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A simple digital photograph of the back of the eye can predict a major cardiovascular event set to happen in the next decade with 70 per cent accuracy, according to research part funded by us

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University College London | Dr Catherine Roberts

Our vital organs require constant nourishment with oxygen and nutrients via their blood supply. The heart’s blood supply is delivered through the coronary arteries, and if one of these becomes blocked in coronary artery disease, it causes a...

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University of Manchester | Dr Halina Dobrzynski

The heart has an electrical wiring system called the ‘cardiac conduction system’ (CCS), which is responsible for the start and coordination of each heartbeat. When this system goes wrong it results in a slow heart rate – a type of arrhythmi...

Scientists have discovered that a compound found in green tea, currently being studied for its ability to reduce amyloid plaques in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease, also breaks up and dissolves potentially dangerous protein plaques found in the blood vessels.

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University of Birmingham | Dr Neena Kalia

A heart attack occurs when an artery supplying blood to the heart becomes blocked, starving part of the heart of its blood supply. These arteries are just a few millimetres in diameter, but are large enough to be assessed by the angiogram e...

Bored with breakfast? Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor presents five quick and easy ideas to make you fall in love with your morning meal.

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University of Oxford | Dr Kerstin Timm

BHF Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Kerstin Timm is finding out how an anti-cancer drug called doxorubicin damages the heart, and if we can prevent this damage. Doxorubicin has significantly increased survival ra...

We've joined forces with the family of Miles Frost, who died age 31 of an undiagnosed heart condition. The Miles Frost Fund will help to fund a genetic test for families at risk of the inherited condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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University of Manchester | Professor Stuart M Allan

Stroke is a devastating condition which occurs when blood supply to the brain is limited. It can occur when a clot blocks the brains blood supply and is made worse by inflammation of the blood vessels in the brain. Von Willebrand Factor (v...

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University of Oxford | Dr Nicola Smart

Oxford researchers are advancing their quest to boost natural processes to help hearts repair themselves after a heart attack. In a heart attack, large portions of the heart are deprived of blood flow. This injures these areas of the heart...