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The science behind the cure
Explore the science driving our experts to a cure for inherited heart muscle diseases.
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Cardiac rehabilitation: the big picture
Data and statistics from National Audit of Cardiac Rehabilitation (NACR) 2019 looking at quality of rehab services in England, Northern Ireland and Wales
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RESEARCH
What makes platelets so sticky in a blood clotUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Yotis Senis
Platelets are small blood cells that plug holes in damaged blood vessels. They do this by sticking to sites of vessel injury and forming a clot that plugs the damaged blood vessel. Platelets can also have a detrimental effect on health by f...
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How the activated protein C pathway prevents blood clottingImperial College London | Dr Josefin Ahnstrom
Blood clotting is regulated by several different pathways, including a pathway that involves a protein called activated protein C, which prevents clotting. To work properly protein C relies on a partner, protein S. People who lack or have a...
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RESEARCH
The role of iron in pulmonary arterial hypertensionImperial College London | Professor Martin Wilkins
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but fatal disorder of high blood pressure in the arteries that supply the lungs, causing breathlessness and swelling of the feet or ankles. In PAH the arteries become narrowed, are less able t...
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A clinical trial of gene therapy for heart failureImperial College London | Professor Sian Harding
Drugs can slow the progress of heart failure, but at present the only cure is a heart transplant, which is limited by the supply of donor hearts. Professor Sian Harding at Imperial College, London has shown that in the failing heart, eve...
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RESEARCH
Helping a defective ion channel protein get to its correct location in long QT syndromeUniversity of Bristol | Dr Stephen Harmer
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a condition that can cause an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) due to abnormal electrical activity in the heart. An inherited form of LQTS, called long QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1), is a cause of sudden cardiac deat...
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Charalambos Antoniades
Charalambos Antoniades and his team are investigating how fat in our bodies communicates with our heart and blood vessels, leading to heart attacks and strokes
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Dilated cardiomyopathy: improving care and seeking a cure
Dilated cardiomyopathy means that your heart can’t pump blood around your body properly. There is no cure, and although it can be treated using common heart medications, there are no treatments specifically for the condition. We’ve been funding research to change this.
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Wales
Find out about the research, events and campaigning we're doing in Wales. Including contact details of all teams on the ground.