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Heart valve disease
Heart valve disease is when one or more of your heart valves do not work like they should. This can affect your blood flow and put extra strain on your heart.
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Heart failure
Heart failure is a condition where your heart can’t pump blood around your body as well as it should. It doesn’t mean your heart has stopped working but you may need support to help it work better.
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Identifying how beta-blockers might prevent heart muscle damage from pulmonary hypertensionUniversity of Leeds | Professor Edward White
Pulmonary hypertension is a serious condition that affects blood vessels in the lung and can lead to heart failure affecting the right side of the heart. Medicines called beta-blockers reduce the effect of chemicals such as adrenaline on th...
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Creating a large searchable library of ECG heart tracesImperial College London | Professor Marek Malik
An electrocardiogram – commonly called an ECG – is a routine test that records the rhythm and electrical activity of the heart. Most healthcare professionals will be familiar with the ‘hills and valleys’ pattern of a normal ECG reading. But...
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Improving pacemaker therapy for people with heart failureImperial College London | Dr Zachary Whinnett
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) is a way of synchronising the heart beat in people with heart failure. It uses a type of pacemaker with leads that monitor the heart beat for irregularities and then send out tiny electrical pulses to...
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Improving the lives of patients with tetralogy of FallotImperial College London | Professor Michael Gatzoulis
Tetralogy of Fallot affects approximately one in every 3,600 births. It is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect present at birth (where the baby’s skin has a blue appearance because it is not receiving enough oxygen-carrying blo...
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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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Should people who’ve had a cardiac arrest be treated in heart attack centres?King's College London | Professor Simon Redwood
A cardiac arrest is a serious condition where the heart stops beating. Only one in 10 people who have a cardiac arrest out of hospital survive. In this clinical trial conducted across London, Professor Simon Redwood and his team will assess...
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What tips the balance to cause inflammation in atrial fibrillation?St George's, University of London | Dr Ingrid Dumitriu
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of irregular heart rhythm, affecting more than a million people in the UK. AF interferes with the pumping action of the heart in a way that makes blood clots more likely to form, which can ca...