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Everyone should have access to the best available treatment and care but sadly this isn't the care. We want to end the inequality. Here we bring together statistics and research detailing the impact of inequalities on cardiovascular health.

This page describes what an echocardiogram (or echo) is, what happens during an echo and the different types of echo test that you might have.

RESEARCH

Brunel University London | Professor Ashraf William Khir

Dr Ashraf Khir from Brunel University and Professor John Pepper, from the Royal Brompton hospital (Imperial College London), are investigating how to improve an important piece of equipment used to treat heart patients, called an intra-aort...

Twelve powerful murals have been unveiled by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to highlight the tragic reality that 12 young people under the age of 35 are lost every week to sudden cardiac death in the UK.

Where should people who’ve had a cardiac arrest out of hospital be treated? The ARREST trial looked at whether they should be taken to the nearest emergency department or a specialist cardiac arrest centre.

Short-term daily doses of statins before and after heart surgery do not prevent heart muscle damage or the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), according to an international clinical trial led by the University of Oxford and funded by the BHF. Evidence could change guidelines and suggests a break from drug before and after bypass operations.

RESEARCH

University of Glasgow | Professor Godfrey L Smith

The normal heartbeat is coordinated by electrical impulses which spread rapidly through the heart. During a heart attack a blood vessel in the heart is blocked and the tissue supplied by that vessel may die, becoming replaced by scar tissue...

Professor Watkins is a clinical cardiologist and laboratory scientist whose work has given us the tools to find people with life-threatening inherited heart conditions, through genetic screening schemes.

Researchers at the University of Leicester have been awarded a project grant from the nation’s biggest heart charity to compare the accuracy of two different diagnostic tests that are normally used to help detect causes of heart failure.