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February 2020

Researchers aim to develop tool to predict cardiovascular events



A project to develop a new tool for predicting the risk of a cardiovascular event or death in patients who have already suffered a heart attack has received a grant of almost £150,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.

In the UK, around 7 million people are living with cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is responsible for one in four deaths.

People with CVD are up to five times more likely to have a stroke, are six times more likely to die compared to those without, and up to half of them suffer a second heart attack, but there is currently no way of predicting risk of future events in these patients.

The project, which will be led by Professor Mamas Mamas, Professor of Cardiology at Keele University and Honorary Professor of Population Health at the University of Manchester, aims to improve the quality of care for patients with CVD by helping general practice teams to identify patients at higher risk of future cardiovascular events and death.

Professor Mamas said: ‘If we can accurately predict the likelihood of suffering another cardiovascular event, then we can intervene early and hopefully reduce patients’ risk.’