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RESEARCH
Using mathematics to predict the future for heart and circulatory diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Dr Peter Scarborough
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Peter Scarborough is developing a new computer model that can predict heart and circulatory disease rates until 2030. In recent years the influence of risk factors for heart and circulato...
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Developing a new method to predict plaques likely to ruptureUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett
In this Clinical Research Training Fellowship supervised by BHF Professor Martin Bennett, the fellow is working out how to predict which atherosclerotic plaques are most likely to rupture, leading to heart attacks and strokes. Atheroscle...
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How autoimmune disease affects your heart
Discover why autoimmune conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis increase heart attack and stroke risk. Learn how you can protect your heart.
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Can heart attacks be prevented?
BHF's Chief Scientific and Medical Officer explains how a healthy lifestyle, medicines and the help of new science could help fewer people have heart attacks in the future.
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Heart attacks in women: delays, missed diagnoses and under-treatment
Find out why women who have heart attacks face poorer care than men, and what we're doing to change this.
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Statins – your questions answered
Professor Darrel Francis, a professor of cardiology, answers common queries including: are statins safe, are there side effects, what’s a low-dose statin, and can you drink alcohol on statins?
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A new imaging technique to help doctors spot when heart muscle becomes diseasedUniversity of Oxford | Professor Damian Tyler
Our hearts need to convert fuels (sugars and fats) into energy to enable them to beat. But we know that in heart disease, this process becomes altered, and the heart muscle cannot use fuel correctly. Dr Damian Tyler, from the University...
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Can a troponin test help diagnose people with coronary heart disease?University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills
This team of cardiologists think a highly sensitive blood test could help to detect people who are at risk of a future heart attack. Most people attending the emergency department with chest pain will have a blood test to measure troponin,...
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TAVI (Transcatheter aortic valve implantation)
Trusted info from the British Heart Foundation on what is TAVI and whether TAVI is the right procedure for you. Plus, tips for preparing for and recovering from TAVI.
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