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Takotsubo syndrome
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, is a condition where your heart muscle becomes suddenly weakened, usually because of severe emotional or physical stress. Learn about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
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Your guide to 11 different types of blood tests
Read our list of the most common blood tests you may have and what they reveal about the body.
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Atrial septal defect
Learn more about atrial septal defects including the types, what causes them, treatments, and how to live with one.
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RESEARCH
The atrioventricular node - unravelling the intricacies behind our heart beatUniversity of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox
Research that reveals more about how the heartbeat is controlled is important to our understanding of how the heart works and could potentially reveal new ways to treat some types of irregular heartbeat (arrhythmias). Our heart is divide...
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RESEARCH
Making ‘virtual’ hearts to personalise treatment for abnormal heart rhythms.King's College London | Dr Martin Bishop
Our bodies and hearts are all unique, and treatments and procedures that work for one person may not be right for another. Many researchers are trying to develop new ways to understand this variation between individuals to allow them to pro...
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Heart research breakthroughs this autumn
BHF research breakthroughs from Europe’s biggest heart conference.
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Transposition of the great arteries (TGA)
Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a type of congenital heart disease, which means it’s something you’re born with. Learn more about transposition of the great arteries, including what it is, its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, CCTGA and living with TGA.
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Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD): your questions answered
Learn how left ventricular assist devices treat heart failure. Consultant Cardiologist Dr Stephen Pettit explains how they are put in, how they work, and about life with an LVAD.
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Heart failure
Heart failure is a condition where your heart can’t pump blood around your body as well as it should. It doesn’t mean your heart has stopped working but you may need support to help it work better.
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RESEARCH
Refining promising techniques for guiding catheter ablation to stop atrial fibrillationUniversity of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng
Nearly 1.3 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with Atrial fibrillation (AF), making it the most common heart rhythm disturbance. Symptoms include irregular heartbeats, light-headedness and fatigue, affecting people’s quality of li...