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A specialised antioxidant called MitoQ could prevent heart disease at its very onset, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in Science Advances.

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University College London | Dr Vivek Muthurangu

A technique called cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is widely used as the best method of scanning children people with heart disease. However, current CMR techniques require people to hold their breath, which children often find diff...

Heart patients could benefit from less extensive interventions thanks to cutting-edge technology that creates 3D computer models of blood flow through the arteries that supply the heart muscle, according to research we’ve funded presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in Manchester.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Susan E Ozanne

Heart and circulatory disease is one of the UK’s biggest killers. Research to find new ways to prevent it at an early stage could make a huge difference to society. Keeping healthy during pregnancy is vital to provide a healthy environment ...

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University of Glasgow | Professor Colin Berry

At the University of Glasgow, Professor Colin Berry’s team have been awarded a 3-year Clinical Research Training Fellowship to study the causes of angina. Angina is a dull, heavy or tight chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the he...

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Imperial College London | Professor Sian Harding

Live heart muscle cells are an invaluable tool for studying how disease affects the heart’s ability to contract. However, the traditional way of studying these cells using video tracking technology is slow because only one cell can be studi...

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University College London | Dr Riyaz Patel

Millions of people in the UK are living with coronary heart disease. Many of these people will unfortunately go on to have more heart problems, such as heart attack, heart failure and heart rhythm disturbance (arrhythmia). While we know muc...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Kenta Yashiro

Abnormalities in the development of the heart and circulatory system are the most common defects that can be present at birth. Babies born with congenital heart disease may need to have operations throughout their lives in order to repair t...

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University of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu

Professor Paolo Madeddu is working out ways to use stem cell-based tissue engineering to help babies born with congenital heart disease. In this project, he will develop a new a new prosthetic graft called a ‘pericyte-engineered’ graft ...

As part of the Hearts Need More campaign, our report calls for a comprehensive Heart Disease Action Plan from government, outlining bold steps for prevention, treatment and innovative cures.