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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 Leeds | Dr Carrie Ferguson

People who have heart failure can sometimes find it difficult to carry out day-to-day activities because they experience breathlessness or leg tiredness. This means they may have difficulty with exercise, and they are sometimes said to have...

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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...

Researchers that we fund at the University of Oxford have developed a new type of imaging test to provide an early warning of coronary artery disease, and the risk of heart attacks.

Hospital waiting lists for potentially life saving vital heart care continue to rise each month, according to latest NHS England figures published today.

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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 ...

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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 ...

Heart attack symptoms are the same in women and men. Know the most common signs and what to do if this happens to you or someone you know.