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BHF-funded study uses MRI scanning techniques to look at hearts within hours of a heart attack, with a view to developing more patient-specific treatment.

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University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

The heart’s ability to pump blood round the body depends on co-ordinated electrical activity generated by small proteins in heart cells called ‘ion channels’. When blood flow to the heart is blocked off, for example, because of coronary hea...

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University of Leeds | Professor Derek S Steele

During heart failure, changes in the heart reduce its ability to pump blood efficiently to the brain and body. One important change during heart failure is disruption to a critical process called calcium signalling. Calcium plays an importa...

Researchers at the University of Leicester have been awarded a project grant from the nation’s biggest heart charity to compare the accuracy of two different diagnostic tests that are normally used to help detect causes of heart failure.

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University of Birmingham | Mr. Nigel Drury

Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow Mr Nigel Drury is finding out if a simple technique can help protect heart muscle in children having open heart surgery. Stopping the heart temporarily whilst on a heart-lung machine during surgery can ...

A hormone which helps regulate bone mass is also produced by the heart and could help treat people with a dangerous heart rhythm disorder.

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King's College London | Professor Michael Marber

Only about ten per cent of people in accident and emergency departments with chest pain will be having a heart attack. Professor Michael Marber is trying to find better ways to diagnose them. Currently, doctors identify heart attack pati...