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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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St George's, University of London | Professor Anthony Albert

This studentship will research how calcium sensing receptors found on the surface of cells lining the blood vessels (endothelial cells) regulate contraction and relaxation of blood vessels. The team believes that one way in which calcium s...

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.

Almost all of us have taken paracetamol or ibuprofen at some point. We explain how they work, plus what conditions each type of painkiller is best used for.

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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University of Hull | Professor Khalid Naseem

Anti-platelet drugs are prescribed to many thousands of people in the UK with coronary heart disease, angina, heart failure or heart valve disease. They interfere with small blood cells called platelets, which help the blood to clot, reduci...

If you struggle to breathe, staying active can feel like a challenge. Exercise expert Laura Cartwright explains how to exercise with shortness of breath.

Discover how cardiac rehabilitation can help you, and how helped others who have been through it themselves.

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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University of Oxford | Professor Stefan Neubauer

Every cell in our body needs energy to work. A molecule called creatine helps to store and transfer the energy that heart muscle cells need to contract, and is controlled by an enzyme called creatine kinase. Scientists believe that increasi...