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What the 10 Year Health Plan means for cardiovascular care
The Government published its 10 Year Health Plan on July 3, setting out a new blueprint for the NHS in England. Here's what it means for cardiovascular health and care.
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Bioengineering arteries to improve the long-term success of bypass surgeryUniversity of Bristol | Professor Raimondo Ascione
Bypass surgery is a common treatment to restore healthy blood flow to the heart or limbs when arteries have become diseased; where a healthy blood vessel is grafted into the circulation to bypass a diseased section. Usually bypass grafts ar...
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A clinical trial testing what level of potassium supplements are beneficial after heart surgeryQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Dr Benjamin O'Brien
Many people who have heart surgery go on to experience abnormal heart rhythms, particularly atrial fibrillation (AF), which can increase the risk of a blood clot forming inside the heart. It is thought that low levels of potassium in th...
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A survival strategy for the cells lining our blood vesselsKing's College London | Professor Albert Ferro
Professor Albert Ferro and his colleagues at King’s College London are studying how a process called apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is involved in heart and circulatory disease. Endothelial cells line the inner surface of all bloo...
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Could boosting glucose metabolism treat diabetic cardiomyopathy?University of Manchester | Dr Wei Liu
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Wei Liu is studying ways to treat diabetic cardiomyopathy, a condition that can lead to heart failure because the heart doesn’t pump as well as it should. Healthy hearts are fuelled by a...
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Technicolour map of heart signals wins national science image competition
We have today announced the winner of our annual Reflections of Research science image competition. Showcasing the dazzling side of science, the competition asks BHF-funded scientists to highlight their cutting-edge heart and circulatory disease research with the most awe-inspiring picture taken as part of their work.
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What causes different types of left ventricular hypertrophy?University of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider
Supervised by Dr Oliver Rider, a Clinical Research Training Fellow is working out what causes different types of left ventricular hypertrophy, or LVH. In LVH, the heart muscle enlarges. It can occur naturally in response to exercise train...
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Is a new medicine more effective at reducing heart damage after a heart attack?University of Glasgow | Professor John McMurray
Heart attacks can cause permanent damage to the heart muscle. If severe, over time the heart will be weakened and unable to efficiently pump blood around the body. This is called heart failure, which is debilitating and has poor life expect...
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Finding links between quality of life and future health problems in heart attack survivorsUniversity of Leeds | Professor Christopher Gale
A team in Leeds are using health databases to help doctors improve the long-term care of heart attack survivors. Thanks to advances in medical care for people who’ve had a heart attack, more people than ever are surviving. Yet many go on t...
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Looking for ways to prevent blood vessels from hardeningUniversity of Manchester | Professor Ann Canfield (EMERITUS)
Professor Ann Canfield and colleagues at the University of Manchester are looking for ways to prevent and treat the hardening of blood vessels, where blood vessels stiffen due to deposits of a bone-like material. This ‘calcification’ increa...