ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Management and association with prognosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systems of care have been challenged to control progression of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether this has been associated with delayed reperfusion and worse outcomes in French patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is unknown.

Aim

To compare the rate of STEMI admissions, treatment delays, and outcomes between the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in France and the equivalent period in 2019.

Methods

In this nationwide French survey, data from consecutive STEMI patients from 65 centres referred for urgent revascularization between 1 March and 31 May 2020, and between 1 March and 31 May 2019, were analysed. The primary outcome was a composite of in-hospital death or non-fatal mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction.

SUBMITTER: Bonnet G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9056233 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature