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Does congenital heart disease affect brain development?King's College London | Professor Serena Counsell
Supervised by Professor Serena Counsell, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is studying congenital heart disease, where heart problems develop before birth. Thanks to advances in diagnostics and heart surgery, many made possible by ...
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Could Entresto protect against heart valve disease?Imperial College London | Dr Adrian Chester
Researchers are searching for a non-surgical way to treat stiffened heart valves. The one-way flow of blood around the heart is maintained by valves. These flaps of tissue are pushed open by blood flowing in the correct direction, and sn...
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Understanding why some gene changes raise the risk of developing heart diseaseUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Ziad Mallat
Over the past two decades a wealth of research evidence – including from BHF-funded studies - has revealed a great deal about the importance of genetics underlying coronary heart disease. It has shown that changes in many different genes ca...
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Do Popeye proteins lead to heart disease?Imperial College London | Professor Dr Thomas Brand
Popeye domain containing (Popdc) proteins, named after the cartoon character, are highly expressed in the heart and muscles. Mutations in Popdc genes have been associated with heart rhythm disorders and muscular dystrophy. Professor Tho...
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Why is fibrinogen phosphorylated in heart disease?University of Leeds | Professor Khalid Naseem
Dr Kerrie Smith and her colleagues at the University of Leeds are studying why a protein called fibrinogen undergoes a chemical process called phosphorylation, and why high levels of phosphorylated fibrinogen are found in people with athero...
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£54 million awarded to tackle disease through big data
Health Data Research UK awards £54 million funding to six consortia of world leading UK universities and research institutes to fuel scientific advances using data science – part funded by the BHF.
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Improving scans for children with heart diseaseUniversity College London | Dr Vivek Muthurangu
A technique called cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is widely used as the best method of scanning children people with heart disease. However, current CMR techniques require people to hold their breath, which children often find diff...
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Living with congenital heart disease as an adult
Hear a personal experience of growing up with a heart condition and transitioning to adult services.
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Genetics hold the key for blood vessel disease diagnosis
New genetic causes of ‘rare’ diseases, including pulmonary arterial hypertension, have been discovered by technology reading whole genomes in pioneering research that the BHF part-funded.
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Increased risk of heart disease for healthy 75-year-olds who stop taking statins
People over the age of 75 still benefit from taking statins, according to a new study published in the European Heart Journal.