. Angina is a pain or discomfort felt in the chest, and ...
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Designing a new heart patch to replace damaged heart muscle tissueUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Richard Farndale
Professor Richard Farndale is working out how to replace heart muscle tissue that has been irreversibly damaged, for instance, after a heart attack. Replacing this lost heart muscle could save many lives. In this project, Professor Farnd...
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Do diseased hearts ‘deform’ in a different way to normal hearts?University of Oxford | Professor Vicente Grau
So the heart can pump blood and oxygen around the body effectively, its four chambers need to ‘deform’ and change shape. But when the heart muscle is damaged, such as after a heart attack, this process does not work and the heart does not p...
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A new scanning method to monitor whether an aneurysm is likely to ruptureUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are caused by a swelling in the main blood vessel in the body, the aorta. If left to grow, the swelling can become life-threatening but there is currently no way to predict whether someone’s aneurysm will ca...
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Scientists to explore how stem cells could heal heart attack damage
Scientists at the University of Surrey are to investigate how stem cells could be used to repair the heart after it’s damaged by a heart attack.
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Leeds researchers awarded new grant to study the structure of deadly blood clots
Scientists in Leeds, funded by the British Heart Foundation, are to study the structure of blood clots, to help prevent heart attacks and improve treatment.