Acute Vascular Imaging Centre for Oxford (OxAVIC)

该应用程序是一个临床研究中心（CRC），将允许密切监测病人，因为他们接受治疗的急性血管事件，在一个安全的环境中的心脏约翰拉德克利夫医院。至关重要的是，CRC将专注于调查中风和心脏病发作时的患者。它将利用医学的进步，特别是在成像方面，来提高我们对这些疾病的理解，并探索新的途径来改善患者的护理和结果。这项建议的新颖之处是将这种最先进的成像技术置于提供急性临床护理的核心，即急症室。研究人员仍然有很多问题要回答，为什么尽管目前的治疗策略，如血管成形术和使用血栓破坏药物，患者仍然没有恢复。传统上，这样的研究设施要么是不可用的，要么在中风或心脏病发作时不能为患者提供安全的环境。CRC将提供一个重点，汇集牛津大学内许多互补领域的研究专业知识，以了解我们如何开发新的治疗方法或改善这些常见疾病的现有治疗方法。

This application is for a clinical research centre (CRC) that will allow the close monitoring ofpatients as they receive treatments for acute vascular events, in a safe environment at the heartof the John Radcliffe Hospital. Crucially the CRC will focus on investigating patients at the timethey are having strokes and heart attacks. It will take advantage of medical advances,particularly in imaging, to improve our understanding of these illnesses and explore newavenues to improve care and outcomes for patients. The novel aspect of this proposal is toplace this state-of-the-art imaging at the core of where acute clinical care is provided, namely,the Accident and Emergency Department. Researchers still have a great many questions toanswer about why patients do not recover despite current treatment strategies, such asangioplasties and the use of clot-busting drugs. Traditionally, such research facilities are eitherunavailable or do not provide safe environments for patients at the time of the stroke or heartattack. The CRC will provide a focus to bring together the research expertise from manycomplimentary areas within Oxford University, to understand how we can develop newtreatments or improve on existing treatment for these common conditions.