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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor David Kelsell

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited disorder of heart muscle that can cause dangerous abnormal heart rhythms, heart failure and even sudden death. There is an urgent need to understand the causes and proce...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Andreia Sofia Bernardo

The human heart develops very early in the embryo. So it is unsurprising that heart malformations are amongst the leading causes of birth defect-related deaths. Currently, we do not fully understand how, during development, human stem cells...

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University of Edinburgh | Dr Gillian A Gray

Developments in heart attack treatment and research mean that 7 in 10 people will now survive a heart attack. But this isn’t the end of the story for many people. After a heart attack, the heart is often damaged and can continue to change s...

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University of Reading | Dr Alister McNeish

We know that eating fish is good for our heart health. Omega-3 fish oils (DHA and EPA) relax blood vessels and reduce blood pressure, bringing down the risk of heart and circulatory disease. Some studies suggest that fish oils relax blood v...

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Dr Angel Yun Sum Wong

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are a new group of drugs used to prevent blood clots. They are used as an alternative to warfarin. Usually, people taking DOACs are also taking several other medications, which increases the chance of drug...

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University of Glasgow | Dr Tom Van Agtmael

Dr Tom Van Agtmael and his team at the University of Glasgow are studying how blood vessel diseases lead to haemorrhage, or bleeding, in the brain. Around 15 percent of strokes involve a brain bleed and they can be fatal, so we need to find...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell

The BHF have awarded a grant to Professor Nick Morell at the University of Cambridge to establish a cohort of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and their families throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. The cohort will ...

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