Cohort profile: Outcome Monitoring After Cardiac Surgery (OMACS) - a prospective UK cohort study of cardiac surgery patients at the Bristol Heart Institute.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Outcome Monitoring After Cardiac Surgery (OMACS) cohort study was set-up with the aim of establishing a rich source of biological samples and health status data from patients who undergo cardiac surgery. The objectives were to use these data to inform the design of new clinical studies and to provide samples and data to answer research questions.

Participants

Recruitment began on 23 May 2016 and ended 31 May 2022. Adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust were screened and approached for consent. Participants could optionally consent to provide biological samples (urine, blood and waste tissue) in addition to data. A total of 4068 patients consented to participate in the study with 2027 consenting to

SUBMITTER: Joyce K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11800208 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature