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What is a CT scan of the brain?
A CT scan can be used to diagnose a stroke and other brain problems, as Professor Joanna Wardlaw explains to Senior Cardiac Nurse Emily McGrath.
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Understanding how the giant protein titin stretches and relaxesKing's College London | Professor Sergi Garcia-Manyes
During the course of a heartbeat, the muscle expands as the chambers fill with blood and then relaxes as the force of the contraction pushes oxygenated blood around the body. The versatile, elastic function of the heart is so important to i...
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Can allopurinol help people with high blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy?University of Dundee | Professor Jacob George
A team from the University of Dundee will conduct a clinical trial in patients with high blood pressure, looking particularly at thickening of the heart muscle (left ventricular hypertrophy). Although high blood pressure can be controlled w...
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Research Excellence at the University of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett
By investing in research the BHF are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases across the world. But sometimes it takes more than a on...
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The role of the central apelin receptor in the development of hypertensionUniversity of Bristol | Dr Anne Marie O Carroll
Researchers know that there is a strong link between the activity of the nervous system and the control of the heart and circulatory system. Learning about the activity of the nervous system may help develop new treatments for heart and cir...
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How do omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids help to regulate blood pressure?University of Reading | Dr Alister McNeish
Researchers at the University of Reading want to understand exactly how eating oily fish lowers blood pressure. Eating fish or taking fish oil supplements that are high in omega-3 has been shown to improve health. One way that fish oils ...
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How do enzymes called ubiquitin ligases control new blood vessel growth?University of Leeds | Dr Sreenivasan Ponnambalam
Dr Sreenivasan Ponnambalam and his colleagues at the University of Leeds are studying what controls new blood vessel growth, to find new ways of repairing damaged blood vessels. Blood vessels are an essential network of biological tubes su...
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Harnessing the diverse power of VEGF in blood vessel growthUniversity College London | Professor Christiana Ruhrberg
Problems with blood vessel contribute to heart attacks, strokes and blindness, and giving drugs to stimulate new vessel growth is a promising treatment for these conditions. One of the most effective treatments to stimulate blood vessel g...
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Stopping kidney dialysis being hampered by blood vessel diseaseImperial College London | Dr Peter Vincent
People with kidney failure need regular dialysis – a procedure where their blood is cleaned using an external machine. Doctors must connect a tube from the dialysis machine into the patient’s bloodstream, usually through a vein in the arm. ...
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