Open AccessCOVID-19 impact on ST-elevation myocardial infarction incidence rate in a Italian STEMI network: a U-shaped curve phenomenon
Author(s) -
Enrico Fabris,
Riccardo Bessi,
Annamaria De Bellis,
Caterina Gregorio,
Alberto Peratoner,
Gerardina Lardieri,
Franco Cominotto,
Giancarlo Vitrella,
Serana Rakar,
Andrea Perkan,
Gianfranco Sinagra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.458
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1558-2035
pISSN - 1558-2027
DOI - 10.2459/jcm.0000000000001153
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , myocardial infarction , confidence interval , killip class , outbreak , pandemic , rate ratio , emergency medicine , covid-19 , cardiology , pediatrics , percutaneous coronary intervention , pathology , disease , physics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , optics
Public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 outbreak may impact on the incidence rate of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in severely affected areas. However, this phenomenon demands attention also in areas where media and patients were focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, but the healthcare system was not overwhelmed by the huge number of COVID-19 patients.