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New 20 minute test diagnoses hidden heart condition
BHF-funded scientists have created a new test which can diagnose a previously hidden heart condition
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Scientists discover possible explanation for broken heart syndrome
BHF-funded researchers have identified the body’s own immune system as a potential key player in a mysterious heart condition.
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Unravelling the web like structure of blood clotsUniversity of Leeds | Professor Robert Ariens
Professor Robert Ariens and his colleagues at the University of Leeds are studying how fibrin contributes to dangerous blood clots. Fibrin is a thread-like protein that forms a 3D network of fibres, which holds the blood clot together. Fib...
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Meet our Board of Trustees
The British Heart Foundation is governed by a Board of up to 14 trustees who are responsible for the governance and strategy of the BHF.
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Healthcare experts in Scotland voice concerns over Long Term Conditions Framework
Leading healthcare experts, led by BHF Scotland, have joined forces to send an open letter the Scottish Health Minister
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Accelerator award at University College LondonUniversity College London | Professor Dr Aroon D Hingorani
BHF-funded research is behind many of the advances that are helping people with heart and circulatory diseases to live longer, better lives. By investing in research we are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, ...
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A new method to study thrombosis that uses fewer animalsUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Matthew Harper
Dr Matthew Harper is supervising a PhD student who will develop a new research model to study thrombosis (when blood clots form inside blood vessels) that is less reliant on animals. Heart attacks and strokes are caused by blood clots b...
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Reducing the use of animals in heart attack researchManchester Metropolitan University | Dr Sarah Jones
Heart attacks and most strokes occur when blood clots block one or more critical arteries in the heart or brain. These conditions kill millions of people each year around the world. Cutting this death toll requires researchers to study in e...
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How do genetic faults cause inherited heart muscle diseases?Imperial College London | Professor Steven B Marston
Diseases of the heart muscle are called cardiomyopathies and can cause heart failure and sudden death, even in young people. Two of these conditions – hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) – are caused by faults...
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The role of chemical messengers in heart failureUniversity of Leeds | Professor Derek S Steele
During heart failure, changes in the heart reduce its ability to pump blood efficiently to the brain and body. One important change during heart failure is disruption to a critical process called calcium signalling. Calcium plays an importa...