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The British Heart Foundation has paid tribute to the life and work of BHF Professor Alan Williams, who sadly died on 4th May 2020. Professor Williams held one of the highest accolades awarded by the BHF, the Sir Thomas Lewis Chair of Cardiovascular Science, which he held from 2007 until his retirement in September 2019.

Learn more about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), one of the most common types of abnormal heart rhythm and a major cause of stroke.

Find out what to expect when it comes to seeing an NHS cardiologist for common heart and circulatory conditions.

A cardioversion aims to get your abnormal heart rhythm back to normal. It is a type of treatment used for heart conditions.

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University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

The heart’s ability to pump blood round the body depends on co-ordinated electrical activity generated by small proteins in heart cells called ‘ion channels’. When blood flow to the heart is blocked off, for example, because of coronary hea...

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Cardiff University | Dr Nia Thomas

Dr Nia Lowri Thomas and her team at Cardiff University are studying the processes that control how heart muscle cells contract during each heartbeat and what goes wrong in abnormal heart rhythms. For heart muscle cells to contract, calci...

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Imperial College London | Dr Sonya Babu Narayan

Thanks to advances in treatment, most babies born with congenital heart disease survive to adulthood but many are at risk of sudden death from unexpected heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmia). Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan has been awarded an Int...

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Imperial College London | Professor Prapa Kanagaratnam

Dr Prapa Kanagaratnam and his team at Imperial College London are working out if a new ablation protocol to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) can help people avoid the need to attend hospital. AF is the most common type of abnormal heart r...

Brugada syndrome is a rare, and often hidden, inherited heart condition putting people at risk of sudden death. BHF-funded Dr Elijah Behr has dedicated his research career to finding out more about the disease, with the aim of protecting families from sudden loss. Here, he tells us how he plans to improve the support and treatment of Brugada sufferers.

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Dr Benjamin O'Brien

Dr Benjamin O’Brien and his team at Queen Mary, University of London are finding out if giving people potassium after heart surgery could prevent an abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation (AF) from developing. Many doctors believ...