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David Newby
Professor Newby's research focuses on how blood vessels and the heart react in health and disease, particularly in heart attacks and heart failure.
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New 'clot-tracking' technology to guide better heart attack care
New imaging technology can identify smaller blood clots that current heart scans cannot pick-up, and could help guide more efficient treatment for people who’ve had a heart attack, according to research we've funded and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.
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Our science highlights of 2021
We rounded up 2021 with a special Live & Ticking event looking at some of the year’s biggest breakthroughs and the scientists behind them.
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Investigating heart proteins that respond to stressUniversity of Reading | Professor Angela Clerk
Professor Angela Clerk is studying how certain signals that help the heart respond to stress are regulated in the heart. When the heart goes through a stressful event, such as high blood pressure or a heart attack, heart muscle cells die...
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Focus on: Heart attacks
Every five minutes, someone in the UK has a heart attack. We explain all you need to know about a heart attack including the causes, symptoms and effects.
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Re-purposing old medicines as a new way to prevent sudden cardiac deathSt George's, University of London | Dr Angeliki Asimaki
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), also known as ARVC, is a heart disorder that runs in families and can cause sudden disruptions to the heart’s rhythm and death – even in seemingly healthy young people. There is an urgent need for medici...
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Women and heart attacks
Find out more about women's heart attack symptoms and the relationship between menopause and heart attacks.
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Smokers warned of amputation risk as a million could be living with deadly vascular disease
A million people in the UK could be living with a serious vascular condition that can lead to leg amputation or a fatal heart attack, experts predict.
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40% of heart care waits are longer than 18-week treatment target
Latest NHS England figures published today show that the number of people waiting over four months for time-critical heart care rose to a record high of 169,066 in June 2024 in England.
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What keeps mitochondria healthy in the heart?King's College London | Professor Ajay Shah
BHF Professor Ajay Shah and his team at Kings College London are studying whether manipulating a stress pathway in the mitochondria of heart muscle cells could help treat heart disease. Mitochondria are ‘powerhouses’ within cells that gene...