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Rachel Boothroyd was working as a successful lawyer in the city when she felt something was wrong with her body. "I thought heart disease was a risk I could manage – I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I watch what I eat. I thought I could stay on top of it, but heart disease came into my life as it does for so many people. It’s one of the biggest killers in the UK."

High blood pressure is a major cause of heart attack and stroke, but most of us don't even know the facts. Senior cardiac nurse Julie Ward explains.

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University of Bristol | Dr Stephen Harmer

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a condition that can cause an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) due to abnormal electrical activity in the heart. An inherited form of LQTS, called long QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1), is a cause of sudden cardiac deat...

Reducing the nation’s blood pressure and cholesterol levels helped prevent over 20,000 people from dying prematurely from coronary heart disease according to a new study.

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University of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein

Understanding different types of heart failure and testing new drugs could reveal new treatment options for these patients, and help them feel better and live longer. Between a third and a half of people with heart failure have 'Heart Failu...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans have found heart damage in around 50 per cent of patients whose blood tests had shown they had some degree of heart injury whilst hospitalised with severe Covid-19 infections.

We have responded to reports of average ambulance waits of over an hour for heart attack and stroke patients.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Hugh Markus

Professor Hugh Markus and colleagues at the University of Cambridge are studying cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), a disease of the small blood vessels in the brain. The condition causes a quarter of all strokes and underlies vascular de...

Right now, it’s estimated that there are 620,000 people in the UK carrying a faulty gene that could kill them. A gene that puts you at high risk of premature coronary heart disease and sudden cardiac arrest.

Researchers have found that a simple blood test could be used to screen certain patients for a heart condition known as atrial fibrillation (AF).