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Investigating a potential new target to treat aortic valve stenosisUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Graeme Nixon
To ensure the maximum volume of blood is pumped around the body, blood must flow in one direction. This one-way flow is controlled by heart valves, which have to be strong and flexible to do their job. As we age, the valve that stops the ba...
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Developing a tool to predict the effects of drugs to treat diabetes and heart diseaseBrunel University London | Dr Fotios Drenos
Development of a new drug is a long, expensive process. The majority are rejected during clinical trials because they are deemed unsafe or ineffective. A tool that could accurately predict the biological effects of a new drug early in its ...
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Can a troponin blood test help to diagnose coronary artery disease?University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills
Professor Nicholas Mills has been awarded a prestigious fellowship – the BHF Butler Senior Clinical Research Fellowship – to find new ways to identify people with coronary artery disease and to pinpoint those most at risk of a heart attack....
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A new method to study thrombosis that uses fewer animalsUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Matthew Harper
Dr Matthew Harper is supervising a PhD student who will develop a new research model to study thrombosis (when blood clots form inside blood vessels) that is less reliant on animals. Heart attacks and strokes are caused by blood clots b...
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Creating a computer model of the heart to better understand atrial fibrillationKing's College London | Dr Steven Niederer
Normally, your heart’s natural pacemaker sends out regular electrical impulses. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disorder, mainly affecting people over 55. AF happens when the regular electrical impulses in the atria...
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Daily beetroot juice reduces rate of repeat procedures and heart attacks in angina patients with stents
Drinking beetroot juice every day for six months after having a stent fitted reduced the chance of angina patients having a heart attack or needing a repeat procedure, according to new research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference.
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Growing blood vessels to mend the damage caused by a heart attackNewcastle University | Professor Helen M Arthur
Many thousands of heart attack survivors go on to develop heart failure, a condition which has a detrimental effect on their quality of life. Over recent decades scientists have carried out clinical trials to try to repair damaged hearts us...
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Heart scans could lead to better treatment for patients in hospital with coronavirus
Doctors say heart scans may prove a useful tool for identifying patients who may benefit from additional treatments to improve their Covid-19 recovery and help prevent potential long-term damage to their heart.
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A computer model to help doctors care for heart failure patientsUniversity of Oxford | Professor Kazem Rahimi
Supervised by Professor Kazem Rahimi, this PhD student is developing a new computer model to help doctors care for people with heart failure. Heart failure, when the heart cannot pump blood effectively around the body, severely impacts h...