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Can statins decrease the risk of atrial fibrillation after heart surgery?University of Oxford | Professor Barbara Casadei
BHF Professor Casadei, at the University of Oxford, is researching the causes of the abnormal heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation (AF), and has identified an important protective role for a gas called nitric oxide (NO). Professor Casadei has...
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How do genetic faults cause inherited heart muscle diseases?Imperial College London | Professor Steven B Marston
Diseases of the heart muscle are called cardiomyopathies and can cause heart failure and sudden death, even in young people. Two of these conditions – hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) – are caused by faults...
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The role of cell death in heart failureKing's College London | Professor Kinya Otsu
In the healthy heart, muscle cells link together, forming regular structures that pull together to cause the heart to pump. In heart failure, some of these cells die; weakening the heart and making it work harder to get oxygen-rich blood to...
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Treating low oxygen in the womb to prevent heart disease in later lifeUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Dino Giussani
The supply of nutrients and oxygen to the womb is important for the health of the developing baby, but can also determine the risk of getting heart disease later in life. The mechanisms through which this occurs, however, remain unclear. Th...
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Understanding the causes of inherited lymphoedemaSt George's, University of London | Dr Pia Ostergaard
As well as the circulatory system that transports blood around the body, we also have a second circulatory system called the lymphatic system. It is made up of a network of vessels carrying ‘lymph’ fluid containing protein, fats, water and ...
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How do blood vessel cells sense and respond to blood flow?Manchester Metropolitan University | Dr Stephen White
The build-up of fatty deposits in arteries is much more likely to occur in the bends and branches of arteries, where blood flow is disrupted. Changes in flow can cause the cells that line the blood vessel wall (endothelial cells) to detach....
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Improving heart attack recovery by stopping heart cells from ageingNewcastle University | Dr Gavin Richardson
During a heart attack, it is vital to restore blood flow to the heart but this restored blood flow can itself cause further damage that may lead to heart failure over time. Dr Gavin Richardson’s research suggests that this damage may make t...
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Heart block in heart failure and athletes – investigating a possible new culpritUniversity of Manchester | Professor Mark R Boyett
‘Heart block’ is when the electrical impulse that signals the heart to beat fails to pass from the top to the bottom of the heart. As a result, the chambers at the bottom of the heart (the ventricles) fail to pump blood to the lungs, brain ...