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We’re all used to seeing rails of clothing and corners of books in our local charity shops, but this summer, we have revealed five items you might not expect to find but have made some shoppers very very happy!

Over the past 60 years, BHF support has enabled the training of generations of researchers and supported world-leading scientists to make discoveries that have helped save and improve people’s lives.

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University of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans

Patients with atherosclerosis have damaged arteries, caused by a gradual build-up of fat within the artery wall. The body’s immune cells invade the artery wall to remove the fat but can get trapped there, forming a plaque. Plaque is made up...

CPVT is a rare inherited heart rhythm disturbance found in young people and children.

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University of Bristol | Professor Harry Mellor

Professor Harry Mellor and his colleagues at the University of Bristol are studying blood vessel growth to try to reveal new ways to help people with blood vessel disease. Angiogenesis - where new blood vessels are formed from pre-existin...

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A new study, led by researchers we fund at the University of Leeds, has revealed the global impact of Covid-19 on global cardiac services.

RESEARCH

University of Oxford | Professor Dr Jemma Hopewell

Currently we can reduce the risk of people dying from heart disease by reducing blood cholesterol levels using drugs such as statins, controlling blood pressure and diabetes, and encouraging people to stop smoking. We can use several approa...