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Roger Black MBE puts his name to life saving research
Olympic silver medallist and World Champion, Roger Black MBE, has joined the fight for every heartbeat by becoming a British Heart Foundation ambassador for research.
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RESEARCH
Do anti-platelet drugs keep the small blood vessels in the heart free of blood clots?University of Birmingham | Dr Neena Kalia
A heart attack happens when a blood clot blocks a coronary artery – a blood vessel supplying the heart muscle with blood. A stent is usually inserted into the affected artery to allow blood flow to be restored (reperfusion). Two drugs ar...
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RESEARCH
Developing a new algorithm to detect arrhythmias and prevent sudden cardiac deathImperial College London | Dr Zachary Whinnett
An arrhythmia is an abnormal heart rhythm. Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are small devices placed within the body that prevent sudden cardiac death by treating life-threatening ‘ventricular’ arrhythmias. If an ICD detects a...
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The Cardiac Exercise Club @SW19South Wimbledon Community Association, 78 Victory Road, Wimbledon, SW19 1HN
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RESEARCH
Improving regeneration of blood vessel cells in circulatory diseasesQueen's University Belfast | Professor Alan Stitt
Belfast researchers are part of the global research effort to boost the body’s own repair systems to combat circulatory diseases. A major global research effort is underway to help the body to repair and/or grow new blood vessels to preve...
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RESEARCH
Plasmacytoid dendritic cell function in the development of atherosclerosisUniversity of Glasgow | Dr Pasquale Maffia
A team led by Dr Pasquale Maffia at the University of Glasgow is interested in the role of immune cells in the circulatory system in the onset of heart and circulatory disease. Much heart disease occurs because of the build-up of fatty, or ...
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RESEARCH
Will treating heart attacks with GRACE improve prognosis?University of Leeds | Professor Christopher Gale
Dr Chris Gale and colleagues at the University of Leeds are studying whether the systematic use of the GRACE scoring system could help doctors improve their treatment of people who have had a heart attack or unstable angina. People admit...
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Air pollution in worst hit areas as deadly as smoking over 150 cigarettes each year
People living in areas of the country that are worst affected by air pollution have an increased risk of death that is on average the equivalent to smoking over 150 cigarettes a year.
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Genetic predisposition research
We support researchers who work towards personalising medicine to help families whose genes leave them at the greatest risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases.
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Is this the future of replacement heart valves?
A BHF-funded chemical engineer is perfecting a material to tackle heart valve disease. He tells Sarah Brealey how it could change patients' lives.