CaRi-Heart for predicting cardiac risk in suspected coronary artery disease: early value assessment

Angina and CAD may have a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. People with these conditions may be classified as having a disability and so may be protected under the Equality Act 2010.

People with certain conditions, such as diabetes, may be at higher risk of developing CAD. These people may be protected under the disability provision of the Equality Act 2010.

CAD is more common in men than in women, but women are often underdiagnosed.

CAD is more common in older people and people who live in deprived areas.

People from some ethnic minority backgrounds, particularly African and South Asian groups, are more likely to have higher rates of CAD than White British and East Asian groups.

Variation in access to CTCA in the NHS could result in inequity of access to the technology.