Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mechanical Reperfusion for Patients With STEMI.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The fear of contagion during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have potentially refrained patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) from accessing the emergency system, with subsequent impact on mortality.

Objectives

The ISACS-STEMI COVID-19 registry aims to estimate the true impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the treatment and outcome of patients with STEMI treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI), with identification of "at-risk" patient cohorts for failure to present or delays to treatment.

Methods

This retrospective registry was performed in European high-volume PPCI centers and assessed patients with STEMI treated with PPPCI in March/April 2019 and 2020. Main outcomes are the incidences of P

SUBMITTER: De Luca G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7834750 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature