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Imperial College London | Dr Susanne Sattler

After a heart attack, damage to the heart muscle can lead to heart failure. This is when the heart lacks the strength to pump blood around the body efficiently. Current treatments for heart failure are limited, and researchers around the wo...

More sensitive blood tests could help diagnose heart attacks, but it wasn’t clear how well they worked. BHF-funded research helped answer that question.

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King's College London | Professor Ajay Shah

Researchers at the King’s College London BHF Centre of Research Excellence, led by BHF Professor Ajay Shah have been studying enzymes called NADPH oxidases (NOXs). These enzymes make chemicals – called free radicals – which are considered b...

New research we funded indicates the important role nitrates play in cardiovascular health

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University of Manchester | Dr Christopher Miller

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the name for a group of conditions that cause severe breathing difficulties. A third of people with COPD also have heart failure. You might expect this to be because the two diseases share ris...

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University of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson

Supervised by Dr Dana Dawson, this PhD student is investigating a new way to treat a disorder called acute stress-induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy, also known as ‘broken heart’ disease. In broken heart syndrome, stressful situations t...

Survival after a diagnosis of heart failure in the United Kingdom has shown only modest improvement in the 21st century and lags behind other serious conditions, such as cancer, finds a large study published by The BMJ today.

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University College London | Professor Alexander Gourine

BHF-funded researchers at University College London are studying the connection between our brain and heart, and how activity through this connection declines in heart disease. Specialised nerves connect our brain to our heart. These nerve...

Scientists funded by us are to create and test a computer “algorithm” capable of detecting undiagnosed coronary heart disease in CT scans.

3rd May 2018 marks 50 years since Donald Ross led a team of eighteen to carry out the first heart transplant in the UK.