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Senior BHF Dietitian Tracy Parker explains if tuna, salmon and seabass count as oily fish and how much you need per week. Plus, get tips and recipes.

Today we have called for Government action to support charity research in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, which we anticipate will cut our annual research budget by £50 million. Urgent Government support is vital if we are to protect the future of BHF-funded research.

Learn more about implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) including how an ICD works, who needs an ICD, how an ICD is fitted, what it's like living with an ICD, who you can talk to about your worries, and download our publications about ICDs.

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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...

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University College London | Professor Raymond J MacAllister

Pulmonary hypertension is a rare but serious condition in which high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs results in narrowing of these blood vessels. Patients can have a poor quality of life and are at risk of developing heart failu...

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University of Leeds | Professor Peter J Grant

Although blood clotting is an important response to injury, under certain circumstances a blood clot called a thrombus can grow in a blood vessel, blocking the flow of blood and even breaking free from the vessel wall. A thrombus in the cir...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Katrien L Wijndaele

Adults sit a lot, especially following dinner, when they watch television. Sitting has been linked to cardiovascular health, but long-term studies with accurate sitting measures are lacking. Furthermore, no research specifically examined th...

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Medical Research Council | Mr. Unknown UKCRC Public Health Research Centres of Excellence

The British Heart Foundation is part of a consortium of funders that are renewing their support or five Centres of Excellence in Public Health Research, based in Newcastle, Cardiff, Belfast, Cambridge and Nottingham. The Centres of Excel...

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Imperial College London | Dr Josefin Ahnstrom

Blood clotting is regulated by several different pathways, including a pathway that involves a protein called activated protein C, which prevents clotting. To work properly protein C relies on a partner, protein S. People who lack or have a...

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