Archive: Heart Disease
Optimising medication dosage for bypass patients
While any surgery is a physical shock to the body, major surgeries such as open heart and transplant are some of the most traumatic with the longest recoveries. Amazingly, although…
Technology driving healthcare forward
When thinking of mechanical engineering you’d be forgiven for automatically picturing cars, trucks and heavy machinery engines rather than devices used to save lives, and that is exactly where Clayton…
Understanding right ventricle complications
This is a world first project using fibre optics to create a responsive heart pump.
Dr Jo Pauls's current project is looking to share his research and development of new technologies which are cost-effective and reliable VADs.
Keeping love alive with world-class medical engineering
Research is keeping couples together every day by advancing lifesaving medical engineering. A second chance in life, but in love too!
How growing skins cells may save lives
Growing skin cells may be one solution to helping battle cardiovascular disease.
Using the patient's own tissue to integrate heart pumps into the body
You can get a proper second chance at life! A ventricular assist device helps keep the heart working until a suitable donor becomes available.
Making more hearts available for transplant
There is a desperate need for more hearts to be able to be transplanted for the thousands of patients in need every year.
Improving outcomes for transplant
With the potential to increase the amount of hearts available for transplant we could potentially save the lives of 30% (or more) patients each year.
A revolutionary balloon to assist the heart during failure
The introduction of a revolutionary treatment like this for people suffering heart failure in remote areas and developing countries could save the lives of hundreds and thousands of patients each…
Using active imaging to find 'hidden' heart conditions
In this innovative study, getting patients to ride a bike while inside the MRI machine, Dr Strugnell hopes to highlight and identify a range of heart diseases that rear their…
Using the heart to save the heart
Peter Molenaar seeks to identify better use of medicines for the prevention of sudden, unexpected death in patients with heart failure by using the heart itself – sourcing small pieces…