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Heart imaging techniques already available on the NHS could be used to improve detection of underlying heart disease and treatment following a common but often overlooked type of heart attack, according to research we've funded and published in Circulation.

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Timothy Warner

Platelets are small cells that circulate in the blood. They stop bleeding from damaged blood vessels by rapidly sticking together and forming a blood clot, but if a clot forms at the wrong time it can be dangerous. Atherosclerosis is a dis...

A Leicestershire man has become the 100th person to take part in a clinical trial we are funding that hopes to improve treatment for people with heart failure.

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University of Southampton | Dr Hugh Gallagher

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, particularly in the elderly. In some cases, it can advance into life-threatening kidney problems. But the greatest health threat to most people with CKD is that it significantly increases their risk o...

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University of Glasgow | Professor Keith G Oldroyd

Coronary heart disease is caused by blockage in the coronary arteries - the vessels that supply blood to the heart muscle. Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a method of measuring pressure waves in the coronary artery to estimate the severity...

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Brunel University London | Dr Fotios Drenos

Development of a new drug is a long, expensive process. The majority are rejected during clinical trials because they are deemed unsafe or ineffective. A tool that could accurately predict the biological effects of a new drug early in its ...

Find out if taking fish oil supplements could really increase your chance of developing atrial fibrillation or having a stroke.

A heart block is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia). Learn all about the causes, different types, treatments and symptoms for this heart condition.

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University of Glasgow | Professor Gwyn Gould

Heart failure is more common in people with diabetes - but we do not fully understand why. One challenge is that it's hard to reproduce the conditions found in the diabetic heart in the laboratory, so there is a lack of experimental tools t...

This year’s nominations for our Heart Hero Awards are open so now is your time to tell us who should be recognised. Our annual Heart Hero Awards ceremony celebrates those who have shown remarkable bravery or gone above and beyond to help others while coping with devastating impact of heart and circulatory disease.