BRITISH CARDIAC RESEARCH TRUST

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Advances in medicine means that if CHD is detected at an early stage it can be treated successfully to extend the survival rate. Successful treatment is more likely if the disease is detected at its earliest stages. Our current research focuses on the early detection of CHD in order to halt or reverse the progress of the disease.

All the research we support is subject to stringent peer review by external specialists in relevant fields. We are continually reviewing our progress, driving forward new initiatives and pursuing new lines of research.

Your risk of CHD will depend on how many of the above risk factors you have. Some of the risk factors can not be modified, but knowing about them may encourage you to deal with them and take action where possible. In 2004-2005 our funds available for research were over £400,000. More funds are needed to continue this life-saving work.

Our ongoing research…

• Pioneering the use of heart scanning in the early diagnosis of heart disease in diabetics

• Development of Nuclear Cardiology techniques for the detection of heart disease

• Drug development and evaluation of treatments used in heart disease

• Identification of novel biological markers to predict the presence of heart disease

• Analysis of ethnic and socio-economic differences in heart disease risk