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Study hopes to shed new light on heart disease
Researchers we fund at the University of Edinburgh are to use pioneering imaging techniques to investigate scarring in the heart, which could pave the way for major advances to save and improve more lives from heart disease.
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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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What is the role of potassium channels in heart health and disease?Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Andrew Tinker
Professor Andrew Tinker and his team at Queen Mary University of London are investigating proteins on the cell surface called ATP-sensitive potassium channels to find out their role in heart and circulatory disease. As well as letting p...
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Predicting and preventing hospitalisation in older people with heart diseaseUniversity of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein
Older people with heart disease are more likely to be admitted to hospital, and they often don’t do as well as younger, less frail people with the disease. In this fellowship, the fellow working with Dr Greenstein will investigate whether m...
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Developing an MRI test to predict heart attack risk in coronary heart disease patientsKing's College London | Professor Rene Botnar
Patients with coronary heart disease have arteries which have been damaged by the build-up of ‘fatty plaques’ in the vessel wall, which can eventually rupture to cause a blood clot that leads to a heart attack. Some fatty plaques – a mixtur...
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Congenital heart disease - Finley and Louie's stories
Finley and Louie were both born with congenital heart defects. Here are their stories and how our research is revolutionising open-heart surgeries.
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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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Can sunshine reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease?
Following newspaper reports claiming sunshine can reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease, we look at the research behind the headlines.
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The importance of small blood vessels in heart diseaseUniversity 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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What causes Raynaud’s disease?
Our expert explains what Raynaud's phenomenon is, and whether people with heart and circulatory disease are more likely to get it.