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Testing single muscle cell threads in heart biopsies from people with cardiomyopathiesImperial College London | Dr Petr Vikhorev
Cardiomyopathies are diseases that affect the heart muscle. They are frequently caused by genetic mutations, which are passed down through families. Cardiomyopathies can be very serious, causing enlargement or thickening of the heart, heart...
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Interactions with VEGF – a potential protein for mending broken heartsUniversity College London | Professor Ian C Zachary
Heart and circulatory disease is Britain’s biggest killer – in 2009 it was responsible for one in three deaths. Endothelial cells line our blood vessels ensuring that our circulatory system functions normally. It is often disruption of thes...
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Why does heart disease occur more frequently in people with rheumatoid arthritis?University of Manchester | Dr John Bowes
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory condition affecting the joints. People with RA are at a higher risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) – when the arteries supplying the heart with blood get clogged up with fatty deposits. CHD caus...
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Better ways to scan and monitor people with atrial fibrillationImperial College London | Dr Jennifer Keegan
Dr Jennifer Keegan and her team at Imperial College London are developing new ways to monitor heart tissue in atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common heart rhythm disease, using specialised scanning techniques. Currently, doctors use a ...
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Understanding how the blood vessels in our heart cope with pressureUniversity of Oxford | Professor Kim A Dora
Blood flow in muscles continually changes depending on whether we are resting or active. To cope with these changes, blood vessels must adapt to meet the demands of rest and exercise. This is especially true in the heart, where vessels are ...
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Vitamin K and cardiovascular health in people with chronic kidney diseaseUniversity of Dundee | Professor Miles D Witham
Kidney disease causes a layer of calcium to settle in the wall of blood vessels, making them stiff, which increases blood pressure and the strain on the heart. People with kidney disease have a high risk of heart attack and stroke. Current ...
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Developing and testing new heart valves for people with aortic stenosisUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Geoffrey Moggridge
Dr Geoffrey Moggridge and his colleagues at the University of Cambridge are developing new heart valves that could help more people with aortic stenosis, or AS. In AS the valve separating the heart and the aorta, the main artery supplyi...
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Testing a new treatment option for people with a specific form of heart failureUniversity of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein
Understanding different types of heart failure and testing new drugs could reveal new treatment options for these patients, and help them feel better and live longer. Between a third and a half of people with heart failure have 'Heart Failu...
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500,000 missed out on blood pressure lowering drugs during pandemic
Nearly half a million people missed out on starting medication to lower their blood pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research supported by the British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre at Health Data Research UK and published in Nature Medicine
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Developing a new device to help the failing heart keep up with demandUniversity of Leicester | Dr David Adlam
Heart failure affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. It occurs when the heart lacks the power to pump strongly, so oxygen isn’t circulated quickly enough to keep up with the body’s demands. This is a debilitating condition and l...