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A clinical trial of gene therapy for heart failureImperial College London | Professor Sian Harding
Drugs can slow the progress of heart failure, but at present the only cure is a heart transplant, which is limited by the supply of donor hearts. Professor Sian Harding at Imperial College, London has shown that in the failing heart, eve...
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Improving risk assessments for people with inherited heart conditionsImperial College London | Dr Fu Siong Ng
Dr Fu Siong Ng is studying why some people with an inherited heart condition are at greater risk of dying suddenly than others. Despite advances in genetic research, it is a challenge for doctors to predict which people with inherited h...
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The importance of scaffolding proteins for heart cell functionKing's College London | Professor Franca Fraternali
Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. It can run in families and can affect more than one member of a family. The disease is caused by faulty genes carried in a person’s DNA. Dr Franca Fraternali and her colleagues at King’s ...
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Searching for a heart failure drug that targets how the heart muscle contractsKing's College London | Dr Thomas Kampourakis
Researchers at King’s College are on the hunt for a better, kinder, treatment for heart failure. This is urgently needed. Heart failure affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK today. It is a progressive condition that can be debi...
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"We’re waiting too long for heart care"
BHF is calling on the UK Government to address the growing heart care crisis. Sign up to our petition now.
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Hearts Need More: a call for a Heart Disease Action Plan
As part of the Hearts Need More campaign, our report calls for a comprehensive Heart Disease Action Plan from government, outlining bold steps for prevention, treatment and innovative cures.
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Important hot weather advice for heart patients amid heat alerts
As temperatures soar across parts of the UK, we have warned of the potential dangers posed by the hot weather for people with heart conditions.
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Nearly 370,000 people now waiting for time-sensitive heart care
We've responded to latest NHS England figures which show a rise in the heart care waiting list, and that average ambulance response times for heart attacks and strokes remain nearly double the 18-minute target.
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A trial of inhaled frusemide for advanced heart failureOxford Brookes University | Dr Shakeeb Moosavi
This clinical trial will investigate whether an inhaled form of frusemide provides relief from breathlessness in patients with advanced heart failure. People living with heart failure have symptoms such as breathlessness and tiredness b...
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New wire can test for heart failure
New research has proven that a wire inserted into an artery which supplies blood to the heart, called a coronary artery, after someone has a heart attack can predict if they will go on to develop heart failure.