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Dantrolene and VKII-86 as possible treatments for CPVT and other arrhythmiasUniversity of Manchester | Dr Luigi Venetucci
Calcium is vital for the function of our heart and it is fundamental to the control of our heartbeat. A protein called the ryanodine receptor is crucial in the process; it allows calcium to move to areas in the heart cell where it can be us...
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BAMBI and normal blood clottingImperial College London | Dr Isabelle Salles-Crawley
Heart attacks and strokes are caused by clots forming inside the blood vessels supplying the heart or brain. BAMBI is a protein on the surface of the cells that line our blood vessels called endothelial cells, and on the surface of platelet...
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Serum chloride as a new marker of cardiovascular riskUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Sandosh Padmanabhan
Too much dietary salt is widely recognised as a risk factor for high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. However, salt’s constituent chloride (Cl) is commonly over-looked. Chloride is an ion found in the body, which makes up around 0...
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Understanding how blood flow causes vessel damage in atherosclerosisUniversity of Sheffield | Dr Jovana Serbanovic Canic
Atherosclerosis – the build-up of fatty deposits in the arteries – tends to develop in areas where the blood vessels are exposed to stress caused by changes in blood flow. This causes cells that line the blood vessel to die off, which furth...
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Trying to detect Acute Type A aortic dissection (AAD) before it’s too lateUniversity of Liverpool | Dr Riaz Akhtar
The aorta is the major artery of the human circulation. It has to withstand very high pressures to distribute blood from the heart all around the body. Acute Type A aortic dissection (AAD) is an uncommon but very serious condition in which ...
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Using DNA markers to personalise treatment for high blood pressureKing's College London | Professor Philip Chowienczyk
The BHF is working in partnership with the Medical Research Council and their Stratified Medicine Initiative, which awards funding to scientists to find out why groups of patients with the same diagnosis respond to treatments differently. O...
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Olivia Arben announced as BHF Ambassador
BHF hosted an intimate dinner at Sushi Samba to announce model Olivia Arben as an official Ambassador.
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Why antibodies turn against self after a transplantUniversity of Cambridge | Mr. Gavin J Pettigrew
Despite the success of transplantation, many transplants fail due to an immune process known as chronic rejection. Immune responses directed against the recipient's own proteins may provoke chronic rejection, with the development of antibod...
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A new scanning method to monitor whether an aneurysm is likely to ruptureUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are caused by a swelling in the main blood vessel in the body, the aorta. If left to grow, the swelling can become life-threatening but there is currently no way to predict whether someone’s aneurysm will ca...
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How aldosterone-producing adrenal adenomas cause high blood pressureUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Morris Brown
One cause of high blood pressure is a benign tumour in the adrenal gland which secretes aldosterone, the hormone regulating salt and water balance. The over- secreting tumour is called an aldosterone-producing adrenal adenoma (APA). To unde...