Dr Atul Anand
Senior Clinical Research Fellow
- Centre for Cardiovascular Science
- HighSTEACS Research Group
Contact details
- Email: atul.anand@ed.ac.uk
Research summary
My main research interests are in the use of routine health data to improve outcomes for older people. In my PhD this focussed on cardiovascular disease and frailty, but my interests have expanded to cover a broader range of conditions. This is in line with my clinical work as a consultant geriatrician at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
I have been a co-investigator on the HighSTEACS and HiSTORIC cluster randomised trials and am a passionate advocate for these methodologies to improve representation and inclusion of older people in clinical trials. I am the clinical data lead for the DataLoch programme – a data repository of health and social care data in South East Scotland – that will dramatically improve the quality and access to routinely linked data.
In keeping with these interests, I am developing a routine electronic health record hospital screening tool for frailty, based on data entered in the normal admission process for older adults. This is available real-time and has recently been adopted to help triage patient care at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. An evaluation of the impact of this approach is ongoing.
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How to design a hypertension treatment trial that informs care of older people with frailty: a survey of clinicians in Ireland and the UK
In:
Age and Ageing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa198
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Serial troponin measurements to monitor risk & response to endothelin-A antagonism in chronic kidney disease Research Letter
In:
Nephrology dialysis transplantation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfaa214
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Letter (E-pub ahead of print) -
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin on presentation to rule out myocardial infarction: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.06.20189308
Research output: › Working paper (Published) -
Performance of the GRACE 2.0 score in patients with type 1 and type 2 myocardial infarction
In:
European Heart Journal, vol. n/a, pp. 1-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa375
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Incidence, microbiology and outcomes in patient hospitalized with infective endocarditis
In:
Circulation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.044913
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Exploring Patient Experience of Chest Pain Before and After Implementation of an Early Rule-Out Pathway for Myocardial Infarction: A Qualitative Study
(12 pages)
In:
Annals of Emergency Medicine, vol. 75, pp. 502-513
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.11.012
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Frailty assessment and risk prediction by GRACE score in older patients with acute myocardial infarction
In:
BMC Geriatrics, vol. 20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-1500-9
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Risk Stratification Using High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome
(3 pages)
In:
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 75, pp. 985-987
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.12.036
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Exploring Patient Experience of Chest Pain Before and After Implementation of an Early Rule-Out Pathway for Myocardial Infarction: A Qualitative Study
In:
Annals of Emergency Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.11.012
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin and the universal definition of myocardial infarction
(11 pages)
In:
Circulation, vol. 141, pp. 161–171
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.042960
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Effect of Exercise Intensity and Duration on Cardiac Troponin Release
(3 pages)
In:
Circulation, vol. 141, pp. 83-85
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.041874
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Diagnosing myocardial infarction in the era of high-sensitivity troponin: the High-STEACS trial
In:
Cardiovascular Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvz274
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
High-sensitivity troponin and the application of risk stratification thresholds in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome
In:
Circulation, vol. 140, pp. 1557–1568
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.042866
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Sex-Specific Thresholds of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome
In:
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 74, pp. 2032-2043
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.07.082
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Sex-Specific Thresholds of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome
(12 pages)
In:
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 74, pp. 2032-2043
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.07.082
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Presenting Symptoms in Men and Women Diagnosed With Myocardial Infarction Using Sex‐Specific Criteria
In:
Journal of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, vol. 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.012307
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Endothelin Receptor Antagonism Improves Lipid Profiles and Lowers PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9) in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
(8 pages)
In:
Hypertension, vol. 74, pp. 323-330
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.12919
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Delirium detection in older acute medical inpatients: a multicentre prospective comparative diagnostic test accuracy study of the 4AT and the confusion assessment method
(14 pages)
In:
BMC Medicine, vol. 17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1367-9
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Application of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Suspected Myocardial Infarction
(12 pages)
In:
New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 380, pp. 2529-2540
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1803377
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Endothelin receptor antagonism improves lipid profiles & lowers PCSK9 in patients with chronic kidney disease
In:
Hypertension
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.12919.
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)