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RESEARCH
Learning more about a potential new drug target in heart failureUniversity of Glasgow | Dr William Fuller
Every cell in the body uses small chemical messengers to communicate with their neighbours and the rest of the body. These chemical messengers work by interacting with proteins called receptors that are embedded in the surface of cells. In ...
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Routine scans prevent thousands of heart attacks
A routine heart scan for people with chest pain has helped to prevent around 6,000 heart attacks in the last decade, researchers we fund estimate. Our research helped to provide the evidence for the effectiveness of the scans, leading to them being recommended in clinical guidelines.
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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.
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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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Pak1 and abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Oxford | Professor Ming Lei
Dr Ming Lei and his colleagues at the University of Oxford are working out whether an enzyme called Pak1 could be controlled to treat abnormal heart rhythms, also known as arrhythmias. When arrhythmias affect the ventricles, the lower pum...
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A new non-invasive method of measuring heart pumping functionImperial College London | Professor Alun Hughes
More than 750,000 people in the UK live with heart failure. Heart failure cannot be cured, but medication can help control symptoms. By finding a non-invasive way to assess heart function, people with heart failure will be identified more r...
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New cause of heart failure discovered
A new treatment for heart failure is a step closer after a study has found that a part of our immune system once thought to prevent organ damage is actually a leading cause of scarring and heart failure.
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Can we prevent heart tissue damage after treatment for a heart attack?Newcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos
Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos and his team at the University of Newcastle are studying how heart tissue becomes damaged after stents are fitted. When a coronary artery that supplies the heart becomes blocked, doctors open the blocked ar...
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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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Patients with kidney failure at ‘unacceptably’ high risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds
People with kidney failure are many times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than the general population and have a higher risk of dying as a result, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) published today in the European Heart Journal.