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Bio-engineering blood vessels to improve long term success of heart bypass surgeryUniversity of Bristol | Professor Paolo Madeddu
More than two million people are living in the UK with coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease occurs when the vessels supplying blood to the heart – the coronary arteries – become narrowed or blocked by fatty plaques. A common treat...
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Harry Redknapp announces new role as manager of Team BHF
Harry Redknapp announced as the manager of Team BHF for as he encourages successful ballot applicants to the 2022 TCS London Marathon to fundraise for the British Heart Foundation.
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Developing a new type of MRI scanner to study the human heartUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a scanning technique that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce pictures of organs and tissues in the body. A fundamental principle of MRI is that the magnetic field remains fixed – u...
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How does the nano-location of molecules in cells impact the heartbeat in heart failure?Imperial College London | Professor Julia Gorelik
Our heartbeat is under the control of molecular signalling systems in each heart muscle cell. In diseases including heart failure these systems can break down, sending the heartbeat into irregular and sometimes fatal patterns. Researchers a...
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Unravelling the complexities of blood clotting that causes heart attacks and strokesUniversity of Bristol | Professor Ingeborg Hers
Coronary heart disease is caused by a process called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis occurs when fatty plaques build up inside artery walls. If a plaque breaks off it may cause a blood clot in arteries supplying the heart or brain, a heart...
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Is the nervous system involved in abnormal heart rhythms in acquired long QT syndrome?University of Birmingham | Dr James Winter
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr James Winter is studying long QT syndrome, a disorder of the heart’s electrical system, characterised by a typical pattern on an electrocardiogram. Long QT syndrome can be inherited beca...
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Can microplastics in blood vessels raise the risk of heart attack and stroke?
Recent headlines have claimed that tiny pieces of plastic in blood vessels may increase the chance of having a heart attack or stroke. But is it true?
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Newcastle University scientists are killing zombie cells to reverse age-related damage in the heart
BHF-funded research published from Newcastle University today shows that killing 'zombie cells' in the heart could reverse damage caused by ageing.