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Can 3D printing improve the care of children with congenital heart disease?University College London | Professor Andrew Taylor
In the UK, 12 babies a day are diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, a condition or defect that develops in the womb before a baby is born. The defects seen in babies’ hearts are numerous, complex and often unique. It is now possible to...
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Scientists to investigate cause of heart defects in children
Scientists at the University of Oxford will try to identify new reasons why children are born with heart defects. Dr Duncan Sparrow has been awarded £941,000 by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to set up a research team to determine how environmental factors can cause abnormalities in how the heart develops.
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Y chromosome puts men at risk of heart disease
A new study funded by us shows that men who carry a specific type of Y chromosome are at higher risk of heart disease.
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The atrioventricular node - unravelling the intricacies behind our heart beatUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
Research that reveals more about how the heartbeat is controlled is important to our understanding of how the heart works and could potentially reveal new ways to treat some types of irregular heartbeat (arrhythmias). Our heart is divide...
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Matching heart problems to electrical readings on ECGsImperial College London | Professor Nicholas Peters
Professor Nicholas Peters and his colleagues at Imperial College London are working out how the electrical readings on ECGs (electrocardiograms) relate to underlying heart damage, so that doctors may be better able to diagnose heart problem...
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How cancer treatment is linked to heart diseaseUniversity of Strathclyde | Professor Robin Plevin
Cancer treatment can involve killing cancer cells with radiation. Radiation treatment is often successful but irradiation can also damage blood vessels, including the coronary arteries, and people can go on to develop heart disease. The go...
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Hydrogen sulphide’s role in blood vessels following a heart attackUniversity of Nottingham | Dr Vera Ralevic
Every year thousands of people suffer a heart attack, which starves the heart of oxygen. To help preserve its function, the heart and circulatory system respond by undergoing various changes that attempt to reduce the damage. One of these i...
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Understanding how heart disease risk begins before you’re born
Did you know that your parents’ health and lifestyle can influence your risk of heart disease? We’ve been funding research to better understand this.
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Heart care waiting list at new record high in England
Latest NHS England figures published today show that the number of people on cardiac waiting lists has risen to a record high of 392,698 at the end of May 2023 in England.
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Heart surgery - TIGHT-K
TIGHT-K looked at when potassium supplements should be given after coronary artery bypass graft surgery