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Elderly patients suffering the most common type of heart attack may benefit from more invasive treatment, according to new research.

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King's College London | Professor Manuel Mayr

BHF Professor Manuel Mayr and his team at King’s College London are leaders in the high-tech field of cardiovascular proteomics. This is the study of all the proteins – called the proteome – in cells of the heart and blood stream. This gran...

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Roger Corder

Endothelin-1 is a chemical compound that can cause blood vessels to constrict. This can lead to high blood pressure and worsen the symptoms of heart failure, a debilitating condition where the heart is unable to meet the body’s demands. Hea...

Hospital waiting lists for vital heart care have risen again to record levels, according to latest NHS England figures published today.

Thousands of people in the UK have heart valve replacement each year, and many benefit from the research and advances that we’ve made possible.

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University of Oxford | Dr Andrew Lewis

Immunocardiology is an area of research looking at immune cells in the heart. A group of immune cells called macrophages are thought to be particularly important, but there is currently no method for non-invasively measuring these cells in ...

Researchers we fund at Queen’s University, Belfast have been awarded are to investigate if a protein they have identified could be used to diagnose and treat heart failure patients

Read our top tips for travelling abroad with a heart condition. From planning a trip, to packing and staying safe once you've arrived.

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University of Birmingham | Professor Attila Sik

Irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias), greatly increase the risk of sudden death from cardiac arrest – when the heart beat suddenly stops – and the risk of heart attacks and strokes. In 2010 the most common arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, ...

BHF-funded researchers in Edinburgh are using state-of-the-art techniques to identify genes that could help the heart to repair itself after a heart attack.