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University of Cambridge | Dr Paola Caruso

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but lethal disease of high blood pressure in the lungs. This high pressure puts a strain on the person’s heart, which struggles to cope and which can lead to heart failure. The precise cause o...

This is our first statistical publication to focus solely on children and young people. All of our statistical publications are produced in collaboration with the University of Oxford.

Researchers part-funded by the BHF have found 107 new gene regions associated with high blood pressure, potentially enabling doctors to identify at-risk patients and target treatments.

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University College London | Dr Gaby Captur

Researchers are adding vital new data to a long-running study revealing how individual circumstances impact our lifelong heart health. In 1946, over 5,000 parents enrolled their new babies in the MRC National Survey of Health and Develop...

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University of Bristol | Dr Stephen Harmer

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a condition that can cause an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) due to abnormal electrical activity in the heart. An inherited form of LQTS, called long QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1), is a cause of sudden cardiac deat...

We are calling for a greater focus, investment, and support into cardiac services in Scotland.

Professor Sven Plein, based at the University of Leeds, has been named BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging.

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University College London | Professor Christiana Ruhrberg

Damage or disease in our blood vessels can lead to heart attacks, strokes or problems with the limbs or vision. Stem cell research – part of a field known as ‘regenerative medicine’ - offers hope for a new approach to treating these conditi...

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Imperial College London | Professor Dr Thomas Brand

‘Popeye’ proteins are a newly discovered group of molecules in the outer surface of the cell, the cell membrane. They play a role in helping the heart rate to change in response to stress by interacting with other proteins (channels and pum...

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Imperial College London | Professor James Moore

Professor James Moore is supervising a PhD student looking at the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries. Most fatty deposits (called plaques) have inflammation as a hallmark, and all inflammati...