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We are boosting the profile of cardiovascular research at University College London in the hope of giving more people with heart and circulatory diseases longer and better lives.

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Newcastle University | Dr Simon Bamforth

Dr Simon Bamforth and colleagues at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne are studying what genes are important during the development of the major blood vessels in the chest, which carry blood to and from the heart, and around the body. Ma...

People with kidney failure are many times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than the general population and have a higher risk of dying as a result, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) published today in the European Heart Journal.

The number of people dying at home from heart disease has risen since the start of the pandemic, according to new data from the Office of National Statistics.

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University of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider

BHF Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow and consultant cardiologist Dr Oliver Rider is working out which form of weight loss surgery benefits heart health the most. Obesity causes the heart to enlarge and blood vessels to stiffen. Alth...

Football legend David Seaman MBE and more than 200 British Heart Foundation supporters came together to shine a spotlight on hidden heart conditions and their impact on the nation every day.

2020 edition of our statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics).

An estimated 5000 heart attack sufferers in England may have missed out on life saving hospital treatment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research we’ve funded.

2025 edition of the BHF statistics compendium (formerly Coronary Heart Disease Statistics).

Find out why Monday is the most common day of the week to be admitted to hospital with a life-threatening heart attack.