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Understanding why people with diabetes are at increased risk of heart diseaseQueen's University Belfast | Professor David Grieve
Dr David Grieve and his team are working out why high blood glucose levels in people with diabetes can lead to heart and circulatory disease, particularly heart failure. Scientists believe high blood glucose leads to structural changes ...
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Could blocking a protein called EPAC1 prevent heart and circulatory disease?Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh | Professor Stephen Yarwood
Dr Stephen Yarwood from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh is working out if blocking an enzyme called EPAC1 could treat heart and circulatory diseases associated with metabolic syndrome – a combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and...
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Studying how a new gene can cause coronary heart diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Professor Keith Channon
Professor Keith Channon and his team at the University of Oxford are working out how a new gene is involved in atherosclerosis development. Very large studies have now identified several new genes that help to increase the risk of develo...
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A new imaging technique to help doctors spot when heart muscle becomes diseasedUniversity of Oxford | Professor Damian Tyler
Our hearts need to convert fuels (sugars and fats) into energy to enable them to beat. But we know that in heart disease, this process becomes altered, and the heart muscle cannot use fuel correctly. Dr Damian Tyler, from the University...
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A commonly used test could miss the most dangerous type of heart disease
More than a quarter of people with a deadly form of heart disease may be missed following current tests.
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PUBLICATION
Annual Report 2017 CymruBooklet, published on 30/08/2017
Our Annual Report and Accounts celebrates our achievements over the last financial year and some of the personal stories of people affected by heart disease.
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Heart scans reveal cause of sudden cardiac arrests in the young
Young people who have a sudden cardiac arrest should be offered an MRI scan of the heart called cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging to diagnose the underlying cause, according to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) Conference.
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Allison Lawson: “I had a heart attack totally out of the blue at 51”
Allison Lawson had a heart attack aged 51 caused by a rare condition called SCAD - spontaneous coronary artery dissection – which is caused by a tear in a blood vessel carrying blood to the heart.
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Weight gain and diabetes threaten progress in reducing heart attacks and strokes
Weight gain and increasing diabetes prevalence are stalling efforts to reduce the number of heart attacks and strokes, according to research we've funded published today
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How does high blood pressure cause scarring in people with heart failure?Imperial College London | Professor Cesare M N Terracciano
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is an increasing common form of heart failure, but the mechanisms underlying the condition remain unclear. HFpEF is known to be characterised by a type of scarring called fibrosis – a p...