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Developing new tracers that detect low oxygen levelsKing's College London | Dr Richard Southworth
Dr Richard Southworth and his team at King’s College London are studying new radioactive tracers that could help doctors diagnose heart disease earlier. When the blood supply to the heart is restricted by narrowed or blocked arteries, tiss...
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Tackling reperfusion injury - a side effect of heart attack treatmentNewcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos
In the UK the standard treatment for heart attacks is angioplasty - a procedure to quickly open the blocked coronary artery. This has played a part in vastly improving the survival of patients who experience a heart attack. However, the abr...
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3D hearts predict patient survival
Researchers that we've part-funded have developed technology which can accurately predict the prognosis of people who suffer from pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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How blood vessel smooth muscle cells become syntheticUniversity of Warwick | Dr Anne Straube
The walls of blood vessels are lined by cells that contract or relax to control blood flow. These cells are important for repairing the vessel wall after an injury. To do this, the cells become ‘synthetic’: they produce and reorganise prote...
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PKN1 protein as an important regulator of platelet stickinessUniversity of Bristol | Professor Alastair Poole
Professor Alastair Poole and colleagues at the University of Bristol are going to investigate a new protein called PKN1, which looks promising as an important regulator of platelet stickiness. Platelets are small cells that flow around...
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Is protein kinase C epsilon a good therapeutic target for atherosclerosis?Imperial College London | Professor Justin C Mason
Almost £242,000 has been awarded over three years to Professor Justin Mason’s team at Imperial College London team to study the regulation of endothelial cells, which line our arteries and are important for maintaining a healthy heart and c...
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Do dysfunctional carotid bodies underlie a form of heart failureUniversity of Bristol | Dr Emma Hart
The carotid body is a cluster of sensors near to the carotid artery in the throat. It is highly sensitive to reduced blood flow and reduced oxygen circulation, and triggers hyperventilation and increased blood pressure by activating an arm ...
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Do mast cells worsen deep vein thrombosis?University of Birmingham | Dr Alexander Brill
Mast cells form an important part of our immune system, but may worsen or play a part in the onset of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT*). In DVT, mast cells appear to cause the blood vessel lining endothelial cells to encourage the formation of cl...
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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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A new scanning method to monitor whether an aneurysm is likely to ruptureUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are caused by a swelling in the main blood vessel in the body, the aorta. If left to grow, the swelling can become life-threatening but there is currently no way to predict whether someone’s aneurysm will ca...