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World’s smallest heart pump will help to save lives in Lincolnshire
The Lincolnshire Heart Centre is among the first non-surgical centres in the country to use a new life-saving device to assist with the heart function during complex procedures to treat narrowings in the arteries of the heart.
Study defines the process of and defences against cardiac valve calcification
The human body has sophisticated defences against the deposition of calcium minerals that stiffen heart tissues, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at UCLA Health and the University of Texas at Austin found in a new study that provides the first detailed, step-by-step documentation of how calcification progresses.
UHNM Heart Centre pacing ahead with innovative new pacemaker procedure
Patients with heart conditions at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust are set to benefit from an innovative new pacemaker procedure.
Adding genetic information to health checks improves identification of people at risk of heart attacks and strokes
Researchers have discovered a better way of identifying those at high risk of potential heart attacks and strokes and other major cardiovascular disease events.
UHNM vascular team complete UK-first elective aortic stent graft implant
A University Hospitals of North Midlands patient has become the first in the UK to benefit from a safer and less complicated procedure thanks to a revolutionary stent graft.
Medway Maritime Hospital opens multi-million pound cardio respiratory ward
A new multi-million pound cardio respiratory ward has opened at Medway Maritime Hospital providing more than 30 new beds and state-of-the-art facilities for patients with serious breathing or heart conditions.
Climate change and chemical exposure damage newborns’ hearts
The complex interplay of rising temperatures and exposure to polluting compounds and chemicals can damage children’s hearts, experts have warned.
Heart patients at UHNM to benefit from new minimally invasive procedure
A groundbreaking new procedure at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is giving hope to patients with a long-term heart condition.
Leicestershire cardiologists’ life-saving mission gains the King’s recognition
Two Leicestershire cardiologists who made it their mission to teach every school leaver in the county lifesaving skills have seen their incredible efforts receive the royal seal of approval.
‘Tech vest’ can detect early signs of heart disease
Researchers at Barts Heart Centre have found that a reusable ‘vest’ can detect a potentially fatal heart condition much sooner than currently possible.
New cholesterol project to reduce hospital readmissions at UHNM
A new project at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is helping to reduce hospital readmissions in heart attack, stroke and vascular patients.
AI tools could transform future heart and kidney disease care
AI has an important role to play in the future of healthcare, offering doctors and healthcare professionals the ability to improve patient care and automate labour-intensive tasks.
Early heart disease deaths rise to 14-year high
The number of people dying before the age of 75 in England from heart and circulatory diseases has risen to the highest level in over a decade, according to new analysis from the British Heart Foundation.
Millions with cardiovascular disease could benefit from a new cholesterol treatment target recommendation
Up to 2.1 million people with cardiovascular disease (CVD) could benefit from a new cholesterol target outlined in NICE guidance for the first time.
Standing blood pressure test more accurate in detecting hypertension
Measuring blood pressure while patients are standing rather than sitting may improve the accuracy of readings, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers in the US report.
More than £215,000 awarded to hospital for cutting edge research equipment
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded more than £215,000 to purchase a new cutting-edge 4D cardiac ultrasound machine, which will expand scope and innovation of clinical research at the hospital.
Research pinpoints inflammation source behind atherosclerosis
Scientists have discovered in mice how high cholesterol causes blood vessels to become inflamed, a necessary prerequisite for atherosclerosis – the “hardening of the arteries” responsible for most heart attacks and strokes.
NHS to speed up diagnosis and treatment of heart and respiratory conditions
Hundreds of thousands of patients could benefit from a quicker diagnosis for a range of heart and respiratory conditions, through ambitious new NHS plans for fast-tracked tests and checks.
New research finds easier way to detect serious heart condition
Researchers from Barts Heart Centre, part of Barts Health NHS Trust, and University College London, have shown that combining two scan technologies can detect a serious heart condition before symptoms and signs appear on current tests.
Research shows heart condition can be reversed
Three men who had heart failure caused by the build-up of sticky, toxic proteins are now free of symptoms after their condition spontaneously reversed in an unprecedented case described by a team at UCL and the Royal Free Hospital.