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University of Leeds | Professor John Greenwood

Under current best clinical practice guidelines, people with suspected coronary heart disease (CHD) undergo diagnostic tests including imaging scans. For many this will include an invasive coronary angiogram where the doctor injects a dye d...

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Imperial College London | Professor Costanza Emanueli

Coronary heart disease is the UK’s biggest killer. It is caused by a blockage in the coronary arteries, the large blood vessels supplying nutrients and oxygen to heart muscle. The problem is aggravated by diabetes, which damages the small b...

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University College London | Dr Charlotte Manisty

Heart failure affects over half a million people in the UK. Often, it’s caused by coronary heart disease, when the arteries supplying the heart muscle become narrowed or blocked. One of the most effective treatments for coronary heart disea...

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University of Cambridge | Professor John Danesh

The British Heart Foundation is funding BHF Professor John Danesh, at the University of Cambridge, nearly £2 million over five years to create an international group of heart experts. This group will bring together data from around the worl...

This is the 2014 edition of our statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics). In addition to the published content, additional tables and maps are included here.

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King's College London | Dr Amedeo Chiribiri

When someone goes to hospital with chest pain, one of the causes can be coronary artery disease reducing the flow of blood to the heart. Doctors check this by using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) and Computed Tomography (CT) to take pict...

This page describes how your doctor can use an angiogram to look inside your coronary arteries, what happens during and after an angiogram and the risks of having the procedure.

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Queen's University Belfast | Dr Chris Watson

In coronary heart disease, the small vessels that deliver blood supply to the heart are narrowed by the build-up of fatty plaques in the artery wall. These can rupture and cause a blood clot that can completely block the artery. The consequ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is when a tear appears in the wall of a coronary artery, which supplies blood to your heart. In some cases this can lead to a heart attack.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett

BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences Martin Bennett has been awarded a Programme Grant of nearly £1.8million over five years to look in detail at areas of ‘fatty’ plaque build-up (which may rupture and trigger a blood clot potentially c...