#Papers: 748
#Citation: 26162
H-Index: 78
G-Index: 149
Sociability: 7
Diversity: 5
Activity: 55
British Heart Foundation
748Publications
26162 Citations
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is a cardiovascular research charity in the United Kingdom. It funds medical research related to heart and circulatory diseases and their risk factors, and runs influencing work aimed at shaping public policy and raising awareness.In 2021, a study conducted by YouGov ranked the British Heart Foundation as the top charity or organisation in the UK by % of adults who hold a positive opinion of the organisation.
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JRSM cardiovascular disease (2020): 204800402095957-204800402095957
The netrins form a family of laminin-related proteins which were first described as modulators of cell migration and axonal guidance during fetal development. Netrin-1 is the most extensively studied member of this family and, since its discovery, non-neural roles have been assoc...
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A number of studies have demonstrated an association between preterm delivery and maternal risk of subsequent ischemic heart disease (IHD). The mechanism underlying this association is unknown, and it is also unknown whether the association is specific to either elective or spont...
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Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (2022): 1783-1791
Individuals with type 2 diabetes are at a higher risk of developing kidney failure. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a decision support tool for estimating 10-year and lifetime risks of kidney failure in individuals with type 2 diabetes as well as estimatin...
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Trials (2009)
Background: The prevalence of smoking is higher among Pakistani and Bangladeshi males than among the general population. Smokers who receive behavioural support and medication quadruple their chances of stopping smoking, but evidence suggests that these populations do not use Nat...
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CLINICAL MEDICINE (2020): E170-E172
During the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic the restructure of healthcare services to meet the huge increase in demand for hospital resource and capacity has led to the proposal that where necessary ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) could be managed by intravenous thrombolysi...
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Heart (2015): 919-920
Aortic stenosis is the major cause of valve disease in the Western world and a growing healthcare burden. We lack medication capable of slowing disease progression and so rely on aortic valve replacement in patients with severe disease and symptoms. Predicting when this will occu...
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Journal of nuclear cardiology (2022): 1763-1775
Ischemic heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. However, most patients referred for a noninvasive computed tomography coronary angiogram (CTA) or invasive coronary angiogram for the investigation of angina do not have obstructive corona...
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This editorial refers to 'All-cause mortality and location
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Imperial College School of Medicine, Harefield Research Foundation, Heart Science Centre, Harefield, Middlesex, UK Correspondence and requests for reprints to: Sir Magdi Yacoub, FRS, British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Imperial College School of Medicine...
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Antiplatelet drugs are prescribed to patients with cardiovascular disease in order to reduce their risk of clinically important atherothrombotic events. However, a proportion of patients fail to appropriately respond to these drugs in a heterogeneous phenomenon known as 'antiplat...
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Low physical activity 1 and slow walking pace 2 have a two-way relationship with cardiovascular disease (CVD).Low physical activity increases future risk of CVD, while when CVD develops it often impairs activity.This means that wearable or smartphone-based measurement of physical...
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Cardiovascular research (2019): 787-805
Early mechanical reperfusion of the epicardial coronary artery by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the guideline-recommended treatment for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Successful restoration of epicardial coronary blood flow can be achieved in ov...
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Angina is a common and disabling disorder that is difficult to diagnose, and can be difficult to control. Belinda Linden discusses the recent progress in understanding the underlying processes that influence angina and how this has led to improvements in its diagnosis and managem...
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British Journal of Cardiac NursingVol. 14, No. 11 Guest EditorialRestart a Heart Day: creating a nation of lifesaversAshleigh LiAshleigh LiEmail: E-mail Address: [email protected]Senior Cardiac Nurse, British Heart Foundation, London, UKSearch for more papers by this authorAshlei...
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BJCP British journal of clinical pharmacology/British journal of clinical pharmacology (2019): 2194-2197
The clinical doses of antithrombotics - antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents - need to balance efficacy and safety. It is not clear from the published literature how the doses currently used in clinical practice have been derived from preclinical and clinical data. There are few...
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British Journal of Cardiac Nursing (2008): 364-365
Allyson Arnold discusses the changing nature of demands on the cardiac catheter laboratory team and new initiatives to equip non-medical staff to work across disciplines and provide improved patient care
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BJCP British journal of clinical pharmacology/British journal of clinical pharmacology (2017): 813-815
Opioid prescribing and its associated harm are at record levels globally. In the USA, a 4-fold increase in opioid prescriptions, deaths and treatment admissions was observed between 1999 and 2009, and has risen every year since 1. Tramadol, fentanyl and oxycodone are major culpri...
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