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Designing drugs without heart side-effectsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
The heart’s ability to pump blood depends on co-ordinated electrical activity generated by molecules in heart cells called ‘ion channels’. One of these channels is called hERG, and is essential for normal heart function. However, many drugs...
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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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"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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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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Can ripple mapping guided ablation therapy reduce ventricular rhythm disturbances?Imperial College London | Professor Prapa Kanagaratnam
Following a heart attack, part of the heart muscle dies and is replaced by scar tissue. But within the scar, there often remain channels of living tissue that can form a short circuit around the scar, leading to electrical disturbances (arr...
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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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Electrophysiological (EP) study
This page describes how your doctor can use an Electrophysiological (EP) study to look at your heart's electrical activity, what happens during and after an EP study and the risks of having the test.
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How a South American plant can teach us about irregular heart rhythmSwansea University | Dr Mark Bannister
Dr Mark Bannister and his team at the University of Swansea are studying a protein inside heart cells called the ryanodine receptor. The ryanodine receptor is a channel that releases calcium from stores inside the heart cells, providing the...
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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...