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MPs discuss pandemic's seismic impact on heart patients
The debate, led by Jim Shannon, MP for Strangford, Northern Ireland, detailed the seismic disruption to heart care in England and Northern Ireland over the last two years.
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Heart and circulatory patients among millions on treatment waiting lists
The number of people waiting for NHS treatment could double to 10 million by the end of the year, according to a new report.
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BHF awards £1m to accelerate heart research at UCL
We are boosting the profile of cardiovascular research at University College London in the hope of giving more people with heart and circulatory diseases longer and better lives.
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Research uncovers exactly when our heart first starts to beat
A team part-funded by us at the University of Oxford have demonstrated earlier beating of the heart in mouse embryos. In the study researchers looked at the developing mouse heart and found that the muscle started to contract as soon as it formed the cardiac crescent – an early stage in heart development.
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I'll do it for my donor
Kevin Mashford is taking on the London to Brighton ride, a year after a heart transplant.
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Can an App help people reduce their blood pressure after stroke?Oxford, University of | Richard McManus
People who have had a stroke or a ‘mini-stroke’ – known to doctors as a TIA - are at higher risk of a further stroke/TIA if their blood pressure is too high. Unfortunately, high blood pressure is common, and too often poorly controlled. Pre...
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Finding links between quality of life and future health problems in heart attack survivorsUniversity of Leeds | Professor Christopher Gale
A team in Leeds are using health databases to help doctors improve the long-term care of heart attack survivors. Thanks to advances in medical care for people who’ve had a heart attack, more people than ever are surviving. Yet many go on t...
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Why do heart cells made from stem cells trigger abnormal heart rhythms?Imperial College London | Professor Sian Harding
Supervised by Professor Sian Harding, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is working out why stem cells can trigger dangerous abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) when injected into the heart to repair heart muscle in animal models of he...
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Targeting baroreceptors to control blood pressureUniversity of Aberdeen | Dr Guy Bewick
High blood pressure, or hypertension –is a risk factor for heart and circulatory disease. Many people with hypertension are not receiving treatment for the condition. Research to investigate new ways to control blood pressure could reveal n...
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Remote monitoring of heart failure – keeping patients out of hospitalUniversity of Southampton | Professor John M Morgan
Heart failure is a debilitating disease that can make even the most basic exercise difficult. Treating and managing heart failure is a major strain on the NHS budget, but it is a difficult condition for doctors to monitor. Some patients wit...