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“With atrial fibrillation, working with your medical team is crucial”
Find out how exercise, support from her healthcare team and her dog Quin have helped Gini Dellow cope with AF and PoTS.
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Frequently asked questions about funding changes
The FAQs will help to answer common questions about our new strategy, changes to funding schemes, project grants, and the chairs and programme grants committee
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Using stem cells to better understand beta receptors in heart cellsImperial College London | Professor Sian Harding
A research team led by Professor Sian Harding at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London has been awarded BHF funding of over £1 million to study heart cells in detail. This funding over three years will build on a pr...
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Developing a better way to diagnose different types of heart failureImperial College London | Professor Peter Weinberg
As the heart contracts, it generates a wave of increased blood flow through our arteries. As it relaxes, flow decreases. Studies have shown that analysing these ‘arterial waves’ could help distinguish between two types of heart failure - ...
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Studying calcium release from heart cells and what goes wrong in heart failureUniversity of St Andrews | Dr Samantha Pitt
Dr Samantha Pitt from the University of St Andrew’s is studying how calcium is released from heart cells to maintain a regular heartbeat, and what goes wrong in heart failure. In healthy people, controlled calcium release causes the heart t...
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Harnessing IGF binding protein-2 to help grow new blood vesselsUniversity of Leeds | Dr Stephen Wheatcroft
Coronary heart disease and peripheral artery disease occur when blood vessels to the heart or limbs, respectively, become narrowed or blocked by a fatty build-up. Although these blockages can be reopened with a stent to widen the blocked ar...
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Will my congenital heart condition affect sex and my relationships?
We talk about how your congenital heart condition may affect sex and your relationships. We cover medicines, contraception, safety and having a baby
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Women are 50% more likely than men to be given incorrect diagnosis following a heart attack
Women have a 50% higher chance than men of receiving the wrong initial diagnosis following a heart attack, according to a new study we part-funded at the University of Leeds.
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Studying the benefits of blood transfusions after heart surgery
Largest trial of its kind, involving two BHF Professors, shows patients having heart surgery do not benefit from doctors waiting for them to become severely anaemic before giving a blood transfusion.
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Testing a cutting-edge MRI scan to detect coronary heart diseaseUniversity College London | Professor James Moon
Coronary heart disease (CHD) occurs when plaque builds up in the blood vessels that supply the heart, reducing blood flow to heart muscle. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is one of the tests used to diagnose CHD and to assess which patient...