Insight into heart muscle
New insights into crucial heart muscles
Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences and Imperial College London have unveiled new genes involved in heart fibres called trabeculae
Stories tagged with 'Cardiovascular'
Managing sepsis
Developing a new test to improve sepsis outcomes
In advance of World Sepsis Day, Imperial and MicrosensDx announce a collaboration to develop a more effective test for the devastating disease.
Know your Numbers!
Know Your Numbers! Week: Rising to the Challenge of Hypertension
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Peter Sever, discusses the importance of blood pressure self-management and the latest research.
UPF HEALTH RISKS
Plant-based UPFs linked with higher risk of cardiovascular disease
Heavily processed plant-based foods may be worse for heart health than less-processed foods.
New graduate centre
£10 million gift to propel Imperial’s heart and lung research
A donation from philanthropist Dr Victor Dahdaleh will take Imperial’s heart and lung research to the next level, creating a new graduate centre.
Heartening news
Imperial team awarded £5m from BHF to support world-leading heart research
The British Heart Foundation has awarded funding to advance cardiovascular research and ‘digital twins’ technology.
Digital twin hearts
‘Digital twin’ heart modelling project will monitor patients virtually
Researchers will build and evaluate replicas of patients’ hearts online
Telemedicine monitoring
Remote monitoring of heart attack patients reduced hospital readmissions
‘Telemedicine’ patients were 76% less likely to be readmitted to hospital within six months than those on standard care
Heart arrythmia
Why heart rhythm problems tend to happen early in the morning
Researchers have uncovered why people are more likely to have heart arrhythmia first thing in the morning.
Going Underground
Largest study explores impact of dust on Tube staff
Researchers have carried out the largest study to date on the potential health impacts from
airborne dust on the London Underground.
