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The British Heart Foundation is governed by a Board of up to 14 trustees who are responsible for the governance and strategy of the BHF.

RECIPE

Serves: 2, Prep time: 10

This colourful salad is a simple and delicious combination of summer vegetables

We’re so pleased to announce that we’ve been appointed the Official Charity of the 2023 Senior Open, presented by Rolex, which takes place at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club from July 27-30.

Are you from London or Brighton or their surrounding areas? We are looking for volunteers from the London and Brighton areas to help the running of our iconic London to Brighton Bike Ride on 16th June 2024.

The best way of identifying people at high risk of coronary heart disease following chest pain or angina is an MRI scan according to research we funded.

An AI-enabled stethoscope can help doctors pick up three heart conditions in just 15 seconds, according to the results of a real-world trial part-funded by us and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Madrid.

The Garfield Weston Foundation has donated £500,000 to the BHF's flagship 4-year PhD programme, aimed at supporting the training and research of the next generation of cardiovascular scientists.

Michelle was in her mid-twenties when she collapsed and was subsequently found to have a faulty mitral valve. Since then, she’s undergone 13 heart surgeries.

RESEARCH

Keele University | Dr Vinoj George

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited heart muscle disease. In ARVC, heart muscle cells – cardiomyocytes – often do not stick together properly because of one or more genetic mutations that affect cell to ce...

BHF-funded researchers have developed a new way of analysing information from MRI heart scans which could help doctors spot people at risk of dying from a sudden cardiac arrest in the inherited heart condition Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). HCM is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people.