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Menopause Mandate unite with BHF to encourage women to learn more about heart risk in menopause
We have teamed up with Menopause Mandate to increase awareness of women and heart conditions.
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Can sildenafil help to protect young heart tissue from damage during surgery?University of Bristol | Professor Massimo Caputo
Professor Massimo Caputo is studying ways to stop the heart of children and babies becoming damaged in heart surgery. During open heart surgery, blood is first diverted away from the heart (cardiopulmonary bypass) before a special solutio...
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Should the flu vaccine programme be extended for heart attack and stroke prevention?London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash
Researchers are investigating if people with heart disease risk factors are vulnerable to flu-related heart attacks. Having a respiratory infection, such as flu or pneumonia, temporarily raises our risk of a heart attack or stroke. While...
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ਦਿਲ ਦੀ ਸਿਹਤ ਬਾਰੇ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ। (Heart health information in Punjabi)
Heart Failure Heart Attack Exercise Heart health information in Punjabi BHF
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Can MRI be used as a reliable tool to assess heart microstructure?University of Oxford | Professor Jurgen E Schneider
Understanding the in-depth structure of the heart is crucial to help researchers know how the heart works and develop new computer models of the heart. The way heart cells are orientated and arranged in layers within the heart muscle (the h...
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Could a cancer drug help to halt heart failure?University of Reading | Professor Angela Clerk
Heart failure caused by high blood pressure often results from structural changes in the heart, such as the build-up of scar tissue. This process is called fibrosis and can reduce the capacity of the heart to pump blood efficiently around t...
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Understanding why women and men recover differently after a heart attackUniversity of Liverpool | Dr Richard D Rainbow
Before the menopause, women are much more likely to survive a heart attack compared to men of the same age. They are also less likely to have long-term damage. However, after the menopause, men and women’s risk of death or long-term heart d...
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Developing better tests and treatments for arrhythmias in the upper heartUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Davor Pavlovic
Arrhythmias (fast, slow or irregular heartbeats) most commonly occur in the upper chambers of the heart. Drugs used to treat arrhythmias target sodium-transporting molecules that are present in both upper and lower chambers of the heart. Ho...
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