Acute Myocardial Infarction
Conditions
Brief summary
Acute Myocardial Infarction (heart attacks) affect about 86000 people each year in the UK. Given this large number of people, it is important that health teams look at ways to ensure the best care to improve outcomes after a heart attack. In related heart conditions, the role of iron is important, but there isn't much information about what effect iron levels have on patients following a heart attack. We want to plan a large scale study to look at this, but need some early data to understand how many patients have low iron levels. This small study will take part at one NHS Trust and will test for iron levels in all patients who provide consent (we expect up to 70 patients will take part). We will also collect data from medical notes for these patients and use all of this information together to understand more about iron and to plan a larger study.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion: 1. \- Adults patients who sign an informed consent form. 2. \- Type 1 myocardial infarction within the previous 10 days Exclusion 1 - Not fulfilling inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of iron deficiency | within 10 days of acute MI | Prevalence of iron deficiency in a population of patients following acute MI. |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORDavid Austin, MD
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Outcome results
None listed