Medical Research

The problem

Stopwatch icon. Every 5mins someone dies from heart diseases

Every 5mins

someone dies from heart diseases

Icon of the shape of the UK, Coronary heart disease is one of the single biggest killers in the UK

Coronary heart disease

is one of the single biggest killers in the UK

Broken heart icon - 66,000 deaths are caused by coronary heart disease every year

68,000 deaths

are caused by coronary heart disease every year

The solution

By funding lifesaving research projects taking place at universities and hospitals across the UK, you are supporting the highest quality research delivered by the best scientists. This means more research will be dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of heart diseases.

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Test to predict sudden cardiac death
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Developing a novel ECG-based test to measure the risk of sudden cardiac death
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Diagnosing diabetic vascular disease
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Detecting hidden markers to investigate and diagnose diabetic vascular disease
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Using ‘wave intensity analysis’
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Using wave intensity analysis to benefit patients with advanced heart failure
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Heart Surgery PSP
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Heart Surgery PSP
Supporting the researchers of the future through EXSEL Scholarships
EXSEL Scholarships
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Supporting the researchers of the future through EXSEL Scholarships
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Detecting heart failure earlier
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New methods to detect heart failure ‘before it happens’ and develop strategies to prevent it
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Preventing vein graft failure
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Overwriting blood vessel identity to prevent graft failure
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Continuing cardiac rehabilitation
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Can heart disease patients taking part in cardiac rehabilitation be encouraged to stay active for longer?
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Eliminating 'Zombie' Cells
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Eliminating ‘zombie’ cells in your heart could alleviate age-related cardiac deterioration
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Pregnancy outcomes and cardiomyopathy
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Pregnancy outcomes in women with cardiomyopathy
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Heart failure and muscle weakness
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Why does heart failure make our muscles become smaller and weaker?
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Northern Ireland heart disease registry
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A heart disease registry for Northern Ireland
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Masterclass 2019 Middlesbrough
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Masterclass 2019 – Middlesbrough and Newcastle
Masterclass 2018 Coventry
Masterclass 2018 Coventry
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Masterclass 2018 Coventry
Masterclass 2017 Hull
Masterclass 2017 Hull
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Masterclass 2017 Hull
THINK AORTA campaign update
THINK AORTA Campaign
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THINK AORTA campaign update
Aravinda Page, Stephen Large, Steven Tsui, Simon Messer
Making every donor heart count
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Making every donor heart count
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Lipid test for CVD risk
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A more comprehensive lipid test to assess cardiovascular disease risk
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Exercise with spinal cord injury
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The benefits of breaking up prolonged sedentary time on heart disease risk in people with spinal cord injury
Developing a new blood test to identify high-risk patients following treatment for a heart attack
Identifying high-risk patients
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Developing a new blood test to identify high-risk patients following treatment for a heart attack
Developing new MRI techniques for microscopic insights into heart muscle structure
Developing new MRI techniques
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Developing new MRI techniques for microscopic insights into heart muscle structure
A UK trial for the investigation of stable chest pain: can we improve patient experience, outcomes and NHS cost efficiency?
Investigating chest pain
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A UK trial for the investigation of stable chest pain: can we improve patient experience, outcomes and NHS cost efficiency?
Wearable devices for detecting atrial fibrillation: The SMART-ALERT study
The SMART-ALERT study
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Wearable devices for detecting atrial fibrillation: The SMART-ALERT study
Making key-hole surgery to repair thoracic aortic aneurysms safer
Making key-hole surgery safer
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Making key-hole surgery to repair thoracic aortic aneurysms safer
Heart Research UK awards £250k COVID-19 Research grant to University of Glasgow
Heart Research UK COVID-19 grant
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Heart Research UK awards £250k COVID-19 Research grant to University of Glasgow
The role of inflammation in blood vessel damage in COVID-19 patients
COVID-19 and blood vessel damage
