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University of Oxford | Dr Thomas Parks

Rheumatic fever is a condition that is common in the developing world. It is caused by infection with a bacterium called group A streptococcus. Sometimes children and young adults who have had rheumatic fever go on to develop rheumatic hear...

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King's College London | Dr Elisabetta Brunello

Dr Elizabetta Brunello at King’s College London is working out how protein ‘motors’ within heart muscle cells make heart cells contract, by travelling up and down muscle filaments, like trains travelling along tracks. She wants to understan...

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University College London | Professor James Moon

Coronary heart disease (CHD) occurs when plaque builds up in the blood vessels that supply the heart, reducing blood flow to heart muscle. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the tests used to diagnose CHD and to assess which patient...

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University of Bristol | Professor Sarah Jane George

Professor Sarah George is studying how bacteria that cause gum disease may be linked to coronary heart disease and heart attacks. People with gum disease are more prone to coronary heart disease, but whether gum disease actually causes or w...

Disjointed and unequal care, likely exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, is leading to more people dying with heart failure, according to our new report.

TIGHT-K looked at when potassium supplements should be given after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

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University of Leeds | Professor Jurgen E Schneider

The heart is made up of cardiac muscle and connective tissue. The way the different types of cells in the heart are arranged and joined together is important. An electrical current must be able to pass smoothly between them, and stimulate a...

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University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

Professor Jules Hancox and his colleagues at the University of Bristol are studying the causes of abnormal heart rhythms in Rett Syndrome, a condition caused by faults in a gene called MECP2. In Rett Syndrome, children initially thrive, but...

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University College London | Dr Giorgia M Bosi

BHF Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellow Georgia Bosi is developing a new computer model that will help us understand why blood clots form in atrial fibrillation and what treatments work best. Arrhythmias happen when the...

Around 371,000 heart procedures and operations were performed in 2020 – a 22 per cent drop from 2019 when more than 473,000 were carried out.