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Heart attack gender gap is costing women's lives
Stark inequalities in awareness, diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks are leading to women needlessly dying every day in the UK, according to our new briefing.
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Understanding heart metabolism in diabetes and aortic stenosisUniversity of Leeds | Dr Eylem Levelt
People with aortic stenosis (a narrowing of the aortic valve opening) often also have type 2 diabetes. Having diabetes can affect how well people recover from having their aortic valve replaced, but it is not known why. The heart is hard...
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Developing a potential gene therapy to prevent heart failure after heart attackUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Stuart A Nicklin
During a heart attack, part of the heart muscle is starved of its oxygen supply. This can permanently injure the oxygen-starved area which, over time, may lead to heart failure. Current treatments to preserve the heart muscle after heart at...
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Take 10 minutes to change your life this Heart Month
February is Heart Month and this year we’re urging people to take at least 10 minutes a day to help improve their own heart health as well as support our annual fundraiser, Wear it. Beat it.
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Using MRI scans to guide the best treatment in people with heart failure.King's College London | Dr Amedeo Chiribiri
Over half a million people in the UK have been diagnosed with heart failure. This is when the heart is weakened and unable to pump the blood around the body properly. It can cause debilitating symptoms like breathlessness, and occurs when t...
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"Waiting for surgery is the hardest thing I've ever gone through"
Saskia Blake, from London, grew up knowing she had mitral valve prolapse, but never thought it would lead to her needing surgery, until this became her reality at the age of 31.
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Smoking and your heart
Smoking is very harmful to your heart. It seriously increases your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. To keep your heart healthy, you can make small lifestyle changes to help you quit smoking.
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How does high blood pressure cause scarring in people with heart failure?Imperial College London | Professor Cesare M N Terracciano
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is an increasing common form of heart failure, but the mechanisms underlying the condition remain unclear. HFpEF is known to be characterised by a type of scarring called fibrosis – a p...
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Improving heart repair after a heart attackNewcastle University | Professor Helen M Arthur
A heart attack happens when there is a blockage in one of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart. It’s vital to quickly restore blood flow to limit the damage this causes, but doing so can itself sometimes cause further damag...
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Research reveals ethnic minority heart failure patients at much higher risk of death than White patients
Ethnic minority patients with heart failure are at much higher risk of death than White patients, according to analysis of data from over 16,700 patients that we have supported.