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How does the heart train itself to deal with low oxygen levels?University of Nottingham | Professor Peter Shaw
Supervised by Professor Peter Shaw, this PhD student is studying how the heart trains itself to cope with periods of low oxygen. Over time, reduced oxygen due to heart disease causes the heart to become damaged. The heart can work with ...
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Understanding why people with diabetes are at increased risk of heart diseaseQueen's University Belfast | Professor David Grieve
Dr David Grieve and his team are working out why high blood glucose levels in people with diabetes can lead to heart and circulatory disease, particularly heart failure. Scientists believe high blood glucose leads to structural changes ...
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Do anti-epileptic drugs prevent sudden cardiac death in people with CPVT?University of Oxford | Dr Charalampos Sigalas
CPVT1 is a rare inherited disease that affects children and young adults. It causes disturbances to the heart rhythm (arrhythmias) and can lead to sudden cardiac death. CPVT1 is caused by a genetic mutation of a protein called ryanodine re...
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Children with heart disease being let down by lack of clinical trials
Less than one per cent of UK children born with congenital heart disease are enrolled in clinical trials looking to improve treatments, according to research we've funded.
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Dealing with insomnia: tips to sleep better
We share expert tips to help you sleep better, from winding down to sticking to a bedtime routine.
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Going inside the heart to make pacemakers benefit more people with heart failureKing's College London | Professor Reza Razavi
Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) is a procedure that’s commonly used in patients with heart failure, which occurs when the heart is not pumping blood around the body as well as it should. This happens most commonly when the heart mus...
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Spotting and preventing sudden death risk in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Our research has helped to develop a risk prediction tool to spot the risk of sudden cardiac death in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, so it can be prevented.
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Studying real-life experience of taking new anti-clotting drugs with other medicinesLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Dr Angel Yun Sum Wong
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are a new group of drugs used to prevent blood clots. They are used as an alternative to warfarin. Usually, people taking DOACs are also taking several other medications, which increases the chance of drug...
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A new high-tech heart scan can improve treatments for people with heart diseasesImperial College London | Professor Dudley Pennell
In healthy hearts, the muscle cells are long and thin, and are tightly packed with their neighbours in an ordered pattern. This means that water molecules can travel more easily along the cells than across them. Professor Pennell and his te...
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Warning over ambulance waiting times for heart attacks and strokes
We have responded to latest NHS England figures revealing dangerously long ambulance waiting times for heart attacks and strokes, and an ever-growing backlog of cardiac care.