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How nerve and heart cells interact to cause abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng
Professor G Andre Ng at the University of Leicester is studying how the nervous system is involved in triggering abnormal heart rhythms, called ventricular fibrillation, which can lead to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Heart disease can incr...
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Why do heart cells made from stem cells trigger abnormal heart rhythms?Imperial College London | Professor Sian Harding
Supervised by Professor Sian Harding, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is working out why stem cells can trigger dangerous abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) when injected into the heart to repair heart muscle in animal models of he...
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Developing computer models of hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Oxford | Dr Alfonso Bueno Orovio
Dr Alfonso Bueno Orovio from the University of Oxford is developing a computer model of a human heart with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), to better understand this disease. HCM is the most common hereditary heart disease and the main ca...
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Is zinc important in ensuring the normal heartbeat?University of St Andrews | Dr Samantha Pitt
In healthy people, calcium is released from large stores in heart cells through specialised ‘gates’ called ryanodine receptors. The release of calcium into the cell causes the heart to beat strongly. But in patients with heart failure, calc...
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Understanding how a genetic defect causes fatal heart rhythm conditionsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
Short QT syndrome (SQTS) is a life-threatening condition that causes disturbances to the normal heart rhythm (arrhythmias). It occurs because of defects in molecules called ion channels which normally ensure the heart’s electrical activity ...
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Could drugs like Viagra help to treat people with heart failure?University of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford
Supervised by Professor Andrew Trafford, this Clinical Research Training Fellowship is investigating new ways to treat heart failure. Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle has become damaged, often after a heart attack or long term ...
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t-Tubules, calcium regulation and abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Clive Orchard
In this project, Professor Clive Orchard and colleagues at the University of Bristol will investigate the regulation of calcium ions and the production of abnormal heart rhythms, called arrhythmia. They aim to determine whether t-tubules, w...
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Improving risk assessments for people with inherited heart conditionsImperial College London | Dr Fu Siong Ng
Dr Fu Siong Ng is studying why some people with an inherited heart condition are at greater risk of dying suddenly than others. Despite advances in genetic research, it is a challenge for doctors to predict which people with inherited h...
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Understanding what triggers dangerous heart rhythm disturbancesImperial College London | Dr Junaid Zaman
Cardiologist Dr Junaid Zaman at Imperial College London has received a BHF Travel Fellowship to spend one year working in a lab at Stanford University in California, USA. The Stanford researchers are experts in understanding and treating da...