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University of Leicester | Professor David G Lambert

Although sepsis begins with infection, it can very quickly escalate to a severe immune reaction and circulatory problems. Blood pressure falls, and vital organs shut down because they do not receive the blood they need. Professor Lambert ...

Our medical expert explains what a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is and why this doesn't cause any symptoms or problems to the heart.

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University of Aberdeen | Professor Stefan Hoppler

Thanks to research, it is now possible to direct embryonic stem cells in the laboratory to mature into spontaneously contracting heart cells. However, these procedures are currently too inefficient and unreliable to generate stem cells that...

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King's College London | Dr Amedeo Chiribiri

When someone goes to hospital with chest pain, one of the causes can be coronary artery disease reducing the flow of blood to the heart. Doctors check this by using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) and Computed Tomography (CT) to take pict...

Heart bypass surgery can help relieve the symptoms of angina and improve quality of life. We talk to Professor Gavin Murphy about what's involved.

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Lancaster University | Professor David Middleton

Atherosclerosis is a condition in which arteries become narrowed by fatty plaques. These can rupture and form blood clots, which can cause a heart attack or stroke. High blood levels of LDL ‘bad’ cholesterol increase the risk atherosclerosi...

Penny Lancaster visits the Royal Brompton Hospital to support the British Heart Foundation’s Christmas campaign to fund research to keep more families together

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University of Cambridge | Dr Wei Li

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but devastating condition, for which effective treatments are urgently needed. In PAH, the blood pressure in the arteries supplying the lungs is very high. This puts a strain on the right side...

Ethnic minority patients with heart failure are at much higher risk of death than White patients, according to analysis of data from over 16,700 patients that we have supported.

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Imperial College London | Dr Peter Gatehouse

Coronary artery disease and some inherited heart muscle diseases cause patients to experience symptoms of breathlessness, fatigue and chest pain, because of a restricted blood supply to the heart muscle. A relatively new method for measurin...