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Last week’s emergency mini-Budget was a missed opportunity for heart patients, failing to provide reassurance that the NHS will be there for them when they need it, and to recognise that the health of the nation is vitally important to our economic prosperity.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Ziad Mallat

BHF Professor Ziad Mallat is studying how blood vessels become inflamed in atherosclerosis to see if there is a way of preventing inflammation. Atherosclerosis is caused by the build-up of fatty plaques in the walls of our arteries, and ...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett

BHF Professor Martin Bennett has been awarded a three-year grant to investigate how blood vessels age. As we get older our blood vessels change: cells begin to die and scar tissue accumulates in the vessel walls, making them less elastic. P...

Common questions about haemochromatosis are answered by Dr Sara Trompeter, Consultant Haematologist and Paediatric Haematologist.

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University of Glasgow | Dr Catherine Bagot

Blood clots in veins, while rare, are one of the main causes of death in pregnant women. Overweight pregnant women are at a greater risk of blood clots than pregnant women of a healthy weight, but the reasons why are not understood. Hig...

Find out if drinking tea, coffee or other popular drinks can lower the risk of dying from heart attack or stroke.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, is a condition where your heart muscle becomes suddenly weakened, usually because of severe emotional or physical stress. Learn about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

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Imperial College London | Dr Peter Gatehouse

Supervised by Dr Peter Gatehouse, this PhD student is developing new scanning methods to monitor people born with congenital heart disease as they get older. Surgeons can repair most congenital heart defects, but patients still need to b...

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University of Bristol | Dr Mark Bond

Blood vessel disease includes any condition that affects the circulatory system. The cyclic AMP (cAMP) system controls many processes in the cells associated with blood vessel protection, and we know that the system does not work properly i...

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King's College London | Professor Qingbo Xu

BHF Professor Qingbo Xu and his team at King’s College London have been studying stem cells that lie in the wall of blood vessels. These cells are thought to be important in repairing damaged blood vessels found in atherosclerosis. Athe...