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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is when a tear appears in the wall of a coronary artery, which supplies blood to your heart. In some cases this can lead to a heart attack.

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University of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans

Patients with atherosclerosis have damaged arteries, caused by a gradual build-up of fat within the artery wall. The body’s immune cells invade the artery wall to remove the fat but can get trapped there, forming a plaque. Plaque is made up...

Toxic air is all around us, even when we can't see it. But don’t let its invisibility fool you - BHF research has shown that fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 is a triple threat. We explore just how exactly air pollutants can harm your health, and how our work aims to protect peoples' health.

Find out more about the anatomy and function of the heart and circulatory system. Have a look through our pictures of the heart and learn more about what it takes to keep our blood pumping.

Find out how the BHF is funding scientists to investigate which drugs can be repurposed to treat people with heart and circulatory disease.

A cardiac rehabilitation programme can help you get back to being able to enjoy life to its fullest. We explain the different ways it can help.

We look behind the headlines about new draft guidelines on who could be offered statins.

Being active can help you prepare for surgery and improve your recovery. Rachael Healy puts common questions to two experts.

Over three days in Manchester, scientists unveiled the very latest in heart and circulatory disease research at this year’s British Cardiovascular Society conference. Some of the brightest minds from the UK and around the world came together to share their latest work. Here are seven things we learned.

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Keele University | Professor Kelvin Jordan

Every year, up to two in every hundred adults in the UK visit their GP because of chest pain for the first time. GPs may refer people at risk of heart disease for further tests. For others, chest pain may be caused by a problem with the foo...