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Imperial College London | Dr Adrian Chester

Researchers are searching for a non-surgical way to treat stiffened heart valves. The one-way flow of blood around the heart is maintained by valves. These flaps of tissue are pushed open by blood flowing in the correct direction, and sn...

A tool created by the BHF and the Strategy Unit illustrates the socioeconomic inequalities along the coronary heart disease (CHD) pathway for the first time.

2021 edition of our statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics).

We are determined to protect families with hidden heart conditions from a devastating loss. We’ve committed around £20 million of research to help develop new tests and treatments for families with inherited heart conditions, and understand why some people are at greater risk of sudden death.

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University of Leeds | Professor Khalid Naseem

Dr Kerrie Smith and her colleagues at the University of Leeds are studying why a protein called fibrinogen undergoes a chemical process called phosphorylation, and why high levels of phosphorylated fibrinogen are found in people with athero...

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University of Oxford | Professor Stefan Neubauer

Every cell in our body needs energy to work. A molecule called creatine helps to store and transfer the energy that heart muscle cells need to contract, and is controlled by an enzyme called creatine kinase. Scientists believe that increasi...

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University of Leicester | Dr Jonathon Willets

Dr John Willets and Professor John Challiss from the University of Leicester have been awarded a 2-year grant to study the behaviour of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC’s), which form an important part of the structure and function of the...

Our 2015 statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics).

As National Heart Month begins, we are calling for a new focus on heart disease in Scotland, underpinned by the required investment.

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King's College London | Dr Gian De Nicola

Dr Gian De Nicola is a structural biologist. He examines the shape and size of biological molecules like proteins, and tries to determine how their shape is related to their function in the body. He has been working in Professor Michael Mar...