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Find out what to expect when you have heat valve repair surgery, including types of surgery, how to prepare, recovery and life after.

Find out what to expect when you have heat valve replacement surgery, including types of surgery, how to prepare, recovery and life after.

A wearable electronic patch increases diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, according to research part-funded by us

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Date

29 March 2026

Location

Kew Gardens, London

Take part in Kew Half Marathon in the stunning Kew Gardens. Join the BHF team today and fundraise for life-saving research.

An algorithm developed using artificial intelligence could help doctors to diagnose heart attacks in women more accurately and quicker than ever before, according to research we fund and being presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Barcelona.

RESEARCH

University of Glasgow | Professor Jesse Dawson

Stroke causes more than 41,000 deaths in the UK each year. There are around 152,000 strokes in the UK each year and nearly 1.2 million people living in the UK have had a stroke. These people are at high risk of another stroke, and also of a...

RESEARCH

Newcastle University | Professor Helen M Arthur

Endoglin is a protein on the surface of the endothelial cells that make up the inner lining of blood vessels, and is needed for normal blood vessel development and growth. When endoglin is missing from endothelial cells, the heart enlarges ...

The heart care waiting list saw the biggest monthly fall in five years in May, latest figures from NHS England show.

RESEARCH

Imperial College London | Professor Michael Schneider

Unlike some other animals, like the zebrafish, the human heart cannot heal itself by replacing damaged heart cells with new heart muscle cells. Despite this, it is now known that the heart does contain stem cells – cells that are able to d...