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Investigating why blood clots are more common in pregnant women who are overweight.University of Glasgow | Dr Catherine Bagot
Blood clots in veins, while rare, are one of the main causes of death in pregnant women. Overweight pregnant women are at a greater risk of blood clots than pregnant women of a healthy weight, but the reasons why are not understood. Hig...
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What is an echocardiogram?
An echocardiogram provides ultrasound images of your heart. Dr Rajan Sharma explains this common test to our Senior Cardiac Nurse Emily Reeve.
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PKC alpha: a critical protein for forming blood clotsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Alastair Poole
Platelets are small cells in the bloodstream that clump together at sites of injury, triggering a clot to form to prevent excessive bleeding. Platelet clumping can be activated in diseased arteries when a fatty plaque ruptures. When this ha...
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What triggers an aneurysm to get bigger, and can we stop it?University of Leeds | Dr Marc Bailey
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a ballooning of the main blood vessel in the body, the aorta. AAAs tend to grow over time and eventually may rupture, which can be fatal. At the moment, the only treatment is surgery if the aneurysm is lar...
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Using high tech imaging to understand the lifelong cardiac effects of being born with a heart defectImperial College London | Dr Sonya Babu Narayan
Every day in the UK, 12 babies are diagnosed with heart defects, known collectively as congenital heart disease. Thanks to research across recent decades, around eight in 10 people born with a heart defect now survive to adulthood. However,...
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National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR) Quality and Outcomes Report 2020Other
The National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR) Quality and Outcomes Report 2020 by the BHF and the University of York presents data on cardiac rehabilitation programmes across England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR) Quality and Outcomes Report 2019Other
The National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR) Quality and Outcomes Report 2018 by the BHF and the University of York presents data on cardiac rehabilitation programmes across England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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Understanding and modelling the heart’s wiring systemUniversity of Manchester | Professor Mark R Boyett
The heart beat is produced by regular electrical pulses generated by the heart’s own wiring system. Changes during disease can lead to problems with the heart’s wiring system that causing erratic heart beats (arrhythmias) and in very seriou...
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National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR) Quality and Outcomes Report 2018Booklet, 85 pages, published on 29/11/2018
The National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR) Quality and Outcomes Report 2018 by the BHF and the University of York presents data on cardiac rehabilitation programmes across England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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Using a new brain scan to uncover clues about strokeUniversity College London | Dr Jack Wells
During a stroke, blood stops flowing to part of the brain due to a blockage or tear in a blood vessel. Many strokes are caused by a condition known as small vessel disease. Small vessel disease develops as a result of subtle and distinct ch...