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  • New AI tool can predict heart failure at least five years before it develops

    Researchers we've funded have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict someone's chance of developing heart failure at least five years before it develops.

  • Is a heart attack hereditary?

    If someone in your family has a heart attack, are you at risk too? Our nurses explain.

  • How often should I see my cardiologist?

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

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    We explain what erectile dysfunction is, the causes of it, the links with coronary heart disease and the medicines for erectile dysfunction treatment.

  • PUBLICATION

    You can count on us

    Booklet, 10 pages, published on 16/10/2018

    A simple guide giving a short overview of the range of free support services BHF offer to those with, or at risk of, heart and circulatory disease.

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  • RESEARCH

    Making the heart sensitive to insulin, to treat heart failure

    University of Dundee | Dr Li Kang

    Insulin is an important hormone that helps control blood sugar (glucose) levels. Many people with heart failure have some level of ‘insulin resistance’, which stops them metabolising glucose efficiently. Heart cells rely on energy from gluc...

  • Out of hospital cardiac arrest survival rates remain low in England latest data shows

    Stark new figures for cardiac arrests in England revealed that only around eight per cent of patients survived 30 days after a cardiac arrest during 2022 – a decrease from the previous year.

  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)

    Learn more about implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) including how an ICD works, who needs an ICD, how an ICD is fitted, what it's like living with an ICD, who you can talk to about your worries, and download our publications about ICDs.

  • RESEARCH

    Early life influences on heart health

    University of Oxford | Professor Paul Leeson

    Professor Paul Leeson at the University of Oxford has been awarded a Senior Clinical Research Fellowship to investigate how early life influences, like being born prematurely, could affect heart health later on in life. Professor Leeson...

  • RESEARCH

    How does COPD increase the risk of heart failure?

    University of Manchester | Dr Christopher Miller

    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the name for a group of conditions that cause severe breathing difficulties. A third of people with COPD also have heart failure. You might expect this to be because the two diseases share ris...