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An electrocardiogram, or ECG, looks at your heart's rate, rhythm and electrical activity. Professor Peter Macfarlane explains what this simple test involves.

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Imperial College London | Professor Prapa Kanagaratnam

Following a heart attack, part of the heart muscle dies and is replaced by scar tissue. But within the scar, there often remain channels of living tissue that can form a short circuit around the scar, leading to electrical disturbances (arr...

We look at the link between myocarditis and Covid-19 vaccines

BHF Senior Cardiac Nurse, Regina Giblin, offers tips on what to ask during an NHS or private appointment with your GP, nurse or cardiologist, so you know what’s normal, what’s urgent and how to be proactive.

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University of Exeter | Dr Maarten Koeners

Dr Maarten Koeners has been awarded an Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship grant totalling nearly £471,000 over 4 years to take up a research position at the University of Bristol. He will use novel techniques in rats to study ch...

Head of BHF Cymru, Adam Fletcher, updates on how we are responding to the coronavirus pandemic in Wales and across the UK.

BHF research ensured that Sarah Howell had her pulmonary valve replaced at the right time.

Thanks to the fantastic generosity of our supporters we’ve invested over £4m in life saving research at Queens University, Belfast. Read about some of our projects.