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University of Birmingham | Professor Attila Sik

Irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias), greatly increase the risk of sudden death from cardiac arrest – when the heart beat suddenly stops – and the risk of heart attacks and strokes. In 2010 the most common arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, ...

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University of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein

Professor Sven Plein and his team at the University of Leeds, are experts in a diagnostic method called magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The scientists recently demonstrated that this non-invasive scanning method gives a better view of hea...

Scientists we funded at the University of Reading are to investigate whether a targetted antioxidant drug could be used to prevent heart attacks.

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Roger Corder

Endothelin-1 is a chemical compound that can cause blood vessels to constrict. This can lead to high blood pressure and worsen the symptoms of heart failure, a debilitating condition where the heart is unable to meet the body’s demands. Hea...

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University of Oxford | Professor Kazem Rahimi

Supervised by Professor Kazem Rahimi, this PhD student is developing a new computer model to help doctors care for people with heart failure. Heart failure, when the heart cannot pump blood effectively around the body, severely impacts h...

This table shows the number of patients waiting for heart tests and procedures in England.

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University College London | Dr Thomas Treibel

The aortic valve controls blood flow from the heart into the body’s main artery: the aorta. Aortic stenosis is the narrowing of this valve. In severe cases, surgery is needed to replace it. Around half of people with severe aortic stenosis ...

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Imperial College London | Professor Darrel Francis

Heart failure is a condition where the heart becomes less effective at pumping blood. In some people who have heart failure, the left and right sides of the heart don’t beat in time with each other. This condition – called ‘desynchronicity’...

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University of Manchester | Dr Gina Galli

If a growing foetus is partially deprived of oxygen, due for example to or placental infection or maternal smoking, it can seriously impair the development of the heart and increase the risk of heart disease in later life. However, the way ...

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