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A cheap and simple test, being developed with funding from us, is allowing quick and safe monitoring in children with a potentially deadly heart condition at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

According to new research that we part-funded, statins lower the risk of heart attack and stroke in all ages, including older people over the age of 75.

We are funding a new study at The University of Oxford that could help prevent young people from suffering a fatal cardiac arrest due to a rare inherited heart disease.

BHF-funded researchers have found that a single dose of vaccine boosts protection against coronavirus variants, but only in those with previous Covid-19.

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Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Laura Green

During heart surgery, about one in five patients are at risk of experiencing a major bleed which requires a blood transfusion. During bleeds, doctors often give these patients a product called fresh-frozen-plasma (FFP), which is made up of ...

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University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

The epicardium is the outside layer of the heart. It is made up of cells that are essential for normal heart development. If these cells could be switched on in adults who have sustained a heart injury, it may be possible to encourage heart...

Amy Millns had an S-ICD inserted after she suffered a cardiac arrest in her sleep. She tells us how she regained confidence in her body.

Find out how Katharine's favourite hobby helped her to recover after suffering aortic dissection and stroke.

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King's College London | Professor Simon Redwood

Supervised by Professor Simon Redwood, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is studying angina, chest pain that occurs when the blood supply to the heart muscle is restricted. Coronary heart disease – when the arteries supplying the h...

Find out how BHF-funded researchers are using heart CT scans to help prevent, diagnose and treat heart disease.