The Ticker Tapes

Jan 09 2025 88 ep. 37 mins 8
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The British Heart Foundation brings you real stories of people living with heart and circulatory conditions. You’ll hear about the challenges these conditions can bring, but also reasons to be cheerful.

 

From time to time, you'll also hear special episodes with our BHF celebrity ambassadors, and episodes to mark major moments, such as the BHF's 60th anniversary in July 2021.

 

So, see you soon, on The Ticker Tapes!

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ALUMNI REFLECTIONS: Professor Joanna Wardlaw CBE

Jan 09 2025 56 mins  
In our first episode of Alumni Reflections, we head to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh where, in March 2024, BHF Director of Research, Professor James Leiper, was joined by Joanna Wardlaw CBE, Professor of Applied Neuroimaging at the University of Edinburgh.  Joanna, who is among the top 10 most highly cited female researchers in the UK, is internationally re

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: Alejandra and Alba's story

Dec 12 2024 49 mins  
Alba Butler is only seven years old but she’s been through more in her short life than many of us may face in a lifetime. Diagnosed in the womb with a congenital heart condition, Transposition of the great arteries (TGA), Alba underwent her first heart operation at just an hour old. This was followed by open heart surgery lasting more than nine hours when she was just eight days

SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH: Tom's story

Jul 31 2024 34 mins  
Tom Henson was just 23 years old when his life was cruelly and suddenly cut short in late July 2018. The sport-mad Sheffield United fan had been playing a game of football with friends after work on a summer evening when he collapsed and died having suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Later it was discovered that Tom had a congenital heart condition called supravalvular aortic stenos

HEART ATTACK: Faith's story

Jul 10 2024 37 mins  
At just 22, Faith, an online fitness coach and keen athlete, suffered a devastating heart attack while driving home after playing in a hockey match. In this episode, Faith bravely tells Rob Underwood her story and talks about the impactful heart related challenges she’s since faced along the way. She's also passionate about inspiring others on a similar journey, whilst raising aw

SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: Harry's story

Feb 28 2024 27 mins  
In 2016 then aged just 7, Harry suffered a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) while playing in an after school football session. Remarkably, his life was saved by the school bursar who quickly responded and tirelessly performed CPR for around 15 minutes until paramedics arrived. Harry was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (I

HEART FAILURE AND COPING WITH GRIEF: Harry's story

Feb 28 2024 28 mins  
Please note this episode covers some potentially upsetting topics.Harry Marshall is a remarkable young man. By the age of just 24 he’d lost two of the people closest to him – his brother Tom and his mother Alison, who had been living with heart failure for more than a decade. For many of us these experiences would have left us broken but having used his own grief as inspiration

HEART TRANSPLANT: Sanj's story

Dec 14 2023 44 mins  
In November 2022, at the age of 29, Sanj Kochhar received a heart transplant and was discharged on Christmas Eve. In this episode with Yianna Theodorou from the British Heart Foundation, Sanj explains how she started experiencing symptoms of heart failure while studying to become a doctor. After 10 years of a slow decrease in heart function, despite compensating very well, one

HEART ATTACK: Salman's story

Sep 25 2023 37 mins  
Dr Salman Uddin is a GP who has devoted his working life to providing care and support for patients in the multi-ethnic community of Tower Hamlets, London, where he himself was raised. The father-of-two is passionate about encouraging people of all ages, religions and backgrounds to speak more openly about heart health. This became even more important to Salman after he himsel

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE: Helen and Rory's story

Sep 18 2023 31 mins  
In the autumn of 2022 Helen and her partner Joe were excitedly awaiting the arrival of their first baby, but at the 20-week scan they started down a path they never thought they would be on. A potential issue was picked up with their baby’s heart. Eventually specialist Dr David Lloyd, whose incredible work into foetal heart development is funded by the BHF, would diagnose a condi

HEART FAILURE: Macy's story

Aug 31 2023 26 mins  
In August 2022 Macy Allen turned 18. A busy hairdressing apprentice with a second job in a pub and hectic social life with friends and her boyfriend Will, Macy was looking forward to another year of living her life at 100 miles per hour. Instead, at the end of October, life changed for her forever. Macy became seriously ill very quickly, and was suddenly unable to even climb the st