When someone has a stroke, they are taken to hospital for emergency treatment and rehabilitation. We wish to understand the long-term consequences of stroke on the patient and to the NHS (especially the length of time patients spend in… Read more
Each year, the number of new strokes diagnosed in older people has been decreasing. However, even before COVID-19 hit, the number of strokes in people aged under 55 had doubled in the last 10 years. Researchers found that both… Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way we deliver care for cardiology patients, especially those presenting with heart attacks. While the pandemic is now deemed to be over, its indirect effect in terms of disruption to services persists. Patients… Read more
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a serious condition that often affects people born with heart defects (congenital heart disease, CHD), even after surgery to repair their heart problem. This condition can make it hard for patients to breathe and… Read more
People with autoimmune rheumatic diseases, where the immune system attacks its own body, are more likely to have heart attacks and other cardiovascular (CV) diseases than the general population. Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) is a rare autoimmune disease where both… Read more
COVID-19 infection (also known as Covid, or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection) is mostly mild in children and young people. When someone continues to have symptoms weeks after their COVID-19 infection, this is known as long-COVID. Previous… Read more
Who gets ill, when, and with which diseases and outcomes, are key questions for individuals, clinicians and healthcare systems. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted this, with a need to identify vulnerable individuals to prioritise interventions such as vaccination. Many models were… Read more