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Coronary artery spasm: What is it and what are the treatment options?
We explain coronary artery spasm, also known as Prinzmetal angina, variant angina or vasospastic angina.
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The gender-specific roles of macrophages in pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Allan Lawrie
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an uncommon but fatal condition where the blood pressure in the lungs is too high. The disease is driven by a progressive thickening of the blood vessels in the lung. As part of the disease process, ...
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The role of the brain peptide adrenomedullin in hypertensionUniversity of Bristol | Professor David Murphy
High blood pressure (hypertension) affects around one in three adults in England and Scotland and significantly increases a person’s risk of developing heart disease, heart failure and stroke. Scientists have struggled to pinpoint the exact...
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How to eat healthily and enjoy it too
A nutritionist explains how you can eat more healthily but still enjoy cooking, eating and to focus on positive changes instead of depriving yourself.
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Deciphering the development of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)Imperial College London | Professor James Crawley
Blood clotting is a vital process that helps our bodies to heal from injury, and prevents us from bleeding to death. However, blood clots in the wrong place at the wrong time can be very dangerous. When they occur in a vein, often in the le...
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A national resource to study pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell
The BHF have awarded a grant to Professor Nick Morell at the University of Cambridge to establish a cohort of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and their families throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. The cohort will ...
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Defining the specific roles of a group of proteins in atherosclerosisUniversity of Glasgow | Dr Pasquale Maffia
Atherosclerosis is the main cause of heart attacks and strokes. It is a disease where arteries become clogged with fatty deposits called plaques. Inflammation of artery walls is a key feature of atherosclerosis. During plaque formation, ...
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Cardiac Friends
We are an atypical support group in not having monthly meetings with a speaker; instead we have a variety of activity groups. We offer support to those with heart problems and their relatives wherever possible.
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BHF Accelerator Award to boost research at University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is one of only six institutions in the UK to receive the £1 million funding, which will strengthen its ground-breaking research into heart and circulatory diseases.
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A clinical trial of new treatments for lacunar strokeUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Joanna Wardlaw
Professor Joanna Wardlaw is leading a clinical trial to help find new treatments for people who have a lacunar, or small vessel, stroke. In 2014 around 35,000 people in the UK had a lacunar stroke, which is caused by damage to one of the...