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Investigating how to reduce thickening of vein graftsUniversity of Bristol | Professor Sarah Jane George
Professor Sarah George and colleagues from the University of Bristol have been awarded a 3-year grant to determine how to reduce the thickening of vein grafts by using a certain type of protein in the graft. Bypass graft procedures are ...
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Investigating a new suspect in hypertensionSt George's, University of London | Professor Anthony Albert
Nearly 30 per cent of adults in the UK have high blood pressure, which raises the risk of heart disease threefold. Despite how common it is, today’s medicines can fail to tightly control blood pressure in many people. This team in London ar...
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Preventing blood vessel narrowing after vein graftingUniversity of Bristol | Professor Sarah Jane George
The build-up of fatty deposits in arteries causes narrowing of blood vessels, restricted blood flow and deprivation of oxygen, leading to heart and circulatory diseases. Conventional treatment for the narrowing of arteries is to implant a s...
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Using man-made proteins to halt the development of fatty plaques in coronary arteriesUniversity of Leeds | Dr Sreenivasan Ponnambalam
Heart attacks are caused by the development of fatty plaques in coronary arteries which can rupture, causing blood clots that block the blood supply to the heart. While a good diet and regular exercise can reduce our risk of coronary heart ...
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The importance of small blood vessels in heart diseaseUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Colin Berry
At the University of Glasgow, Professor Colin Berry’s team have been awarded a 3-year Clinical Research Training Fellowship to study the causes of angina. Angina is a dull, heavy or tight chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the he...
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How do heart muscle fibres respond to their environment?Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Thomas Iskratsch
How do cells know whether they should form heart muscle, a blood vessel or something else? Recent discoveries have shown that one factor influencing heart muscle development is that cells are affected by how rigid their environment is. But ...
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Can ‘conditioning’ the heart improve the outlook for people after a heart attack?University College London | Professor Derek Hausenloy
Currently, the best way to reduce damage after a heart attack and improve chances of survival is to restore blood flow to the heart muscle using a treatment called primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). But this process is not r...
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Testing a new ablation method to treat atrial fibrillationImperial College London | Professor Prapa Kanagaratnam
Dr Prapa Kanagaratnam and his team at Imperial College London are working out if a new ablation protocol to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) can help people avoid the need to attend hospital. AF is the most common type of abnormal heart r...