Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
We seek to understand the broad range of mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease and to use this to focus on translational research.
Head of Division
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Stefan Neubauer
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
stefan.neubauer@cardiov.ox.ac.uk
01865 226829 (PA)
About Us
The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine (CVM) is home to an internationally leading academic programme in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. We aim to achieve the highest standards in research, clinical care and teaching.
Read moreResearchers develop new early warning scan for heart attacks
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.
Read morePremature hearts less able to cope with exercise
The hearts of people born prematurely are less able to cope with the pressures of exercise in adulthood, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and part-funded by the British Heart Foundation and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre.
Read moreLatest Publications
Physiological Stress Elicits Impaired Left Ventricular Function in Preterm-Born Adults.
Huckstep OJ. et al, (2018), J Am Coll Cardiol, 71, 1347 - 1356
Metabolic Regulation of Adipose Tissue Macrophage Function in Obesity and Diabetes.
Appari M. et al, (2018), Antioxid Redox Signal, 29, 297 - 312
The relative contribution of metabolic and structural abnormalities to diastolic dysfunction in obesity.
Rayner JJ. et al, (2018), Int J Obes (Lond), 42, 441 - 447
CMR Native T1 Mapping Allows Differentiation of Reversible Versus Irreversible Myocardial Damage in ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An OxAMI Study (Oxford Acute Myocardial Infarction).
Liu D. et al, (2017), Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, 10
Association analyses based on false discovery rate implicate new loci for coronary artery disease.
Nelson CP. et al, (2017), Nat Genet, 49, 1385 - 1391
What's new?
New target identified for heart repair after heart attack
30 January 2020
Study is the first to show that a specific immune cell is involved in creating the scar that repairs the heart after damage.