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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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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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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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How does a common genetic cause of Brugada syndrome take effect?University of Cambridge | Dr Antony Jackson
BHF-funded researchers in Cambridge are investigating the molecular biology underlying Brugada syndrome. Brugada syndrome is a dangerous inherited heart condition that can cause sudden death. About 30 per cent of cases are caused by abnorm...
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Finding out what controls the location of nerves in the heartUniversity of Oxford | Dr Mathilda Mommersteeg
Dr Mathilda Mommersteeg is studying how the nervous system is involved in heart and circulatory disease, and what controls the location of nerves within the heart. Although the heart beats on its own, the heart’s nerve supply helps to a...
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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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What to expect in a cath lab: 360 degree video
The cath lab, also known as catheter laboratory or cardiac catheterisation laboratory, is part of a hospital's cardiac department. Read what happens there.
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Testing a new ablation method to treat atrial fibrillationImperial College London | Professor Prapa Kanagaratnam
Dr Prapa Kanagaratnam and his team at Imperial College London are working out if a new ablation protocol to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) can help people avoid the need to attend hospital. AF is the most common type of abnormal heart r...
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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 problems with calcium channels in the heartCardiff University | Dr Nia Thomas
Coordinated contraction of the heart muscle during each heartbeat is only achieved when calcium movement in heart cells is well controlled. Unfortunately, we now know that genetic errors in key molecules and structures of the heart that con...