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The number of people on cardiac waiting lists grew to 302,804 people at the end of February in England, 9,301 more than the previous month, and the 20th consecutive month where an increase has been seen.

Technology could help doctors diagnose heart attacks more accurately in Emergency Departments.

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University College London | Dr Christos Bourantas

People who have coronary heart disease – when the arteries feeding the heart are narrowed by fatty plaques – are at risk of having a heart attack. But the risk isn’t the same for everyone, because plaques that are settled and stable may not...

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University of Leeds | Professor Derek S Steele

Histones are a family of proteins which provide structural support to DNA. In healthy cells, histones (along with DNA) are found in the nucleus (the command centre of the cell). When cells are damaged and die e.g. due to a lack of oxygen...

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University of Edinburgh | Dr Marc Dweck

Heart attacks are caused when a diseased area (plaque) in a coronary artery breaks apart and a blood clot forms. However, not all plaques in an artery are vulnerable to breaking, and not all blood clots will cause a heart attack. Unfortuna...

A new blood test for better diagnosis of heart failure at a far earlier stage will be proposed in research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in Manchester today.

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University of Manchester | Dr Katharine Dibb

People with heart failure are at higher risk of atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm which greatly increases the risk of stroke. Dr Katharine Dibb and colleagues from the University of Manchester are researching the structure and f...

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