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Searching for a safer way to treat heart diseaseKing's College London | Professor Michael Marber
The enzyme p38, can be found in every cell in the body. It is part of our response to stress and we cannot live without it. But in a similar way to adrenaline and other stress hormones, p38 becomes very active in some diseases and causes da...
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MRI scans best to identify high risk heart disease patients
The best way of identifying people at high risk of coronary heart disease following chest pain or angina is an MRI scan according to research we funded.
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Developing a 3D imaging technique that detects heart disease earlyKing's College London | Dr Ran Yan
Dr Ran Yan is developing a new imaging technique which could help doctors detect the early signs of heart disease by measuring molecules called reactive oxygen species (ROS), which cause serious damage to cells. Excessive levels of ROS t...
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A new high-tech heart scan can improve treatments for people with heart diseasesImperial College London | Professor Dudley Pennell
In healthy hearts, the muscle cells are long and thin, and are tightly packed with their neighbours in an ordered pattern. This means that water molecules can travel more easily along the cells than across them. Professor Pennell and his te...
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Developing SABRE magnetic resonance imaging techniques for heart diseaseUniversity of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein
The BHF, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council (as part of its Clinical Research Capabilities and Technologies Initiative) has awarded a grant to a team at the Universities of Leeds and York, led by magnetic resonance imaging (...
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Exploiting the heart’s natural blood vessel development to treat heart diseaseUniversity College London | Professor Peter Scambler
Most deaths from coronary heart disease are caused by a heart attack, and there are a significant number of heart attacks in the UK each year. Heart attacks are caused by blockages to the blood vessels that supply the heart – the coronary a...
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Improving care for patients with congenital heart disease, from birth to adulthood
We’ve supported crucial breakthroughs that have improved the care for patients with congenital heart disease, from birth to adulthood.
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Treatments for heart valve disease
Get our quick guide to why you might have heart valve replacement, what it involves and how long it will last.
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Do chemical changes to DNA cause scarring in the heart during coronary heart disease?Queen's University Belfast | Dr Chris Watson
In coronary heart disease, the small vessels that deliver blood supply to the heart are narrowed by the build-up of fatty plaques in the artery wall. These can rupture and cause a blood clot that can completely block the artery. The consequ...
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Study suggests AI model can identify women at higher risk of heart disease from ECGs
An AI model can identify women at higher risk of heart disease from ECG, according to research we've funded.