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As National Heart Month begins, we are calling for a new focus on heart disease in Scotland, underpinned by the required investment.

We have partnered with big names this February to help save more lives across the UK

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Newcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos

Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos and his team at the University of Newcastle are studying how heart tissue becomes damaged after stents are fitted. When a coronary artery that supplies the heart becomes blocked, doctors open the blocked ar...

Senior BHF Dietitian Dell Stanford explains what is CoQ10 (Co-enzyme Q10), covering the evidence on supplements for people with heart failure or taking statins.

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University of Oxford | Dr Duncan Sparrow

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common human birth defect, affecting around one in 100 babies. Heart defects can occur because of faulty genes inherited from the parents, or they can be caused by environmental factors in the womb...

Latest NHS England figures reveal average ambulance response time for category 2 calls (which includes suspected heart attacks and strokes) have risen to 51 minutes in England. The target is 18 minutes.

Researchers we fund have shown that heart ‘patches’ grown in the lab are safe to move on to trials in people with hearts damaged after a heart attack, in research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) Conference in Manchester today.

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University of Bristol | Professor Neil Marrion

Professor Neil Marrion and colleagues at the University of Bristol are investigating ‘SK’ channels in the upper chamber of the heart, to see if they hold the key to treating abnormal heart rhythms. For the heart muscle to beat in synchron...

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University College London | Professor John E Deanfield

Inflammation can cause changes to arteries and blood that increase the risk of heart and circulatory diseases in later life. Some teenagers and young adults already show signs of these changes, but why this happens isn’t fully understood. ...