Myocardial infarction throughout 1 year of the COVID-19 pandemic: French nationwide study of hospitalization rates, prognosis and 90-day mortality rates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies reported a decrease in hospital admissions for myocardial infarction (MI) in early 2020 as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, mainly restricted to the beginning of the pandemic.

Aims

To describe national trends in hospital admissions for MI in 2020, and to compare patient characteristics, in-hospital prognosis and 90-day mortality between patients who had an MI in 2020 and those admitted in 2017-2019.

Methods

All patients hospitalized for MI in France from 2017 to 2020 were selected from the national hospital discharge database. Analyses compared temporal trends in MI admissions, in-hospital cardiac complications and mortality rates in 2020 versus 2017-2019.

Results

In 2020, 94,747 patients were hospitalized for MI, c

SUBMITTER: Grave C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8600551 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature