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Every minute counts when it comes to heart attack treatment
New research shows every minute counts for patients who suffer the most severe type of heart attack.
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What is an idiopathic heart condition?
What is an idiopathic heart condition? We ask Chloe MacArthur, Senior Nurse at the British Heart Foundation to explain.
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Coping with a heart event: your questions answered
BHF Professor of Psychology answers common questions about how having a heart attack or other heart event can affect people emotionally. Find out more.
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How heart valves become calcified in aortic stenosisUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
Supervised by BHF Professor David Newby, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is working out if a drug used to treat osteoporosis can also treat aortic stenosis. Blood leaves the heart through a large artery called the aorta and flows ...
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Number of people with stroke-inducing heart condition at all-time high
The number of people living with atrial fibrillation – a dangerous heart rhythm condition and a major cause of stroke – has increased by 72 per cent in England over the last two decades, according to research we've funded.
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Investigating how obesity during pregnancy affects children’s future heart healthUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Susan E Ozanne
In the UK more than half of women of child-bearing age are overweight or obese. Carrying too much weight during pregnancy comes with short and long-term health risks for both the woman and the child. The children of women who were overweigh...
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The highs and lows of stress in the heartUniversity of Reading | Professor Angela Clerk
Heart muscle cells work hard to pump blood through the body and are subjected to a number of stresses, including oxidative stresses, where high levels of molecules called reactive oxygen species can cause death of heart muscle cells. This c...
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Searching for cells and molecules to repair heart tissueImperial College London | Dr Michela Noseda
Dr Michela Noseda and her team at Imperial College London are investigating ways to boost the heart’s capacity to repair itself after a heart attack. Damage to the heart currently cannot be reversed because heart cells cannot efficiently re...
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Investigating the role of protein phosphatases in the heartKingston University London | Dr Andrew Snabaitis
In this studentship, the researchers will study the function of a family of enzymes, the protein phosphatases (PP2A, PP4 and PP6) and their regulatory protein, alpha 4, in heart cells. They believe that these enzymes are involved in contro...
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An Anglo-Israeli collaboration to develop stem cell treatments for heart failureUniversity of Nottingham | Professor Chris Denning
In this project, Professor Chris Denning from the University of Nottingham and Professor Lior Gepstein, based at Technion in Israel, will work together to develop stem cell treatments to regenerate damaged heart muscle. The usual cause ...