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The average distance to the nearest defibrillator has more than halved in one area of Manchester, thanks to a groundbreaking new project.

Professor Watkins is a clinical cardiologist and laboratory scientist whose work has given us the tools to find people with life-threatening inherited heart conditions, through genetic screening schemes.

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Imperial College London | Professor Julia Gorelik

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of irregular heart rhythm, when the normal synchronised contraction of the upper chambers (atria) of the heart goes awry. This can have life-threatening consequences because it increases the ...

Scientists in Dundee are researching how to reduce the damage caused by a heart attack

Images from BHF funded research investigating how to help heal damaged hearts have been named the winners of Reflections of Research 2021, our annual science image competition.

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills

Professor Nicholas Mills has been awarded a prestigious fellowship – the BHF Butler Senior Clinical Research Fellowship – to find new ways to identify people with coronary artery disease and to pinpoint those most at risk of a heart attack....

The statement lacked enough reassurance for other areas of the economy, including medical research, which will also play a vital role in the nation’s economic recovery.

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The fatty plaques responsible for heart attack and stroke are most likely to build up at the branches and bends of blood vessels, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the journal ATVB.

Find out why women who have heart attacks face poorer care than men, and what we're doing to change this.