Barts & The London Nhs Trust

This study tests if a patient's own stem cells can improve heart function in people with dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart is enlarged and weak. Twenty adults with severe heart failure will have stem cells collected from their hip bone and then infused into thei…

This study tests a new hybrid catheter that takes two types of pictures (sound and light) inside heart arteries at the same time. Researchers want to see if it is safer and more accurate at finding dangerous fatty plaques than the standard single-picture method. The study was pla…

This study involves 40 adults undergoing aortic arch surgery to repair aneurysms or dissections. The goal is to test a new bedside system that measures brain chemicals in near real-time to detect early signs of brain injury. If successful, this could help surgeons take quick acti…

This study was designed to investigate whether an overactive immune system contributes to heart valve damage in people with infective endocarditis, a serious bacterial infection of the heart. Researchers planned to analyze immune cells in the blood and heart tissue of affected pa…