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If you experience heart rhythm problems, or symptoms such as dizzy spells or blackouts, your doctor may suggest you have one of these tests. Find out more.

Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital heart disease where part of your aorta is narrower than it should be. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatments for coarctation of the aorta.

Your QRISK score is a valuable tool to understand your risk of heart disease. Discover what it is, how it works, and what it means for you and your health.

Research that we're funding at the University of Sheffield could make angiograms more effective and help clinicians locate blockages in coronary arteries.

Confidence is often shaken following a heart event. We get tips on recovery from those who've been there and two leading psychologists. Read more.

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University of Bath | Professor Alain Nogaret

A healthy person’s heart rate naturally varies slightly as they breathe – increasing with the ‘in’ breath, and slowing with the ‘out’ breath. In heart failure (where the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s demands), this natur...

10 things adults with congenital heart conditions want to know

People in their thirties may risk a heart attack or stroke in later life even when they have ‘normal’ blood pressure, if it’s too high or steeply rising

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University of Leeds | Dr Marlous Hall

A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked. In the UK more than 100,000 hospital admissions each year are due to heart attacks and they can be fatal. However, survival rates have improved dramaticall...