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  • PUBLICATION

    The CVD Challenge in Wales - Welsh Language Version

    Booklet, published on 02/08/2018

    Learn about the challenge of cardiovascular disease in Wales and how tackling medical risk factors can save lives and reduce NHS pressures. A Welsh language version of the resource.

    This publication is only available to download or view online

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  • British Heart Foundation announces new awards to drive 'transformative' improvements for heart patients

    We have awarded over £900,000 to fund four ambitious projects at centres across the UK.

  • RESEARCH

    Investigating how the blood vessel lining copes with high blood pressure

    University of Oxford | Professor Kim A Dora

    The inner lining cells of the blood vessel, called endothelial cells, acts as a barrier that controls the movement of fluid (including water) and other molecules from the blood and across the vessel wall. To maintain blood pressure and flow...

  • RESEARCH

    A computer model to help doctors care for heart failure patients

    University of Oxford | Professor Kazem Rahimi

    Supervised by Professor Kazem Rahimi, this PhD student is developing a new computer model to help doctors care for people with heart failure. Heart failure, when the heart cannot pump blood effectively around the body, severely impacts h...

  • RESEARCH

    A new scan for measuring immune cells in the heart

    University of Oxford | Dr Andrew Lewis

    Immunocardiology is an area of research looking at immune cells in the heart. A group of immune cells called macrophages are thought to be particularly important, but there is currently no method for non-invasively measuring these cells in ...

  • RESEARCH

    Decoding the messages sent between cells in our circulation

    Imperial College London | Professor Justin C Mason

    To maintain a healthy circulation the cells lining our arteries and veins send and receive chemical messages to and from other cells. This cell-cell communication occurs in several different ways. One way is via microscopic particles releas...

  • RESEARCH

    The role of microRNAs in pulmonary arterial hypertension

    University of Cambridge | Dr Paola Caruso

    Dr Paola Caruso at the University of Cambridge will study changes in microRNAs in the endothelial cells of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH is characterized by high blood pressure in the lungs. Although the precise c...

  • RESEARCH

    How RhoJ helps new blood vessels to grow

    University of Birmingham | Dr Victoria Heath

    Dr Victoria Heath and her team at the University of Birmingham are studying the processes that control angiogenesis - when blood vessels form from existing vessels. This process is important in health and in heart and circulatory disease. ...

  • Developing new ways to measure stiffness of arteries

    Developing new ways to measure stiffness of arteries

  • Scotland research

    Thanks to the fantastic generosity of our supporters, we’ve funded some of the most important research breakthroughs in heart and circulatory diseases.