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
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Performance of the GRACE 2.0 score in patients with type 1 and type 2 myocardial infarction
In:
European Heart Journal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa375
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Incidence, microbiology and outcomes in patient hospitalized with infective endocarditis
In:
Circulation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.044913
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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
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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
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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
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Sex-Specific Thresholds of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome
In:
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 74
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.07.082
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High-sensitivity cardiac troponin and the universal definition of myocardial infarction
In:
Circulation, vol. 141, pp. 161–171
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.042960
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Presenting symptoms in men and women diagnosed with myocardial infarction using sex-specific criteria
In:
Journal of the American Heart Association
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.012307
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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
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Delirium detection in older acute medical inpatients: a multicentre prospective comparative diagnostic test accuracy study of the 4AT and the Confusion Assessment Method
In:
BMC Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1367-9
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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.
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Incidence and outcomes of unstable angina compared with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
In:
Heart
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314305
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Global Adoption of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponins and the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction
In:
Clinical Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2018.298059
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Novel high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome
In:
Heart
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314093
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High-sensitivity troponin in the evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial
In:
The Lancet
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31923-8
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Protocol for validation of the 4AT, a rapid screening tool for delirium: a multicentre prospective diagnostic test accuracy study
In:
BMJ Open
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015572
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Endothelin antagonism reduces circulating galectin-3 in patients with proteinuric chronic kidney disease
In:
Kidney International, vol. 93, pp. 270
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2017.10.009
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Letter (Published) -
Cardiac myosin-binding protein C is a novel marker of myocardial injury and fibrosis in aortic stenosis
In:
Heart
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312257
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Differences in relative and absolute effectiveness of oral P2Y 12 inhibition in men and women: a meta-analysis and modelling study
In:
Heart
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312003
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)