Leicester Medical School
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences

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Cardiology

Head of Group: Professor NJ Samani

Academic members: Professor AH Goodall, Professor A Gershlick, Professor DR Thompson, Dr GA Ng, Dr W Toff, Dr N Chong, Dr G McCann, Dr GC Rodrigo, Dr M Tomaszewski.

The group pursues a broad range of both basic and clinical research in the areas of coronary heart disease, hypertension, thrombosis, cardiac imaging and arrythmias. Principle themes include: Molecular genetics of coronary heart disease and hypertension; platelet function and haemostatic mechanisms in atherothrombotic diseases; the role of biological ageing in coronary heart disease; the use of vessel wall targeting of therapeutic agents to limit the pathological consequences of vessel wall injury caused by angioplasty or stent implantation; development of myocardial perfusion imaging and measurement in acute myocardial infarction, chronic ischaemia and failure; characterisation of the factors involved in the initiation of cardiac arrhythmias; circadian timing in the cardiovascular system.

Last updated: 19/11/08
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