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University of Oxford | Professor Kim A Dora

Blood flow in muscles continually changes depending on whether we are resting or active. To cope with these changes, blood vessels must adapt to meet the demands of rest and exercise. This is especially true in the heart, where vessels are ...

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University College London | Dr Vivek Muthurangu

A technique called cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is widely used as the best method of scanning children people with heart disease. However, current CMR techniques require people to hold their breath, which children often find diff...

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University of Leeds | Dr Sarah C Calaghan

The ability of heart cells to sense stretching is essential for normal heart function, and allows the heart to pump more blood when it is needed, like during exercise. When cells are stretched too much and too often, the heart can change an...

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King's College London | Professor Simon Redwood

Researchers at St Thomas’ Hospital are trying to understand a form of heart failure that’s currently very hard to treat. Heart failure occurs when the heart can’t pump enough blood around the body and is a major cause of death and disabi...

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University of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein

Older people with heart disease are more likely to be admitted to hospital, and they often don’t do as well as younger, less frail people with the disease. In this fellowship, the fellow working with Dr Greenstein will investigate whether m...