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Find out what to expect when you have heat valve repair surgery, including types of surgery, how to prepare, recovery and life after.

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We have released Bias & Biology,bringing together a breadth of research in order to paint a picture of how women in the UK are disadvantaged at every stage of having a heart attack, compared to men.

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University of Oxford | Professor Manuela Zaccolo

Heart failure is a debilitating condition that often carries a poor prognosis. We know that a molecule in heart cells, called cAMP, is a lynchpin in several processes that go awry in heart failure. In fact, some current medicines already ta...

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King's College London | Professor Malcolm Irving

Professor Malcolm Irving at King’s College London is working out what controls the strength and duration of the heartbeat and what goes wrong in heart disease. During the heartbeat, the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood around the bod...

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University of Southampton | Professor Mark Hanson

Professor Mark Hanson and his team at the University of Southampton are studying how a mother’s diet and behaviour affects her child’s risk of heart and circulatory disease in the future. As part of the Southampton Women’s Survey, Profes...

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Cardiff University | Dr Nia Thomas

Coordinated contraction of the heart muscle during each heartbeat is only achieved when calcium movement in heart cells is well controlled. Unfortunately, we now know that genetic errors in key molecules and structures of the heart that con...

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University of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider

BHF Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow and consultant cardiologist Dr Oliver Rider is working out which form of weight loss surgery benefits heart health the most. Obesity causes the heart to enlarge and blood vessels to stiffen. Alth...

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University of York | Dr Paul Collings

Sleep, time spent sitting and physical activity are all known to be important for the immediate and long-term health of young people. But these factors tend to be investigated individually or in comparison to only one other health factor, f...

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University of Oxford | Dr Ellie Tzima

Endothelial cells line the inside surface of blood vessels. They are constantly exposed to shear stress – the friction generated by blood flowing across the surface of the cells. Endothelial cells respond to changes in shear stress and t...