The COVID-19 Pandemic and Acute Coronary Syndrome Admissions and Deaths in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: This study evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trends of acute coronary syndrome hospitalizations, all-cause deaths, and ischemic heart disease (IHD) deaths in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Methods: Inpatient hospital records from two hospital systems within Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, were aggregated from January 2017 to November 2020. The primary diagnoses were acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and unstable angina. The Pennsylvania Department of Health provided all-cause and IHD death counts for the same period. We compared absolute percentage changes in admissions by year (March-November) and trends by age-specific groups (<45, 45-64, 65-74, ≥75) from the pre-pandemic (January 2017-February 2020) to pandemic (March 2020-November 20

SUBMITTER: Herbert BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12733221 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature