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What is a PET scan?
Find what PET scans are used for, what’s involved, and what they will tell your doctor.
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Heart surgery - ART
The ART trial, part funded by the BHF, aimed to find out whether using two chest arteries as bypass grafts is the best way of carrying out coronary artery bypass surgery.
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A new imaging tool to detect and monitor amyloid in the heartUniversity College London | Professor James Moon
In this fellowship, Professor James Moon and colleagues are developing a new imaging tool to detect amyloid protein in the heart. This may allow clinical trials of new drugs to treat the condition. Amyloidosis is a serious disease cause...
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Can you tell me more about Sneddon syndrome?
Our expert explains what Sneddon syndrome is, symptoms, treatment, and whether this can cause a stroke.
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Using a cold skin probe to measure blood vessel healthKing's College London | Professor Susan Brain
London researchers are using a cold probe against the skin to study the health and responsiveness of blood vessels. Healthy blood vessels are flexible and can respond quickly to changes inside and outside our body; becoming narrower or wi...
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Could a ‘protein trap’ help to treat heart and circulatory disease?University of Leicester | Professor Nicholas Brindle
Professor Nicholas Brindle and his team at the University of Leicester are investigating an unusual new way to try and treat heart and circulatory disease. Angiopoietin 2, or Ang2, is a protein that is normally produced at very low leve...
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Developing a new technique to image blood clots in heart arteriesUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
BHF Professor David Newby and his colleagues at the University of Edinburgh are working to develop a new technique that detects blood clots in heart arteries. This will complement their new imaging method that detects dangerous fatty build ...
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Our heart age tool reveals four in five people have hearts older than their actual age
According to our research nearly 80 per cent of people over the age of 30 have a heart older than their actual age, putting them at higher risk of a potentially fatal heart attack or stroke.
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Fear and anxiety after heart surgery - Richard's story
When GP Richard Gale had emergency heart surgery, he wasn't prepared for the stress, fear and nightmares that followed. He tells us how he sought help.
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How do statins reduce the risk of a heart attack?
Find out how taking statins can lower your chances of having a heart attack or stroke.