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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.

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University of Manchester | Dr Luigi Venetucci

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a genetic disorder characterised by the onset of irregular heart rhythm during exertion. This irregular heart rhythm (often a ventricular arrhythmia) can cause collapse and sud...

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University of Bristol | Dr Stephen Harmer

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a condition that can cause an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) due to abnormal electrical activity in the heart. An inherited form of LQTS, called long QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1), is a cause of sudden cardiac deat...

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University of Birmingham | Professor Attila Sik

Irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias), greatly increase the risk of sudden death from cardiac arrest – when the heart beat suddenly stops – and the risk of heart attacks and strokes. In 2010 the most common arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, ...

Scientists have lessened symptoms of heart failure by reinstating the body’s natural heart rhythm using brain circuits made in silicon, thanks to research part-funded by us.

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University of Oxford | Professor Ming Lei

Tiny pores, or ion channels on the surface of heart muscle cells open and close to let electrically charged sodium, calcium and potassium ions flow into and out of heart cells and generate the electrical signal that spreads from the top of ...

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.

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor David Kelsell

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited disorder of heart muscle that can cause dangerous abnormal heart rhythms, heart failure and even sudden death. There is an urgent need to understand the causes and proce...

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University of Surrey | Dr Rita Jabr

Dr Rita Jabr and Professor Christopher Fry from the University of Surrey will be investigating the potentially dangerous disturbances to heart rhythm that can occur as a result of cardiac hypertrophy. Cardiac hypertrophy is enlargement of t...

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