Changing pattern of admissions for acute myocardial infarction in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Studies on the changes in the presentation and management of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during the COVID-19 pandemic from low- and middle-income countries are limited. We sought to determine the changes in the number of admissions, management practices, and outcomes of AMI during the pandemic period in India.

Methods & results

In this two-timepoint cross-sectional study involving 187 hospitals across India, patients admitted with AMI between 15th March to 15th June in 2020 were compared with those admitted during the corresponding period of 2019. We included 41,832 consecutive adults with AMI. Admissions during the pandemic period (n = 16414) decreased by 35·4% as compared to the corresponding period in 2019 (n = 25418). We observed significant heterogeneity in th

SUBMITTER: Zachariah G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8424286 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature