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« Back to NewsExercise in young adults with high blood pressure alters blood vessel structure in the brain
10 February 2023
CCRF CVM Department General Publication Research
Exercise changes internal carotid artery size, even when blood pressure is not lowered.
Critical six-week window to ‘reset’ blood pressure after giving birth
28 June 2021
CCRF CVM Department General Publication Research
Home blood pressure monitors could help mothers significantly lower high blood pressure after pregnancy
CCRF partners with British Society of Echocardiography
4 September 2020
The partnership will produce the first ever British Society of Echocardiography National review of Stress Echocardiography Practice (BSE N-STEP).
CCRF Autumn Research Seminar
17 October 2019
Takes place Wednesday 30 October 12.30 pm, lunch provided.
Managing blood pressure after pre-eclampsia
30 September 2019
CCRF CVM Department General Research
How a smartphone app can help reduce the risk for high blood pressure in women who had pre-eclampsia during pregnancy.
Using AI to diagnose heart disease
19 October 2018
CCRF Department General Research
Research fostered at RDM has increased the accuracy of echocardiogram interpretations, pinpointing many more people at risk of heart disease.
Lifestyle factors linked to brain health of young adults
10 September 2018
CCRF CVM Department General OCMR Publication
Researchers from our Department led by Prof Paul Leeson, in collaboration with researchers from Canada and the Universities of Bristol and London, have used advanced magnetic resonance imaging to investigate whether factors such as blood pressure, fitness, smoking and alcohol intake during young adult life are associated with changes in the blood vessels inside the brain.
Dr Adam Lewandowski awarded BHF Intermediate Basic Science Fellowship
3 April 2018
Congratulations to Dr Adam Lewandowski, who has secured a five-year British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Fellowship to study the impact of premature birth on the heart.
Premature hearts less able to cope with exercise
19 March 2018
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.
Artificial Intelligence added to cardiologists toolbox
5 January 2018
Researchers from the University of Oxford are using artificial intelligence to improve diagnostic accuracy for heart disease. The team hope to roll out the system across the NHS later this year, helping to improve patient outcomes and saving millions is misdiagnoses. The research, led by Prof Paul Leeson and RDM DPhil student Ross Upton (Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility), took place in the Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust and is the basis of spin-out company Ultromics.