Effect of Austrian COVID-19 lockdowns on acute myocardial infarction frequency and long-term mortality: a multicentre observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to find out if the decrease in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) admissions during the first COVID-19 lockdowns (LD), which was described by previous studies, occurred equally in all LD periods (LD1, LD2, LD2021), which had identical restrictions. Further, we wanted to analyse if the decrease of AMI admission had any association with the 1-year mortality rate.

Design and setting

This study is a prospective observational study of two centres that are participating in the Vienna ST-elevation myocardial infarction network.

Participants

A total of 1732 patients who presented with AMI according to the 4th universal definition of myocardial infarction in 2019, 2020 and the LD period of 2021 were included in our study. Patients with myoca

SUBMITTER: Mousavi RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9922876 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature