CAPACITY-COVID: UK-wide collection of cardiovascular complications due to Covid-19 infection

To accurately measure the acute cardiovascular complications of Covid-19 infection, the team are collecting standardised registry data that describe and quantify these complications in patients in hospitals across the UK. The data will form a significant part of a larger multinational registry already in operation called CAPACITY, adding to the power of the study. CAPACITY (Cardiac complicAtions in Patients with SARS Corona vIrus 2 regisTrY; chief investigator Professor Folkert Asselbergs UCL/UMC Utrecht) is an international registry of patients with COVID-19 established to answer questions on the role of cardiovascular disease in this pandemic. It is an extension of the Case Record Form that was released by the ISARIC (International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium) and WHO (World Health Organisation). Since the launch of the registry, 88 centres across 17 countries have registered to join CAPACITY.