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The BHF House of Care programme found that delivering care and support planning to patients with multiple long-term conditions improves their experience of care and could reduce GP practice costs.

We are calling for bold Government action to address this public health emergency as we launch a hard-hitting new campaign on air pollution. We are demanding World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on particulate matter (PM) to be adopted into UK law, and met by 2030.

Researchers have developed a new blood test to diagnose heart attacks, thanks to BHF-funding. The study found that the new test is more sensitive and quicker in detecting heart damage than the current troponin test.

Find out how Maggie Sewell approaches the challenges of living with a congenital heart condition, having been born with a hole in her heart, and a leaky valve.

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University of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans

Patients with atherosclerosis have damaged arteries, caused by a gradual build-up of fat within the artery wall. The body’s immune cells invade the artery wall to remove the fat but can get trapped there, forming a plaque. Plaque is made up...

Professor Sir Nilesh Samani, our Medical Director, has been awarded the prestigious European Society of Cardiology Gold Medal in recognition of his contribution to cardiovascular medicine. The Gold Medal, the Society’s highest honour, was presented today at the European Society of Cardiology’s annual Congress.

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University of Oxford | Professor Samira Lakhal Littleton

Previous research has shown that manipulating iron levels in the heart could help to treat heart disease. But to manipulate iron in the heart, we first need to understand how iron levels are regulated. Hepcidin is a hormone made in the live...

Through our membership of the European Heart Network we’re pledging to play a leading role in a global coalition to reduce the death and suffering caused by heart and circulatory disease worldwide.

Find out why knowing your target heart rate is important when exercising, and how to calculate it.