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Cardiac MRI scan
Find out why you'd have a cardiac MRI scan, what happens during the scan, when you'll get results and where to get support.
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Statins and what they do
Statins are medicines that help lower your cholesterol and protect your arteries. Understand what statins do, and are used for, the pros and cons, their side effects and potential alternatives.
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How does love affect the heart?
It's often said that the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart – that's the muscle about the size of your fist that is currently keeping you alive.
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Over half living with heart and circulatory diseases have experienced sadness, anxiety and depression
Our survey involving almost 5,000 people living with conditions such as a heart attack, stroke and heart failure finds that many are not getting the support they need.
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Mind the gender gap
We have released Bias & Biology,bringing together a breadth of research in order to paint a picture of how women in the UK are disadvantaged at every stage of having a heart attack, compared to men.
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The role of iron in pulmonary arterial hypertensionImperial College London | Professor Martin Wilkins
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but fatal disorder of high blood pressure in the arteries that supply the lungs, causing breathlessness and swelling of the feet or ankles. In PAH the arteries become narrowed, are less able t...
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Investigating how obesity during pregnancy affects children’s future heart healthUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Susan E Ozanne
In the UK more than half of women of child-bearing age are overweight or obese. Carrying too much weight during pregnancy comes with short and long-term health risks for both the woman and the child. The children of women who were overweigh...
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How NRP1 protects our blood vessel liningQueen Mary, University of London | Dr Claudio Raimondi
The inner surface of our blood vessels is covered by a layer of cells called endothelial cells. Maintenance of this cell layer is essential for keeping the blood vessels healthy and for making new blood vessels. BHF-funded researcher Dr Cla...
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Does Ric8B control heartrate in response to the brain’s command?Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Andrew Tinker
The heart pumps blood round the body and the blood vessels supply oxygen to organs such as brain. This isn't a static system; it needs to be tuned in conditions where there is high demand for oxygen, such as during exercise, and at times wh...
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What controls the strength and duration of the heartbeat?King's College London | Professor Malcolm Irving
Professor Malcolm Irving at King’s College London is working out what controls the strength and duration of the heartbeat and what goes wrong in heart disease. During the heartbeat, the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood around the bod...