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Heart of the Tyne Business Board
Heart of the Tyne Business Board is a group of local business leaders who are raising funds to support BHF’s lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseaases.
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RESEARCH
Understanding structural changes and altered calcium signalling in the ageing and failing heartUniversity of Manchester | Dr Ashraf Kitmitto
Dr Ashraf Kitmitto and her collaborative team at the University of Manchester are keen to understand why elderly people are prone to heart failure and identify the changes taking place in the heart that lead to disease. Heart failure can oc...
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Understanding why a hole in the heart increase risk of irregular heart rhythmsKing's College London | Professor Mark O Neill
Some babies are born with a hole in the wall between the two top chambers of their heart. This is known as an atrial septal defect (ASD). The hearts of people with ASDs often become stiffer through a process called fibrosis, which can lead ...
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RESEARCH
Reconstructing heart development to understand what causes congenital heart defectsUniversity College London | Professor Claudio Stern
The human heart begins as a simple tube, which loops and folds itself to form a four-chambered heart, containing many different types of cells. This process of embryonic development in the womb sometimes goes wrong, causing congenital heart...
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Heart failure – HOPE-HF
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy pacemakers can be used to help improve heart failure symptoms. The HOPE-HF trial tested a new way of carrying out this pacing, called His bundle pacing
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How are bones and the heart connected?
There are 206 bones in the human body – ranging in size from the tiniest, found in your ear, to the largest, in your thigh. We have just one heart – roughly the size of your fist – in our chest and continuously pumping about eight pints of blood. 206 bones and only one heart. But how are the two connected? Does the quality of your bones affect your heart?
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Research reveals striking inequalities in NHS heart care
Research we've funded, published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, has revealed the stark inequalities that exist in NHS heart care and how delays to care are costing lives.
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PUBLICATION
Understanding heart failureBooklet, 64 pages, published on 14/06/2024
This booklet can help you and your loved ones understand what a diagnosis of heart failure means. It includes information on diagnosis, causes, treatment and living with a heart condition. As well as steps you can take to look after your heart, and where to get support. Order or download it for free. You can also order it in large print.
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Young Heart Hero
This award celebrates young fundraisers, advocates and heart patients who have done amazing things in support of BHF’s lifesaving work.
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Remotely monitoring patients after a heart attack cuts hospital readmissions and improves outcomes
Remote monitoring for patients who have recently had a heart attack reduces A&E attendance and prevents readmissions to hospital, according to research funded by us.