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Former England and Arsenal footballer Jack Wilshere is joining forces with us to raise awareness of heart conditions after his daughter underwent lifesaving surgery.

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University of Bristol | Professor Jules Hancox

The heart’s ability to pump blood depends on co-ordinated electrical activity generated by molecules in heart cells called ‘ion channels’. One of these channels is called hERG, and is essential for normal heart function. However, many drugs...

Around half of people who live with their partner said the fear of causing harm would make them reluctant to give CPR if someone had a cardiac arrest in front of them, according to new data we've released by to mark Heart Month.

A unique pair of genetic changes has been found to cause sudden onset high blood pressure in pregnant women, according to research we've part-funded and published in Nature Genetics.

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We are the biggest non-commercial funder of research into cardiovascular research in the UK, funding life-saving research that has improved the lives of millions of people.

A routine heart scan for people with chest pain has helped to prevent around 6,000 heart attacks in the last decade, researchers we fund estimate. Our research helped to provide the evidence for the effectiveness of the scans, leading to them being recommended in clinical guidelines.

Meet the scientists and clinicians from 3 different continents who have come together to find a cure for inherited heart muscle diseases.

A new blood test for better diagnosis of heart failure at a far earlier stage will be proposed in research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in Manchester today.

The number of people dying at home from heart disease has risen since the start of the pandemic, according to new data from the Office of National Statistics.