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“Beating heart” surgery to reduce complications from bypass surgery
BHF-funded researchers have pioneered a new way to do heart bypass surgery, keeping the heart beating during the procedure.
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Virtual blood vessel technology could improve heart disease care
Heart patients could benefit from less extensive interventions thanks to cutting-edge technology that creates 3D computer models of blood flow through the arteries that supply the heart muscle, according to research we’ve funded presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in Manchester.
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Coronary heart disease - CE-MARC-2
The CE-MARC-2 trial was conducted to find out if magnetic resonance scans of the heart could better select which people with coronary heart disease should undergo an angiogram.
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Trial resumes to prevent dementia after a stroke
Research funded by us is investigating if cheap, existing drugs currently used to treat other heart and circulatory diseases could help patients who have a lacunar stroke
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Can we target blood vessel contraction to treat high blood pressure?St George's, University of London | Professor Anthony Albert
Supervised by Dr Anthony Albert, this PhD student is studying the molecular processes controlling blood vessel contraction and high blood pressure. If muscle cells within blood vessel walls contract too much, this can cause high blood pr...
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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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Sex and heart conditions
Learn about enjoying a happy and healthy sex life even if you have a heart condition including when you can start having sex again and why you may be experiencing a loss of sex drive or impotence.
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Routine scans prevent thousands of heart attacks
A routine heart scan for people with chest pain has helped to prevent around 6,000 heart attacks in the last decade, researchers we fund estimate. Our research helped to provide the evidence for the effectiveness of the scans, leading to them being recommended in clinical guidelines.
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Spotting the warning signs of a future heart attack in people with undiagnosed chest painKeele University | Professor Kelvin Jordan
Every year, up to two in every hundred adults in the UK visit their GP because of chest pain for the first time. GPs may refer people at risk of heart disease for further tests. For others, chest pain may be caused by a problem with the foo...
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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is when a tear appears in the wall of a coronary artery, which supplies blood to your heart. In some cases this can lead to a heart attack.