Assessing Lung Function in Patients After A Heart Attack
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Assessing Lung Function in Patients After A Heart Attack
IRAS ID
350481
Contact name
Omar Usmani
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
In the UK around 100,000 hospital admissions each year are due to heart attacks; that's 290 admissions each day or one every five minutes (British Heart Foundation factsheet Sep 2024).
Patients who are admitted to hospital following a heart attack are often active smokers or have a history of smoking as a key risk factor. Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body, from the heart and blood vessels, to the lungs and respiratory system, immune system, reproductive organs, digestive organs, bones and other organs. (Heart Research Institute UK, https://www.hriuk.org/health/learn/risk factors/smoking).
COPD is primarily present in smokers and those greater than age 40. Prevalence increases with age and it is currently the third most common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In 2015, the prevalence of COPD was 174 million and there were approximately 3.2 million deaths due to COPD worldwide. However, the prevalence is likely to be underestimated due to the underdiagnoses of COPD. (Safiri, S et al, BMJ 2022).We want to know how widely underdiagnosed COPD is in patients who have had a heart attack and understand the documentation of respiratory symptoms in patients who have had had a heart attack.
REC name
London - Brent Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/PR/0562
Date of REC Opinion
23 May 2025
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion