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Understanding the causes of short QT syndromeUniversity of Manchester | Professor Henggui Zhang
BHF has awarded a 3-year PhD studentship totalling around £100,000 to take place in the Biological Physics Group at the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester under the supervision of Professor Henggui Zhang and Professor...
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Do Purkinje fibres have a role in stretch-induced heart rhythm problems?University of Leeds | Professor Edward White
Researchers in the UK and France are testing a new theory that could change the treatment of irregular heart rhythms. Irregular heart rhythms – when the heart beat is too fast, too slow, ‘fluttering’, or chaotic – are called arrhythmias. T...
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Searching for a new way to improve heart function in heart failure, without causing irregular heart rhythmsUniversity of Glasgow | Professor George Baillie
The damage to the heart muscle caused by a heart attack can lead to heart failure, a condition where the heart cannot pump blood around the body efficiently. Beta blockers are a common medicine used to treat this condition. They block the a...
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The role of the nervous system in heart rhythm disturbancesUniversity of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng
Heart attack results in heart failure which is a common condition associated with premature death, often due to heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). It is thought that after a heart attack the nerves that control the heart beat (the aut...
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Discovering more about our heartbeat – how calcium is controlled in the heart.University of Oxford | Dr Rebecca-Ann Burton
Each heartbeat is controlled by an electric signal that triggers the movement of calcium ions into the heart muscle cells. The flow of calcium ions in and out of heart muscle cells is fundamental for the control of our heartbeat. When disru...
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How does carbon monoxide affect the normal heart beat?University of Leeds | Professor Chris Peers
Carbon monoxide inhalation is the most common form of death by poisoning and can cause dangerous disruption to heart rhythm. Professor Chris Peers and co-workers based at the University of Leeds are carrying out BHF-funded research into the...
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A new approach to prevent heart rhythm disorders at the cellular levelCardiff University | Professor Alan Williams
Our heart requires an electrical signal to beat correctly. If this signal breaks down, disturbances in the heart beat rhythm called arrhythmias occur. Some arrhythmias occur because the amount of calcium in the heart muscle cells is abnorma...
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Understanding how intensive exercise can lead to abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Manchester | Dr Alicia DSouza
Exercising regularly is good for heart health, but athletes and people who take part in intensive exercise, such as ultramarathons, can be prone to heart rhythm disturbances such as atrial fibrillation. Dr Alicia D’Souza has previously sh...
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How proteins cluster to ensure a regular heartbeatUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Antony Jackson
On the surface of each heart muscle cell are tiny pores, or ion channels. These open and close to let sodium, calcium and potassium ions flow in and out of the cells, and generate the electrical signal that causes the heart to contract and ...
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Pak1 and abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Oxford | Professor Ming Lei
Dr Ming Lei and his colleagues at the University of Oxford are working out whether an enzyme called Pak1 could be controlled to treat abnormal heart rhythms, also known as arrhythmias. When arrhythmias affect the ventricles, the lower pum...