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Using tick saliva to treat a deadly heart condition
Proteins found in tick saliva could be used to treat a dangerous type of heart disease which can cause sudden cardiac death in young adults.
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PUBLICATION
Coronary Heart Disease Statistics 2012Book, 210 pages, published on 13/12/2012
This compendium of health statistics is designed for health professionals, medical researchers and anyone else with an interest in coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular diseases. It features extensive statistics on disease rates and risk factor levels, by age, gender, socioeconomic group and ethnic origin, as well as regionally, nationally, internationally and over time.
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A new technique to decide the best treatment option for coronary heart disease
Our research helped to develop a new diagnostic tool to assess the severity of coronary heart disease.
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Investigating how non-coding DNA regions influence heart disease riskQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Diego Villar Lozano
Genetic studies have identified hundreds of small changes in the DNA sequence (known as variants) linked to an increased risk of heart disease. Some of these variants sit within the stretches of DNA sequence that carry the codes for our gen...
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The role of haem in smooth muscle cellsUniversity of Leicester | Dr Noel W Davies
Blood pressure is maintained by the contraction of smooth muscle cells (in blood vessels called vasoconstriction) which in turn depends on an electrical difference being maintained between the inside and outside of vascular smooth muscle (t...
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Stopping early stage heart disease progressing to heart failureImperial College London | Dr Viola Kooij
Hundreds of thousands of people are living with heart failure and currently there is no cure. Understanding the changes that occur in early stages of heart disease could reveal new ways to design drugs which stop patients progressing to hea...
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Heart & Circulatory Disease Statistics 2022
2020 edition of our statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics).
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Heart & Circulatory Disease Statistics 2023
2023 edition of the BHF statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics).
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Investigating the role of SVEP1 in vascular smooth muscle contractionUniversity of Leicester | Dr Thomas Webb
Leicester researchers will uncover the function of a gene linked to heart disease. Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the UK. Our risk of developing it is determined both by our lifestyle and our genes. Recent resear...
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Heart & Circulatory Disease Statistics 2024
2024 edition of the BHF statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics).