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Dr Nicola Scott has received a Heart Foundation research grant to investigate a newly discovered heart protein that could be used to treat a debilitating heart condition.

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As a result of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and rheumatic fever, Connie has heart failure and valve problems, but she’s determined her heart conditions won’t stop her doing the things she loves.

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Understanding the increased risk of heart disease faced by premature babies and their mothers, how heart valve disease progresses from mild to severe symptoms, and exploring heart failure disparities for Māori and Pacific people are just three of the projects awarded funding by the Heart Foundation today, World Heart Day.

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A 2020 Heart Foundation-funded research project investigating a new treatment strategy for heart failure patients is showing exciting early results. Now we’re funding a new project to see if the same strategy could be used to prevent people going into heart failure in the first place.

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A revolutionary pacemaker, developed at the University of Auckland, is giving new hope to the 80,000 people living with heart failure in New Zealand, thanks to funding from several organisations, including the Heart Foundation.

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Pita says the atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart attack he suffered in 2015 were a ‘fax sent from God.’ Now he’s making lifestyle changes and taking his medication. This is his story in his own words.

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Sri felt really scared when she was told her rheumatic heart disease and valve problems had led to heart failure. However, she’s found that sharing her story and hearing how others have coped have been key to emotional wellbeing.

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The Heart Foundation is celebrating $100 million invested in research projects and overseas training fellowships, since it began almost six decades ago.

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Tania thought she was setting off on a wellearned holiday when she boarded a flight to Australia last November. Instead, the fit, music loving grandmother from the Bay of Plenty ended up in intensive care, in a coma and fighting for her life.

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Kerri thought her breathlessness was asthma, so to be told she had heart failure and needed valve surgery was quite a shock.

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Senior Research Fellow Dr Anna Pilbrow has been awarded the Heart Foundation’s inaugural Foundation100 Fellowship. Her two-year research project will investigate the use of DNA and genetics to identify people at risk of heart attacks and heart failure.

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Barry, now 75, had always been a keen sportsman in his youth and was not aware of any family members with a history of heart disease. After visiting his doctor he made a shocking discovery that meant he required heart surgery.

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