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New research in Leicester, which we funded, could help understand how heart failure can develop in people living with Type 2 diabetes.

A smartphone-based ECG recorder is five times more effective at diagnosing heart rhythm problems than standard tests, according to new research.

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University of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider

Regardless of cause, most heart diseases ultimately result in the heart being unable to pump out as much blood as a normal heart can, because it can’t contract as forcefully. To contract, the heart needs an energy source called ATP, and it’...

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University of Leicester | Professor Gerald McCann

Supervised by Professor Gerald McCann, the Clinical Research Training Fellow on this grant is working out why heart failure develops in people with diabetes and if there are ways to detect it early. Heart failure is one of the main caus...

Truncus arteriosus (TA) is a congenital heart defect that means you're born with one large blood vessel instead of two. It causes blood high in oxygen and blood low in oxygen to mix.

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Weight gain and increasing diabetes prevalence are stalling efforts to reduce the number of heart attacks and strokes, according to research we've funded published today