Title
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalizations for acute coronary syndromes: A multinational study
Date Issued
01 September 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Araiza-Garaygordobil D.
Montalto C.
Martinez-Amezcua P.
Cabello-Lopez A.
Gopar-Nieto R.
Alabrese R.
Almaghraby A.
Catoya-Villa S.
Kaufmann C.C.
Corbi-Pascual M.
Deharo P.
El-Tahlawi M.
Elgohari-Abdelwahab A.
Guerra F.
Jarakovic M.
Martinez-Gomez E.
Moderato L.
Montero S.
Morejon-Barragan P.
Omar A.M.
Jorge-Pérez P.
Przybyło P.
Selim E.
Sinan U.Y.
Stratinaki M.
Tica O.
Trêpa M.
Uribarri A.
Uzokov J.
Wilk K.
Czerwińska-Jelonkiewicz K.
Sionis A.
Gierlotka M.
Leonardi S.
Krychtiuk K.A.
Tavazzi G.
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Background: COVID-19 has challenged the health system organization requiring a fast reorganization of diagnostic/therapeutic pathways for patients affected by time-dependent diseases such as acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Aim: To describe ACS hospitalizations, management, and complication rate before and after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. Design: Ecological retrospective study. Methods: We analyzed aggregated epidemiological data of all patients > 18 years old admitted for ACS in twenty-nine hub cardiac centers from 17 Countries across 4 continents, from December 1st, 2019 to April 15th, 2020. Data from December 2018 to April 2019 were used as historical period. Results: A significant overall trend for reduction in the weekly number of ACS hospitalizations was observed (20.2%; 95% confidence interval CI [1.6, 35.4] P = 0.04). The incidence rate reached a 54% reduction during the second week of April (incidence rate ratio: 0.46, 95% CI [0.36, 0.58]) and was also significant when compared to the same months in 2019 (March and April, respectively IRR: 0.56, 95%CI [0.48, 0.67]; IRR: 0.43, 95%CI [0.32, 0.58] p < 0.001). A significant increase in door-to-balloon, door-to-needle, and total ischemic time (p <0.04 for all) in STEMI patents were reported during pandemic period. Finally, the proportion of patients with mechanical complications was higher (1.98% vs. 0.98%; P = 0.006) whereas GRACE risk score was not different. Conclusions: Our results confirm that COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a significant decrease in ACS hospitalizations rate, an increase in total ischemic time and a higher rate of mechanical complications on a international scale.
Start page
642
End page
647
Volume
114
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85112574282
PubMed ID
Source
QJM
ISSN of the container
14602725
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