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Research Achievements
We invest over £100 every minute of every day on research to fight heart disease.
For nearly half a century our pioneering scientists have contributed to vital advances in prevention, diagnosis and care that have saved and improved the quality of lives of thousands of people across the UK and the world.
Read more about how research funded by the charity has played a vital role in so many areas.
Heart Surgery
We’ve supported important innovations in patient care during heart disease surgery for several decades.
Genetic Heart Conditions
Vital, life-saving BHF research has pushed the boundaries of our understanding of genetics.
Statins
BHF- funded scientists played a vital role in finding how to reduce risk of heart attack or stroke from too much cholesterol.
Pacemakers
Ground-breaking BHF-funded research has contributed to advances enabling thousands of patients to benefit from a pacemaker.
Clotbusters
Discoveries by BHF scientists have helped save thousands of lives across the country.
Heart Failure
Until recently, doctors were helpless in the battle against heart failure. Pioneering BHF research helped change that.
Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndro
Ground-breaking research by BHF scientists has helped to pinpoint people at risk and prevent tragic deaths.
Congenital Heart Disease
BHF research has played its part in medical advances so that today, nearly nine out of ten of these babies will grow up to be adults.
Family Heart Study
The BHF Family Heart Study has helped unravel how our genetic inheritance can predispose some people to coronary heart disease.
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British Heart Foundation is a registered Charity No. 225971.
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