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  • RESEARCH

    Targeting baroreceptors to control blood pressure

    University of Aberdeen | Dr Guy Bewick

    High blood pressure, or hypertension –is a risk factor for heart and circulatory disease. Many people with hypertension are not receiving treatment for the condition. Research to investigate new ways to control blood pressure could reveal n...

  • BHF responds to NHS elective recovery plan in England

    We give our reaction to the long-awaited elective care recovery plan published today, which outlines how the NHS in England will aim to tackle waiting lists over the next three years.

  • BHF joins MPs in calls to fix NHS staffing crisis

    We have today responded to a new report highlighting that current NHS pressures could derail plans to tackle the vast backlog of care, including vital heart care.

  • Coronary angioplasty and stents (PCI)

    This page explains what happens during an angioplasty, what happens after you leave the hospital, how successful coronary angioplasties are and more.

  • RESEARCH

    How monocytes contribute to the development of atherosclerosis

    University of East Anglia | Dr Samuel Fountain

    Dr Samuel Fountain has been awarded a three-year grant to find out how immune cells called monocytes contribute to atherosclerosis – the build-up of fatty deposits (plaques) in blood vessel walls which causes coronary heart disease. During ...

  • Only half of UK adults confident they could perform CPR on a loved one

    BHF encourages the nation to learn CPR this Heart Month as new figures reveal only half of UK adults are confident they could perform CPR on a loved one

  • RESEARCH

    Understanding how oxidation of a protein called PKGI-alpha regulates the heartbeat

    University of Manchester | Dr Luigi Venetucci

    Each heartbeat consists of two phases: systole and diastole. During systole, heart muscle cells – cardiomyocytes – in the lower chambers of the heart contract (shorten) to pump blood out of the heart. During diastole, these lower chamber ca...

  • PUBLICATION

    Understanding heart surgery - large print

    Booklets, published on 10/02/2026

    Order or download our free large print booklet on having heart surgery. Learn how to prepare, what happens during surgery and during your recovery in the days, weeks and months after surgery.

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  • RESEARCH

    Understanding how a genetic defect causes fatal heart rhythm conditions

    University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

    Short QT syndrome (SQTS) is a life-threatening condition that causes disturbances to the normal heart rhythm (arrhythmias). It occurs because of defects in molecules called ion channels which normally ensure the heart’s electrical activity ...

  • RESEARCH

    Using PET scans to better understand heart scarring

    University of Edinburgh | Dr Adriana Tavares

    Researchers in Edinburgh will develop a new way to visualise cardiac scar formation, to help us to understand new ways to prevent heart failure after a heart attack. After a heart attack, scar tissue can develop in the heart. This contrib...

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