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Scientists to study impact of kidney transplants on heart disease
New research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) could help to lower the risk of death by heart and circulatory conditions in people living with chronic kidney disease.
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Improving scans for children with heart diseaseUniversity College London | Dr Vivek Muthurangu
A technique called cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is widely used as the best method of scanning children people with heart disease. However, current CMR techniques require people to hold their breath, which children often find diff...
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Why do people with coronary heart disease develop subsequent heart problems?University College London | Dr Riyaz Patel
Millions of people in the UK are living with coronary heart disease. Many of these people will unfortunately go on to have more heart problems, such as heart attack, heart failure and heart rhythm disturbance (arrhythmia). While we know muc...
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Preventing blood vessel damage with stem cellsUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Gerard Nash
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are a type of stem cell that can be extracted from human tissue and grown to large numbers in the laboratory. Professor Gerard Nash and his team at the University of Birmingham have been studying MSCs and believ...
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Stopping life-threatening problems in people with Marfan syndrome
Some people with Marfan syndrome have weak blood vessels which are at risk of bursting. This can be fatal. We’ve been funding research to stop this.
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How acidity interferes with the heart beatUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
The heart’s ability to pump blood round the body depends on co-ordinated electrical activity generated by small proteins in heart cells called ‘ion channels’. When blood flow to the heart is blocked off, for example, because of coronary hea...
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Studying problems with calcium channels in the heartCardiff University | Dr Nia Thomas
Coordinated contraction of the heart muscle during each heartbeat is only achieved when calcium movement in heart cells is well controlled. Unfortunately, we now know that genetic errors in key molecules and structures of the heart that con...
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Sweeping action needed to reduce childhood obesity rates
Today’s news on childhood obesity rates in England shows some positive downward trends, but swift and sweeping action is still needed to reduce the number of children living with obesity in England.
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Thousands of excess deaths from cardiovascular disease during the coronavirus pandemic
A new study has identified 2085 excess deaths in England and Wales due to heart disease and stroke during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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New research shows statins safe for children with high cholesterol
Research shows that children with high cholesterol caused by genetic conditions benefit from taking statins.