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Ambulance waiting times for heart attacks and strokes on rise again
Latest NHS England figures reveal average ambulance response time for category 2 calls (which includes suspected heart attacks and strokes) have risen to 51 minutes in England. The target is 18 minutes.
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Protective proteins in heart failureUniversity of Manchester | Dr Xin Wang
Heart failure is a devastating condition which affects over half a million people in the UK, and there is currently no cure. Scientists are trying to find new ways to repair the damage to heart muscle using stem cells, or help the heart to ...
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Simple neck scan could detect men at risk of heart failure
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.
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Politicians in Northern Ireland and Scotland share impact of living with cardiovascular disease for BHF red bench campaign
Keep Us Beating, the new campaign by BHF to highlight the shocking fact that every 3 minutes someone in the UK dies from cardiovascular disease, has been reinforced by an extended campaign in the devolved nations.
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Repairing the heart
Heart failure cannot be cured. To change that, we’ve been funding research into ways to repair or regrow damaged heart tissue.
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BHF responds to improved ambulance waiting times for heart attacks and strokes
Average ambulance response times for heart attacks and strokes were an hour faster in January than the previous month, new NHS England figures reveal.
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How to keep platelets under control and prevent inappropriate activation in diseaseKing's College London | Dr Kalwant S Authi
Platelets are a type of cell in our blood that are very important for stopping bleeding after an injury. Damage to blood vessels triggers a rapid series of signalling events which activates platelets, causing them to stick together and f...
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Genetics hold the key for blood vessel disease diagnosis
New genetic causes of ‘rare’ diseases, including pulmonary arterial hypertension, have been discovered by technology reading whole genomes in pioneering research that the BHF part-funded.
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Searching for a new way to improve heart function in heart failure, without causing irregular heart rhythmsUniversity of Glasgow | Professor George Baillie
The damage to the heart muscle caused by a heart attack can lead to heart failure, a condition where the heart cannot pump blood around the body efficiently. Beta blockers are a common medicine used to treat this condition. They block the a...
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How acid transport proteins affect the heartUniversity of Oxford | Dr Pawel Swietach
Living cells naturally generate acid while carrying out the processes that allow them to do their respective jobs. This acid is toxic to the body, so it is transported out of cells into the bloodstream, and removed by the lungs and kidneys....