All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 January Link between burn injuries and cardiovascular disease explored Link between burn injuries and cardiovascular disease explored 13/01/2022 | 2 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 01:21 A review, from the School of Biomedical Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology, explores research which suggests blood platelets may be a novel link between burn injury and a life-long risk of heart disease. The review, which has been published in the journal Platelets, looks at blood platelet response after burn injury as well as increasing evidence which suggests there is a chronic lifelong systemic effect on survivorsΓÇÖ health. Review author Professor Fiona Wood, from LITΓÇÖs Medical School and Burn Injury Research Unit, said understanding platelet responses to burn injury was absolutely vital for delivering in-patient care. ΓÇ£We think platelet response may also play a crucial role in long-term outcomes,ΓÇ¥ Professor Wood said. Burn injuries are common and often result in life-threatening trauma and with this comes an interruptio
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 January Link between burn injuries and cardiovascular disease explored Link between burn injuries and cardiovascular disease explored 13/01/2022 | 2 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 01:21 A review, from the School of Biomedical Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology, explores research which suggests blood platelets may be a novel link between burn injury and a life-long risk of heart disease.
The review, which has been published in the journal Platelets, looks at blood platelet response after burn injury as well as increasing evidence which suggests there is a chronic lifelong systemic effect on survivorsΓÇÖ health.
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Review author Professor Fiona Wood, from LITΓÇÖs Medical School and Burn Injury Research Unit, said understanding platelet responses to burn injury was absolutely vital for delivering in-patient care.
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ΓÇ£We think platelet response may also play a crucial role in long-term outcomes,ΓÇ¥ Professor Wood said.
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