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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: understanding the role of tropomyosinUniversity of Kent | Dr Neil Kad
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an inherited heart muscle disease. If you have the condition, the muscular wall of your heart becomes thickened, making the heart muscle stiff. This thickening makes it harder for your heart to pump blood out ...
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Could high-density lipoproteins treat abdominal aortic aneurysms?St George's, University of London | Professor Gillian W Cockerill
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is where there is a weakening in the main blood vessel in the abdomen, which results in a breakdown of the vessel. Professor Gillian W Cockerill and colleagues at St George's University London have recently show...
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Developing a potential gene therapy to prevent heart failure after heart attackUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Stuart A Nicklin
During a heart attack, part of the heart muscle is starved of its oxygen supply. This can permanently injure the oxygen-starved area which, over time, may lead to heart failure. Current treatments to preserve the heart muscle after heart at...
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Controlling ion channels to prevent abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Manchester | Dr Xin Wang
Sudden cardiac death can happen as a result of electrical disturbances that cause abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias. Over half of people with heart failure die from an abnormal heart rhythm that causes a fatal cardiac arrest. The drugs...
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Could empagliflozin be used to treat both diabetes and heart failure?University of Dundee | Professor Chim Lang
Professor Chim Lang and colleagues at the University of Dundee are looking at whether a drug called empagliflozin could treat people with both diabetes and heart failure. People with diabetes are at greater risk of developing coronary arte...
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Understanding the biology underlying broken heart syndromeImperial College London | Professor Sian Harding
Supervised by Professor Sian Harding, this MBPhD student is working out what causes stress cardiomyopathy, or broken heart syndrome (Takotsubo syndrome). In broken heart syndrome, excess adrenaline after stressful events like bereavemen...
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BHF researchers secure EU approval for new AI heart attack prediction technology
Research funded by us has led to EU-approved artificial intelligence technology that can identify people at high risk of a fatal heart attack years before it strikes.
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Garfield Weston Foundation donate £500K to support BHF's young cardiovascular scientists
The Garfield Weston Foundation has donated £500,000 to the BHF's flagship 4-year PhD programme, aimed at supporting the training and research of the next generation of cardiovascular scientists.
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How is data shaping heart research and care?
Today, the BHF Data Science Centre hosted its first Research Showcase, highlighting the work and achievements of the centre since it launched.
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Smokers at increased risk of depression and anxiety
New research ahead of No Smoking Day (11 March) suggests smokers are at increased risk of anxiety and depression