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University of Birmingham | Professor Jonathan N Townend

Supervised by Professor Jonathan Townend, the Clinical Research Training Fellow on this project is working out why people with slightly reduced kidney function - a very common finding on blood tests - are more likely to develop heart and ci...

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University of Oxford | Dr MariaHeleni Trivella

People with heart failure often have to be admitted to hospital many times, to stabilise after severe episodes. Several different approaches to treatment may be tried, but finding the best treatment for each individual can be a process of t...

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University of Southampton | Professor Caroline Fall

Professor Caroline Fall is investigating why people from the Indian sub-continent are more prone to heart disease and diabetes than people from Europe. By studying young adults in New Delhi and Vellore in India, Professor Fall and her t...

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Imperial College London | Dr Gregory Quinlan

Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is a rare complication of a congenital heart defect, which causes increased blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs, known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Recent research has suggested that problems w...

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University of Liverpool | Dr Richard D Rainbow

Before the menopause, women are much more likely to survive a heart attack compared to men of the same age. They are also less likely to have long-term damage. However, after the menopause, men and women’s risk of death or long-term heart d...

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University of Sheffield | Dr Emily Noel

People with Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS) are often born with congenital heart defects, which are abnormalities in the heart structure. Recent studies found that two mutations - or faults - in molecules called Dock6 and EOGT can cause AOS, bu...

Eating more eggs has been linked to a higher risk of heart and circulatory disease and death, but is this the full picture?

Find out how to stay healthy during Ramadan if you have a heart condition.