Research

 Anticoagulation

  • VTE Programme Grant
  • ExACT
  • ExPeKT
  • Health Economics
  • GARFIELD
  • 4 systematic reviews:
  1. Aspirin Resistance - A systematic review of the diagnostic utility of tests currently available for the detection of apsirin resistance in patients with established cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease.
  2. Stopping rule - The development and evaluation of a prognostic model and clinical decision rule to help decide on cessation of anticoagulant therapy in patients with idiopathic venous thromboembolism (VTE)
  3. Antiplatelet vs Anticoag treatment - Combined anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy for high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation: systematic review and individual patient meta-analysis
  4. COPD

Heart Failure

Hypertension

  • PATHWAY 1, PATHWAY 2 , PATHWAY 3
  • TASMINH
  • TASMINH 2
  • Tasmin-SR
  • The BP-Eth study
  • Cross-sectional study assessing the extent that current guidelines for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease are being followed in general practice using Polypill study database.
  • CKD
  • Birmingham/ Oxford Collaborative BP Monitoring Programme Group, which is funded by the NIHR. Funding for this grant is 5 years with a little over 2 years to go. Birmingham leads the blood pressure arm on this programme
  • Systematic review of the relative effectiveness of clinic and home blood pressure monitoring compared to ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the diagnosis of hypertension – completed
  • Systematic review of the accuracy of ambulatory blood pressure monitors, which also considers the effectiveness of the different validation protocols
  • Calibration drift of new blood pressure measuring devices in a retail pharmacy environment
  • Future: Self-monitoring programme grant

Rehabilitation

Stroke

  • CLARHC 
  • Stroke prevention programme which comprises of TASMIN SR, POLYPILL AND PAST BP
  • POLYPILL
  • PAST BP
  • Rapid TIA