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Learn about the flu and how it affects you if you live with a heart condition, including whether the flu will impact on your medication, how long it lasts, getting vaccinated and tips to help with the symptoms.

The BHF-funded RITA3 trial aimed to find out the best way of treating patients with a suspected partial blockage in blood flow to their heart.

Birmingham researchers awarded project grant to explore use of digoxin, found in foxgloves, for heart failure and atrial fibrillation treatments.

A new clinical trial that we've funded could help improve the recovery of children who undergo life-saving heart surgery.

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Imperial College London | Professor Cesare M N Terracciano

Every year, a significant number of deaths are caused by heart failure in the UK. This research to understand if mechanical devices could help hearts to repair themselves could reveal new ways to treat patients in the future. Scientists ...

Scientists at the University of Manchester have this week published research, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) which shows, for the first time, possible genetic causes of a serious congenital heart condition, Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF).

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King's College London | Professor Michael Marber

Only about ten per cent of people in accident and emergency departments with chest pain will be having a heart attack. Professor Michael Marber is trying to find better ways to diagnose them. Currently, doctors identify heart attack pati...

BHF researchers develop a heart ‘fingerprint’ to tailor personalised treatment for people at high risk of deadly heart attack.

Researchers that we part-fund have found that being overweight or obese increases a person’s risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) by up to 28% compared to those with a healthy body weight, even if they have healthy blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels.