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Developing a better way to diagnose different types of heart failureImperial College London | Professor Peter Weinberg
As the heart contracts, it generates a wave of increased blood flow through our arteries. As it relaxes, flow decreases. Studies have shown that analysing these ‘arterial waves’ could help distinguish between two types of heart failure - ...
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Death rates - Heart and circulatory disease in context
UK deaths caused by heart and circulatory diseases (CVD) and specific cardiovascular conditions, compared to other causes.
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A new way to prevent heart damage in diabetesUniversity of Bristol | Professor Simon Satchell
People with diabetes can develop a condition called diabetic cardiomyopathy, which means the heart muscle doesn’t pump blood around the body as effectively as it should. Dr Simon Satchell and his colleagues at the University of Bristol are ...
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Do people with heart disease have changes in the way blood vessels sense blood pressure?University of Leeds | Dr Vijayalakshmi Deivasikamani
The heart continuously pumps blood into the blood vessels, exerting a force on the walls of the blood vessels. It’s long been thought that this pressure is ‘sensed’ somehow by the specialist cells that line the vessels, and converted into s...
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Investigating the immune system’s response to a heart attackUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Dimitrios Tsiantoulas
Our immune system plays a critical role in the health and disease of our heart and circulatory system, though researchers believe there is much more to this crucial relationship than we currently understand. For instance, we know little abo...
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Reusable vest can detect earlier signs of heart muscle disease
A reusable vest that can map the electric impulses of the heart in fine detail could detect abnormalities from a potentially fatal heart disease much earlier than is currently possible, according to a new study we’ve part-funded published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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New research at the University of Manchester identifies two genes linked to a serious congenital heart condition
Scientists at the University of Manchester have this week published research, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) which shows, for the first time, possible genetic causes of a serious congenital heart condition, Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF).
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BHF supports global coalition to beat heart and circulatory disease
Through our membership of the European Heart Network we’re pledging to play a leading role in a global coalition to reduce the death and suffering caused by heart and circulatory disease worldwide.
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Is liquorice good for you, or can it raise blood pressure?
Senior BHF Dietitian, Dell Stanford, explains that a compound in liquorice root called glycyrrhizin can raise blood pressure and cause fluid retention if you eat too much of it.
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Developing a better blood test to diagnose heart attacksKing's College London | Professor Michael Marber
Only about ten per cent of people in accident and emergency departments with chest pain will be having a heart attack. Professor Michael Marber is trying to find better ways to diagnose them. Currently, doctors identify heart attack pati...