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Preventing brain inflammation during a strokeUniversity of Manchester | Dr Emmanuel Pinteaux
Dr Emmanuel Pinteaux from the University of Manchester is searching for ways to prevent inflammation in the brain’s blood vessels during a stroke. Whilst inflammation is an important defence against injury or infection, in the brain it can ...
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"How getting a stent made me turn my life around"
Lee Pearman was just 33 when he had angioplasty surgery. He explains why it was a wake-up call and how it made him realise what's important in life.
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The BHF's research highlights of 2020
What a year it's been for our community of researchers. Not only have they continued their life-saving research into heart and circulatory diseases, but some redirected their expertise to join the fight against coronavirus. Let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the BHF’s research highlights in 2020.
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Investigating heart condition after repair of Tetralogy of FallotKing's College London | Jonathan Kentish
Tetralogy of Fallot is a severe heart birth defect that requires corrective surgery. Most patients will die before the age of 20 without the surgery, but the best age at which to have the procedure is not known. The surgery can cause a hear...
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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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Cardiac arrest vs heart attack: what's the difference?
Many cardiac arrests in adults happen because of a heart attack. Our animation explain the difference and what to do in these emergencies.
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Finding ways to prevent and treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)University of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but severe disease caused by the narrowing and loss of blood vessels in the lung. People with PAH experience severe breathlessness, even when resting. Patients may need a lung or heart and lun...
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Can endothelial progenitor cells move to an injured blood vessel?University of Edinburgh | Dr Nicholas L M Cruden
Damage to blood vessels can cause a number of serious conditions including coronary heart disease and stroke. Scientists believe that the body repairs damaged blood vessels with a type of stem cell called an endothelial progenitor cell. Dr ...
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How nerve and heart cells interact to cause abnormal heart rhythmsUniversity of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng
Professor G Andre Ng at the University of Leicester is studying how the nervous system is involved in triggering abnormal heart rhythms, called ventricular fibrillation, which can lead to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Heart disease can incr...
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A new imaging technique to help doctors spot when heart muscle becomes diseasedUniversity of Oxford | Professor Damian Tyler
Our hearts need to convert fuels (sugars and fats) into energy to enable them to beat. But we know that in heart disease, this process becomes altered, and the heart muscle cannot use fuel correctly. Dr Damian Tyler, from the University...