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Studying what causes angina after exerciseKing's College London | Professor Simon Redwood
Supervised by Professor Simon Redwood, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is studying angina, chest pain that occurs when the blood supply to the heart muscle is restricted. Coronary heart disease – when the arteries supplying the h...
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The impact of cold on people with anginaKing's College London | Professor Simon Redwood
People with coronary heart disease can be affected by angina. Angina is a dull, heavy or tight chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the heart – and importantly it could be a sign of being at risk of a future heart attack. Past rese...
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A pilot trial to investigate whether a more thorough test for angina could lead to better treatmentUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Colin Berry
Angina is a form of chest pain that is caused by a lack of blood supply to the heart muscle. It can be triggered when people experience stress or exertion, and is a common health problem in the UK. The diagnosis and treatment of people with...
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New scan of small blood vessels could help spot people with anginaUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Colin Berry
Standard NHS scans of the heart (angiograms) cannot pick up the smaller blood vessels in the heart. This means in some people with angina, problems affecting the smaller blood vessels may be missed and scans can appear normal, potentially l...
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How exercise affects the heart’s small blood vessels in microvascular anginaKing's College London | Professor Divaka Perera
Supervised by Dr Divaka Perera, this Clinical Research Training Fellow wants to understand more about microvascular disease, when the small blood vessels in the heart’s circulation don’t work properly. Around a third of people with angin...
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The importance of small blood vessels in heart diseaseUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Colin Berry
At the University of Glasgow, Professor Colin Berry’s team have been awarded a 3-year Clinical Research Training Fellowship to study the causes of angina. Angina is a dull, heavy or tight chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the he...
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The effect of mental or emotional stress on cardiovascular healthKing's College London | Professor Simon Redwood
We know that angina – a dull, heavy or tight chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the heart – could be a sign that someone is at risk of a future heart attack. Previous studies have shown that angina can be triggered by physical ac...
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Finding new ways to restore blood flow to the heartUniversity of Leicester | Professor Anthony Gershlick
Total blockage of a coronary artery, or chronic total occlusion (CTO), causes painful angina. Around 30 per cent of people with CTO cannot be adequately treated by current therapy. Professor Anthony Gershlick from the University of Leiceste...
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Will treating heart attacks with GRACE improve prognosis?University of Leeds | Professor Christopher Gale
Dr Chris Gale and colleagues at the University of Leeds are studying whether the systematic use of the GRACE scoring system could help doctors improve their treatment of people who have had a heart attack or unstable angina. People admit...
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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....