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Halting inflammation after a heart attack to prevent heart failureUniversity of Leeds | Dr Azhar Maqbool
After a heart attack, inflammation plays an important role in the healing and repair process that follows. However, long term inflammation can lead to changes in the way the heart is structured, a process called cardiac remodelling, which...
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Can reducing blood pressure variability after a stroke improve outcomes?University of Leicester | Professor Thompson Robinson
Many people who have had a sudden (or acute) stroke have high blood pressure, which can fall several days afterwards. Currently, doctors don’t know the best way to manage blood pressure in these acute stroke patients. We need to understand ...
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Drugs to stabilise plaques could prevent stroke
Drugs which target white blood cells and stabilise atherosclerotic plaques could be used to help prevent strokes, according to research presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference.
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Understanding kugeln, a new avenue of research in stroke and dementiaUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Tim Chico
Sheffield researchers are investigating an intriguing phenomenon they discovered in blood vessels in the brain. Understanding how blood vessels develop in the brain may help us to find ways to tackle diseases including stroke and dementi...
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Stopping the damage caused by stroke
We’ve been funding research to prevent strokes and improve treatment and recovery after a stroke.
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Encouraging new blood vessels to grow after a heart attack or strokeUniversity College London | Professor Christiana Ruhrberg
Heart and circulatory disease is one of the biggest killers in the UK. A common cause of death is from a heart attack or stroke, which occurs when a blood clot in an artery stops vital oxygen-carrying blood from flowing to the heart or brai...
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Can we prevent more damage to heart muscle after a heart attack?Newcastle University | Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos
Supervised by Professor Ioakim Spyridopoulos, a PhD student is looking for ways to prevent further heart muscle damage after a heart attack. Doctors carry out a procedure called coronary angioplasty to open up blocked or narrowed arteries ...
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Developing a potential gene therapy to prevent heart failure after heart attackUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Stuart A Nicklin
During a heart attack, part of the heart muscle is starved of its oxygen supply. This can permanently injure the oxygen-starved area which, over time, may lead to heart failure. Current treatments to preserve the heart muscle after heart at...
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Stroke - OPTIMAS
OPTIMAS tested how soon anti-clotting drugs should be started after a stroke in people with atrial fibrillation.
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Vascular dementia
Vascular dementia happens when there's a problem with the blood supply to your brain. Learn about the symptoms of vascular dementia and how it can be treated and managed.