Figure 3.

% change compared with the previous year in ED attendance, hospital admissions and procedures/treatments for cardiac, cerebrovascular and other vascular conditions. Cardiac ED attendances are those with an ED diagnosis code for cardiac conditions; cardiac admissions include those with acute coronary syndrome or heart failure; cardiac procedures/treatments include percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiac pacemaker or resynchronisation and coronary artery bypass graft; cerebrovascular ED attendances are those with an ED diagnosis code for cerebrovascular conditions; cerebrovascular admissions include those with acute stroke (ischaemic, intracerebral haemorrhage or subarachnoid haemorrhage) or transient ischaemic attack; cerebrovascular procedures/treatments include stroke thrombolysis, thrombectomy, carotid endarterectomy/stenting or cerebral aneurysm coiling; other vascular ED attendances are those with an ED diagnosis code for other vascular conditions; other vascular admissions include those with aortic aneurysms, DVT, PE or peripheral arterial disease; other vascular procedures include aortic aneurysm repair, limb revascularisation, bypass or amputation and peripheral angioplasty. Horizontal brown line indicates 0%; vertical green dotted line indicates first confirmed COVID-19 case on 31 January 2020; vertical purple dotted line indicates lockdown date on 23 March 2020. Shading represents 95% CIs of % change. DVT, deep vein thrombosis; ED, emergency department; PE, pulmonary embolism.