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Understanding how the enzyme NOX4 protects against heart failureKing's College London | Professor Ajay Shah
Researchers at the King’s College London BHF Centre of Research Excellence, led by BHF Professor Ajay Shah have been studying enzymes called NADPH oxidases (NOXs). These enzymes make chemicals – called free radicals – which are considered b...
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Do Purkinje fibres have a role in stretch-induced heart rhythm problems?University of Leeds | Professor Edward White
Researchers in the UK and France are testing a new theory that could change the treatment of irregular heart rhythms. Irregular heart rhythms – when the heart beat is too fast, too slow, ‘fluttering’, or chaotic – are called arrhythmias. T...
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Average ambulance waits for heart attacks and strokes highest since last December in England
Average ambulance response times for category 2 calls - which includes suspected heart attacks and strokes - rose to over 42 minutes in October in England.
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Understanding the impact of metabolites on heart functionUniversity of Oxford | Professor Craig Lygate
Homoarginine (HA) and creatine are substances produced by the AGAT enzyme. Too little of either substance impairs heart function, and it’s thought that they may act together in the progression of heart failure. Low levels of HA are known t...
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Studying the mechanisms that underlie heart contractionKing's College London | Dr Min Zhang
Dr Min Zhang and his colleagues at King’s College London are studying the mechanisms underpinning heart contraction, and what goes wrong in disease. The heart changes the strength of its ‘pump’ or contraction so it can adapt to different ...
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Understanding the heart’s protective mechanisms to prevent heart failureKing's College London | Professor Ajay Shah
The focus of most heart failure treatments is to prevent further degeneration of the heart muscle, a process called adverse cardiac remodelling. There is, however, another type of remodelling that is good for the heart. Adaptive remodelling...
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Can the splicing protein SRSF3 help the heart repair itself?University of Oxford | Dr Nicola Smart
Dr Nicola Smart from the University of Oxford is finding out if proteins involved in a process called splicing can help heart muscle repair itself after a heart attack. Several years ago, Dr Smart and her colleagues found that a molecule...
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Focus on: CT scans of the heart
Computerised tomography (CT) scanning can be useful to help diagnose heart problems and how severe they are.
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How cardiac hypertrophy leads to heart rhythm disturbancesUniversity of Surrey | Dr Rita Jabr
Dr Rita Jabr and Professor Christopher Fry from the University of Surrey will be investigating the potentially dangerous disturbances to heart rhythm that can occur as a result of cardiac hypertrophy. Cardiac hypertrophy is enlargement of t...
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BHF Cymru highlights the heart attack gender gap in Wales
This National Heart Month, we're calling for action to raise awareness of heart attacks in women in Wales and tackle the unconscious bias and systemic inequalities which leave them at a disadvantage at every stage of the heart disease journey. Heart attack is not just a male disease. BHF Cymru wants to encourage women to better understand their risk of a heart attack and its symptoms. We're calling on Welsh Government to address health inequalities and prevent women in Wales dying needlessly from heart disease.