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University College London | Professor Sasiwarang Goya Wannamethee

This is the next instalment of a vital four-decade study of heart health in British men. Despite the fact that we have an ageing population, the elderly have been under-represented in studies of heart and circulatory diseases. This means w...

The best way of identifying people at high risk of coronary heart disease following chest pain or angina is an MRI scan according to research we funded.

Eating more eggs has been linked to a higher risk of heart and circulatory disease and death, but is this the full picture?

Researchers we fund at the University of Edinburgh are to use pioneering imaging techniques to investigate scarring in the heart, which could pave the way for major advances to save and improve more lives from heart disease.

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University of Oxford | Professor David Greaves

Atherosclerosis, where the inner lining of blood vessels becomes ‘furred up’ with fatty plaque, is the underlying cause of angina, heart attacks and strokes. In areas of atherosclerosis, specialist inflammatory cells are activated by the da...

We’ve supported crucial breakthroughs that have improved the care for patients with congenital heart disease, from birth to adulthood.

New genetic testing service could test up to 800 people each year potentially at risk of the deadly heart condition responsible for Miles Frost’s death. The family of Sir David Frost and the BHF have launched a new nationwide genetic testing service to identify people at risk of the inherited heart condition HCM, which killed Sir David’s son Miles.

A new study has identified 2085 excess deaths in England and Wales due to heart disease and stroke during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

An AI model can identify women at higher risk of heart disease from ECG, according to research we've funded.