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Alterations to MLC2 in human tissue; a suspect for poor contraction in heart failureImperial College London | Professor Pieter de Tombe
Over half a million people in the UK have been diagnosed with heart failure, a condition where the heart lacks the power to meet the demands of the body. It’s a progressive condition that can cause debilitating symptoms of fluid build-up an...
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Understanding heart development to help mend broken heartsUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Stefan Hoppler
After damage from a heart attack, the heart is unable to repair itself. Instead the damaged area turns into scar tissue, irreparably affecting the heart’s function. Understanding how heart muscle is first built in the developing embryo coul...
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Is the protein RSK1 involved in the development of heart failure?University of Reading | Professor Angela Clerk
Professor Angela Clerk is studying heart muscle cells and the genes that control how they increase in size, a process called hypertrophy. Hypertrophy happens when heart muscle cells have to work harder, for instance when a person has hig...
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Angina: Common questions answered
Heart nurse June Davison puts questions about angina, a common symptom of coronary heart and circulatory disease, to Dr Sarah Clarke.
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Using PET scans to better understand heart scarringUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Adriana Tavares
Researchers in Edinburgh will develop a new way to visualise cardiac scar formation, to help us to understand new ways to prevent heart failure after a heart attack. After a heart attack, scar tissue can develop in the heart. This contrib...
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Using injectable heart monitors to track abnormal heart rhythms in heart failure patientsUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Roy Gardner
Heart failure is a serious condition that, in 2015, affects nearly half a million people in the UK. We know that many people with heart failure experience abnormal heart rhythms – be that too fast, too slow, and/or irregular – which can be ...
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"We’re waiting too long for heart care"
BHF is calling on the UK Government to address the growing heart care crisis. Sign up to our petition now.
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Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)
A coronary artery bypass graft, also known as heart bypass surgery, is a procedure that treats coronary heart disease. Learn more about why you might need one, what happens during bypass surgery, the benefits and risks of the operation, your recovery, what you do when you go home, and more.
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Heart research breakthroughs this autumn
BHF research breakthroughs from Europe’s biggest heart conference.
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Scientists to improve heart attack treatment by blocking heart damaging molecules
Scientists in Cambridge are to investigate how the treatment of heart attacks could be improved by blocking heart damaging molecules called free radicals.