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University of Leeds | Professor Christopher Gale

Dr Chris Gale and colleagues from the University of Leeds will spend two years creating the world’s largest research database of information about heart attacks. They will do this by linking together, for the first time, existing databases ...

We want to beat heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases in Wales. To do this, we need to improve the detection, diagnosis, treatment and care of people who develop a heart or circulatory condition in their lifetime

BHF is calling on the UK Government to address the growing heart care crisis. Sign up to our petition now.

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King's College London | Professor Kinya Otsu

Data from 2015 suggests that nearly half a million people are living with heart failure in the UK. This is when the heart lacks the strength to pump blood around the body efficiently. BHF Professor Kinya Otsu is one of the world’s leading e...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Anita Slade

People waiting for a heart transplant often benefit from a mechanical pump called a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) surgically attached to their heart. This is a major operation, and patients have to adapt to the changes this creates ...

Find out if catching up on sleep on Saturdays and Sundays could really lower your risk of heart disease.

A hormone which helps regulate bone mass is also produced by the heart and could help treat people with a dangerous heart rhythm disorder.

We have awarded over £900,000 to fund four ambitious projects at centres across the UK.

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University of Oxford | Professor Keith Channon

The health of our heart and blood vessels depends upon cells in these tissues producing and responding to an abundance of chemical signals. One chemical factor, called tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), has important roles in heart and circulatory ...