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Fourth digital health product developed as part of Sensyne agreement

8 August 2018 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Digital Health from Hospital to Home

A software product that underpins a remote management service for patients with heart failure has been licensed by the UK digital health company Sensyne Health as part of a strategic research agreement with the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation ... READ MORE

Premature hearts less able to cope with exercise

20 March 2018 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine

The hearts of people born prematurely are less able to cope with the pressures of exercise in adulthood, according to a new study funded by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. The findings, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, might explain why people born ... READ MORE

Sharp rise in heart disease patients experiencing five or more other conditions

7 March 2018 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Multimorbidity and Long-Term Conditions

The proportion of people experiencing heart disease and stroke who have five or more other health conditions quadrupled between 2000 and 2014, and the rise was not driven by age, according to new research funded by the NIHR Oxford BRC. The study by The George Institute for Global Health at the ... READ MORE

New funding allows John Radcliffe to expand testing for deadly heart conditions

26 February 2018 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Genomic Medicine

Thousands more people nationally – and hundreds in our region - could be screened for deadly inherited heart conditions at the John Radcliffe Hospital after it received a grant to expand a genetic testing service. The funding from the Miles Frost Fund and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) was ... READ MORE

High blood pressure linked to common heart valve disorder

18 October 2017 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine

New research has, for the first time, established a strong link between high blood pressure and the most common heart valve disorder in high-income countries. The NIHR Oxford BRC-funded study by The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford followed 5.5 million adults in the ... READ MORE

Oxford researchers develop new scan to predict stroke

24 August 2017 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Imaging, Preventive Neurology

Researchers at the University of Oxford, supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, have developed a new type of MRI scan to predict the risk of having a stroke. The non-invasive technique, developed with funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF), is described in a paper ... READ MORE

Oxford researchers develop new early warning scan for heart attacks

13 July 2017 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Imaging

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a new type of imaging test to provide an early warning of coronary artery disease, and the risk of heart attacks. The new imaging technique can be applied as a new feature in routine computed tomography angiography (CTA), and will improve the ... READ MORE

Unique Oxford study of vascular disease welcomes 10,000th participant

2 September 2016 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Preventive Neurology

                                                    Peter Casey was the study's 10,000th patient   The only project of its kind anywhere that studies all acute vascular events, such as strokes and heart attacks, to develop better treatments has recruited its 10,000th Oxfordshire ... READ MORE

High blood pressure linked to vascular dementia

19 May 2016 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Other News, Preventive Neurology

High blood pressure could significantly raise the risk of developing the second most common form of dementia, according to a new study from The George Institute for Global Health. The medical records of more than four million people were analysed with researchers finding heightened blood pressure ... READ MORE

Immediate aspirin after mini-stroke substantially reduces risk of major stroke

19 May 2016 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Other News

Using aspirin urgently could substantially reduce the risk of major strokes in patients who have minor ‘warning’ events, a group of European researchers has found. Writing in the Lancet, the team say that immediate self-treatment when patients experience stroke-like symptoms would considerably ... READ MORE

Heart warning over “fight or flight” tumour

16 May 2016 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Other News

A rare tumour that randomly secretes stress hormones – historically leading some doctors to diagnose sufferers with a psychiatric disorder – does more damage to the heart than previously thought, University of Oxford research reports today. In the largest study of its kind, researchers said ... READ MORE

Statin treatment before heart surgery does not prevent heart damage or atrial fibrillation

4 May 2016 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Other News

Giving daily doses of statins for a few days before and after heart surgery does not prevent heart muscle damage or the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), according to an international clinical trial led by the University of Oxford and co-funded by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research ... READ MORE

New tool to improve blood pressure measurement

21 March 2016 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Preventive Neurology

Scientists at Oxford University have developed a new way of estimating our true underlying blood pressure that overcomes common problems in a clinical setting which can lead to misleading results. Blood pressure measurement is frequently used by medics to understand our health, and dangerously ... READ MORE

Give blood pressure drugs to all at risk, study urges

24 December 2015 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine

Blood pressure-lowering drugs should be offered to all individuals at high risk of having a heart attack or stroke regardless of their blood pressure at the start of treatment, according to the largest meta-analysis conducted to date involving over 600,000 people, published in The Lancet. The ... READ MORE

Study shows benefit of reducing blood pressure under targets

6 November 2015 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Other News

Using intensive treatment to lower blood pressure below currently recommended targets significantly reduces rates of major cardiovascular events like stroke and heart attack among a wide range of high-risk patients, a study supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre has ... READ MORE

Blood pressure linked to diabetes in major new study

29 September 2015 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Metabolic Experimental Medicine

High blood pressure sufferers have an almost 60 per cent greater chance of developing diabetes, according to a major global study. Study author Professor Kazem Rahimi said that in face of earlier conflicting and inconclusive reports, this study now reliably shows the connection between high blood ... READ MORE

European first for JR rare disease conference

18 September 2015 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine

Dr Bart Loeys, Dr Alex Pitcher and Dr Hal Dietz (left to right) Patients, their families, clinicians and scientists came to the John Radcliffe Hospital from around the world for the first meeting of its kind in Europe on a rare cardiovascular disease. More than 160 people attended the Saturday, ... READ MORE

JR facilities to open for public tours

21 August 2015 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine

Residents can tour two John Radcliffe Hospital facilities to learn about the history and treatment of conditions such as stroke and heart attack next month. The facilities will open on Friday September 11 as part of the Open Doors programme of events on September 12 and 13, when famous city ... READ MORE

Heart failure patients applaud support app

24 July 2015 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine, Digital Health from Hospital to Home, Translational Data Science

Heart failure patients have praised an NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre-supported project that allows them to monitor their condition and communicate with researchers through tablet computers. A survey of users reported they found the system – through which they monitored their blood ... READ MORE

Premature babies found to have smaller hearts in later life

21 August 2013 · Listed under Cardiovascular Medicine

Young adults who were born prematurely have smaller hearts with thicker walls than those who were born after full-length pregnancies, according to researchers in Oxford. The extent of the differences were unexpected and they are part of an emerging picture of changes in the heart, blood vessels and ... READ MORE

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