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Investigating the heart cell's response to stretch in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Katja Gehmlich
The heart responds to repeated exercise and other stresses by becoming bigger in a process known as cardiac hypertrophy. In the inherited disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), hypertrophy is abnormal and takes place in the absence of e...
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Factor thirteen and blood clottingUniversity of Leeds | Professor Peter J Grant
Blood clots inside arteries can prevent blood from flowing and so cause illness and death. This is what happens inside the coronary artery to cause a heart attack. A blood clotting protein called FXIII-A strengthens blood clots and may wors...
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"How getting a stent made me turn my life around"
Lee Pearman was just 33 when he had angioplasty surgery. He explains why it was a wake-up call and how it made him realise what's important in life.
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Discovery Research Early Career Fellowship
The Discovery Research Early Career Fellowship is aimed to fund exceptional early career researchers.
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Could we use new diabetes medicines to reduce damage caused by heart attack?University College London | Dr Robert Bell
A heart attack occurs when an artery supplying blood to the heart becomes blocked. The heart muscle is then deprived of essential oxygen and nutrient supplies and, if left untreated, will begin to die. During a heart attack, up to half of p...
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Blood platelet size and cardiovascular eventsKing's College London | Professor Manuel Mayr
Platelets are tiny cells, which are vital for blood clotting – they stick together at the site of injury and form a plug to prevent further blood loss. However some people have larger platelets than others, which increases their risk of hav...
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Speeding up scans to help doctors diagnose heart disease earlierImperial College London | Dr Peter Gatehouse
Studying how the heart muscle is strained when the heart beats could help with early detection of heart disease. Dr Jennifer Keegan and her team have developed a way of taking images of heart muscle strain using magnetic resonance imaging (...
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Finding out how faulty heart valves formNewcastle University | Professor Deborah Henderson
Professor Deborah Henderson is studying how heart valves form, and what goes wrong when babies are born with a faulty valve. Abnormalities in heart valves, particularly the aortic valves, are common in babies. Although many cause no pro...
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Developing a new imaging method to detect heart damage after a heart attackUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Colin Berry
Supervised by Professor Colin Berry, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is developing a new scanning technique that measures the heart’s pumping ability. This is important after a heart attack as heart pump function can help predict pro...
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Pre-eclampsia – effect of certain growth factors on the mother’s blood vesselsUniversity of Nottingham | Professor David Bates
Pre-eclampsia in pregnancy, is one of the main causes of illness or death in pregnant women. Complications such as high blood pressure, swelling and the presence of protein in urine can commonly lead to life-threatening conditions such as l...