Cille Van Echelpoel, Laura Van Haudt, Camille Verschueren, Frederic De Roeck, Jean-François Argacha, Olivier Brasseur, F Fierens, Hein Heidbuchel, Marc J Claeys
Aims: To assess the impact of COVID-19 related public containment measures during recurrent COVID-19 waves on hospital admission rate for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods and results: Clinical characteristics, reperfusion therapy modalities, COVID-19 status and in-hospital mortality of consecutive AMI patients who were admitted in a regional AMI network were recorded during one year starting in March 2020 and were compared with the year before. The COVID-19 study period encompassed two waves: the first in March-May 2020 and the second in October-December 2020...
April 2, 2024: Acta Cardiologica