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Covid-19: what it means if you have a heart condition
Covid-19 can cause serious illness if you have a heart or circulatory disease. Find out who’s at risk of serious illness, what to do if you test positive and how to manage symptoms.
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Alterations to MLC2 in human tissue; a suspect for poor contraction in heart failureImperial College London | Professor Pieter de Tombe
Over half a million people in the UK have been diagnosed with heart failure, a condition where the heart lacks the power to meet the demands of the body. It’s a progressive condition that can cause debilitating symptoms of fluid build-up an...
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Safe guarding the cell’s energy sources to protect the heart during a heart attackUniversity College London | Professor Derek Hausenloy
Ischaemic heart disease commonly presents as a heart attack due to a blockage in one of the main heart arteries, depriving the heart muscle of oxygen and nutrients resulting in heart muscle injury. New treatments are required to protect the...
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Prevention of heart disease could start before birth
A specialised antioxidant called MitoQ could prevent heart disease at its very onset, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in Science Advances.
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Family history
If you have a family history of a heart or circulatory disease you’re at higher risk of developing conditions like coronary heart disease and having a heart attack or stroke.
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Targeting the inflammatory process may be a new way to treat heart diseaseUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Xuan Li
Inflammation plays a part in the development of many heart and circulatory diseases, including atherosclerosis, where arteries become ‘furred up’ and narrowed, and post-ischaemic injury, when tissue is damaged because of a lack of oxygen su...
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Trying to detect Acute Type A aortic dissection (AAD) before it’s too lateUniversity of Liverpool | Dr Riaz Akhtar
The aorta is the major artery of the human circulation. It has to withstand very high pressures to distribute blood from the heart all around the body. Acute Type A aortic dissection (AAD) is an uncommon but very serious condition in which ...
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Our head of BHF Scotland: Adapting to a new normal
James Jopling, Head of BHF Scotland, writes about our steadfast commitment to support those in Scotland and across the UK who are living with heart and circulatory diseases during this difficult time.
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Developing a device to help make CPR more effective in babies and childrenUniversity College London | Professor Mark Peters
Professor Peters and his team want to develop new devices that help doctors and nurses deliver more effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, to babies and children. When the heart stops in cardiac arrest, the brain is starved of ...
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Time won't mend a broken heart
A sudden and serious heart condition triggered by severe emotional stress can lead to the same type of long-term damage as a heart attack, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Anaheim, California.