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Thanks to relentless research, we’ve improved and saved the lives of thousands of people living with an inherited heart condition.

RESEARCH

University of Edinburgh | Professor Matthew Bailey

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart and circulatory disease and it affects millions of people in the UK. Having too much salt in our diet can lead to high blood pressure, so it’s important that we try to limit our int...

We collaborate and work in partnership with patients and other organisations across our policy priorities.

Patrick McCann shares the emotional difficulties he experienced growing up with a heart condition and reveals how gratitude, meditation, and volunteering have helped him.

RESEARCH

University College London | Dr Vishwanie Budhram-Mahadeo

Dr Vishwanie Budhram Mahadeo from University College London is studying a protein called Brn-3b, to find out if this protein could hold the key to preventing stiffness of the heart’s major artery. The aorta is a large, elastic blood ves...

We were honoured to be one of the chosen beneficiaries of the fifth annual Arora Ball alongside Diabetes UK and Thames Hospice.

RESEARCH

University of Bristol | Professor Alastair Poole

Supervised by Professor Alastair Poole, a PhD student is studying what keeps platelets - small blood cells that stick together and form clots when you are injured – working normally. Understanding how platelets work will mean that we can f...

RESEARCH

University of Leeds | Professor Peter J Grant

Although blood clotting is an important response to injury, under certain circumstances a blood clot called a thrombus can grow in a blood vessel, blocking the flow of blood and even breaking free from the vessel wall. A thrombus in the cir...

Protein and exercise

We’re sending huge congratulations to the 2022 winner of The Great British Bake Off – BHF-funded researcher Dr Syabira Yusoff.