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Our new report sets out a blueprint for heart failure services to respond by building back better, with the right care and support provided so that people can live well with heart failure for longer.

When Barry visited the pub for a pint, he wasn't expecting to have a cardiac arrest. Luckily, a nearby school had registered a defibrillator which saved his life.

Discover the latest research we’re funding, from the best way to investigate chest pain, to new ways of preventing damage from heart attacks.

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University of Sheffield | Dr Heather Wilson

Heart attacks and strokes result from the build-up of fatty plaques within blood vessels, called atherosclerosis. There are specific regions of arteries, such as branch points and curves, that more likely to develop fatty plaques. This is b...

Thousands more patients at risk of deadly inherited heart conditions are to be screened each year following the roll out of a £1.5m genetic testing service by the family of the late Sir David Frost and the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

In a world-first study, an artificial intelligence (AI) model is being trained on a set of NHS data for 57 million people in England, from which personal information has been stripped away. Researchers say the model could transform patient care, identifying opportunities where early interventions might significantly improve or save lives.

The blood vessels of middle-aged men and women adapt differently to regular exercise according to new research being presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.

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University of Glasgow | Professor Christopher Loughrey

Glasgow researchers believe that the protein RUNX1 could hold the key to preserving heart function and preventing heart failure. Medical advances made over the last half century mean that more people survive a heart attack and return to ...