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  • RESEARCH

    Identifying children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at risk of sudden cardiac death

    University College London | Dr Juan Pablo Kaski

    This clinical PhD project supervised by Dr Juan Pablo Kaski, based at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, aims to improve how doctors identify children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who are at high risk of sudden cardiac death ...

  • RESEARCH

    Developing a computer model to predict heart clots in atrial fibrillation

    University College London | Dr Giorgia M Bosi

    BHF Immediate Postdoctoral Basic Science Research Fellow Georgia Bosi is developing a new computer model that will help us understand why blood clots form in atrial fibrillation and what treatments work best. Arrhythmias happen when the...

  • Previous Clinical Study Grant Awards

    Clinical Study Grants support clinical trials and observational studies of specific patient groups. Previous awards have included a broad range of types and sizes of study, e.g. single centre pilot studies, large multi-centre trials, UK arms of international trials, sub-studies of existing trials.

  • Long QT syndrome

    Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a rare condition that affects up to 1 in 2,000 people. The condition is often inherited but can be caused by other things like medications.

  • Electrophysiological (EP) study

    This page describes how your doctor can use an Electrophysiological (EP) study to look at your heart's electrical activity, what happens during and after an EP study and the risks of having the test.

  • Ymgyrchu a dylanwadu yng Nghymru

    Cewch ddysgu am waith ym meysydd polisi, eiriol ac ymchwil i weld sut mae BHF Cymru'n ymgyrchu i wella gofal am y galon a chylchrediad y gwaed yng Nghymru.

  • Campaigning and influencing in Wales

    Learn about our policy, advocacy and research work to see how we're campaigning to improve heart and circulatory care in Wales.

  • New blood test reduces heart attack and death rates in patients attending A&E with a suspected heart attack

    A first-of-its-kind trial has found that a high sensitivity blood test in A&E can improve diagnosis for one in five patients who have a heart muscle injury. The trial, funded by us and published today in the BMJ, found that the test helped doctors to better diagnose and treat these patients, reducing death and future heart attacks in this group by almost 10 per cent after five years.

  • New £3m joint funding for cardiovascular research in Wales

    Together with Health and Care Research Wales, we have announced a significant £3m agreement to support cardiovascular research in Wales through funding for the National Cardiovascular Research Network (NCRN) at an event in Cardiff on 12 February.

  • Tests can give families of SADS victims a life saving diagnosis

    New research suggests extensive tests can diagnose hidden inherited heart conditions in families of SADS victims.