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The British Heart Foundation was founded in 1961 by a group of medical professionals who were concerned about the increasing death rate from cardiovascular disease.They wanted to fund extra research into the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of heart and circulatory diseases.
The Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences (ICAMS) is the purpose-built British Heart Foundation cardiovascular research facility at the University of Glasgow. [1] The Director of this Institute is Rhian Touyz, MSc (Med), PhD. ICAMS is part of the College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, which was formed in 2010.
Barbara Casadei FRCP FMedSci (born 6 November 1959) is British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford, based in the Radcliffe Department of Medicine. [2] [3] [4]
Watch Your Own Heart Attack is a two-minute public information film advertisement produced by the British Heart Foundation, starring Steven Berkoff, which illustrates how it feels to have a heart attack. It was first shown on ITV1 on 10 August 2008.
His major contributions were in the study and care of patients in the acute stages of heart attack, at a time when little was offered beyond pain relief. In the 1960s, he realized that research into heart disease was underfunded and, together with McMichael, supported the recently formed British Heart Foundation. [2]
The song has around 103 beats per minute, and 100–120 chest compressions per minute are recommended by the British Heart Foundation [18] and endorsed by the Resuscitation Council (UK). [19] A study on medical professionals by NPR found that the quality of CPR is better when thinking of the song "Stayin' Alive". [20]
In 2021 Williams became the imaging data thematic lead of the British Heart Foundation. [11] Williams is part of the SCOT-HEART clinical trials, which use computed tomography coronary angiography to understand coronary artery disease.
there are some images in the commons of this foundation, for instance File:British Heart Foundation Shop - Ivegate - geograph.org.uk - 656189.jpg - they should be added to the article (User Cholo Aleman from German WP, unable to sign for technical reasons — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:7A8:1:121:D6AE:52FF:FEB9:5C62 18:50, 25 August 2013 (UTC) []