Investigating the implications of COVID-19 outbreak on systems of care and outcomes of STEMI patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There has been a concern whether the decrease in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cases during the COVID-19 pandemic era is related to unsatisfactory performance of STEMI systems of care as well as worsening of the clinical outcomes in STEMI patients. Thus, our meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate this matter.

Methods

We compared the predetermined variables in this meta-analysis during the early and late pandemic. Using a combination of adapted search terms to fit the requirements of several search engines (PubMed, EuropePMC, SCOPUS, ProQuest, and EBSCOhost), we reviewed all observational studies citing our outcomes of interest before and during the outbreak.

Results

Thirty-five records comprising a total of 62,247 participants were i

SUBMITTER: Kamarullah W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8257902 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature