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Understanding myocardial infarction trends during the early COVID ‐19 pandemic: an infodemiology study
Author(s) -
Dzaye Omar,
Duebgen Matthias,
Berning Philipp,
Graham Garth,
Martin Seth S.,
Blaha Michael J.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.15399
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , myocardial infarction , covid-19 , chest pain , acute coronary syndrome , cardiology , disease , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , outbreak
Abstract During the first months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic in early 2020, Google Trends data in the United States showed a strong increase in search query frequency for chest pain symptoms despite a concurrent decrease in search interest for myocardial infarction. This suggests a reduced attention to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and chest pain as its main symptom during this time period. These observations could help explain why cardiovascular mortality rose dramatically despite a strong decrease in hospitalisation rates for ACS.