Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac implantable electronic device implantation in China: Insights from 2 years of changing pandemic conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A substantial reduction in the number of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation was reported in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. None of the studies have yet explored changes in CIED implantation during the following pandemic.

Objective

To explore changes in CIED implantation during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2021.

Methods

From 2019 to 2021, 177,263 patients undergone CIED implantation from 1,227 hospitals in China were included in the analysis. Generalized linear models measured the differences in CIED implantation in different periods. The relationship between changes in CIED implantation and COVID-19 cases was assessed by simple linear regression models.

Results

Compared with the pre-COVID-19 period, the monthl

SUBMITTER: Cheng CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9723342 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature