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A retired teacher who waited around 18 hours to be treated in hospital for a heart attack is among more than 40,000 people backing our campaign to fix ‘the worst heart care crisis in living memory’.

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University of Glasgow | Professor John McMurray

Heart attacks can cause permanent damage to the heart muscle. If severe, over time the heart will be weakened and unable to efficiently pump blood around the body. This is called heart failure, which is debilitating and has poor life expect...

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University College London | Dr Marianna Fontana

Amyloidosis of the heart occurs when abnormal protein molecules (amyloid) produced by bone marrow builds up in heart muscle. The amyloid causes stiffening of the heart muscle, interferes with the heart’s electrical system and reduces blood ...

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University of Edinburgh | Dr Tijana MITIC

BHF Career Re-entry Research Fellow Tijana Mitic is studying ways to restore blood supply in the legs when blood vessels become damaged, for instance in peripheral arterial disease. Peripheral arterial disease results from a build-up of...

Latest NHS England figures published today show that the heart care waiting list rose to a record high of 428,067 in August for the ninth month in a row – an increase of over 913 on the previous month.

Heart failure cannot be cured. To change that, we’ve been funding research into ways to repair or regrow damaged heart tissue.

A simple neck scan can identify men with double the risk of heart failure, according to research part-funded by us and led by University College London.

Thanks to 60 years of public support, we’ve become a global leader in funding heart and circulatory disease research, which has helped to improve and save millions of lives. But as the world responds to a pandemic on a scale unseen for a century, we’re having to work harder than ever to protect our life saving work while playing our part in fighting coronavirus (Covid-19).

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Joanna Wardlaw

Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a common disease affecting the small blood vessels of the brain. SVD is responsible for nearly half of all dementia cases and a fifth of all strokes worldwide. The cause of the disease is poorly unders...