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Does a protein called Syk offer hope for new anti-clotting drugs?University of Birmingham | Professor Stephen P Watson
Supervised by BHF Professor Stephen Watson, a PhD student is working to understand if a protein called Syk could help to prevent blood clotting. Platelets are small cells in the blood which clump together at sites of injury to prevent bloo...
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Pregnancy and your heart: why it's important to plan ahead
Hear from congenital heart disease specialist, Dr Sara Thorne, on why planned pregnancy is important if you have a heart condition.
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Even moderate drinking linked to heart and circulatory diseases
Regularly drinking more than the recommended UK guidelines for alcohol could take years off your life, according to new research that we part-funded published today in the Lancet. The study shows that drinking more alcohol is associated with a higher risk of stroke, fatal aneurysm, heart failure and death.
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Gene therapies to regenerate the heart
Professor Mauro Giacca is pioneering treatments to prevent, treat or even reverse heart failure.
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Regenerating coronary arteries after heart attackUniversity College London | Dr Catherine Roberts
Our vital organs require constant nourishment with oxygen and nutrients via their blood supply. The heart’s blood supply is delivered through the coronary arteries, and if one of these becomes blocked in coronary artery disease, it causes a...
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Can 3D heart muscle models reveal new ways to treat heart conditions?University of Bristol | Dr Danielle Paul
For our hearts to beat and pump blood around the body, heart muscle needs to contract. Under the microscope, we can see that heart muscle is made up of two sets of filaments – thin and thick – which are made from several different proteins....
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A clinical trial to find the best treatment for minor strokeUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Keith Muir
Around half of strokes have minor symptoms or appear to improve quickly (known as a transient ischaemic attack). However, about 1 in 3 of these minor strokes can lead to long-lasting disability. People who’ve had a minor stroke are not ...
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Blood pressure variability could predict heart attack and stroke
Changes to blood pressure over time could be used to identify patients at greatest risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a study led by researchers at Imperial College London and published in the European Heart Journal on the 31st January.
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Drug combination could delay need for risky surgery in people with Marfan syndrome
A combination of two commonly available medications could delay the need for risky surgery in people with Marfan syndrome, according to research we’ve funded and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Barcelona.
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7 things we learnt at the UK's largest heart conference
This year's British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) conference was held in person for the first time in two years since coronavirus struck the UK, and it was once again teeming with the latest breakthroughs in heart and circulatory research. Here's what we learnt.