Diagnosing heart failure
Until the late 1990s, getting a definitive heart failure diagnosis was difficult. BHF-funded research helped change that.
Heart failure research achievements
Around 920,000 people in the UK are living with heart failure, which means their hearts are not pumping blood around the body effectively. While no cure exists for heart failure, BHF-funded research has helped to significantly improve the prognosis and quality of life for people with the condition.
Healing failing hearts
Treating heart failure: the breakthrough of new treatments
Learn about the breakthroughs BHF-funded researchers have made in medicines to treat heart failure.
Improving heart failure care at home
We’ve been developing and testing new ways of delivering care for heart failure patients, to improve the lives of people with heart failure.
Repairing the heart
Heart failure cannot be cured. To change that, we’ve been funding research into ways to repair or regrow damaged heart tissue.
Advances in heart transplants
Our work has helped improve heart transplants and make more organs available.
Stopping deaths from an inherited blood disorder
In the past, severe thalassemia (an inherited blood disorder) was often fatal by early adulthood. BHF-funded research has changed that.
Finding new treatments for pulmonary hypertension
Understanding pulmonary hypertension and discovering new treatments
Our research has increased the survival and quality of life of people leaving with pulmonary hypertension.
Finding genes that cause pulmonary arterial hypertension
BHF-funded researchers have identified genes responsible for this life-threatening condition and are developing new treatments.
Using artificial intelligence (AI) to treat pulmonary hypertension
We’re funding research to develop AI tools to better diagnose pulmonary hypertension and to predict how the condition will progress.
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Our research achievements
Over the past 6 decades, BHF has supported important breakthroughs in our journey to power science to save lives.
Our research impact reports
BHF is the biggest independent funder of heart and circulatory research in the UK. Discover the impact of our research and see how we save lives.
Our research projects
We've made incredible progress tackling cardiovascular diseases, thanks to the work of BHF researchers. Learn more about the research we’re funding.