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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Reduction of hospitalizations for myocardial infarction in Italy in the COVID-19 era
European Heart Journal, Volume 41, No. 22, Year 2020
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Aims: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient admissions to Italian cardiac care units (CCUs). Methods and Results: We conducted a multicentre, observational, nationwide survey to collect data on admissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at Italian CCUs throughout a 1 week period during the COVID-19 outbreak, compared with the equivalent week in 2019. We observed a 48.4% reduction in admissions for AMI compared with the equivalent week in 2019 (P < 0.001). The reduction was significant for both ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction [STEMI; 26.5%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 21.7-32.3; P = 0.009] and non-STEMI (NSTEMI; 65.1%, 95% CI 60.3-70.3; P < 0.001). Among STEMIs, the reduction was higher for women (41.2%; P = 0.011) than men (17.8%; P = 0.191). A similar reduction in AMI admissions was registered in North Italy (52.1%), Central Italy (59.3%), and South Italy (52.1%). The STEMI case fatality rate during the pandemic was substantially increased compared with 2019 [risk ratio (RR) = 3.3, 95% CI 1.7-6.6; P < 0.001]. A parallel increase in complications was also registered (RR = 1.8, 95% CI 1.1-2.8; P = 0.009). Conclusion: Admissions for AMI were significantly reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic across Italy, with a parallel increase in fatality and complication rates. This constitutes a serious social issue, demanding attention by the scientific and healthcare communities and public regulatory agencies. © 2020 Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020.
Authors & Co-Authors
De Rosa, Salvatore
Italy, Catanzaro
Università Degli Studi Magna Graecia Di Catanzaro
Basso, Cristina
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Perrone-Filardi, P.
Italy, Naples
Università Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico Ii
Mancone, Massimo
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Mercuro, Giuseppe Guglielmo
Italy, Cagliari
Università Degli Studi Di Cagliari
Sinagra, Gianfranco F.
Italy, Trieste
Università Degli Studi Di Trieste
Indolfi, Ciro
Italy, Catanzaro
Università Degli Studi Magna Graecia Di Catanzaro
Bartorelli, Antonio L.
Unknown Affiliation
Benedetto, Francesco Antonio
Unknown Affiliation
Bolognese, Leonardo
Unknown Affiliation
Briani, Martina
Unknown Affiliation
Calabrò, Paolo
Unknown Affiliation
Caliendo, Luigi
Unknown Affiliation
Calò, Leonardo
Unknown Affiliation
Casella, Gianni
Unknown Affiliation
Casu, Gavino
Unknown Affiliation
Cavallini, Claudio
Unknown Affiliation
Crea, Filippo
Unknown Affiliation
D'Andrea, Antonello
Unknown Affiliation
De Caterina, Raffaele
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De Ferrari, Gaetano Maria
Unknown Affiliation
De Ponti, Roberto
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Di Mario, Carlo D.
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Donazzan, Luca
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Esposito, Giovanni
Unknown Affiliation
Fedele, Francesco
Unknown Affiliation
Galasso, Gennaro
Unknown Affiliation
Galiè, Nazzareno
Unknown Affiliation
Gnecchi, Massimiliano
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Golino, Paolo
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Leonardi, Sergio
Unknown Affiliation
Luzza, Francesco
Unknown Affiliation
Marenzi, Giancarlo
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Meloni, Luigi
Unknown Affiliation
Metra, Marco
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Novo, Giuseppina Maria
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Priori, Silvia G.
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Senni, Michele
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Tamburino, Corrado
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Volpe, Massimo
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Statistics
Citations: 727
Authors: 40
Affiliations: 10
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa409
ISSN:
0195668X
Research Areas
Covid
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Male
Female