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New £3m joint funding for cardiovascular research in Wales
Together with Health and Care Research Wales, we have announced a significant £3m agreement to support cardiovascular research in Wales through funding for the National Cardiovascular Research Network (NCRN) at an event in Cardiff on 12 February.
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Professor Metin Avkiran receives prestigious award from the International Society for Heart Research
Professor Metin Avkiran, our Associate Medical Director, has received the International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) 2022 Distinguished Leader Award in recognition of his leadership contributions to promoting the discovery and dissemination of knowledge in the cardiovascular sciences, the core mission of the Society.
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How zebrafish could help in the quest for new heart drugsUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Attila Sik
Irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias), greatly increase the risk of sudden death from cardiac arrest – when the heart beat suddenly stops – and the risk of heart attacks and strokes. In 2010 the most common arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, ...
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Developing new ways to predict which fatty arteries could cause a heart attackImperial College London | Dr Pettahandige de Silva
Dr Pettahandige de Silva and his colleagues at Imperial College London are looking for ways to detect which fatty build-ups in arteries supplying the heart are likely to cause heart attacks. Dr de Silva has developed a technique to enco...
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Can magnetic resonance imaging identify leaky heart valves that require surgery?University of Birmingham | Dr Richard Steeds
People who have a severely leaking mitral valve – the heart valve between the left atrium and left ventricle - may not experience any symptoms for a long time, despite the fact that the main pumping chamber of the heart, the left ventricle,...
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A new way to scan for inflammation in the heart and blood vesselsUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Adriana Tavares
Inflammation plays an important role in various heart and circulatory diseases. Being able to measure inflammation in the heart and blood vessels is therefore critical for studying and diagnosing heart and circulatory diseases. Dr Adriana T...
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First responder protein triggers heart attack-causing plaques
Changes to a protein that detects turbulent blood flow could prevent life-threatening plaques from forming, according to research the BHF part-funded.
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Should high risk NSTEMI heart attack patients have stents fitted immediately?University of Leicester | Professor Anthony Gershlick
Professor Anthony Gershlick at the University of Leicester is researching how best to treat people who experience smaller heart attacks, called NSTEMI, where the affected coronary artery is not completely blocked. Currently, people who have...