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Our celebrity ambassadors are passionate supporters of our work and have personal connections to our cause. They help raise awareness of the devastating impact of heart and circulatory diseases.

RESEARCH

University of Leeds | Professor Derek S Steele

During heart failure, changes in the heart reduce its ability to pump blood efficiently to the brain and body. One important change during heart failure is disruption to a critical process called calcium signalling. Calcium plays an importa...

New more effective treatments for high blood pressure could be possible thanks to the discovery that the nitric oxide that regulates blood pressure is formed in nerves rather than in the walls of blood vessels.

RESEARCH

Imperial College London | Professor Pieter de Tombe

Over half a million people in the UK have been diagnosed with heart failure, a condition where the heart lacks the power to meet the demands of the body. It’s a progressive condition that can cause debilitating symptoms of fluid build-up an...

RESEARCH

Imperial College London | Dr Michael J Mullen

Marfan syndrome is a life-threatening inherited disorder that causes the major blood vessel from the heart – the aorta – to expand, increasing the risk of dissection (where the aorta tears). Drugs called beta blockers slow the expansion ...

Today we announced our shortlist of four research projects competing for a single £30million award. The charity says it is one of many radical new approaches needed to address a frightening mismatch in research funding compared with the burden of heart and circulatory diseases.

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RESEARCH

King's College London | Professor Mathias Gautel

In 2011 there are over three quarters of a million people living with heart failure in the UK. This condition reduces the pumping function of the heart, which can make even day to day activities almost impossible, disturb heart rhythm and s...