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University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills

Damage to the cells that line our blood vessels (endothelial cells) result in formation of fatty deposits in the walls of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and can cause angina or a heart attack. In this fellowship, Dr Mills proposes to use st...

Coronary heart disease is when your coronary arteries become narrowed by a gradual build-up of fatty material within their walls. Find out more about the causes, prevention and treatment of CHD

A 90-year-old consensus on the mechanisms which regulate the day-night rhythm in heart rate has been challenged by research from the University of Manchester, funded by us.

Research funded by us has led to EU-approved artificial intelligence technology that can identify people at high risk of a fatal heart attack years before it strikes.

A major review, led by BHF Professor Sir Rory Collins and published in The Lancet, suggests the benefits of statins have been underestimated and their potential harms exaggerated, due to failings in acknowledging the evidence from randomised trials and the limitations of other types of studies.

People with heart-failure who are at high risk of heart rhythm problems shouldn’t have to wait to be fitted with a lifesaving implantable cardioverter defibrillator, according to research we’ve funded.

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University of Oxford | Professor Stefan Neubauer

Every cell in our body needs energy to work. A molecule called creatine helps to store and transfer the energy that heart muscle cells need to contract, and is controlled by an enzyme called creatine kinase. Scientists believe that increasi...

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University of Nottingham | Dr Vera Ralevic

Every year thousands of people suffer a heart attack, which starves the heart of oxygen. To help preserve its function, the heart and circulatory system respond by undergoing various changes that attempt to reduce the damage. One of these i...

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University of Manchester | Dr Paul Kingston

Dr Paul Kingston and his colleagues at the University of Manchester are looking for ways to prevent complications in people who have coronary artery bypass grafting surgery to treat coronary artery disease. The most common vein used in ...

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St George's, University of London | Professor Anthony Albert

This studentship will research how calcium sensing receptors found on the surface of cells lining the blood vessels (endothelial cells) regulate contraction and relaxation of blood vessels. The team believes that one way in which calcium s...