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Clinical trial of ACE inhibitors and statins in young people with type 1 diabetesUniversity College London | Professor John E Deanfield
Young people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during childhood are at risk of long term complications including kidney, heart and circulatory disease which may reduce life expectancy by 10-15 years. Although this risk can be reduced by improv...
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A new scanning tool to detect inflammation in heartUniversity of Edinburgh | Dr Adriana Tavares
Dr Adriana Tavares and her team at the University of Edinburgh are developing a new scanning tool to spot inflammation within arteries and heart muscle. This could improve the way doctors diagnose and treat people with heart disease. Infla...
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Understanding how integrin proteins regulate cells that line the blood vesselsUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Richard Farndale
Supervised by Professor Richard Farndale, the PhD student is investigating the behaviour of endothelial cells that line the inside of a blood vessel. These cells control how leaky a blood vessel is, preventing blood loss but allowing nutrie...
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How a faulty gene may lead to atrial fibrillationUniversity of Birmingham | Professor Dr Paulus Kirchhof
Consultant cardiologist Professor Paulus Kirchhof from the University of Birmingham has been awarded a Senior Clinical Research Fellowship to establish a world-leading research programme in Birmingham into atrial fibrillation (AF), the most...
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Omaze donates an astonishing £4.6 million pounds to BHF through huge House Prize Draw
Our third partnership with Omaze has resulted in a multi-million-pound donation for us, whilst also giving a bar manager from Reading a life changing prize of a spectacular country manor near Bath.
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Cycling
From practical tips to real life stories to beautiful places to ride your bike, our cycling section has everything for those who want to take to two wheels.
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How can we better identify people with aortic stenosis and cardiac amyloid?University College London | Professor James Moon
Aortic stenosis (AS) is a common heart valve disease where blood flow through the narrowed aortic valve is restricted. AS increases the risk of death. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a common treatment for severe aorti...
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Matt Bonam appointed as Executive Director at the BHF Data Science Centre
We are delighted to welcome new Executive Director Matt Bonam, who will lead the BHF Data Science Centre into its next phase
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Making sure pacemakers deliver the maximum benefit for heart failure patientsImperial College London | Professor Darrel Francis
Heart failure is a condition where the heart becomes less effective at pumping blood. In some people who have heart failure, the left and right sides of the heart don’t beat in time with each other. This condition – called ‘desynchronicity’...
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Spotting the warning signs of a future heart attack in people with undiagnosed chest painKeele University | Professor Kelvin Jordan
Every year, up to two in every hundred adults in the UK visit their GP because of chest pain for the first time. GPs may refer people at risk of heart disease for further tests. For others, chest pain may be caused by a problem with the foo...