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We work hard to protect heart health and secure better services for heart patients across Northern Ireland working in partnership with key decision makers, individuals and organisations. And with your help, we can do more.

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University of Reading | Professor Angela Clerk

Professor Angela Clerk is studying heart muscle cells and the genes that control how they increase in size, a process called hypertrophy. Hypertrophy happens when heart muscle cells have to work harder, for instance when a person has hig...

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Imperial College London | Dr Eva Rog Zielinska

The main pumping chambers of the heart, the ventricles, are made up of billions of muscle cells. For our hearts to pump, electrical signals must spread rapidly from the pacemaker within the heart to ‘activate’ the cells in the ventricles to...

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University of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng

Heart attack results in heart failure which is a common condition associated with premature death, often due to heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias). It is thought that after a heart attack the nerves that control the heart beat (the aut...

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University of Oxford | Professor Roger Patient

Hundreds of thousands of people are living with heart failure, but there is no cure. This research in zebrafish may reveal ways to regenerate or repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack or in heart failure, which could ultimately ma...

Smoothies are 1 of your 5-a-day, but they’re also high in sugar and contain less fibre than whole fruits and vegetables. Find out some of the downsides and how to make them healthier.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has been chosen as the official charity partner for the AJ Bell Great Run Series, which raises millions of pounds for charity every year and includes the largest half marathon in the world – the AJ Bell Great North Run.

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University of Manchester | Dr Kathryn Hentges

Each day in the UK, 12 babies are diagnosed with a heart defect that happens as the baby develops in the womb, known as congenital heart disease. BHF-funded research has contributed to major improvements in the understanding and treatment o...

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University of Cambridge | Professor James Huntington

Professor James Huntington at the University of Cambridge is studying new ways to treat thrombosis, where blood clots form when they shouldn’t, which can lead to a heart attack or stroke. Blood needs to clot rapidly to protect us after inj...

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