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How Integrated Care Systems are tackling cardiovascular prevention
We’ve partnered with The King’s Fund to explore how Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are working to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) across England.
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RESEARCH
Finding a way to get more people with heart failure to start cardiac rehabilitationUniversity of Leicester | Professor Sally Singh
Heart failure means that the heart is unable to pump enough blood around the body to keep a person fit and well. Symptoms include shortness of breath, tiredness, leg swelling, and difficulty being active. Heart failure is a lifelong conditi...
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Major review of statins evidence by BHF Professor shows benefits of drug
A major review, led by BHF Professor Sir Rory Collins and published in The Lancet, suggests the benefits of statins have been underestimated and their potential harms exaggerated, due to failings in acknowledging the evidence from randomised trials and the limitations of other types of studies.
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Waiting lists for heart patients continue to rise, NHS figures show
Hospital waiting lists continue to rise steadily, according to latest NHS England figures.
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Contraception, pregnancy and pre-eclampsia
Read our information on contraception, blood clot risk, getting pregnant with a heart condition, genetic testing, pre-eclampsia risk and support.
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RESEARCH
Searching for causes and treatments of cardiac ATTR amyloidosisUniversity College London | Dr J Paul Simons
Dr J Paul Simons and his team at University College London are studying a condition called cardiac ATTR amyloidosis, where abnormal amounts of a material called amyloid builds up between the muscle cells of the heart. Too much amyloid bui...
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Developing a new heart valve that lasts longer and resembles human tissueUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Geoffrey Moggridge
Dr Geoffrey Moggridge and his team want to develop a new heart valve that lasts longer and improves the quality of life for people who need a valve replacement. Currently, replacement heart valves are not perfect – there is an increased ...
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RESEARCH
Using sugar-coated proteins to trick the immune system in heart transplantsKing's College London | Professor Giovanna Lombardi
The success of heart transplants in people with heart failure is limited because of late-stage organ rejection and the side effects of giving people immunosuppressive drugs. Scientists are therefore looking for ways to adapt the immune sys...
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Rebecca's story: "I thought I was having a heart attack but pushed that thought away"
Rebecca tells us how she wrote off her chest pain for a day while having a heart attack.