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Imperial College London | Dr Paul Kemp

People with severe heart failure can develop muscle wasting and weakness, which makes it difficult to perform everyday tasks or exercise. Muscle wasting also occurs in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a condition where high bloo...

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Newcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos

In the UK the standard treatment for heart attacks is angioplasty - a procedure to quickly open the blocked coronary artery. This has played a part in vastly improving the survival of patients who experience a heart attack. However, the abr...

It has been a bumper year for BHF research. We’ve seen stem cell plasters to repair damaged hearts, technology that can speed up detection of heart disease, and of course our biggest ever research grant - £30 million to rewrite the DNA that causes killer heart muscle diseases. Each discovery brings us a step closer to ending heartbreak from heart and circulatory diseases forever.

Latest NHS England figures published today show that the number of people on cardiac waiting lists has risen to a record high of 389,266 at the end of April 2023 in England.

Study suggests extra virgin olive oil could cut heart disease risk.

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University of Manchester | Dr Holly Shiels

Short exposures to air pollution can trigger heart attacks, strokes and irregular heart rhythms, especially in people already at risk of these conditions. Evidence suggests a link between a group of air pollutants called polycyclic aromatic...

Short-term daily doses of statins before and after heart surgery do not prevent heart muscle damage or the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), according to an international clinical trial led by the University of Oxford and funded by the BHF. Evidence could change guidelines and suggests a break from drug before and after bypass operations.

Researchers believe that testing levels of certain antibodies in the blood will soon help to identify patients with ‘vulnerable’ or life-threatening plaques in heart arteries.

Learn what can cause a rapid heart rate in children and adults, and how any problems can be diagnosed.

A 90-year-old consensus on the mechanisms which regulate the day-night rhythm in heart rate has been challenged by research from the University of Manchester, funded by us.