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The BHF and leading cardiovascular research funders have joined forces to advance research into the world’s biggest killers, including heart attack and stroke.

BHF’s Senior Cardiac Nurse explains how to choose the best heart rate monitor and how accurate they are.

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University of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a scanning technique that uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce pictures of organs and tissues in the body. A fundamental principle of MRI is that the magnetic field remains fixed – u...

Help and advice if you're feeling depressed after a heart attack or heart surgery, or if you have been told you have a heart or circulatory condition.

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University of East Anglia | Professor Andrea E Munsterberg

Professor Andrea Munsterberg is working out which molecules and signals play a role in heart formation in the developing embryo. Early on, immature cells that will form the heart, called progenitor ‘master’ cells, are instructed by signa...

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills

Every year thousands of people in the UK are diagnosed as having had a heart attack. It is not always easy to confirm a heart attack has occurred, because the nature and severity of symptoms varies. One of the tests doctors use analyses blo...

Globally-renowned surgeon and former British Heart Foundation Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub has been honoured with a red plaque from the BHF at Harefield Hospital

Our expert answers your question on sunbathing if you have heart failure, including staying hydrated and using sunscreen.

Patients could receive a greater benefit from open heart surgery thanks to a new computer model aimed at helping surgeons to better calculate risk and decide whether it’s safe to operate.