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  • RESEARCH

    How does high blood pressure cause scarring in people with heart failure?

    Imperial College London | Professor Cesare M N Terracciano

    Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is an increasing common form of heart failure, but the mechanisms underlying the condition remain unclear. HFpEF is known to be characterised by a type of scarring called fibrosis – a p...

  • RESEARCH

    Harnessing the diverse power of VEGF in blood vessel growth

    University College London | Professor Christiana Ruhrberg

    Problems with blood vessel contribute to heart attacks, strokes and blindness, and giving drugs to stimulate new vessel growth is a promising treatment for these conditions. One of the most effective treatments to stimulate blood vessel g...

  • RESEARCH

    Tracing early origins of heart development in the embryo to inform stem cell therapies

    University of Oxford | Professor Catherine Porcher

    Development of a fully formed heart and circulation in the embryo requires the precise allocation of cells to the right place at the right time. Our understanding of these processes has improved in recent decades but the very earliest stage...

  • RESEARCH

    Targeting molecule scissors to prevent the development of blood clots

    University of Birmingham | Dr Michael Tomlinson

    Platelets are small cells that clump together to plug wounds and minimise blood loss, but when they clump together too much, it can block blood flow and cause heart attacks or strokes. This is called thrombosis. Scientists are studying plat...

  • Atherosclerosis research

    Most people won’t know they have atherosclerosis until they have a heart attack, stroke or angina. We're funding research to beat the heartbreak atherosclerosis causes.

  • RESEARCH

    Understanding how oxidation of a protein called PKGI-alpha regulates the heartbeat

    University of Manchester | Dr Luigi Venetucci

    Each heartbeat consists of two phases: systole and diastole. During systole, heart muscle cells – cardiomyocytes – in the lower chambers of the heart contract (shorten) to pump blood out of the heart. During diastole, these lower chamber ca...

  • Heart of Oxford Business Board

    Heart of Oxford Business Board is a group of local business leaders who are raising funds to support BHF’s lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases.

  • Heart of Bristol Business Board

    Heart of Bristol Business Board is a group of local business leaders who are raising funds to support BHF’s lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases.

  • Endocarditis

    Endocarditis is an infection that affects the inner lining of the heart. Read more to find out about symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.

  • RESEARCH

    Studying how exosomes help blood vessels to self-repair

    King's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan

    Dr Alexander Kapustin and his team at King’s College London are exploring how to boost the body’s natural ability to heal itself. Blood vessels have an in-built repair mechanism, in which cells called vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in...