Leicester Medical School
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences

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Cardiac Surgery

Head of Group: Professor M Galiñanes

Academic Member: Mr L Hadjinikolaou

The activities of the group encompass clinical and laboratory-based research and are centred on the following principal areas: Understanding the pathophysiology of the injury sustained during ischaemia and reoxygenation; the role of oxidative stress and inflammation in the injury sustained during cardio-pulmonary bypass and in the progression of heart diseases to heart failure; the pathways controlling the elastic properties of blood vessels and their possible role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis; the use of bone marrow-derived stem cells in regeneration of damaged myocardium.