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Heart scans have come a long way, from echocardiography to CT scans and cardiac MRI. Discover how these technologies are helping patients.

Male endurance athletes who have spent decades training and competing are more likely to develop scarring in their hearts and may be at higher risk of abnormal heart rhythms, according to research we've funded.

Amyloidosis is a serious condition that can lead to problems with the heart and other organs. Now BHF research is discovering that it might be more common than previously thought

BHF and Sky Bet launch ‘Show Your Heart’ this Heart Month to encourage lifesaving CPR training through the free RevivR tool, aiming to train 500,000 people in just 15 minutes as part of the Every Minute Matters campaign.

BHF-funded researchers are using stem cell ‘heart-in-a-dish’ technology - originally created to explore potential treatments for heart failure - to help understand how and why coronavirus (Covid-19) impacts the heart.

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University of East Anglia | Professor Andrea E Munsterberg

Supervised by Professor Andrea Munsterberg, the PhD student on this project is working out how microRNAs are involved in heart development. Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, is present in all living cells and acts as a messenger, carrying instr...

Discover four game-changing research projects the British Heart Foundation is funding.

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University of Bristol | Dr Rebecca Richardson

One of the ways the heart repairs itself after a heart attack is by making new blood vessels to restore blood flow to the injured cells as they recover. Damaged cells can send tiny packages, called extracellular vesicles, which contain code...

Weak handshake could be sign of a failing heart. Hand grip strength could be used as a simple measure of heart health, according to new research published today in PLOS ONE and funded by the BHF.

Differences in the heart’s structure could explain why men and women have different risk of heart conditions