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Your heart rate
Your heart rate (also known as your pulse rate) is the number of times your heart beats per minute (bpm). Everyone’s heart rate is different and can change over time. Read more.
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Hannah's congenital heart disease
In aid of Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day, Hannah tells us her story of how her congenital condition has become her greatest strength.
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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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Studying better ways to identify heart scar tissue causing dangerous heart rhythm disturbancesNewcastle University | Dr Ruairidh Martin
Dr Ruairidh Martin has been awarded a travel fellowship to travel to a hospital in Bordeaux, France, for one year to enhance his research and clinical training. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a life-threatening heart rhythm disturbance...
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Heart block in heart failure and athletes – investigating a possible new culpritUniversity of Manchester | Professor Mark R Boyett
‘Heart block’ is when the electrical impulse that signals the heart to beat fails to pass from the top to the bottom of the heart. As a result, the chambers at the bottom of the heart (the ventricles) fail to pump blood to the lungs, brain ...
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Can KCNE1 influence the heart’s electrical activity in long-QT syndrome?University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
Professor Jules Hancox and colleagues at the University of Bristol will investigate how a small protein called KCNE1 can influence the electrical activity of the heart. The KCNE1 protein interacts with potassium ion channels called hERGs wh...
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Developing a computer model to predict heart clots in atrial fibrillationUniversity College London | Dr Giorgia M Bosi
BHF Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellow Georgia Bosi is developing a new computer model that will help us understand why blood clots form in atrial fibrillation and what treatments work best. Arrhythmias happen when the...
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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.