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Assessing trends in admissions for acute coronary syndromes in England

  • Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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Grant number: C19-IUC-236

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof. Colin Baigent

  • Research Location

    United Kingdom

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Oxford

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Not applicable

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Assessing trends in admissions for acute coronary syndromes - in England and Wales there has been a greater than 50% reduction in emergency department attendances for myocardial ischaemia since the start of the pandemic. Several UK cardiologists have reported a substantial reduction in demand for coronary procedures. In order to understand the scale, nature and duration of changes to admissions for different types of acute coronary syndromes, and to evaluate whether the in-hospital management of these patients was also affected as a result of the pandemic, the project will analyse data on all such admissions to NHS acute hospital Trusts in England using the Secondary Uses Service Admitted Patient Care (SUSAPC) database. Early results published online in the Lancet (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31356-8/fulltext)