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University of Oxford | Dr Michael Holmes

Although research has revealed the main causes of heart disease, there is still much detail we don’t know. In this fellowship, Dr Holmes intends to analyse the blood in intricate detail to determine whether certain molecules and processes c...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Laura Green

During heart surgery, about one in five patients are at risk of experiencing a major bleed which requires a blood transfusion. During bleeds, doctors often give these patients a product called fresh-frozen-plasma (FFP), which is made up of ...

Doctors say heart scans may prove a useful tool for identifying patients who may benefit from additional treatments to improve their Covid-19 recovery and help prevent potential long-term damage to their heart.

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University of Nottingham | Professor Maarten Taal

In advanced heart failure and moderate chronic kidney disease, symptoms caused by fluid retention are the most common reason for hospital admissions. Symptoms caused by fluid retention are the most common reason for hospital admissions, and...

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King's College London | Professor Sven Plein

Heart patients commonly need to undergo imaging of their heart and vessels to identify what is wrong or to understand the extent of any damage (for example, after a heart attack). The benefit of MRI compared with some other tests is that it...

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King's College London | Professor Michael Marber

Every day, hundreds of people go to hospital with symptoms that could indicate a heart attack. Identifying and treating someone who is having a heart attack quickly is essential, to limit the damage it causes to their heart. Hospital doctor...

We have awarded over £800,000 to fund five ambitious research projects at centres across the UK.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Dino Giussani

We know that conditions in the womb can trigger alterations in the development of the foetus’s heart and blood vessels. This may set the stage for heart and circulatory problems in the newborn baby, as well as increasing the risk of heart a...

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University of Manchester | Dr Xin Wang

Heart failure is a devastating condition, which affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. Several current medicines for treating heart failure centre around an enzyme called angiotensin, which can cause the condition to develop and...