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Landmark report reveals extent of air pollution damage to the heart and circulatory system
Particles in air pollution cause a wide range of damaging effects to the cardiovascular system, according to a landmark report published last week.
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BHF Professor Barbara Casadei receives prestigious Lucian Award for outstanding research
Professor Barbara Casadei, a BHF Professor at the BHF Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, has received the 2022 Louis and Artur Lucian Award in recognition of her pioneering research into atrial fibrillation (AF).
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Ebstein's anomaly
Ebstein's anomaly is a problem with your tricuspid valve which helps to control the blood flow in right side of your heart.
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Using high tech imaging to reveal the impact of scarring on the heart’s rhythmUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Godfrey L Smith
The normal heartbeat is coordinated by electrical impulses which spread rapidly through the heart. During a heart attack a blood vessel in the heart is blocked and the tissue supplied by that vessel may die, becoming replaced by scar tissue...
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Understanding how neuropeptide-Y affects the heartUniversity of Oxford | Professor Neil Herring
The speed and strength of the heartbeat can be increased by a group of nerves that work by releasing a chemical called norepinephrine, a neurotransmitter. Whilst norepinephrine is useful in healthy individuals during exercise, it can trigge...
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"Some days even walking up the stairs can be difficult with my atrial fibrillation"
"My heart rate went from 120 to 180 in seconds. I rubbed my hands together and tried the heart monitors again - I thought they were broken rather than something was happening with my heart,” Mike explains.
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Shining a spotlight on rare inherited disease to protect hearts this Valentine’s Day
We are funding a new study at The University of Oxford that could help prevent young people from suffering a fatal cardiac arrest due to a rare inherited heart disease.
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Studying why sleep breathing disorders can lead to atrial fibrillationUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Dr Paulus Kirchhof
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia), sending the top chambers of the heart (the atria) into spasm. AF is dangerous because it significantly increases the likelihood of stroke, so finding e...
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Refining promising techniques for guiding catheter ablation to stop atrial fibrillationUniversity of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng
Nearly 1.3 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with Atrial fibrillation (AF), making it the most common heart rhythm disturbance. Symptoms include irregular heartbeats, light-headedness and fatigue, affecting people’s quality of li...
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How drugs can cause life threatening heart rhythm disturbancesUniversity of Bristol | Dr Christopher Dempsey
For the heart to pump blood around the body efficiently, electrical signals must travel through the chambers of the heart in an organised and rhythmic way. These signals are co-ordinated by proteins in heart cells called ion channels. A div...