Treatment and outcomes of mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction during the Covid-19 era: A comparison with the pre-Covid-19 period. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: This study aims to compare treatments and outcomes of mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction (MI) during the Covid-19 and in the pre-Covid-19 era. Electronic databases have been searched for MI mechanical complications during the Covid-19 era and in the previous period from January 1998 to January 2020 (pre-Covid-19 era), until October 2021. To perform a quantitative analysis of non-comparative series, a meta-analysis of proportion has been conducted. Early mortality after surgical treatment was 15.0% while it was significantly higher after conservative treatment (62.4%) (P = 0.026). Early mortality after surgical treatment was seemingly higher in the pre-Covid-19 era but the difference did not reach statistical significance (15.0% vs 38.9%; P = 0.13). Mortal

SUBMITTER: Spadaccio C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9449689 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature