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Cardiovascular inequalities in England: an analysis
Data has been brought together across prevention, treatment and outcomes by levels of deprivation in England, outlining health inequalities.
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Inherited heart conditions
Inherited heart conditions information including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and prevention.
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What is an echocardiogram?
An echocardiogram provides ultrasound images of your heart. Dr Rajan Sharma explains this common test to our Senior Cardiac Nurse Emily Reeve.
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Could exercise help to prevent sudden death in heart failure?University of Leeds | Dr Al Benson
Dr Al Benson and his team at the University of Leeds are studying whether exercise could help to reduce the damage to the heart that occurs during heart failure, where the heart cannot pump blood around the body effectively. When a person...
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Finding links between quality of life and future health problems in heart attack survivorsUniversity of Leeds | Professor Christopher Gale
A team in Leeds are using health databases to help doctors improve the long-term care of heart attack survivors. Thanks to advances in medical care for people who’ve had a heart attack, more people than ever are surviving. Yet many go on t...
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Is a tiny molecule a big culprit in atrial fibrillation?University of Oxford | Dr Svetlana Reilly
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Svetlana Reilly is studying how a small molecule called microRNA 31 (miR31) causes heart muscle changes in atrial fibrillation. Arrhythmias occur when the heart’s normal rhythm becomes d...
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The processes involved in the heart’s response to stressImperial College London | Professor Dr Thomas Brand
‘Popeye’ proteins are a newly discovered group of molecules in the outer surface of the cell, the cell membrane. They play a role in helping the heart rate to change in response to stress by interacting with other proteins (channels and pum...
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What is the role of the Jnk1 gene in heart development?Newcastle University | Dr Bill Chaudhry
A team of researchers at the University of Newcastle lead by Dr Bill Chaudhry are working out how a gene called Jnk1 is involved in heart formation during the development of the foetus in the womb. Faults in Jnk1 and related genes cause...
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Looking for ways to prevent scars forming in heart muscleUniversity of Oxford | Professor Houman Ashrafian
Professor Houman Ashrafian at the University of Oxford is studying myocardial fibrosis – this is when scars form in the heart muscle without an obvious injury. It occurs in many heart diseases, including the inherited heart muscle condition...
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The role of stem cells in preventing diabetes-related cardiovascular diseaseUniversity of Leeds | Dr Richard Cubbon
Dr Richard Cubbon, a BHF Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow, at the University of Leeds, has been awarded a grant totalling nearly £170,000 to allow his team to investigate the link between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. They will...