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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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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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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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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...
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Diolch i haelioni ac ymroddiad eithriadol ein cefnogwyr, rydym wedi bod yn gyfrifol am rai o’r datblygiadau mwyaf arloesol ym maes ymchwil feddygol dros y 60 mlynedd diwethaf.
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Using injectable heart monitors to track abnormal heart rhythms in heart failure patientsUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Roy Gardner
Heart failure is a serious condition that, in 2015, affects nearly half a million people in the UK. We know that many people with heart failure experience abnormal heart rhythms – be that too fast, too slow, and/or irregular – which can be ...
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“My heart was stopping for twelve seconds at a time” – Wearable patch can spot danger in people with unexplained fainting
A Cambridge librarian has spoken about how a wearable heart monitor, fitted after visiting A&E due to unexplained fainting, helped doctors quickly spot his life-threatening heart problem.
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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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Structure-function mapping of the heart to understand abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng
Ventricular arrhythmias can lead to sudden cardiac death. There is currently no method of preventing sudden cardiac death, and there is a need to understand the underlying electrical and nervous disruption that causes the abnormal rhythm. T...
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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...