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Cardiac arrest vs heart attack: what's the difference?
Many cardiac arrests in adults happen because of a heart attack. Our animation explain the difference and what to do in these emergencies.
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Scotland research
Thanks to the fantastic generosity of our supporters, we’ve funded some of the most important research breakthroughs in heart and circulatory diseases.
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Predicting the success of stents and surgery in people with heart failureKing's College London | Professor Divaka Perera
Heart failure caused by narrowing of arteries in the heart is a common form of heart failure in the UK. This either leads to irreversible scarring of the heart muscle or causes the heart muscle to enter a state called myocardial hibernation...
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The role of cell death in heart failureKing's College London | Professor Kinya Otsu
In the healthy heart, muscle cells link together, forming regular structures that pull together to cause the heart to pump. In heart failure, some of these cells die; weakening the heart and making it work harder to get oxygen-rich blood to...
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Could heart fibroblast cells help to repair damage?Imperial College London | Professor Prakash P Punjabi
Supervised by Prakash Punjabi, a Clinical Research Training Fellow is studying cells within the heart called fibroblasts and how they can support the growth of new heart tissue. Fibroblasts help the body to repair itself after injury. But ...
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What is a silent heart attack?
Find out why some heart attacks are ‘silent’ with Professor Tim Chico.
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Wales: NCD prevention report
NCDs (such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, lung disease, and liver disease) are responsible for at least 20,000 deaths every year in Wales - more than half of all deaths. But, as research progresses, the BHF have come to understand that many of these deaths and morbidities can be prevented.
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Urgent need to improve survival for heart attack patients with pre-existing conditions
Patients who are living with other illnesses are likely to survive for significantly shorter times after a heart attack, according to new research that we've part-funded.
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Is the epicardium a good target for new drugs to encourage heart repair?University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley
Heart muscle cannot repair itself after injury, e.g. after a heart attack, so scientists are working to repair it using new heart muscle cells. BHF Professor Paul Riley and colleagues (University of Oxford and University College London) hav...
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Heart attack treatment - CvLPRIT
The team behind the CvLPRIT trial wanted to find out if all narrowed vessels should be reopened during angioplasty to treat a heart attack.