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Heart surgery
Heart surgery can help repair problems with your heart. Heart surgery means a surgeon will operate on your heart to fix it. This can help improve any symptoms you have and help you to live a longer life.
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Cholesterol and statins - what do I need to know?
Delving behind the headlines: What is cholesterol? Why is it bad? Do statins actually work? We explore the science behind the news stories to find the answers
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The role of pericytes in regenerating blood vessels and healing heartsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu
Bristol researchers are on the search to solve the challenge of regenerating blood vessels. During a heart attack a coronary artery is blocked, starving part of the heart of oxygen. This injures the heart muscle and – in heart attack survi...
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Deciphering the shape and structure of ADAMTS13 - for highly specific clotting controlImperial College London | Professor James Crawley
When we cut ourselves, our blood must clot to stem the bleeding. However, if clotting takes place in a coronary artery it can cause a heart attack. These opposing life-saving and life-threatening consequences mean that strategies that targe...
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Is reduced blood flow in the brain linked to high blood pressure?University of Bristol | Dr Emma Hart
The development of high blood pressure (hypertension) is incompletely understood. Dr Emma Hart and colleagues believe that reduced brain blood flow might be involved in the development of hypertension because an increase in blood pressure h...
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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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Returning to work after a heart attack
Returning to your job can be a vital part of recovering from a heart event. Sarah Brealey gets tips from an expert and meets three people who made the transition back to work
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How to lower blood pressure naturally
How can you lower your blood pressure naturally, and without medication? Our Senior Nurse advises.
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Can I scuba dive if I have high blood pressure?
Our expert answers a question on whether you can scuba dive when you have high blood pressure.
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I've had a heart attack: should I keep taking beta blockers forever?
Our expert answers a question on whether you need to continue to take beta blockers such as bisoprolol long-term after a heart attack.