Join the Heart Pioneers
Could you be that 1 in 100?
Our pioneering research breakthroughs have
saved many thousands of lives and led to innovations in the
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
Yet, while research has significantly helped to reduce the death
rate, heart and circulatory disease is still the single biggest
killer in the UK.
We are looking for 100
people willing to give at least £1,000 a year to
be at the forefront of our research.
By becoming 1 in 100, your
membership will help to support the cost of our research programmes
currently in place across the UK, and the 30 British Heart
Foundation Research Professors conducting them.
Our first Professor to join the Heart Pioneer scheme is
Professor John Deanfield, who is conducting a
study on genetic and environmental interaction on vascular function
in children under ten.
As a Heart Pioneer, you could help Professor Deanfield identify
that heart disease begins early in life and, more importantly, is
controllable before it becomes a clinical problem later on.
He says: "I used to research adult cardiology,
now I study adult disease in children. My ambition is to get every
paediatric cardiologist doing the same, and investing in children’s
heart health today."
Representing us at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of
Birmingham, is Professor Michael Frenneaux.
Professor Frenneaux is an eminent clinical cardiologist who is
currently working on a new treatment for heart failure based around
the drug perhexiline.
He says: "We have seen terrific improvements
in heart failure patients treated with perhexiline. Many who could
walk a few metres are now able to lead a good quality life, and can
walk up a couple of flights of stairs without difficulty."
Professor Frenneaux is also researching the
links between heart disease, depression, and the naturally produced
steroid hormone, cortisol.
Would you like to be closer to our pioneering
research? Would you like to see what your donation has
achieved? To become a Heart Pioneer, please donate today
Alternatively, if you'd like to request a
brochure or find out further details, please
call Cassie Thompson on 020 7725 0680.
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