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Preventing respiratory infection-related cardiovascular disease events in primary care

Abstract:

Background: Cardiovascular disease events (CVD events, comprising coronary and cerebrovascular events) are major causes of morbidity and mortality. CVD can be prevented by medications that target the underlying pathological processes of thrombosis and atherosclerosis. When a patient is diagnosed with a respiratory infection their risk of CVD events is about four times higher than their background risk for the following four weeks. This infection-related CVD event risk is w...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Role:
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-4461-8756
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0001-7976-7172
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Role:
Supervisor
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0001-7205-2051
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Primary Care Health Sciences
Role:
Supervisor

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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/0187kwz08
Grant:
NIHR300738
Programme:
Doctoral Fellowship

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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

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