Cardiovascular & respiratory
London has been at the forefront of cardiovascular and respiratory science, since pioneering transplant science in the early 1980s.
More specialist cardiovascular sites than anywhere else outside the US, with
109 trial sites
The world’s first double heart and lung transplant
was conducted by UCL’s Professor Magdi Yacoub in 1983
The Cardiothoracic Transplant Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital is
Europe's largest paediatric transplant centre,
performing 20-30 transplants per year
3,000 heart transplants
performed since 1980 at Harefield Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ specialist heart and lung transplant centre
Success stories:
The Virtual 3D Heart Project
The Virtual 3D Heart Project is a collaboration between Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London to project patients’ medical images from 3D echocardiography, CT or MRI to a virtual reality environment to visualise complex heart structures from all angles prior to surgery.
Programmes & initiatives
- British Heart Foundation Accelerator Awards allow experts from diverse fields to come together to tackle the biggest questions in heart and circulatory disease research. Learn more
- Asthma and Lung UK Innovation Accelerator will support respiratory innovation products through user testing and bring them a step closer to market. Learn more
- NIHR-British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Partnership provides a platform for collaboration between researchers funded by NIHR and the British Heart Foundation to catalyse progress in cardiovascular research and translate scientific discoveries into benefits for people affected by heart and circulatory diseases. Learn more
- For other relevant support programmes and funding see Support.
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