Exploring 'The Hidden Heart' this World Heart Day

We have partnered with ITN Business, this World Heart Day, to co-produce an innovative new programme that shines a light on the innovative work happening in the cardiovascular field to offer hope for millions of people in the future. 

The programme 'The Hidden Heart'  will explore the research and commercial innovations that are tackling hidden heart conditions head on. 

Anchored by presenter and journalist Louise Minchin from the ITN London Studio,  and will present expert opinions from the our Chief Executive, Dr Charmaine Griffiths, as well as BHF-funded researchers Dr Loreena Hill, who is working to provide resources to patients who live with ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrillators) small devices that can treat people with dangerously abnormal heart rhythms, and Professor Charalambos Antoniades who is using AI technology to identify those most at risk of heart attacks and help predict them before they happen. 

The programme also explores our groundbreaking research at the Evelina Children’s Hospital in London, where Professor John Simpson and his team are using cutting edge virtual reality technology to help repair tiny hearts.

Claire Sadler, Chief Marketing and Fundraising Officer at the British Heart Foundation said: "We’re delighted to be working with ITN Business this World Heart Day, to shine a spotlight on hidden heart conditions and future lifesaving advances.  For as long as heart and circulatory disease continues to cause untold devastation to millions of families within the UK and across the world, the BHF will be there to keep making those scientific advances and give support and hope to those who need it most.  That’s why this September we're putting a spotlight on these conditions to raise their profile and fund ground-breaking research that could save and improve more lives for generations to come.” 

Shining a spotlight on groundbreaking research this World Heart Day

Talking about the World Heart Day special, Nina Harrison-Bell, Head of ITN Business, said, "This programme is a testament to the industry’s collective dedication in tackling heart and circulatory diseases. The programme celebrates the experts who are providing a renewed hope for future generations to come.”  

Watch the 'The Hidden Heart' here