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We talk about how your congenital heart condition may affect sex and your relationships. We cover medicines, contraception, safety and having a baby

Sandra Pocock’s bucket-list dream to cuddle a koala had to be put on hold when she had a heart attack in the last days of her trip to Australasia.

Research that we're funding at the University of Sheffield could make angiograms more effective and help clinicians locate blockages in coronary arteries.

Learn about the flu and how it affects you if you live with a heart condition, including whether the flu will impact on your medication, how long it lasts, getting vaccinated and tips to help with the symptoms.

Regularly including foods like fish, vegetables and bananas in your diet can help to keep your weight down, and your cholesterol and blood pressure healthy.

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University College London | Professor Peter Scambler

Most deaths from coronary heart disease are caused by a heart attack, and there are a significant number of heart attacks in the UK each year. Heart attacks are caused by blockages to the blood vessels that supply the heart – the coronary a...

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University College London | Dr Ross Breckenridge

Dr Ross Breckenridge and his team at University College London are studying how heart muscle cells cope in low oxygen environments and avoid damage from heart disease. During pregnancy, the heart of the developing baby adapts so it can f...

Congenital and inherited heart and circulatory disease are both conditions you are born with. Our animation explains the differences and the most common ones.

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University of Leeds | Professor Edward White

Pulmonary hypertension is a serious condition that affects blood vessels in the lung and can lead to heart failure affecting the right side of the heart. Medicines called beta-blockers reduce the effect of chemicals such as adrenaline on th...

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University of Oxford | Professor Masliza Mahmod

Aortic stenosis (AS) is the narrowing of the valve opening of the major artery in the heart. This limits blood flow through the valve, meaning the heart has to pump harder. Research has shown that people with AS tend to have fatty deposits ...