Reduced rate of admissions for acute coronary syndromes during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational analysis from a tertiary hospital in Germany

Autor: Peter Bramlage, Claus Schmitt, Gaetano Vacanti, Gerhard Schymik, Armin Luik, Patrick Swojanowsky, Panagiotis Tzamalis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
medicine.medical_specialty
Acute coronary syndrome
medicine.medical_treatment
Coronary angiography
Pneumonia
Viral
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Percutaneous coronary intervention
Tertiary Care Centers
03 medical and health sciences
Betacoronavirus
0302 clinical medicine
Perkutane Koronarintervention
Germany
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Myocardial infarction
Koronarangiographie
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Pandemics
Retrospective Studies
Akute koronare Ereignisse
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Incidence (epidemiology)
Outbreak
COVID-19
Retrospective cohort study
Original Articles
medicine.disease
Acute coronary events
Hospitalization
SARS-CoV‑2
Emergency medicine
Observational study
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Coronavirus Infections
Myokardinfarkt
Zdroj: Herz
ISSN: 1615-6692
0340-9937
Popis: Background Several observational studies have suggested a worrying reduction in hospitalisations for acute coronary syndromes in the emergency cardiology department in the last few months all over the world. The aim of the present study is to assess the impact of the current COVID-19 health crisis on admission for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the cardiology department of a tertiary general hospital in Germany with a COVID-19 ward. Methods and results The authors retrieved clinical data evaluating consecutive patients with ACS admitted to their emergency cardiology department. Data from January to June 2020, as well as for a 5-week period corresponding to this yearʼs COVID-19 outbreak in south-west Germany (23rd March–26th April), were analysed and compared to data from equivalent weeks in the previous 2 years. A trend of reduction in admissions for ACS was observed from the beginning of the outbreak in the region at the end of March 2020. This trend continued and even intensified after a fall in COVID-19 cases in the area; the number of ACS patients in April 2020 was 25% and in June 29% lower than in January 2020 (p-value for linear trend
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