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Multicenter Study
. 2020 Sep-Oct:48:107232.
doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2020.107232. Epub 2020 May 1.

STEMI during the COVID-19 Pandemic - An Evaluation of Incidence

Edan Zitelny  1 , Noah Newman  2 , David Zhao  3
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Multicenter Study

STEMI during the COVID-19 Pandemic - An Evaluation of Incidence

Edan Zitelny et al. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2020 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the practice medicine on a global scale during the year 2020. With fewer patients presenting to hospitals with the diagnosis of STEMI, healthcare workers are wondering what is causing this decline. This piece presents data from two medical centers and addresses several possible causes to explain this phenomenon. It was found that there was a statistically significant decrease from January to March 2020 in number of presenting STEMI diagnoses.

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; COVID-19; Incidence; Myocardial infarction; STEMI.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest Edan Zitelny, Noah Newman, and David Zhao have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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