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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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University 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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University of Glasgow | Dr Rachel Myles

Supervised by Dr Rachel Myles, this Clinical Research Training Fellow will work out how an inherited heart condition, called long QT syndrome, puts patients at risk of developing life-threatening fast heart rhythms (arrhythmias). Curren...

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Find out what sudden cardiac death is and why it happens from Senior Cardiac Nurse Ruth Goss.

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University 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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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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University of Glasgow | Dr Antony Workman

Dr Anthony Workman and his team at the University of Glasgow are studying atrial fibrillation - or AF - a common abnormal heart rhythm where the heart’s upper chambers, the atria, beat irregularly. People with atrial fibrillation are more l...

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University 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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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...