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Heart health information about angina, arrhythmia, healthy eating, blood pressure, cholesterol, heart failure, ECG and more in Welsh

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University of Leeds | Dr Sarah C Calaghan

Statins are medicines taken by millions of people in the UK as an effective way to lower their risk of having a heart attack or a stroke. However, some people who take statins develop a side-effect that causes muscle pain and weakness, part...

Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle. Read more to find out about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

We gained a valuable insight into patients’ experiences of cardiac rehabilitation, how COVID-19 affected its delivery, and consider what improvements can be made to these services.

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Imperial College London | Dr Paul Kemp

People with severe heart failure can develop muscle wasting and weakness, which makes it difficult to perform everyday tasks or exercise. Muscle wasting also occurs in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a condition where high bloo...

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University of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson

Dr Dana Dawson and her team at the University of Aberdeen are investigating the ‘athlete’s paradox’: why both obese people with diabetes and trained athletes have higher levels of lipids (fat) in their muscles, but with differing impacts on...

The blood vessels of middle-aged men and women adapt differently to regular exercise according to new research being presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.

If you have diabetes, you are more likely to develop heart and circulatory diseases than someone without diabetes. Find out more about diabetes, your heart, and how to keep it healthy.

This page explains what a myocardial perfusion scan (MPS) is, what it can show and what happens during an MPS test.