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The role of inflammation in blood vessel damage in COVID-19 patients
Longer-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on blood vessels and blood pressure (LOCHINVAR)
COVID-19 and high blood pressure
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Longer-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on blood vessels and blood pressure (LOCHINVAR)
Imaging the heart in children born with heart disease - the 5-minute magnetic resonance scan
5-minute MRI scan for children
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Imaging the heart in children born with heart disease – the 5-minute magnetic resonance scan
Using biological gases to control abnormal heart rhythms
Biological gases and arrhythmias
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Using biological gases to control abnormal heart rhythms
Building new blood vessels to treat babies with structural defects of the heart
Building new blood vessels for babies
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Building new blood vessels to treat babies with structural defects of the heart
Exercise to reduce heart disease risk: which type of exercise programme is most suitable for people with a kidney transplant?
Exercise for kidney transplant patients
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Exercise to reduce heart disease risk: which type of exercise programme is most suitable for people with a kidney transplant?
Reducing vein graft failure following heart bypass surgery
Preventing vein graft failure
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Reducing vein graft failure following heart bypass surgery
Heart Research UK pledges over £500,000 for COVID-19 research
Over £500,000 for COVID-19 research
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Heart Research UK pledges over £500,000 for COVID-19 research
Heart Research UK Masterclass Clinicians at work with Heart Research UK logo on white TV screen in the background
Masterclass May 2023 Keele
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Masterclass May 2023 Keele
Using artificial intelligence (AI) for safer CT imaging of blood vessels
Artificial intelligence and CT scans
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Using artificial intelligence (AI) for safer CT imaging of blood vessels
Improving care for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) patients – the RAPID-MIRACLE study
Out of hospital cardiac arrest
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Improving care for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) patients – the RAPID-MIRACLE study
Aortic Dissection Awareness Day 2021
Aortic Dissection Awareness Day 2021
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Aortic Dissection Awareness Day 2021
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Black History Month
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Black History Month: Notable black figures who pioneered cardiology 
New treatments to prevent adverse cardiac remodelling
Adverse cardiac remodelling
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New treatments to prevent adverse cardiac remodelling
Investigating the cause and treatment of pulmonary hypertension in children with congenital heart disease
Pulmonary hypertension in children
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Investigating the cause and treatment of pulmonary hypertension in children with congenital heart disease
Cardiovascular health following spinal cord injury: the impact of an early exercise intervention
Exercise after spinal injury
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Cardiovascular health following spinal cord injury: the impact of an early exercise intervention
Investigating if ‘interleukin-2’ decreases inflammation in narrowed blood vessels
Inflammation in blood vessels
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Investigating if ‘interleukin-2’ decreases inflammation in narrowed blood vessels
Prof Jesse Dawson (left) and Dr Alan Cameron (right)
Atrial fibrillation and stroke
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Developing a risk score for heart rhythm monitoring after stroke to identify atrial fibrillation and prevent second strokes
Sleep-disordered breathing and arrhythmias
Sleep apnoea and arrhythmias
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Sleep-disordered breathing and arrhythmias
Using artificial intelligence for safer CT imaging of blood vessels
AI for safer CT imaging
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Using artificial intelligence for safer CT imaging of blood vessels
Not all platelets are the same!
Platelets and heart disease
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Not all platelets are the same!
New research: Can mobile health tech improve uptake of cardiac rehabilitation?
Research: mtech to support cardiac rehab
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New research: Can mobile health tech improve uptake of cardiac rehabilitation?
New research sets out to improve the lives of people living with heart failure
New research: Heart failure
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New research sets out to improve the lives of people living with heart failure
Heart Research UK Researcher - Markos Klonizakis
Effect of vaping on blood vessels
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New study finds vaping benefits blood vessel health as much as other nicotine replacements
Research receives funding to develop new way to diagnose life-threatening cardiovascular condition
Research: New way to diagnose AD
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Research receives funding to develop new way to diagnose life-threatening cardiovascular condition
Prof Declan ORegan
Research: Thoracic aortic aneurysm
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New research uses AI in hope to improve outcomes for patients with aortic aneurysms
Dr John Gierula
Personalised pacemaker programming
