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RESEARCH
Danger signals and dendritic cells in coronary heart diseaseQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Maria Paula Longhi
In this Intermediate Research Fellowship, Dr Paula Longhi, working at Queen Mary, University of London, will investigate how dendritic cells of the immune system contribute to atherosclerosis, the disease that underlies coronary heart disea...
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Living with congenital heart disease as an adult
Hear a personal experience of growing up with a heart condition and transitioning to adult services.
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Research shows broken heart syndrome causes long lasting heart damage
A condition once thought to temporarily cause heart failure in people who experience severe stress might actually cause longer-lasting damage to the heart muscle, according to new research that we've funded.
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Child heart disease may be more likely if mother has anaemia during pregnancy
Mothers who are anaemic in the first 100 days of pregnancy have a much higher chance of having a child with congenital heart disease, according to new research funded by us and published in the journal BJOG.
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Growing gap in early heart disease death rates between poorest and richest in England
The rate at which people are dying before the age of 75 from heart disease is rising more than twice as quickly in the poorest parts of England, we have revealed.
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BHF NI welcomes the return of Stormont Assembly to prioritise heart disease care
BHF NI welcomes the return of Stormont Assembly to prioritise heart disease care
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Using mathematics to predict the future for heart and circulatory diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Dr Peter Scarborough
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Peter Scarborough is developing a new computer model that can predict heart and circulatory disease rates until 2030. In recent years the influence of risk factors for heart and circulato...
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Our heart age tool reveals four in five people have hearts older than their actual age
According to our research nearly 80 per cent of people over the age of 30 have a heart older than their actual age, putting them at higher risk of a potentially fatal heart attack or stroke.
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9 things we learnt at the UK's largest heart conference
Our top picks from the British Cardiovascular Society conference 2021, where leading cardiologists and researchers presented fascinating research.
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Working out how our genes affect our risk of coronary heart diseaseQueen Mary, University of London | Professor Panos Deloukas
Professor Panos Deloukas and his team at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry are carrying out very large genetic studies called genome-wide association studies (GWAS). They are working out how variations in our genes contr...