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Discover why autoimmune conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis increase heart attack and stroke risk. Learn how you can protect your heart.

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University College London | Dr Thomas Treibel

The aortic valve controls blood flow from the heart into the body’s main artery: the aorta. Aortic stenosis is the narrowing of this valve. In severe cases, surgery is needed to replace it. Around half of people with severe aortic stenosis ...

New artificial intelligence technology could lead to the next generation of heart MRI scans to enable doctors better diagnose people with a range of heart muscle diseases, according to research we part-funded.

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University of Manchester | Dr Ashraf Kitmitto

Heart complications are a major cause of death in people with diabetes and these complications are often associated with abnormal contraction of the heart. A protein called the ryanodine receptor (RyR) helps to control heart contraction by ...

Coronary heart disease is when your coronary arteries become narrowed by a gradual build-up of fatty material within their walls. Find out more about the causes, prevention and treatment of CHD

We've joined forces with the family of Miles Frost, who died age 31 of an undiagnosed heart condition. The Miles Frost Fund will help to fund a genetic test for families at risk of the inherited condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Read about our research into regenerative medicine, and the projects looking at healing hearts by repairing or creating new heart muscle.

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University of Cambridge | Professor Richard Farndale

Professor Richard Farndale is working out how to replace heart muscle tissue that has been irreversibly damaged, for instance, after a heart attack. Replacing this lost heart muscle could save many lives. In this project, Professor Farnd...

More people in the West Midlands will be screened for a deadly inherited heart condition called HCM thanks to new funding from the Miles Frost Fund and the BHF.

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University of Oxford | Dr Mathilda Mommersteeg

During a heart attack, blood vessels supplying the heart muscle become blocked, starving the heart of oxygen. The affected heart muscle tissue dies, and the damaged tissue is replaced by scar tissue that doesn’t function like healthy heart ...