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Getting the balance right: personalising pacemaker programming to improve the heart’s power output
Prof Declan ORegan
AI and aortic aneurysms
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Using artificial intelligence to predict the progression of thoracic aortic aneurysms
Professor Helen Jones
Using mhealth for cardiac rehab
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Can doing a walking programme supported by mobile health technology after leaving hospital help to increase uptake of cardiac rehabilitation?
Professor Rod Taylor
Heart failure help at home
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Improving access to cardiac rehabilitation for people with heart failure in Scotland
Heart Research UK Researcher - Markos Klonizakis
Benefits and risks of e-cigarettes
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Investigating the benefits and risks of using e-cigarettes as an aid to stop smoking
Dr Jeffrey Huang
Test for aortic dissection
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Development of a new test to diagnose and evaluate risk of aortic dissection
Exploring perceptions of a holy food offering, langar, in Sikh temples and investigating scope for change
Perceptions of langar in Sikh temples
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Exploring perceptions of a holy food offering, langar, in Sikh temples and investigating scope for change
How can we treat heart problems in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Heart patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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How can we treat heart problems in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Testing a new cardiac patch for the repair of the heart after a heart attack
Testing a new patch after heart attack
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Testing a new cardiac patch for the repair of the heart after a heart attack
Treatment options for acute coronary syndrome that harness the body’s natural clot busting mechanism
Treatment for acute coronary syndrome
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Treatment options for acute coronary syndrome that harness the body’s natural clot busting mechanism
Testing the benefits of modern new pacemakers compared to traditional pacemakers
New vs. traditional pacemakers
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Testing the benefits of modern new pacemakers compared to traditional pacemakers
Heart Research UK Researcher - Markos Klonizakis
Exploring long-term effects of vaping
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Exploring the long-term cardiovascular effects of vaping
Testing if enough patients are willing to take part in a study to test whether a preservative fluid improves outcomes in heart transplantation
Patient uptake for transplant study
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Testing if enough patients are willing to take part in a study to test whether a preservative fluid improves outcomes in heart transplantation
Increasing physical activity levels of people living with heart failure
Physical activity for heart failure
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Increasing physical activity levels of people living with heart failure
Imaging heart scarring: associations with exercise and atrial fibrillation
Exercise and atrial fibrillation
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Imaging heart scarring: associations with exercise and atrial fibrillation
Studying how DNA is expressed in diseased hearts
The DNA of CHD
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Studying how DNA is expressed in diseased hearts
A new technology for implanted electrical heart pumps in the treatment of heart failure
Wireless LVAD Solution
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A new technology for implanted electrical heart pumps in the treatment of heart failure
Blocked blood vessels, heart attacks and the role of the fat-carrying protein Lipoprotein(a)
Sticky protein and heart attacks
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Blocked blood vessels, heart attacks and the role of the fat-carrying protein Lipoprotein(a)
Meet our NET Panel: Professor Ellison-Hughes
Meet our NET panel: Prof Ellison-Hughes
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Meet our NET Panel: Professor Ellison-Hughes
Dr Pankaj Garg
Meet our NET panel: Dr Pankaj Garg
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Meet our NET Panel: Dr Pankaj Garg
Creating 3D heart models to improve understanding of congenital heart problems
Hearts & Holograms
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Creating 3D heart models to improve understanding of congenital heart problems
Improving detection of high blood pressure in the lungs using advanced imaging tools
Cutting-edge hyperpolarised imaging
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Improving detection of high blood pressure in the lungs using advanced imaging tools
Dr Coral Hanson
Exercise support after SCAD
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Exercise support after spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
Dr Suchita Nadkarni
Mother's immune systems
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Can the mother’s immune system be used for the early detection of congenital heart defects?
Dr Gavin Richardson
Predicting outcomes from heart attacks
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Predicting outcomes from heart attacks using aging cell proteins
Dr Ali Khavandi
MICROFIT
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MICROFIT: Microvascular Coronary Rehabilitation For Improving Treatment
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Surgeries – Are patients at the heart of your research?
Public and Patient Involvement Surgeries
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Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Surgeries – Are patients at the heart of your research?
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