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A new imaging tool to detect and monitor amyloid in the heartUniversity College London | Professor James Moon
In this fellowship, Professor James Moon and colleagues are developing a new imaging tool to detect amyloid protein in the heart. This may allow clinical trials of new drugs to treat the condition. Amyloidosis is a serious disease cause...
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Ambulances should take cardiac arrest patients to closest emergency department
People who have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest should be taken straight to their nearest emergency department, according to research we’ve funded presented today at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Amsterdam and published in The Lancet.
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Christmas Fundraising Ideas
You can help heal hearts this Christmas by taking part in a BHF festive fundraisers. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the BHF needs the public’s support more than ever to enable it to continue our life saving research and provide vital support to the 7.4 million people in the UK living with heart and circulatory diseases.
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Uncovering the mechanisms behind pulmonary arterial hypertension, towards a cureUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Allan Lawrie
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but fatal disease. It is most common in young women, who – if untreated – have a prognosis worse than some cancers. PAH is driven by unchecked cell growth in the blood vessels in the lung. Thi...
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Protective proteins in heart failureUniversity of Manchester | Dr Xin Wang
Heart failure is a devastating condition which affects over half a million people in the UK, and there is currently no cure. Scientists are trying to find new ways to repair the damage to heart muscle using stem cells, or help the heart to ...
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Understanding how human stem cells turn into heart cellsUniversity 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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How do genetic faults cause lymphoedema?St George's, University of London | Dr Pia Ostergaard
Supervised by Dr Pia Ostergaard, this PhD student is studying how genetic faults can lead to primary lymphoedema, a lifelong, often disabling condition affecting the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is a network of vessels that car...
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Investigating a new mechanism which regulates the hearts ability to pumpKing's College London | Professor Metin Avkiran
Some patients suffering from heart failure are affected by a malfunctioning in the system which tells the heart how hard to pump. The heart can become over-sensitive to the signals which tell it to beat, meaning the heart pumps too hard, to...
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What the 10 Year Health Plan means for cardiovascular care
The Government published its 10 Year Health Plan on July 3, setting out a new blueprint for the NHS in England. Here's what it means for cardiovascular health and care.
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Mind the gender gap
We have released Bias & Biology,bringing together a breadth of research in order to paint a picture of how women in the UK are disadvantaged at every stage of having a heart attack, compared to men.