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RESEARCH
Understanding how oxidation of a protein called PKGI-alpha regulates the heartbeatUniversity of Manchester | Dr Luigi Venetucci
Each heartbeat consists of two phases: systole and diastole. During systole, heart muscle cells – cardiomyocytes – in the lower chambers of the heart contract (shorten) to pump blood out of the heart. During diastole, these lower chamber ca...
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Low blood pressure
Having low blood pressure doesn’t necessarily mean there is a problem, but it could be the result of another illness or condition.
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Tackling reperfusion injury - a side effect of heart attack treatmentNewcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos
In the UK the standard treatment for heart attacks is angioplasty - a procedure to quickly open the blocked coronary artery. This has played a part in vastly improving the survival of patients who experience a heart attack. However, the abr...
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Creating state-of-the-art facilities to study heart functionUniversity College London | Professor Alun Hughes
BHF is helping to fund an imaging centre which aims to provide state of-the-art, highly precise images to help research teams understand heart and circulatory diseases. Based at UCL, the BCCP exploits the power of advanced scanning and i...
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Understanding and modelling the heart’s wiring systemUniversity of Manchester | Professor Mark R Boyett
The heart beat is produced by regular electrical pulses generated by the heart’s own wiring system. Changes during disease can lead to problems with the heart’s wiring system that causing erratic heart beats (arrhythmias) and in very seriou...
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Why blood vessels can become like bone in old ageKing's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan
As we age, the smooth muscle cells that make up our blood vessels can start to calcify, becoming rigid like bone. The technical term for this phenomenon is vascular calcification. It can cause high blood pressure, heart attacks or strokes a...
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Teaching the heart to repair itselfUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley
The £2.5m Oxford-led Centre for Mending Broken Hearts involves a strong partnership with fellow world-leading experts at the University of Cambridge, and also has links with the University of Bristol. The Oxbridge Centre will be headed by B...
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Could a person’s own cells help to prevent a heart transplant being rejected?King's College London | Professor Giovanna Lombardi
Professor Giovanna Lombardi at King’s College London is studying if white blood cells called regulatory T cells (Tregs), which stop our immune system attacking our healthy cells, could also prevent heart transplants being rejected. Heart ...
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Heart Hero Awards 2023 nominations are open
This year’s nominations for our Heart Hero Awards are open so now is your time to tell us who should be recognised. Our annual Heart Hero Awards ceremony celebrates those who have shown remarkable bravery or gone above and beyond to help others while coping with devastating impact of heart and circulatory disease.
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Understanding the link between diabetes and cardiovascular diseaseUniversity of Bristol | Professor Simon Satchell
Dr Simon Satchell’s team at the University of Bristol is trying to understand the link between diabetes and onset of cardiovascular disease. Diabetes is a major risk factor for the development of heart and circulatory disease. This risk mig...