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University of Cambridge | Professor Jonathan W Mant

After suffering a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or a mini-stroke, 10 to 20 per cent of people go on to have a full stroke within a month. The risk of recurrent stroke is 30 to 43 per cent within five years. This risk can be substantially...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Xuan Li

Inflammation plays a part in the development of many heart and circulatory diseases, including atherosclerosis, where arteries become ‘furred up’ and narrowed, and post-ischaemic injury, when tissue is damaged because of a lack of oxygen su...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Helle F Jorgensen

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are part of the blood vessels wall. When they multiply more than they should, it leads to a thickening in the blood vessel . This occurs during atherosclerosis where fatty materials builds up in the lini...

The NHS is facing the greatest workforce crisis in its history, the Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee report has warned today.

New research that we're funding at The University of Manchester has the potential to help patients stay out of hospital. By monitoring data collected by pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), researchers hope to use patients' activity levels to predict when they might be becoming ill, and intervene before a hospital stay becomes necessary.

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Heart patients who experienced feelings of hopelessness had an increased risk of dying or suffering a heart attack, according to new research funded by us and presented at the British Cardiovascular Society.

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University of Bristol | Professor Umberto Benedetto

People who require open heart surgery must be informed about the risks related to the operation. Currently, heart surgeons in the UK calculate the risk using a mathematical model called EuroSCORE. This model is no longer considered to be ...

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