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New scanning technique could reveal severity of hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Leeds | Dr Irvin Teh
In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart muscle cells lose their normal highly-ordered arrangement and become more randomly arranged. There is also a thickening and stiffening of the heart muscle wall, called fibrosis. This thickening makes it...
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Unveiling the role of the immune system in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Oxford | Professor Hugh Watkins
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, is a heart muscle disease that can run in families. It can lead to shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations, and light headedness and increases the risk of both young and older people dying suddenly...
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Can people with dilated cardiomyopathy without symptoms stop taking their medication?Imperial College London | Professor Sanjay Prasad
Supervised by Dr Sanjay Prasad, this Clinical Research Training Fellowship asks if it is safe to stop medication in people who have recovered from the heart muscle disease dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). In DCM the heart doesn’t pump corre...
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Identifying children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at risk of sudden cardiac deathUniversity College London | Dr Juan Pablo Kaski
This clinical PhD project supervised by Dr Juan Pablo Kaski, based at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, aims to improve how doctors identify children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who are at high risk of sudden cardiac death ...
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Can exercise cause heart muscle changes that resemble cardiomyopathy?St George's, University of London | Professor Sanjay Sharma
Supervised by Professor Sanjay Sharma, this Clinical Research Training Fellowship is focusing on finding out whether intense physical activity can cause heart muscle remodelling that resembles a rare heart muscle disease called Left Ventric...
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How do mutations affecting the nuclear envelope lead to dilated cardiomyopathy?King's College London | Dr Matthew Stroud
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the most common forms of inheritable heart disease. It affects the heart muscle, making it stretched and thin so that the heart can’t pump blood around the body efficiently. People with DCM are at risk...
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Probing the causes of sudden death in people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathyImperial College London | Professor Sanjay Prasad
Dr Sanjay Prasad and his team have been awarded a grant to understand the inherited condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This heart problem affects one in 500 people and is the most common cause of sudden death in young people. People ...
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Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM)
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a rare condition where the heart’s structure can become weak. Learn about the causes, treatments and complications.
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The role of cardiac myosin binding protein-C in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Leeds | Professor John A Trinick
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a devastating inherited form of heart disease. In the young, it can lead to sudden death. Professor John Trinick from the University of Leeds has been awarded a 3-year research grant of £180,000 to st...
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Investigating a protein involved in cardiomyopathyKing's College London | Dr Mark C Pfuhl
Dr Mark Pfuhl is studying heart muscle proteins that help the heart to beat properly and maintain its structure. He wants to work out what goes wrong with these proteins in people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition that affects h...