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Impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on STEMI care: An expanded analysis from the United States
Author(s) -
Garcia Santiago,
Stanberry Larissa,
Schmidt Christian,
Sharkey Scott,
Megaly Michael,
Albaghdadi Mazen S.,
Meraj Perwaiz M.,
Garberich Ross,
Jaffer Farouc A.,
Stefanescu Schmidt Ada C.,
Dixon Simon R.,
Rade Jeffrey J.,
Smith Timothy,
Tannenbaum Mark,
Chambers Jenny,
Aguirre Frank,
Huang Paul P.,
Kumbhani Dharam J.,
Koshy Thomas,
Feldman Dmitriy N.,
Giri Jay,
Kaul Prashant,
Thompson Craig,
Khalili Houman,
Maini Brij,
Nayak Keshav R.,
Cohen Mauricio G.,
Bangalore Sripal,
Shah Binita,
Henry Timothy D.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.29154
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , pandemic , myocardial infarction , door to balloon , covid-19 , coronary angiography , emergency medicine , cardiology , angiography , cardiac catheterization , medical emergency , disease , primary angioplasty , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Objective To evaluate the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic migitation measures on of ST‐elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) care. Background We previously reported a 38% decline in cardiac catheterization activations during the early phase of the COVID‐19 pandemic mitigation measures. This study extends our early observations using a larger sample of STEMI programs representative of different US regions with the inclusion of more contemporary data. Methods Data from 18 hospitals or healthcare systems in the US from January 2019 to April 2020 were collecting including number activations for STEMI, the number of activations leading to angiography and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI), and average door to balloon (D2B) times. Two periods, January 2019–February 2020 and March–April 2020, were defined to represent periods before (BC) and after (AC) initiation of pandemic mitigation measures, respectively. A generalized estimating equations approach was used to estimate the change in response variables at AC from BC. Results Compared to BC, the AC period was characterized by a marked reduction in the number of activations for STEMI (29%, 95% CI:18–38, p < .001), number of activations leading to angiography (34%, 95% CI: 12–50, p = .005) and number of activations leading to PPCI (20%, 95% CI: 11–27, p < .001). A decline in STEMI activations drove the reductions in angiography and PPCI volumes. Relative to BC, the D2B times in the AC period increased on average by 20%, 95%CI (−0.2 to 44, p = .05). Conclusions The COVID‐19 Pandemic has adversely affected many aspects of STEMI care, including timely access to the cardiac catheterization laboratory for PPCI.