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New research that we're funding at The University of Manchester has the potential to help patients stay out of hospital. By monitoring data collected by pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), researchers hope to use patients' activity levels to predict when they might be becoming ill, and intervene before a hospital stay becomes necessary.

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University of Leeds | Dr Richard J Pease

Blood clots prevent excess bleeding from cuts to the skin, but they can also be dangerous. For example, heart attacks, many strokes, and deep vein thrombosis all occur when clots form inside a blood vessel in the body. The main component ...

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University of Oxford | Professor Paul Leeson

Professor Paul Leeson and colleagues from the University of Oxford will spend three years characterising the potential effects of premature birth on the long-term health of the heart and circulatory function. Nearly 10% of deliveries worldw...

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Right now, it’s estimated that there are 620,000 people in the UK carrying a faulty gene that could kill them. A gene that puts you at high risk of premature coronary heart disease and sudden cardiac arrest.

The number of people calling our Heart Helpline has doubled on average since the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19), with a spike this week following new lockdown rules.

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University of Bristol | Professor Ingeborg Hers

Coronary heart disease is caused by a process called atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis occurs when fatty plaques build up inside artery walls. If a plaque breaks off it may cause a blood clot in arteries supplying the heart or brain, a heart...

The Budget’s boost for the NHS to help limit the impact of coronavirus was vital, but much more must be done to protect the nation’s heart health, the BHF says today. The Government’s first Budget was delivered by new Chancellor Rishi Sunak.