Estimating the Effect of Reduced Attendance at Emergency Departments for Suspected Cardiac Conditions on Cardiac Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Michail Katsoulis; Manuel Gomes; Alvina G Lai; Albert Henry; Spiros Denaxas; Pagona Lagiou; Vahe Nafilyan; Ben Humberstone; Amitava Banerjee; Harry Hemingway; R Thomas Lumbers

doi:10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.007085

Estimating the Effect of Reduced Attendance at Emergency Departments for Suspected Cardiac Conditions on Cardiac Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Jan;14(1):e007085. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.120.007085. Epub 2020 Dec 20.

Authors

Michail Katsoulis^{1

2}, Manuel Gomes³, Alvina G Lai^{1

2}, Albert Henry^{1

2}, Spiros Denaxas^{1

2

4

5

6}, Pagona Lagiou^{7

8}, Vahe Nafilyan⁹, Ben Humberstone⁹, Amitava Banerjee^{1

2

10}, Harry Hemingway^{1

2}, R Thomas Lumbers^{1

2

4

11}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Health Informatics (M.K., A.G.L., A.H., S.D., A.B., H.H., R.T.L.), University College London, United Kingdom.
² Health Data Research UK London (M.K., A.G.L., A.H., S.D., A.B., H.H., R.T.L.), University College London, United Kingdom.
³ Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care (M.G.), University College London, United Kingdom.
⁴ The National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre (S.D., H.H., R.T.L), University College London, United Kingdom.
⁵ British Heart Foundation Research Accelerator (S.D.), University College London, United Kingdom.
⁶ The Alan Turing Institute, London, United Kingdom (S.D.).
⁷ Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (P.L.).
⁸ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (P.L.).
⁹ Office for National Statistics, Newport, United Kingdom (V.N., B.H.).
¹⁰ Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India (A.B.).
¹¹ Bart's Heart Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom (R.T.L.).

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; coronavirus; death, sudden, cardiac; heart disease; pandemic.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Cause of Death
Emergency Service, Hospital*
England
Heart Diseases / diagnosis
Heart Diseases / mortality*
Heart Diseases / therapy
Humans
Patient Acceptance of Health Care*
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Time-to-Treatment

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding