The Effect of Coronavirus Outbreak on the Utilization of Coronary Revascularization Procedures: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic represented a great challenge for health systems, which had to quickly readapt and dedicate most of their resources to managing this crisis. The postponement of programmed interventions such as coronary revascularization procedures represented a critical issue in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the hardest-hit countries such as Spain. However, the precise consequences of the delay of coronary revascularizations are not clearly determined. In the present work, interrupted time series (ITS) analysis was used to evaluate the utilization rates and assessment of the risk profiles of patients receiving two main coronary revascularization procedures (percutaneous coronary intervention-PCI and coronary artery bypass graft-CABG)

SUBMITTER: Sarria-Santamera A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10055742 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature