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Imperial College London | Dr Pradeep Luther

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heart condition that runs in families and affects the heart’s muscle. In HCM the heart’s muscle becomes thickened and stiff, making it harder for the heart to pump blood around the body. It is a relati...

People suffering heart attacks during the coronavirus outbreak may be putting their lives at risk by delaying seeking medical. New data from hospitals across England show that the number of people seen in hospital with a suspected heart attack has halved since the beginning of March. We are urging anyone who experiences heart attack symptoms to seek medical help immediately by calling 999.

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University of Oxford | Dr Sanne Peters

Dr Sanne Peters and her colleagues at the University of Oxford are studying why diabetes may have a bigger impact on heart disease risk in women compared with men. Heart disease and stroke remain one of the leading causes of death and dis...

Research funded by the British Heart Foundation has found that having diabetes increases the risk of dying from the effects of a heart attack by around 50 per cent

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University of East Anglia | Professor Andrea E Munsterberg

Researchers are untangling the complex genetic interactions during heart cell development, to underpin stem cell treatments for heart disease. When the heart develops in the embryo, stem cells quickly change to become early heart cells, ...

A home device which scans someone’s feet as soon as they get out of bed in the morning could keep people with heart failure out of hospital, according to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.

A pacemaker could help reverse symptoms of heart failure by encouraging the heart to use more efficient fuel, according to the results of a BHF funded study

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University of Oxford | Dr Joaquim Vieira

Damage to the heart muscle caused by a heart attack cannot be repaired. This is because the adult heart has a limited ability to grow new muscle cells. Recently, Dr Vieira has shown that the heart attempts to repair itself after injury by...

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University of Glasgow | Dr William Fuller

When the heart beats, it’s essential that all heart muscle cells contract at the same time. To achieve this, tiny pores in the heart cells open simultaneously to allow calcium molecules to pass through, which in turn signal to the heart cel...

Vivinne charts her weight loss journey.