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Being overweight may protect patients after heart surgery
BHF-funded researchers find that overweight patients do better after heart surgery than patients of a normal weight.
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Tackling health inequalities essential to driving improvements in cardiovascular disease, says new report
The report, which is the first produced by us on health inequalities, takes three lenses on the issue: deprivation, sex and ethnicity. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Bridging Hearts illustrates the complex and varied reasons why cardiovascular health drives inequalities in the UK.
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Can feeling angry increase your risk of a heart attack?
We investigate headlines that claim bursts of anger can raise the risk of coronary heart disease.
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A day in the life: can a UTI lead to a heart attack or stroke?
Meet the BHF-funded researcher looking into what might be a surprising trigger for heart attacks and strokes.
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Heart care waiting list continues to rise
Heart care waiting lists in England rose again, new figures show.
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Using magnetic resonance imaging to find out why diabetics get heart failureUniversity of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein
People with diabetes are at increased risk of developing heart failure, where the heart is unable to pump enough blood around the body. It is unknown why diabetics are prone to heart failure and which treatments can slow the progression of ...
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The role of stem cells in preventing diabetes-related cardiovascular diseaseUniversity of Leeds | Dr Richard Cubbon
Dr Richard Cubbon, a BHF Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow, at the University of Leeds, has been awarded a grant totalling nearly £170,000 to allow his team to investigate the link between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. They will...
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How do pulmonary vessels sense low blood oxygen and what goes wrong in disease?King's College London | Dr Olena Rudyk
Blood vessels that connect the heart with the lungs, the pulmonary arteries, constrict when the amount of oxygen in the body is low (known as hypoxia). In short term hypoxia, this process is important because it directs blood to parts of th...
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Can a new drug improve blood flow to the limbs in peripheral arterial disease?University of Edinburgh | Dr Patrick Hadoke
Dr Patrick Hadoke is investigating whether a new drug he has developed boosts new blood vessel growth and improves blood flow to the limbs in people with peripheral arterial disease. People with peripheral arterial disease have a reduce...
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Air pollution linked to heart remodelling
Research part-funded by us has shown that even relatively low levels of air pollution are linked with serious heart remodelling, similar to that seen in the early stages of heart failure. We are working to ensure the UK Government adopts our air pollution recommendations.