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University of Oxford | Dr Pawel Swietach

Dr Pawel Swietach and his colleagues at the University of Oxford are working out how pH influences gene activity within heart cells, and what happens in heart disease. Within healthy limits, changes in pH (how acidic or alkaline it is) can ...

Thirty times more people are waiting over six months for cardiac surgery than a year ago, according to analysis by British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland.

A low-cost polypill—combining four cardiovascular drugs in a single pill—cuts the risk of major heart and circulatory disease events by a third over five years.

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King's College London | Professor Serena Counsell

Supervised by Professor Serena Counsell, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is studying congenital heart disease, where heart problems develop before birth. Thanks to advances in diagnostics and heart surgery, many made possible by ...

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Imperial College London | Dr Sonya Babu Narayan

Thanks to advances in treatment, most babies born with congenital heart disease survive to adulthood but many are at risk of sudden death from unexpected heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmia). Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan has been awarded an Int...

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University of Leicester | Professor Shu S Ye

Professor Shu Ye and his team at the University of Leicester are working out how faults in a gene called FURIN are linked to coronary heart disease. This is just one of the genetic factors that, in combination with lifestyle factors such as...

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King's College London | Dr Claudia Prieto

MRI scans are used to diagnose and plan treatments for children with congenital heart defects, and follow the heart’s development and function over time. Unfortunately, MRI scans can be uncomfortable. People usually need to have an injectio...

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University College London | Professor Ian C Zachary

Each day in the UK, 12 babies are diagnosed with congenital heart defects, which are abnormalities in the structure of the heart or its blood vessels. Congenital defects occur when the heart fails to develop normally in the embryo . Many m...

Alex Michael, star of hit TV series, Gogglebox, will join around 1,000 people on our London to Brighton trek over 25 - 26 June. The Brighton-based reality TV star has 30 hours to complete the challenge as she helps raise vital funds for our life saving research.