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Find out the key things to consider if you have a heart condition and are thinking about having children.

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University College London | Dr Barbara Jefferis

Heart and circulatory disease is one of Britain’s biggest killers, particularly in older people (age older than 70 years). We know that low levels of physical activity and high levels of sedentary behaviour, like long periods of sitting, in...

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University of Sheffield | Professor Julian Gunn

Supervised by Professor Julian Gunn, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is developing a new computer based tool for doctors to decide which patients with coronary heart disease need stents. In people with coronary heart disease, doc...

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University of Oxford | Dr Nicola Smart

Dr Nicola Smart from the University of Oxford is finding out if proteins involved in a process called splicing can help heart muscle repair itself after a heart attack. Several years ago, Dr Smart and her colleagues found that a molecule...

We have today announced the winner of our annual Reflections of Research science image competition. Showcasing the dazzling side of science, the competition asks BHF-funded scientists to highlight their cutting-edge heart and circulatory disease research with the most awe-inspiring picture taken as part of their work.

British Olympian Roger Black talks about living with a bicuspid aortic valve and having open heart surgery to fix it.

In recent years, CBD oil has been called the 'miracle of the modern age'. But what is CBD, and can CBD products help the heart?

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University of Birmingham | Dr Richard Steeds

People who have a severely leaking mitral valve – the heart valve between the left atrium and left ventricle - may not experience any symptoms for a long time, despite the fact that the main pumping chamber of the heart, the left ventricle,...

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University of Oxford | Dr Nicola Smart

Oxford researchers are advancing their quest to boost natural processes to help hearts repair themselves after a heart attack. In a heart attack, large portions of the heart are deprived of blood flow. This injures these areas of the heart...

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King's College London | Professor Mathias Gautel

In 2011 there are over three quarters of a million people living with heart failure in the UK. This condition reduces the pumping function of the heart, which can make even day to day activities almost impossible, disturb heart rhythm and s...