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Should patients restart antiplatelet drugs after a haemorrhagic stroke?University of Edinburgh | Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman
More than one third of the adults with a stroke due to bleeding into the brain – known as brain haemorrhage – are taking drugs to prevent clotting when they have a brain haemorrhage. These patients have previously suffered illnesses like an...
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Focus on: Heart attacks
Every five minutes, someone in the UK has a heart attack. We explain all you need to know about a heart attack including the causes, symptoms and effects.
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Could your beta-blocker side effects be a trick of the mind?
Some people stop taking beta blockers because they believe they’re causing side effects like breathlessness and weight gain. But these symptoms can be caused by the nocebo effect, explains specialist Dr Sameer Zaman.
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Stroke - LACI-2 trial
Lacunar stroke is caused by damage to small blood vessels deep in the brain, and can ultimately lead to dementia. LACI-2 explored whether isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol could be used to treat lacunar stroke.
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Cardiac MRI scan
Find out why you'd have a cardiac MRI scan, what happens during the scan, when you'll get results and where to get support.
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Previous Clinical Study Grant Awards
Clinical Study Grants support clinical trials and observational studies of specific patient groups. Previous awards have included a broad range of types and sizes of study, e.g. single centre pilot studies, large multi-centre trials, UK arms of international trials, sub-studies of existing trials.
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Research into lacunar stroke and dementia
Lacunar stroke is a type of stroke that could be contributing to dementia. Sarah Brealey hears how Professor Joanna Wardlaw and her colleagues are tackling the problem.
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A clinical trial testing if aspirin prevents heart attacks and strokes in people with chronic kidney diseaseUniversity of Southampton | Dr Hugh Gallagher
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, particularly in the elderly. In some cases, it can advance into life-threatening kidney problems. But the greatest health threat to most people with CKD is that it significantly increases their risk o...
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Using mathematics to predict the future for heart and circulatory diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Dr Peter Scarborough
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Peter Scarborough is developing a new computer model that can predict heart and circulatory disease rates until 2030. In recent years the influence of risk factors for heart and circulato...
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Developing a new method to predict plaques likely to ruptureUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Martin Bennett
In this Clinical Research Training Fellowship supervised by BHF Professor Martin Bennett, the fellow is working out how to predict which atherosclerotic plaques are most likely to rupture, leading to heart attacks and strokes. Atheroscle...