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How my heart condition affected my mental health
Being diagnosed, or living with, a heart or circulatory condition can affect your mental health.
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Architecture of the heart different between women and men and with age
Differences in the heart’s structure could explain why men and women have different risk of heart conditions
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PUBLICATION
Annual Review 2014 - Big Change summaryOther
We want to tell you the incredible story of the past year and celebrate those extraordinary people who have made a difference to the progress of our work
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Campaigning and influencing in Wales
Learn about our policy, advocacy and research work to see how we're campaigning to improve heart and circulatory care in Wales.
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Scientists discover stem cell which could repair blood vessels
Scientists we fund have identified a stem cell from blood which is critical for growing blood vessels.
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RESEARCH
Why blood vessels can become like bone in old ageKing's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan
As we age, the smooth muscle cells that make up our blood vessels can start to calcify, becoming rigid like bone. The technical term for this phenomenon is vascular calcification. It can cause high blood pressure, heart attacks or strokes a...
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Re-purposing old medicines as a new way to prevent sudden cardiac deathSt George's, University of London | Dr Angeliki Asimaki
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), also known as ARVC, is a heart disorder that runs in families and can cause sudden disruptions to the heart’s rhythm and death – even in seemingly healthy young people. There is an urgent need for medici...
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RESEARCH
Understanding genetic errors that affect myosin in cardiomyopathyUniversity of Kent | Professor Michael Geeves
Individuals with inherited genetic errors in heart muscle proteins are at risk of sudden death at any age. This is because the error leads to two major types of heart disease: a thickened heart wall (called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy); or ...
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RESEARCH
Revealing how genes and other factors determine fat storageUniversity of Oxford | Professor Fredrik Karpe
Professor Fredrik Karpe at the University of Oxford is working out how genes, and factors that influence them, determine where fat is stored in our bodies and our risk of heart disease. Being overweight increases the risk of heart disease,...
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Heart waiting lists at the highest level on record in Scotland
The number of people on cardiology waiting lists is at the highest level on record in Scotland, according to our analysis.