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Practice patterns for patients with ST‐elevation myocardial infarction during the early phase of the COVID‐19 pandemic—Valuable lessons learned
Author(s) -
Jia Xiaoming,
Jneid Hani
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.29843
Subject(s) - medicine , door to balloon , pandemic , covid-19 , myocardial infarction , medical emergency , cardiac catheterization , emergency medicine , cardiology , phase (matter) , intensive care medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , virology , primary angioplasty , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , chemistry , organic chemistry , outbreak
Key Points During the early phase of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United States, there was a significant reduction in cardiac catheterization lab activations and numbers of PPCIs for STEMI as well as an increase in door‐to‐balloon time. The decrease in STEMI volume is likely multifaceted involving factors at the patient and health system levels. Longitudinal data on STEMI care beyond the early phase of the pandemic is needed to better understand how different health systems have been adapting to the ongoing pandemic.